Currently obliged by family obligation to be at a large and loud social gathering. Camera flashes and sharp noises all over the place. Held it together for a few hours, but I’m now on the edge of losing my shit.
Gah.
Every camera flash is a punch in the face and the noise is sandpaper on my brain.
Made it home just in time. A few minutes of screaming in the shed to get it back together.
I really hate being stuck in situations I can’t escape from.
Footnote on the Tony Abbott headbutt thing:
Abbott won two Blues for boxing while at Oxford, and was notorious for his use of physical intimidation during his student politics days in the 1970’s.
This is not the first time he’s been thumped in the face for political reasons.
Rebelutionary Z, one of the best of the street activist journalists, currently on the ground in STL:
Support from a random corner of the Internet. Obligatory gatherings are the worst.
Asshole didn’t plan on starting this, I’ll wager:
Edited to change the possible accidental lumping in of the Asshole in Chief and those heroes he despises most.
On the positive side, it was this:
The bride is my cousin.
It was a lovely ceremony, held on a beautiful harbour headland that is one of my regular worksites. And they took several opportunities during their vows to make a clear statement about their hope that one day soon, marriage will be recognised for all Australians.
Rich white liberal media elites continuing to be counterproductive idiots:
DSA still working on retail politics and community building: