I know we all joke about passing around the same mutual aid $20 bill, but in a polycrisis world, it feels like there's also a parcel of moral support and caring that we pass around between people in different kinds of crisis and hardship, too. Everyone gets their turn to give and receive it (in my circles anyway). The reciprocity is much healthier & more comfortable than feeling like a constantly needy friend. 1/n@LonelinessCorps #Polycrisis #CovidIsNotOver #LonelinessCorps
Today marks six years for me of living in isolation without human touch.I am feeling both the milestone and the accumulation.My full heart goes out to everyone else hitting their own anniversaries around this time of year. It is brutal. And it is still better than COVID.*Please read full thread before commenting.@LonelinessCorps #IsolationLife #CovidIsNotOver #PandemicIsNotOver #LonelinessCorps
We're rapidly closing in on my 6 year isolation anniversary.Thinking of changing my legal name to Elizabeth Báthory in observance......except I've outlasted her by two years and counting.lolsobbing all the lolsobs@LonelinessCorps #LonelinessCorps #CovidIsNotOver #PandemicIsNotOver #IsolationLife
RE: zirk.us/@ShaulaEvans/115880712I emailed St. Margaret's, the church that issued this covid policy, to thank them for sharing it and to let them know how much it moved me.The pastor emailed me back personally today -- and now I'm in tears all over again.@LonelinessCorps #LonelinessCorps #CovidIsNotOver #PandemicIsNotOver
A friend sent me this Covid Policy Statement (from a church in Vancouver, Canada) and I feel so seen that I'm in tears. It's well written and relatively comprehensive. It is also an astonishing example of care and compassion combined with science to inform an approach to covid.I'm sharing it here for the many Fedi friends who may be heartened by it or find it useful. stmargaretscedarcottage.ca/why@LonelinessCorps #CovidIsNotOver #PandemicIsNotOver #LonelinessCorps #Covid19 #Covid
When random people interrogate me about my pandemic safety choices, maybe I should start turning the questions on them:"Do you imagine a scenario where you start to care about brain damage? Is there a potential future where you no longer feel comfortable with the prospect of disabling and killing other people? What would it take for you to prioritize science and facts over cognitive dissonance and vibes?"@LonelinessCorps #LonelinessCorps #PandemicIsNotOver #CovidIsNotOver
"After a short pause to rethink, this is the natural continuation of the CD ESOTERIK store from the early 2000's in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Formerly on Ste. Catherine Street in a basement beside a comic book shop."
This is a podcast by my brother and his friends from CD Esoterik!
If you like obscure and esoteric music from around the world, you might enjoy the podcast.
Five and a half years of living in pandemic isolation:
I hit an isolation challenge tonight and realized I no longer know anyone who is also living in full solo isolation without human touch. (Your 3 week solo writer's retreat or "pandemic isolation" with a partner, a dog, and backyard parties is not comparable; do not test me on this or I will block you.)
There are are many different, specific types of loneliness & this is one.