I don't like opining about politics on the internet -- I wouldn't want to cramp any other Tiedrich's style -- but hear me out.

Bad things are moving quickly in the United States. It's hard to even point at any one thing, because what's freaking me out today is going to be upstaged by whatever disaster unfolds tomorrow. Did you know that a literal coup happened over the weekend, and the federal government's ability to disburse funding is now being held hostage by Elon Musk, a white nationalist freak whom nobody voted for?

Meanwhile, the opposition party has been tweeting about bipartisanship and the price of pizza. It has been pathetic, to say the least. In the event that you are a person who lives in the United States and are as angry as I am, please join me in yelling at your own representatives. Democrat or republican: it's fast and easy!

I like using 5 Calls -- you put in your zip code and it serves up your representatives' contact info, as well as scripts for you to recite if you have trouble on the phone. It takes about a minute to leave a voicemail, and I do it multiple times a day.

While being annoying to people in power can be cathartic, I am not under the impression that it will solve everything. Please show up for your community in whatever material ways you can; you can join an organization like your local Democratic Socialists of America chapter to find out how.