don't think too much

Abolish Ice, by Halsey Berryman.

In the coming weeks and months… RECORD WHAT IS HAPPENING.

Start a journal, take photos, keep a video diary, make a daily blog post, jot a few notes down in a day planner, whatever!

It is not very often that you can be certain that you’re living in a time that historians will study in detail.

The nightly news can tell us the facts, twitter can tell us the larger cultural trends, but no one can keep an accurate record of your daily life and honest thoughts during this crisis but you.

Are you scared to death? Write it down.

Are you still thinking this is being blown out of proportion? Write it down.

Are you still being forced to work and are pissed as hell about it? Write it down.

Did you see someone do something kind that made you smile? Write it down.

Is your grocery store completely out of toilet paper? Take a picture.

Is your normally bustling neighborhood eerily empty? Take a video.

Did you see a really funny plague joke on twitter? Write it down so you/your grandkids and/or future historians can have a laugh.

I have never successfully kept a journal in my entire life, but I’ve been keeping one since the 10th. Nothing fancy. Just a summary of my day in quarantine, what my family’s up to, today’s news and my current thoughts.

Even if it’s only for you to look back on this time honestly, without the bias of hindsight, you won’t regret doing it.

And no , it's not to avoid talking about anything .

It's the fact I'm tired in e v e r y w a y .

Mentally , physically , emotionally .

I just want a taste of energy .

There is literally a video floating around of Boris Johnson saying that inequality is necessary, and that some people are worth more than others because they have a higher IQ. There are quite literally hundreds of quotes from the articles he’s written displaying his disdain for women, people of colour, Muslims, LGBTQ+ people, poor and vulnerable people, disabled people, and migrants. Including one that says Britain has a divine right over Africa and it would be better if it were still colonised. A newly elected Tory MP said he wants to solve the problem of a council estate by putting all is occupants in a forced labour camp. Tory policies that protected landlords and cut fire services are directly responsible for Grenfell Tower, and they’ve just been elected in the borough Grenfell is in.

The Tories were caught in blatant lies on multiple occasions by major news outlets, which they continued to repeat despite being proven falsehoods. An investigation found 88% of their ad campaigns contained falsehoods or deliberately misleading data.

And they still had a landslide victory.

Against an opposition working to raise minimum wage, tax the rich, renationalise industries, and provide for communities with libraries, childcare, and better funded healthcare.