And it turns out...

...that the first thing I did this morning - before even breakfast - was to work up an opinion piece linking Gamergate to the Trumpquake to the possibility of a Constitutional Convention in 2019 possibly ending the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution re: womens' voting rights. Dunno where I'm going to get it published, mind you.

Damn, but I'm feeling apocalyptic again. I don't like it.

Under "Hopeful Consequences of 2016"...

...dare we add this?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/clinton-loss-good-for-women-politics-1.3910591

I want to believe.

Marking Progress

Tried to nail down some further resources for mental self-care.
Got a haircut.
Checked in with several friends.
Applied for a half-dozen jobs (so far today).
Did continuing battle with bigots in the comments sections of several articles hosted on iPolitics-dot-ca.
Got some shopping done.

A productive day. So far.

Recommended Reading

From iPolitics columnist Michael Harris:

http://ipolitics.ca/2016/12/22/were-better-than-this-lessons-on-terror-from-the-second-world-war/

David Brin:

The ultimate answer to “government is useless”

I may quibble on specific details, as an informed Canadian might, but I have no quarrel with it as a whole. I present the link for discussion in what I hope will be an informed way.