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highplainsdem

(57,235 posts)
36. {{{{{sheshe2}}}}. Prayers for your your family, especially your 8-year-old great-niece..
Wed Jan 1, 2025, 12:46 PM
Jan 2025

I'm very worried about the youngest generation of my family, too, from the oldest of that generation, who joined the National Guard to help with college expenses and now might end up caught up in Trump's plans, to the youngest, my youngest niece's kids, ages 2, 5 and 7. I was sent a photo of those kids in their front yard posing by a lighted Christmas display at night, and it was so warm none of them were wearing jackets and the 2-year-old was in shorts. My first thought was "Cute!" -and the next one was wondering what they'll face with global warming. A couple of days later I found out that thanks to the increased tick population in their area, which is due to warmer winters, those kids now have two aunts (their mom's sister-in-law and their dad's sister) who've caught a serious tick-borne disease - https://www.cdc.gov/alpha-gal-syndrome/about/index.html - which my generation and their parents' generation never had to worry about. For those kids, simply playing outdoors will always be riskier than it was for older generations when they were young.

And I worry about the harm AI could do in all their lives. I've already posted on DU about another niece's oldest son, who's in his midteens, having been told by his computer-scientist father not to count on the career in videography he's been dreaming of, because AI could wipe out most of those jobs. I've seen news stories about high school kids having no idea what to major in now, with AI changing things so fast. That's something those kids' parents and grandparents didn't have to worry about, nearly as much.

Climate change and the threats from AI (as opposed to the benefits AI can sometimes offer when it's used properly and carefully for science and medicine) would be difficult enough to deal with even with the best leadership. And now we'll have Trump, with Musk and Putin pulling his strings.

I've lost a lot of sleep since the election.

But we still have to believe we can turn things around. We need hope.

So I bookmarked that post from Duncan as soon as I saw it.

2025 isn't going to be easy. But we can help one another, as we've been doing.

As I know you've been doing.

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Wishing you & all good health, sanity, peace, & prosperity SheltieLover Jan 2025 #1
Back at you. sheshe2 Jan 2025 #18
Thx She! SheltieLover Jan 2025 #27
Thank you, sheshe. That is well expressed. brer cat Jan 2025 #2
Thank you, brer. sheshe2 Jan 2025 #5
Health & safety, friends & family! .... electric_blue68 Jan 2025 #3
i had a wonderful dinner with my sister. sheshe2 Jan 2025 #16
That was an easy trip!😄 Glad you enjoyed a lovely meal together. And TY. electric_blue68 Jan 2025 #19
Much appreciated, sheshe2! PJMcK Jan 2025 #4
Your post is appreciated, PJMck. sheshe2 Jan 2025 #20
TY, ditto. I can only celebrate the fact that many of us are finding support and inner resolve to face what comes next. 58Sunliner Jan 2025 #6
I know. Am in mourning tonight and the past few days. But She, we shall live to see better days... Hekate Jan 2025 #7
My LTE was published. AverageOldGuy Jan 2025 #8
Good for you! Fuck 'em is right. Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #12
You go! Wish I wish I was close...I'd come and be your audience PortTack Jan 2025 #15
I am of the same mind. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #9
Understood. Thank you. Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #10
I'm scared witless, my friend, but I feel luckier than most Rhiannon12866 Jan 2025 #11
Love you my dear friend. sheshe2 Jan 2025 #23
Awwww, same here, my friend! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2025 #24
We're here to help each other get through this she! SunSeeker Jan 2025 #13
Thank you sheshe! For echoing my feelings. I find I'm very sad this evening. PortTack Jan 2025 #14
Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2025 #17
Wishing you the best Meowmee Jan 2025 #21
Sheshe2, I want to share something that Duncan Jones, David Bowie's son, posted this evening: highplainsdem Jan 2025 #22
It does...sort of. sheshe2 Jan 2025 #25
{{{{{sheshe2}}}}. Prayers for your your family, especially your 8-year-old great-niece.. highplainsdem Jan 2025 #36
Take the long view. It hurts less when you are going through applegrove Jan 2025 #26
Back at you, sheshe2. Together, we will get through this. LoisB Jan 2025 #28
Maybe make a list of ideas that you can consider to show how you feel about it. calimary Jan 2025 #29
Doesn't seem that should preclude you from wishing it, though. flvegan Jan 2025 #30
Okay...here you go. sheshe2 Jan 2025 #32
I CAN NOT participate in the new year celebration YoshidaYui Jan 2025 #31
Thank you. lapucelle Jan 2025 #33
I can still wish you a healthy New Year LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #34
I feel the same way samplegirl Jan 2025 #35
I hear you, sheshe peggysue2 Jan 2025 #37
A wish is not a prediction. You can still wish. I wish you a happy New Year. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #38
Same - TBF Jan 2025 #39
We can have a happy new year! Eff the grinches! Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #40
Thank you, sheshe2. WestMichRad Jan 2025 #41
Back at you, WestMichRad. sheshe2 Jan 2025 #42
We are like little mice running around in circles... 1WorldHope Jan 2025 #43
Everyone stay sane and stay safe... Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #44
"I wish everyone of you a safe place in your heart, your mind and with your loved ones. 💙" onecaliberal Jan 2025 #45
Wishing all health, good luck opportunities, and shelter from the oncoming storms... haele Jan 2025 #46
I love you, sheshe. ❤️ herding cats Jan 2025 #47
Love you too, herding cats. sheshe2 Jan 2025 #48
Yeah, it's going to be a rough year Bettie Jan 2025 #49
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