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So first the power failed, then our government failed, and then my health failed. I haven’t written here in a while. I went from an American existential crisis directly into a pretty hefty covid infection. I made it 2 and a half years without getting sick, but, unfortunately, the streak is broken. I’m not going to write anything more direct about the Supreme Court here. I’m not going to write further about my time with covid either.

I joined many members of my city in losing my power last week. We’re very lucky. We have enough money that the loss of groceries didn’t really affect us. We were able to go elsewhere to eat, and then to the movies to get cool. I know a lot of others are and were not so lucky. I hope that the powers that be can take this failure and work to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.