With difficulty

[der meister 3,187]

I've been trying to write a .com piece for a couple of days. I keep looking at the empty page, mindlessly scanning stats on the App, clicking through subforums. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the attempted criminalization of being a parent of a trans child in Texas, the subversion of democracy in the US, it's impossible to care about the trivialities of fake hockey. Even trying to write this piece, I stopped after the second sentence and looked at news from and about Ukraine. Whether it's President Zelensky affirming to his citizens that he is there on the front lines to defend the nation that he loves, or the Eiffel Tower being illuminated in yellow and blue, or stories of the Ghost of Kyiv, I can barely see through the tears that are welling in my eyes. I don't know if this will count for 2 TPE, and at this point, I really don't care, but for anyone reading this, I encourage you to be an active participant in politics - local, state, provincial, national, whatever: VOTE. Even if people are trying to stop you from doing it, VOTE. Voter suppression happens BECAUSE your vote has power. Elections have consequences.