Staying Afloat
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ysabetwordsmithAcademia: Staying Afloat
You are the right person to do what you do, know what you know, study what you’re going to study. You do it.
You are a lifeboat.
You are not the passenger being rescued from a shipwreck. You are the rescuer. Your skills, your knowledge, your experience reside in you. You have pulled them from the cold ocean where cruel and careless captains have set them adrift.
You are a lifeboat.
This isn't just about academia. It's about knowledge in general, and knowing how to think about things. It's about activism in general, and knowing how to change things. It's about crafting in general, and knowing how to make things. It's about everything the current regime is against, and trying to destroy, that we actually do need.
It's not about winning. It's about surviving. It's about preserving skills and knowledge so we can pass them on. If I lean to my left, I can see my "lifeboat" bookcase -- science, homesteading, handicrafts, historic skills, etc. Because I've done this before, and whenever I'm in a life where I can afford to do so, I hoard books and those are some of the first ones I beeline for.
If you're reading this blog, chances are, you're a lifeboat too. Steer wisely through these rough waters.
You are the right person to do what you do, know what you know, study what you’re going to study. You do it.
You are a lifeboat.
You are not the passenger being rescued from a shipwreck. You are the rescuer. Your skills, your knowledge, your experience reside in you. You have pulled them from the cold ocean where cruel and careless captains have set them adrift.
You are a lifeboat.
This isn't just about academia. It's about knowledge in general, and knowing how to think about things. It's about activism in general, and knowing how to change things. It's about crafting in general, and knowing how to make things. It's about everything the current regime is against, and trying to destroy, that we actually do need.
It's not about winning. It's about surviving. It's about preserving skills and knowledge so we can pass them on. If I lean to my left, I can see my "lifeboat" bookcase -- science, homesteading, handicrafts, historic skills, etc. Because I've done this before, and whenever I'm in a life where I can afford to do so, I hoard books and those are some of the first ones I beeline for.
If you're reading this blog, chances are, you're a lifeboat too. Steer wisely through these rough waters.
Re: I needed to hear this, today especially
Date: 2025-06-29 08:46 am (UTC)Re: I needed to hear this, today especially
Date: 2025-06-29 08:58 am (UTC)Re: I needed to hear this, today especially
Date: 2025-06-29 01:41 pm (UTC)I was talking to someone, paused to say, "Don't quote me on the date, but it was the middle of X century when..." I included the disclaimer because dating an event OFF by even two years can have significant... misapplications, shall we say, and that error margin is rapidly becoming a favorite tool of the "alternative fact" crowd.
"More people were deported in Obama's administration than ever before," was an example, when in my view, the problem is HOW Trump's administrations conducted those deportations, especially recently.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/19/obama-trump-deportation-numbers/84257245007/