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Monday, December 29, 2025

...Because, That's Why (Regarding The Absence Of Politcal Posts This Time Around)

"But you used to write about politics..."

Yeah. At one time I did, yeah. Here in Blogger, back to 2012. You can find all those passionate, researched entries by searching on "politics" in the search field. In my Diaryland blog, I have essays from the 2000, 2004 and 2008 elections--that is to say, from the Hanging Chad to the Provisional Ballot to (sweet relief) YES WE CAN! I don't have any entries from 2020 to July 2025, when I just didn't have the mental fortitude for writing.

I can't do it anymore. I don't have the best mental health, for one thing, and while I am better than I was ten years ago, I have to take care of my mental health every single day. Every. Day. Plus I had a stroke, most likely caused by high blood pressure, so focusing on this stuff is the last thing I need right now. I learned to walk and talk again, but don't have use of my right hand. And thirdly, and I cannot stress this enough, I have said all I have to say on the matter. Y'all know how I feel about it. All of it. Women's issues. Immigration. Equality. Civil rights. Race relations. LGBTQIA issues. Donald Fucking Trump. Class warfare. Nazis. Guns. God.

I already said it. I've been saying it for years. Blue in the face, and all that.

You guys, I am just so tired.

But I realized last night that plenty of others still have fight left in them, to call out the fascists in power and their acolytes, and I can just amplify their voices on Diary of a Low Budget Superhero. I've been capturing headlines and so forth in the Photos in my phone all this time, so first I'll post those here. I thought about posting these screenshots one-by-one, but decided against it for the sake of my Followers that get an email every time I post a new entry. After this entry, we'll see. Blessed be.

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Get all that? Okay. So here's what's happened so far. It's been 342 days.










































 


Tuesday, December 16, 2025

I Signed Up For Fucking Instagram (I Regret It Already)

So you guys. I tried for an hour to log into Instagram on my iPhone. I can log in with the browser on laptop and iPhone, but not the app. After changing the password twice (because “incorrect password” was the error message), I tried Instagram Help, I Googled for answers, I watched YouTube videos, I tried everything suggested by everyone. Reinstall the app, restart the phone, clear the cache, etc.
Then I checked Reddit. Reddit always knows and…

Instagram screenshot of other suckers
 

Oh. Well that’s just great. The screenshot shows the first few Redditors with this same issue—I stopped counting at 25 posts. Nobody commenting had any solution.

Especially the guy saying the only solution is to buy a different phone. Excuse me?

Thing is, I just signed up for Instagram tonight, it’s a brand new account. The only reason I signed up is because a person I want to contact only lists Instagram for a contact!! And the only reason I downloaded the app is because I wanted to add my blog website in my profile—which you can ONLY do on the app! You literally cannot add a website on the web. What the hell kinda feature is that!

I am holding back on some choice words for Meta right now. All these people who can’t log in to the app for all these months and Meta can’t figure it out?! Just…SOL for us then?