Thank you so much for sharing this. Finding opportunities today to be active and resist has helped me feel less powerless in all of this. I have shared it with some like-minded allies, and it helped boost their morale, too.

As a Wisconsinite, I’m sad they don’t list the size of the hodag.

If it makes you feel any better, I was on a student ambassador trip to the UK and Ireland in the very early 2000’s. Stonehenge wasn’t on our itinerary, but we were traveling past and wanted to see it. Our local guides warned us that we might be disappointed, but we insisted. I won’t say it wasn’t worth it to see, but we were all pretty underwhelmed. It was still a neat and striking experience to see, but we were kept pretty far away from the stones. They were roped off in a field by the highway, and there wasn’t much in the way of historical exhibits to spend time enjoying.

I am very new to the fediverse, and .ml was the second instance I tried as I was feeling things out. I was not having a good experience at all. I saw so much content that didn’t sit well with me, and the discourse made me never want to comment. It’s validating to hear it’s not just me.