Having lived in Austin and seen movies at the original handful of Drafthouse theaters for decades now, every time the brand has expanded, quality has dropped. I’m not expecting this change to be any different.

There’s a whole lot of different takes here already, so I’m just going to plug this very excellent book: Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life and bounce.

Please do not solicit medical advice from the internet. If you are concerned, go to a minute-clinic or other doc-in-a-box. It’s much cheaper than the ER, and they’ll tell you if there’s anything to worry about.

If you are in a situation where needing to barricade your door to prevent your parent’s entry is a regular occurrence, it is probably time to involve child protective services. You don’t need to give details of your situation to strangers on the internet, but I would highly encourage you to go to a trusted friend or family member’s home and contact the authorities.

It has certainly been hard to find a good place to discuss current events with a leftist crowd. I’ve migrated to Spacebattles, SufficientVelocity, and RPG.net and already been banned permanently from SB by an admin with a personal grievance, and the other two sites are simply too small and slow to have much worthwhile discussion. Now I’m checking out Lemmy, but we’ll see how that goes.