Melody

Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance.

4/ Practice going slow: Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. Urgency clouds the important.Initial reporting often misses context
5/Build community: Share the cognitive load.Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats individual overload.

Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns,not just events.3/ Remember: Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power.Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon. 4/Practice going slow:

1/ Set boundaries: Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything - that's by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.
2/ Use aggregators & experts: Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting.

3/ Agenda-setting theory explains strategy: When multiple major policies compete for attention simultaneously, it fragments public discourse.Traditional media can't keep up with the pace,leading to superficial coverage.
The result?Weakened democratic oversight, reduced public engagement.
What now?

2/ Media theorist McLuhan predicted this: When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged. The rapid-fire executive orders create a cognitive bottleneck, making it nearly impossible for citizens and media to thoroughly analyze any single policy.

“This exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" - using chaos and crisis to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to effectively resist. This isn't just politics as usual - it's a strategic exploitation of cognitive limits.

Wise & important words from sociologist Jennifer Walter about what is happening in our country right now and what to do about it:
"As a sociologist, I need to tell you: Your overwhelm is the goal. The flood of 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine"

Opinionated Crone, your info on ERA has become outdated, per National Org. Women, If you want to further the cause, plz consider reposting the following.

Rsvp required

Status Update ERA amendment: it is in the hands of the National Archivist.Since several states withdrew their support,publishing would require SCOTUS approval which,is not likely and would certainly kill it. On back burner until positive change in SCOTUS comes. text/calling WH is counter productive

Can someone on Sky team advise me as to how one sets up a group chat?

Any of you fellow crones know how to wrap us into a group chat? Hash tag wasn’t effective.

@weirdoldwomen.bsky.social Why aren’t there any posts?

@thec2c.bsky.social Found ‘ya Buddy!

@mariec-g.bsky.social
Welcome!

@weirdoldwomen.bsky.social If anyone in Rochester NY area is interested in connecting with local group, just send me a message.

@weirdoldwomen.bsky.social Hello there fellow Crones! Those of us in local RochesterNY sub Crone group affectionately refer to you as TheMothership; so glad to have found you on Bsky as, I am moving off FB too.

Plz follow me in response to this so as to connect. I’ll pass on your tag.

Absolutely lovely! So glad you shared.

I think it’s predicting long fall, long winter and short spring. Hope it’s wrong for upstate NY 😆

Condolences

Did you have liver or something equally distasteful?