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and by the way, I saw the #cyberpunk2077 trailer, read the articles, and saw this (cyberpunk as told by Ciri) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OinRDzEbqXc and I am just... I can't... oh my, I just can't wait. Any other #witcher fans in here?

Perhaps what is most pressing now is the individual, localised work of each and everyone, each for what they can do. Helping secure justice and freedom at a microlocal level, expanding as our skills expand. I like to think more can be done this way. This is my way of saying that everyone of us matters in all we do, no matter how closed or limited our environment.

I very nearly responded to a friend's desperate post on FB regarding the Monsanto-Bayer merger with "no, this is great news, all we need is one b@mb in one place and it all goes away". Of course, then I realised that even disguised, I couldn't make such a statement on FB. But it's not about freedom of speech and opinion. Speech and opinion are irrelevant nowadays. What matters is action. We are all tiny people, we have tried in the past to come together. It didn't work. (cont...)

The promised post about moving to Italy or even Salento and becoming freelance, the nearest thing to being free we can do - so far. https://www.valentinasarno.it/translation-3/salento-freelance-2/

(cont.) This is even more impressive if you consider both couples have good, steady incomes and a stable environment where they are now. To me, this makes me consider how much more rootless they felt, how alienated, and how much more important for them is to feel welcome, and loved (as this area makes you feel). Money (surprise, surprise) and the fake promise of security most of our society buys into, is really not what matters most.

As I continue to ponder about this 1 year of visitors to our new home in #Salento, #Puglia: of all the people that have come, I'd say 90% would only have to gain from a move to this simpler part of the world. However, of those, only the gay couples fell instantly in love not just with the whole Salento area, which is stunning, but with this little corner of ours specifically, AND immediately thought of moving here, and ruled out anywhere else. (cont.)

Oh My Goodness I just cannot wait.... #cdprojektred #cyberpunk2077 https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2018/06/12/impressions-and-details-from-50-minutes-of-gameplay

And finally of course all this is achieved through a strict determination not to look at what the politics, general social outlook and current government situation in #Italy is like. 🙈 . I choose to focus on what I can seriously affect in my little circle. Because otherwise I would just despair of current humanity.

My next blog post will be a summary of months of looking into what it entails getting all sorted for independent work and residence here. It is true Italy is still disorganized, overbureaucratic, etc. However, there are tools available most people don't realise, AND the payback in terms of quality of life is just enormous. I definitely recommend #Puglia and more specifically #Salento to most people seeking an upgrade in their lives.

I now have two (2) couples seriously considering moving here (one of them is actively seeking work here), one from Italy's Genoa and one from the north of UK. Both couples are gay, and I feel (hopefully I'm right about my feeling) proud of beautiful #Puglia because I think they will be safe, and happy here. Fingers crossed. #salento #stupendo

I know I'm a little late to the party but... how good is The #Expanse? (on season 1 now still)

I had an epiphany this morning, as I argued with a huge PPTX text (curse slides): you can be good without being kind, or compassionate. In fact, you can be a bit bad, and YET be kind and compassionate. It is changing my whole outlook on myself and other people.

Oh! To have unrestricted access to a #paw!
#cat #bliss

Good summary of what is happening in Italian politics. The advantage of suffering from #socialanxiety and believing the government system is about to collapse anyway is that I care very little, and am a little amused to see the populist mess they have made. https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8mkssf/what_happened_and_whats_next_in_italy/