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949th Friday Blog Roundup

I found the submarine coverage super upsetting this week, so much so that I couldn’t read the stories. When an alert would come up on the phone, I would delete it without reading it. ChickieNob wondered if it was because it was being sensationalized as they were counting down the hours of air left in the sub. Something was upsetting about that — to feel time running out vs. processing an event after the fact.

Because we were getting updates about a disaster in the making vs. hearing about it afterward when nothing more could be done. Until we learned that wasn’t the case completely.

Or maybe it’s because when air was running out, it sounded like such a lonely way to die. Like floating out into space. Being in this world but unfindable. My heart goes out to their families.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second, helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

Okay, now my choices this week.

A Blank New Page writes about the feelings that come over us and what triggers them. She explains: “I try to see the moment and the good in it, I try to see the exceedingly beautiful moments of not being a mother and yes, they exist, out of question. But there is also the wistful feeling, there are the moments when I feel small, sad, just want to surrender to the wave, because yes, I miss my unborn kids. I miss family life and I miss being more than two.” She captures a moment of being happy to be part of something and sad, too. Bittersweet indeed.

Lastly, if you want to see a masterclass in making someone else feel awesome, read this letter on Grumpy Rumblings. A sample: “You are so good at seeing problems as problems to be solved and not as people who suck. And you’re good at helping others to see things that way too.” People want to be seen and known. This opening letter is pretty much perfection.

The roundup to the Roundup: Upset by the submarine coverage. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between June 16 – 23) and not the blog’s main URL. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week. Read the original open thread post here.

6 comments

1 Maya { 06.23.23 at 8:32 am }

I wish the media had focused more on the 700 people who died when the refugee boat sank this week.

2 Turia { 06.23.23 at 8:33 am }

I couldn’t stand how the submarine got so much media coverage and the migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean barely made the news at all.

Really obvious how some people’s lives are valued more than others.

3 Beth { 06.23.23 at 12:02 pm }

I agree. I avoided the coverage. The idea that anyone is slowly suffocating is horrifying. Also, this whole thing was so unnecessary.

4 nicoleandmaggie { 06.23.23 at 1:32 pm }

Thanks for the link!

DH wasn’t particularly emotional after reading this year’s tribute (some years he’s definitely misty-eyed), but he did talk to me about how he wasn’t always so mature (in high school and some of college) and we reminisced about our growth together in college and beyond. So his thoughts were provoked, at least.

If it helps anyone feel better, the scientists I’ve read suggest most likely the submarine inhabitants heard a large cracking noise and then died instantly with no suffering. Yes re: the coverage and the value of different people’s lives. I’ve only read about the refugee boat as a response to the submarine coverage, not by itself. I wish more billionaires would devote themselves to solving the world’s hard problems, like poverty, and less time and money on things like cage matches, buying supreme court justices, and dangerous vacations.

5 Jess { 06.25.23 at 7:17 am }

Oh, yes. That was ridiculously triggering and awful. I could not (STILL CANNOT) stop imagining what it would be like, and now I hope that they never knew what happened because it imploded before they could run out of air or electricity or heat or sustenance. They coverage was relentless and it was so hard to avoid. There was a Washington post article about how the coverage was triggering anxiety, but I can’t find it. So sad.

6 a { 06.28.23 at 10:58 am }

I was not traumatized by the submarine coverage, because a) I am cold and dead inside and have all the sympathy of a rock, especially for that level of indulgence and b) I assumed that something horrible had already happened and no one would be slowly suffocating. So, I read all the memes and laughed (somewhat guiltily).

(c) 2006 Melissa S. Ford
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