Surviving the Felon: Week of 7/13/2025
I’m back with another instalment of Surviving the Felon. How are we doing? I know things look horrible right now. We will cover some of that in a moment. But before we look at the many horrible things that happened this week, I want to talk about the even greater importance of showing kindness in these terrible times.
The Felon and his ilk thrive on hatred. Paranoia and fear are their most potent weapons. Its how they divide communities and turn friends against each other. Which is why we cannot fall for these tactics. Certainly not when the news controlled by these same people seek to make us hate the world and everyone living in it.
I know its hard right now. Fears are increasing of being kidnapped and tortured in prison camps. We are growing hateful of those who support The Felon and laugh at the suffering of innocent people. But we cannot let such dark energy consume our very being. Instead, let us build bridges. Why not make your table longer? Meet your neighbors and interact with your communities. In a time where our leaders need people to see enemies everywhere, we should make friends instead.
The Bad
While the news tries to control what we are worried about, don’t forget to learn more about the Heritage Foundation, Peter Thiel, and Curtis Yarvin. These are our real enemies, alongside The Window Shover of course. I’m putting this at the start of The Bad Section because I feel like this is by far the most important thing to get out of the negative.
Well, let’s get the horrible stuff out of the way. The Gestapo is ramping up and targeting US Citizens now. No one who has studied history should be surprised. Not only did The Felon and his minions tell us exactly what they intended to do, but we have history to show us how this was gonna play out. With actual concentration camps in places like Florida, we are all worried about when we will be targeted by his goons. All of them wear masks because they know what they do hurts innocent people and they don’t want to be accountable for their sins.
Student loans will be harming people even more than before with the way things are looking. And with The Felon starting more tariff problems with former allies so that he and his cronies can pump and dump the economy for their selfish aims, it only hurts everyone else and puts us farther and farther away from living lives with dignity.
Naturally nature is not happy either. The death toll from the floods in Texas continue to rise. And horrible heat is blasting much of the northern hemisphere. I’m not sure if the southern hemisphere is dealing with unprecedented cold, but that is something I’m gonna look into.
The Good
Well that was a lot of bad to go around. But where there is pain and suffering, we must seek out joy and love instead to make sure we are not consumed by darkness. It was hard this week for me to find good in this political hellscape. Everything that is positive seems to be drowned out by what I described above. And yet there are things to be thankful for.
But there is one giant ball of good news for the United States. The schism between The Felon and his supporters is growing. Turns out they don’t like all this stuff with Epstein either. And as The Felon continues to distract and drown out anything involving the dead pedophile with whom he was friends with, it only is making demands for the truth grow stronger.
Hatred only grows by finding new things to hate. With luck, this denial of truth my be one of the sparks that turns the Fascists on their dear leader. And I personally would prefer this happen before our concentration camps turn to death camps. More preferably I would like for it to happen before dissenters such as myself are targeted for not worshipping The Felon.
Transition
The news this week was somehow worse than the week before. Once more I will suggest that there is no harm in turning off the news if it means peace of mind. Beware of doom scrolling too. It consumes our minds and wastes time that could be spent looking for the good in our messed up world.
I intend to focus now on what made me smile this week. My refusal to let The Felon take light away from my world is a rally cry that I hope others are willing to take up. Our lives can be rich and filled with meaning. I intend to focus on what makes me happy as the strongest defense against the evil taking root not just in the United States but abroad too.
Video Games
I came back from my vacation ready to rest and relax. And video games continue to be the prime answer when I need some rest. This time around I’m playing Elden Ring. I’m groaning between paragraphs as I play through the Haligtree. It’s one of my least favorite parts of the game and frustrating due to its nature as the bonus dungeon of the base game.
When not suffering in Elden Ring, I have been playing Genshin Impact and Baldur’s Gate 3 with friends. Our group made it past Act 2 and a decent part into Act 3 even. We have a tough fight with Orin the Red and of course the final boss as well. Both of those are Honor Mode Run Enders and as I have mentioned in past posts, the quirk of honor mode is that a game over results in the save file vanishing. There are no do overs.
Now that I am back home, I got a chance to play some Helldivers 2 with friends as well. And it was refreshing to finally get back into spreading some good old democracy. I got another game this week now that I have decided to take a break from Oblivion. That game is Expedition 33 and while I am only at the beginning of Act 1, the few tutorial fights I did while playing on hard have warned me that this game will be quite a challenge to get through.
Pokémon Go
I went on an adventure while I was on vacation. But I hadn’t written the blog post for it yet when I was talking about my activities last week. To make up for that here is the link to that post. Now that I am back in Florida, it will be some time before I can go on Pokémon Go hikes again. And due to the dangers of heat exhaustion, I’m limiting my time outside in general.
This season of PvP has been more difficult than the last. I’m feeling a bit of burnout and so for now at least, am content to stay at Ace Rank. Perhaps when the meta changes a bit I can try to climb properly. For now at least, I’m content getting better at the game and working on my ladder anxiety.
Anime and Shows
The summer season is stacked right now. I’m watching tons of shows. Dan Da Dan, My Dress Up Darling, and Call of the Night, Dr. Stone, and Rising of the Shield Hero so far. I’m eagerly awaiting even more shows to start airing. But I have plenty to look forward to.
Unfortunately while all the shows above are incredible in their own right, it takes away from me continuing my journey in One Piece. But when I find time, I’ll be sure to progress further into the story. I’m not far from the time skip and I know things will be changing forever once I pass that threshold.
Dungeons & Dragons
Since I was back in town, I ran my Centrum Glacies Campaign. It was a mostly combat heavy session and I imagine the next several will be as well since the party is in a dangerous dungeon with multiple segments and several bosses. If you want to read what horrors they have encountered so far in an abandoned mine after being forced to team up with two dangerous Witches, you can read it here.
Writing and Editing
I didn’t get to do much else writing and editing wise outside of the blog posts I have already linked. I’m hoping that I can beat this heat exhaustion which is letting depression weaken me further. Its hard to write and even harder to edit when I feel this way.
Reading
Reading was even harder while dealing with depression and heat exhaustion. Especially after coming back from a vacation. Just gotta get my emotions in order so I can go back to doing several things that I enjoy. I can’t let the political climate, the weather, or my own brain steal my happiness away.
Wrap Up
We made it through another week of this seemingly worsening hell. And as darkness grows far deeper than many of us could ever have imagined, it falls on us to stand up for our happiness. Light can be found in the wretched of places if by our own efforts. Which is why we must continue to find reasons to smile. Our joy can outlast their hate. Time is in our favor so long as we can remain hopeful of a better tomorrow.
Check on your friends and family. Band together with like minded people and find ways to resist and remain safe from The Felon and his horrible minions. Be wary of false news that enrages and keeps us bitter towards one another. Instead seek out information that enriches your life and makes you feel better about everything.
If that means keeping your life private and sticking with close friends, there is no harm in that. If you are able to stand against this evil, do not hesitate to do so. We outnumber them. And despite The Felon’s best efforts to be a stochastic Domestic Terrorist, he will fail. All reigns of terror come to an end. This hopelessness will not last forever.
Be as brave as you are able. Our hearts beat as one. We will drown him out and banish him to a history of shame. But once he is gone, we can rejoice that we outlasted him and have a chance to make a better future. Let’s all survive The Felon together. As one community unified in believing in a better tomorrow where everyone has a better life.
Look at the sleepy kitty. Look at him!
