I genuinely never thought I would live through a period where the U.S. government was so erratic and unstable that even the basic fundamental communications over something as consequential as "are we in active combat or not" were impossible to parse as being entirely fabricated or not.
It's hard to be excited about the Artemis III mission announcements when the CEO of the company making one of the mission's rockets has spent his week inciting racial violence via his personal social media platform.
We have never brought the kiddo to visit my parents or see where I grew up because under FL law the mere fact that I'm trans would be enough to trigger a CPS investigation. Parental rights, my ass.