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We are living in uncharted territory.
No map. No compass. Just a collective pretending that the old routes will still get us home.
🧵
The climate is unraveling in front of our eyes.
Pandemics are burning through communities while people pretend it’s over.
Extremism is rising.
The systems we were told would protect us are crumbling.
This isn’t just “a hard time.”
This is civilization entering territory it has never been in before—
with no precedent, no exit strategy, and no real leadership.
The world feels like it’s on fire because it is.
Oceans boiling. Forests burning. Cities choking on air that kills.
And yet—people are still debating if it’s “real.”
We have leaders who smile into cameras while quietly selling off the future.
We have neighbors who would rather deny reality than face it.
We are watching humanity sleepwalk toward collapse.
History books are written after the fact.
But we are living inside the moment future generations will point to and say:
This is when everything started to fall apart.
The scariest part isn’t that we don’t know what’s coming.
It’s that we do.
And we’re choosing not to stop it.
We are in uncharted territory.
And if we’re honest, the map we’re drawing looks less like a path forward
and more like a warning.

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More from @MeetJess

Aug 21
When I worked at the residence, there was a couple I’ll never forget. She had been a teacher-meticulous, full of stories. He was a musician, gentle, always humming or tapping rhythms. Alzheimer’s had begun stealing pieces of her mind, and some days, she didn’t even recognize him.
Mornings were the hardest. She’d sit at breakfast, staring at her plate like it was a stranger. “What’s this for?” she asked, confused. He answered gently, sometimes joking to coax a smile. Minutes later, she’d ask again—and he answered with the same quiet patience.
She loved to organize things—a trait from her teaching days. Silverware, napkins, books. Alzheimer’s stole that slowly. He’d kneel beside her, hum a soft tune, guide her hands, calming her without a word.
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Jul 31
COVID can wake up dormant cancer cells.
Not enough people are talking about this.

A quick thread 🧵👇
Cancer is terrifying.
But what’s even more terrifying?
Surviving cancer... only for a virus to bring it back.
That’s exactly what scientists are starting to discover with COVID-19.
After cancer treatment, some cancer cells don’t die.
They go quiet.
Dormant.
Your immune system watches them, keeps them in check.
They’re not growing. They’re not spreading.
They’re just… sleeping.
Read 11 tweets
Jul 30
Someone I love is in palliative care. Dying. Slowly. Quietly.
And not a single mask in sight. Not on staff. Not on visitors. Not on anyone but me.
A quick 🧵 on my thoughts
It is a strange kind of hell to watch someone you love drift toward the end of their life
—and know that even here, in this sacred space, infection risk is treated like a joke.
We sanitize. We speak in hushed tones. We bring flowers. We hold hands.
We pretend to care about peace and comfort.
But no one cares enough to wear a mask?
Read 13 tweets
Jul 26
Living in 2025 feels like surviving the apocalypse but everyone else thinks it’s Coachella

🧵Thread
Remember when the world collectively cared for like… two weeks?
Now it’s “COVID’s over” while the ER is a revolving door and your barista’s on their 3rd infection this year.
Wearing a mask now gets you side-eyes like you brought a chainsaw to a baby shower.
Oh I’m sorry Karen, did my precaution ruin your aerosol party?
Read 11 tweets
Jul 21
Parenting right now feels like tucking your kid in while the world burns outside—then whispering,
"You’re safe."
Even when you’re not sure that’s true. 🧵
You’re raising a child in a world you barely recognize.
Trying to give them a normal childhood while everything feels like collapse in slow motion.
You pack lunches and grief in the same backpack.
You hum lullabies while checking the air quality.
You Google “best crayons” and “how to talk to kids about death”
in the same breath.
Read 11 tweets
Jul 7
Being overwhelmed doesn’t always look like crying on the floor.
Sometimes it looks like showing up with a smile.
Replying, “I’m good!”
Working. Parenting.
Functioning.
And quietly falling apart when no one’s watching.
You answer emails. You make dinner. You keep the world spinning for everyone else.
But inside?
You’re exhausted. Not just physically, but existentially.
The kind of tired that sleep can’t touch.
No one sees the weight you carry.
The invisible grief.
The decisions.
The guilt.
The fear of letting something drop—because if you stop moving, everything might fall.
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