The headlines are coming fast and furious, and my timelines/feeds are dark and stormy so I’ve been holding to 2 things: 1) This reflection of @ayjay’s on being informed but not absorbed. 2) This scene from The Fellowship of the Ring. (I can always count on Gandalf for a bracing refrain.)

A close-up of an elderly man with long gray hair and a beard, wearing a serious expression in a dimly lit setting.
Nic Babarskis @thebigbabooski