As things get worse
I know, my friend,
that it is tempting to say
that we
are better than this,
but do not bother,
for if we truly
were better than this
we would not be
in a situation in which
we need to say
that we
are better than this.

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The 267th week:

https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/plague-poems-the-two-hundred-and-sixty-seventh-week/

The headline is "Healthcare Companies Screwed Over So Many People That It’s Hard To Find Luigi Mangione A Neutral Jury " but a large chunk of the article is about the grandstanding of NYC mayor Eric Adams making everything worse.

https://abovethelaw.com/2025/04/healthcare-companies-screwed-over-so-many-people-that-its-hard-to-find-luigi-mangione-a-neutral-jury/

"Learn the difference between 'helping' and being 'helpy'"

~ @wendynather at #BSidesSEA

(If all you are doing is pointing at things and saying "look I found all these problems" you're not helping, you're being helpy... Being "helpy" allows you to claim that you're part of the process and a valuable part of the team and it makes you visible in meetings but doesn't actually improve anything.)

All of this
yes, all of this,
and still
the pandemic as well.

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A compendium of the 266th week of plague poems…

https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/plague-poems-the-two-hundred-and-sixty-sixth-week/