Bearly Politics

Bearly Politics

Glasses Off, Time to Go Home

On Social Stamina, Online Exhaustion, and Why the World Outside X Looks a Lot More Ordinary (and Hopeful) Than the Doom Merchants Claim.

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Aug 24, 2025
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It’s bank holiday weekend, and I am, to put it bluntly, completely peopled out.

The socialising started on Friday night with friends who’d managed their first child-free weekend in eighteen months. Just let that roll around in your head for a moment. A year and a half without a break. If it were me, I’d probably need to be poured back into the house with…

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