From Ukraine last year, to Nagorno-Karabakh last month and now Israel, it really does feel like there's a trend of people becoming more comfortable with using large-scale unilateral violence to solve problems. That trend itself greatly worries me; each instance normalizes and legitimizes the next.

I also notice a separate trend, of not so much flashy violence but rather mostly-quiet but brutal repression, becoming normalized and unchallenged more and more. This also worries me a lot.

Not looking like a good decade for peace and freedom.

It seems like when financial systems are stressed to the max and governments feel like they are losing control, violence and repression compound. Sending love and prayers to all the families and innocent people trying to live their lives.