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Deanna McBeath Jacobs's avatar

Just discovered you & your Substack. I am very much in the phobic boat. Are these gatherings afloat?

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Laura Martin's avatar

HI Ellie, a thoughtful and intelligent piece, as always! Not only bureaucracy but technology eats away my time and sucks my soul dry. I just spent the better part of 3 days on 'chats' because my phone/broadband fees went up by 120% (!!!) after coming to the end of a contract. They force us to attend to this deeply meaningless activity to continue to get basic support--it is senseless. So I am very pleased to see you name it and offer ways to support the weary and depleted. For me, it would be less helpful to meet and talk about it, and maybe more helpful if folk shared helpful hints--how to do certain things, maybe kind people out there who can be recommended to help one...

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