I have definitely noticed more right-wing posts by accounts I don't follow popping up on both Twitter and Facebook, which is super annoying. I've been tempted to stop using those platforms, but Twitter is still where most of my online/BSB friends are, and FB is where most of my "real life" friends are, and I don't want to feel completely out of the loop.
Brian seems to have learned his lesson from 2020 and hasn't posted anything remotely political in a long time. I know he probably did vote for Trump again, but as long as he's not posting MAGA crap like his wife used to, I can keep clinging to my belief that he's just conservative and not a full-on, card-carrying cult member. I just keep wondering where the seemingly sane, decent Republicans are going to draw the line and turn against their fascist leader. When is enough going to be enough? If even just a few of them in Congress swallowed their pride or fear or whatever's holding them back and sided with Democrats, so much more could be done. But I guess they're too afraid of ruining their political careers like the Liz Cheneys and Adam Kinzingers of the party who tried last time around.
There's been a rumor going around for over a year now that BSB's going to do a Millennium 2.0 tour, and now the rumor is that they're doing another Vegas residency at the new Sphere. The Sphere thing sounds more likely than the Millennium part, but it would be cool if it was both. Def Leppard did a residency in 2013 where they basically played two concerts in one: the first setlist was a bunch of deep cuts, followed by an intermission, and then they played their whole Hysteria album in order for the second set. I would LOVE to see BSB do something like that! The deep cut thing is what we were all hoping their 30 for 30 concert in Cancun would be. I hope the announcement is not another fan event like Cancun. Whatever they're doing, it should be something the whole fandom can enjoy. I know not everyone can make it to concerts, especially when they're in a different country, but at least a tour or residency offers multiple dates to accommodate more people than one big, expensive event.
I heard AO3 membership has been going up exponentially because fanfic.net is getting old and having a lot of issues too, so it definitely could be that the site is getting overloaded. If that's the case, I'm concerned about what importing all these other dying archives is going to do to it. Hopefully they have a plan in place to increase their servers or bandwidth or whatever they need to accommodate more users and data.
Yeah, I wish I was able to jump from fandom to fandom like that, too. The only way I've been able to write for other fandoms are if I'm doing a crossover with BSB. Apparently, I still need those boys in the story to be fully invested in it LOL. Out of curiosity, I looked to see if there were any fanfics for The Pitt yet on AO3. There are 15 so far! LOL If I hadn't already done an ER crossover, I could see myself doing one with The Pitt. But since it's only been 5 years since I finished the ER story, I'm not really itching to write another story like that yet.
You're so right about adult friendships. It's much harder to make new friends as an adult, especially when you're not working or part of a club or church or something. Pretty much all of the friends I actually hang out with in real life, aside from BSB trips, are people I work with. I barely keep in touch with friends from high school and college anymore outside of Facebook. Everyone just gets busy with their own lives, and it takes effort on both sides to stay in touch. Being introverted makes it even harder. I always wish I lived closer to people I know online. But then, I have a few friends who started out as online friends who only live 2-3 hours away from me, and we still usually only see each other for BSB-related events LOL.
Oh no! I'm so sorry about your sister's accident and your car. I'm glad she wasn't hurt! And that's good that she has her own car, but it sucks that yours was totaled. I hope you get a nice insurance check. When my car was totaled a couple years ago, I actually got way more than I was expecting from my insurance company, about 9 grand for a ten-year-old car that, according to Kelly Blue Book, was only worth $3-4k in trade-in value. Apparently, it was worth more for its scrap metal and parts than it was as a fully functional car LOL. So, in that respect, I guess it worked out all right for me in the long run, but I still wish it hadn't happened. It's so stressful dealing with all that. I was planning to keep driving my car for a few more years without a car payment and then give it to my nephew when he starts driving, but he's out of luck now.
That's really weird how the Critics Choice Awards were given out. So, were the supporting actors not able to give a speech, or did they just take turns? Hopefully they do it differently next year.