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PatSeg

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28. Thanks, I'm trying to remain optimistic,

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #25)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:23 PM

18 hrs ago

but it is really getting hard. I've seen the "tide turning" so many times already and then we get thrown backwards lightyears.

I've seen so many cycles over the years, but never anything close to this bad. In spite of setbacks over the decades, we still managed to move forward. Now I've never seen so much get undone in just one year.

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