that's a good thing to be concerned about, i agree. words and actions must go together. lets make sure we let our governments know that we want them to cut off the US.
i wanted to revisit this after spending more time with Shavian and Quikscript.
while i was initially more favorable to Quikscript as the "latest improved revision," i've actually come to prefer Shavian overall in the end. this is due to the following:
I find an elegance to the way the Shavian alphabet uses mirroring for similar sounds. At first I was concerned it would be confusing, but with more practice I find it helpful because it narrows down the sound range I should be thinking of. Much of this is lost in Quikscript due to prioritizing different goals for handwriting flow.
Quikscript indeed is primarily about handwriting flow. This is not an issue in an age of computers, and even when writing i'm perfectly happy with Shavian "print" as opposed to a cursive Quikscript.
Quikscript has many more unique characters and alt-characters to facilitate cursive flow. That means many more unique symbols and rules to memorize.
The biggest items I appreciate about Quikscript are:
Solidifying 𐑦 with a single sound, /ɪ/, which is a rule i now apply to Shavian
Having distinct symbols for [ks] and [gz]. I'd like to import those into Shavian or create two new compound symbols, but it's not a deal breaker by any stretch.
At the end, it's the elegant simplicity of Shavian that i've come to value the most.
i get it. i'm frustrated too. but while the US admin are fascist assholes, they haven't done anything to us YET to warrant too hard of a response.
what we should be doing is aggressively decoupling. no more US weapons, stop favoring US companies, independent EU tech stack, local defense buildup, things like this.
that's a bit reductive. there's a time for action and a time for words. also important for recording what is happening.
it's no one elses job to save America from itself. we just need to decouple and look after our own interests and be prepared to act if America crosses the line with us (cf. Greenland.)
they already are?