For those on the fence about Borg Backup because it’s a command line app, FYI there’s a great frontend GUI for it called Vorta (yeah, in line with the Trek theme lol) that works really well. I don’t see it mentioned often, thought I’d pass that along. Might want to avoid the Flatpak version if you need to back up stuff outside your /home dir.
Omg, stay and suffer and potentially die under a fascist government? What a terrible thing to read. I’m so sorry. You keep being a good dad, your kid’s going to grow up all right.