My liver’s perfect. My kidneys are divine. My glucose is… a little dramatic. We’re waiting on more tests. And I’m being very brave about it.
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Sometimes I fantasize about disappearing.
Not dying.
Just logging off.
Getting a job no one cares about.
Growing tomatoes.
Writing poems in the margins of a notebook no one reads.
Not as a failure.
But as a kind of freedom.
AMAZING! A 90 year old Holocaust survivor confronted Trump's ICE director.
What a legend.
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sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
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Because what you do when you're bored becomes who you are when you're not.
Boredom is a doorway. To creativity. To clarity. To the things you keep avoiding.
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HUGE FLIP: Democrat John Ewing Jr. just turned Omaha blue—defeating the longest-serving GOP mayor in the country and becoming the city’s first Black mayor in history.
Every Democrat needs to talk from now on.
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We live in a time that people are more inclined to obey an unlawful executive order than they are to follow a court order 🤦🏾♀️.
Dictators are created due to cruelty, cowardice, & compliance! IF THEIR ASSES will ignore the Supreme Court, we can definitely IGNORE HIM!
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It’s honestly pretty sad when you think about it.
There are people out there who spend their time focused on me — picking apart everything I say and do online.
Not working on their dreams.
Not building anything of their own.
Just sitting there, criticizing someone who’s actually out here trying.
I don’t say this out of anger.
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I will never forget that the week Qatar decided to bribe the president of the United States with a plane, CNN decided to focus on the age and health of an ex-president.
Shame.
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The Biden presidency opens up a can of worms. If he is unfit to run as president; unfit to stand trial for taking and storing classified materials in his garage, how can he be fit enough to issue pardons to people who have not been charged with a crime? You can't have it both ways.
In the past, a disgruntled Pharoh might attempt to eradicate the memory of a previous Pharoh by having his name scratched off of any carving carrying that name. If Biden can be shown to be an illegitimate de…
Hardy fucking har har, you can't be serious.
Every mother who has sought a medical exemption for a vaccine injured child knows that another doctor can say "meh, no" to that diagnosis. 🤷
With the right incentive ("that's a nice medical license you've got there, sure wouldn't want trouble keeping it"), a corruptible doctor could cave.
The talk of removal coz "unfit" has been extraordinary, hasn't it?
Any mother of a vaccine injured child, who sought an exemption, but caved when denied that exemption, has absolutely no business being a mother - a mother's first priority is to protect her children at all costs.
Look at the wildlife outside your window there in Idaho. Watch female bears with cubs protect their young. Ever wonder where the nickname "Mama Bear" comes from? To describe a fearless mother protecting her children.
"Any mother of a vaccine injured child, who sought an exemption, but caved when denied that exemption, has absolutely no business being a mother"
Ron, I would not be so judgmental. Millions of people of lesser means than we were coerced by threats that would mean nothing to you or I.
E - I always appreciate your comments and opinions, but I'm not sure I follow you. The way I see it - just me - is that no matter the relative sacrifice or relative coercion, a mother protects her child - at all costs.
A mother bear fears no tourist, no bison, no male bear, nor a 30-06, 180-grain, in defending her cubs - a threat is a threat.
"Sorry honey, the man denied our exemption request, roll up your sleeve." This surely isn't what you're saying, is it? Please say no. Tell me I've misunderstood you.
No, Ron,
What I am suggesting is that a person, single mother perhaps, working two jobs and not able to afford a babysitter, is being told that her child cannot attend school, or cannot ride a school bus, etc. without a shot which, at the time, might not have been recognized as deleterious, would be a difficult decision. There are many people who did not have another choice. The shot or quit one of my jobs and go on welfare? Move out of our efficiency apartment to one on the other side of the tracks? Section 8 with Jamal as a neighbor?
This issue could be almost existential.
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