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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.

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Pete Buttigieg's avatar

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

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i love it when a woman slowly steps out of survival mode and starts to fall in love with life again. when her zest for life comes back and when she starts to notice all the magic and blessings around her, it’s the most beautiful thing to witness.

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Be bored more often.

Go for long walks. Meditate. Journal your thoughts. Read new books. Spend time alone without devices. You would get to understand yourself a lot much better. Your brain gets the best ideas when it is left to wander.

In those quiet moments, you'll uncover clarity and inspiration that can't be found in constant stimulation.

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Thank you. Mexico, for standing up for truth snd integrity. We here in America wish many of our corporate leaders could find the decency and courage to do the same.

Mexico has officially banned the Trump propaganda from airing on Mexican TV and social media. No racist ads, and no lies disguised as messages to the world.

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On Leaving the US | May 23, 2025
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Best mental reset I’ve learned:

If your mind is loud — Write.

If your mind is empty — Read.

If your mind is racing — Walk.

If your mind is tired — Sleep.

If your mind is sharp — Build.

Most problems are just mismatched energy. Get the inputs right, the rest follows.

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🚨BREAKING

RFK Jr is preparing to ban Pharmaceutical Ads on TV..

What are your thoughts?

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Gigi Nadeau's avatar

anyone else?

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

hey! thank you very much to all my readers for making “it’s time to leave Joe Biden the fuck alone” my first post to receive ten thousand likes!

it’s time to leave Joe Biden the fuck alone

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Trump is dismantling our Civil Rights
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jericho's avatar

i miss slow things. slow mornings. slow friendships. slow art. slow romance. everything feels like it needs a deadline when the best parts of being alive takes more time to bloom than we care to admit.

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How much money did healthcare get from the Federal Government during “covid relief”?
Duct Tape's avatar

Can I take a stab at it? I'll try to connect a few dots. I'll most likely miss the mark completely, but I'll have fun.

Around the time of the lock downs, my occupation put me in contact with a lot of nurses for some reason. This was pre-vaccine. They all told the same story. Plenty of paid time off because their hospitals were ghost towns. This was in stark contrast to the news and rumors about ICUs overflowing with COVID patients. I would have discounted it, but I kept hearing it over and over …

You beat me to this "stab".

I remember seeing the stories about unemployed contract doctors.

I like your hypothesis in that what better way to pacify the masses, than to make certain all the little hospitals keep their little towns in line?

Remember, the government faucet was WIDE open and those prospering were making bank and keeping their mouths shut, just like the mob paying off cops and judges.

I'm not going to draw a picture of the money pyramid as we all pretty much have figured out by now how it flowed.

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Duct Tape's avatar

We are still paying for the wide open faucet. Excessive Government spending, the gift that keeps on giving. This inflation is the direct result of printing those trillions of dollars. The economy may never recover from that. The pain from the inflation must have been a key part of the plan. This was not just about our physical health. It is warfare against any form of personal freedom and liberty. The people behind this want to have total control over our lives. They would be quite content for …

Joe's avatar

Irony is, and I'm old enough to remember, is 'trust no one over 30'.

And guess who never let go!