My pinned Tweet since 2018, feeling like it’s one thing worth bringing with me. #ViolaDavis #begreat #dothework
12:35 AM - Feb 08, 2023
In response to Katie Kadwell.
Or even folks born into it, who then squander the family fortune in ways to fill holes inside them that the money never could.
09:19 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Can you both just go away please?
The Hill - Cornyn ‘not too worried’ about possible challenge from Texas AG Ken Paxton
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The Hill - Cornyn ‘not too worried’ about possible challenge from Texas AG Ken Paxton
https://thehill.com/homene...
08:59 AM - Apr 28, 2024
In response to Katie Kadwell.
Money can make it easier, sure, but only if you use it right. I look at it like I look at AI: a powerful tool that is more often than not misapplied and amplifies the misery it was supposed to make better.
08:50 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Let’s be clear: Plenty of people protesting Netanyahu’s genocide have already cast primary votes for Biden and plan to cast their vote for him in the general as well. Is that true for everyone out there? No. But a protest against genocide isn’t a protest against Biden, unless it is.
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Nefarious Newt @NefariousNewtYou can blame Joe Biden for the problems of Gaza, but that's ridiculous. You can exhort NATO to help Ukraine, but they are doing all they can. You can ignore Sudan, because that's what we always do. But don't think you have "principles" just because you protest. Actions speak louder than words.08:36 AM - Apr 28, 2024
08:58 AM - Apr 28, 2024
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You want these issues dealt with? ELECT A CONGRESS THAT WILL DEAL WITH THEM. Stop acting as if a pen stroke or a phone call will end the War in Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't care that you are outraged. You want to hurt him? Elect legislators who will take the fight TO HIM.
08:36 AM - Apr 28, 2024
7 Threaded Spouts
People in America act as if we can simply jump from thing to thing and the rest of the world follows along with our narrative. It doesn't work that way. While we squabble over Gaza and barely retain a thought for Ukraine, Sudan is still enmeshed in civil war and Syrians are still being bombed.
08:36 AM - Apr 28, 2024
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You'll note, Ukraine almost disappeared under the avalanche of Israel-Hamas vituperation, as a people at war for two years against a second-rate superpower held on by the skin of their teeth, waiting for the help we told them we would NEVER deny them, because of a fight they have no part of.
08:36 AM - Apr 28, 2024
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The conflict in Gaza has made clear the fault lines in our nation. You have people protesting the genocide of Palestinians at the hands of the IDF being called "antisemitic" and being treated as if they are terrorists. You have Jewish people watching a ramping up of antisemitic attacks.
08:36 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Good Sunday morning everyone! Just waking up from dramatically bad dreams that I only vaguely recall. Here’s a song I love that gives me some peace and joy. #SpoutingClassics #LaidbackTracks - “The Sun”, Kim Jung Mi
Kim Jung Mi - The Sun - YouTube
The Sun by Kim Jung Mi from the album Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-1974Released 2013-07-0...
08:53 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Exactly - in fact studies have shown that men married to women live longer and happier, but women married to men live less long and less happily than their single counterparts.
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandezOne thing it doesn't do is discuss differences by gender. This quote suggests the answer to happiness is not marriage but getting a wife.
/207:17 AM - Apr 28, 2024![“But then what we discovered was that marriage provides all these benefits that are quite mundane, like somebody who gets you to remember to eat, somebody who gets you to remember to go to the doctor, to take your medication. It sounds trivial, except it turns out to really matter for whether you’re happy and whether you stay healthy.”]()
08:49 AM - Apr 28, 2024
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Final thought: I'm glad Thompson doesn't see a silver bullet but a web. Still, I keep wondering if we are asking the wrong question. We might be happier if we pursued something other than happiness. I wrote a bit ago about this--and the tendency to make happiness, like so much else, a competition.
07:27 AM - Apr 28, 2024
“Money can’t buy happiness” is a trope made up by the rich to gaslight us commoners into thinking we shouldn’t even aspire to more. Happiness is clearly more than money, but money can buy a lot of it.
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandezWorth a read. It challenges the idea that marriage is a silver bullet, as so many male pundits keep chiding us. It also challenges the "money can't buy you happiness" myth that helps the rich keep more of their riches. #giftedarticle07:16 AM - Apr 28, 2024
08:47 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Dick Cheney would shoot someone in the face, but even he wouldn't shoot a puppy.
07:51 AM - Apr 28, 2024
#DailyPictureTheme #tear
This photo brought me tears of joy for all the couples I know who could now legally marry. The PRIDE flag waves atop Cleveland's City Hall on the day of the SCOTUS decision to affirm LGBT marriage, 6/26/2015. Our city began issuing licenses immediately.
This photo brought me tears of joy for all the couples I know who could now legally marry. The PRIDE flag waves atop Cleveland's City Hall on the day of the SCOTUS decision to affirm LGBT marriage, 6/26/2015. Our city began issuing licenses immediately.
01:30 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Some good news: found out my wife is probably eligible for Canadian citizenship through her father
06:56 AM - Apr 28, 2024
There’s a new prompt up over at @Spoutories - Have fun! ✍️
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Writers #WritingGames
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Writers #WritingGames
07:57 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Good morning! Here is the list of all the news I read yesterday in case you missed anything. Enjoy!
News Dump for Apr. 27, 2024
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News Dump for Apr. 27, 2024
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07:30 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Everything republicans are doing is what the conservative party of canada dreams of doing
08:21 AM - Apr 28, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
Biden finished his thoughts on the election with a somber plea: “We have to take this seriously. Eight years ago, it could have written off as just Trump talk, but no longer, not after January 6.
06:44 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Michael Vick went to prison for what Kristi Noem did.
10:01 PM - Apr 27, 2024
It was difficult to #tear myself away from this painting last week. 💛
@DailyPictureTheme #DailyPictureTheme
ARTIST Christiane Pflug (1936 - 1972)
Interior at Night
DATE1964 - 1965
@DailyPictureTheme #DailyPictureTheme
ARTIST Christiane Pflug (1936 - 1972)
Interior at Night
DATE1964 - 1965
11:56 PM - Apr 27, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
I am currently a grown ass woman with plenty of life experiences, still using complicated ass mental calculus for resilience to live my best life despite all the bullshit.
I relate to that Amanda Seales interview too fucking much, and to my current knowledge I'm neurotypical.
I relate to that Amanda Seales interview too fucking much, and to my current knowledge I'm neurotypical.
08:32 AM - Apr 28, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
Whether or not we are neurotypical, white people are not the only people who have problems dealing with Black girls and women who don't play the games folks want us to play.
My upbringing encouraged me to be excellent, strong in conviction, an independent thinker, unafraid to disagree.
My upbringing encouraged me to be excellent, strong in conviction, an independent thinker, unafraid to disagree.
08:32 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Snowy Egret
Credit: Debbie-Russ Fairburn
Credit: Debbie-Russ Fairburn
12:37 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Some of you think poverty is a choice, that homelessness is a choice, and I promise it's because you haven't considered how our system perpetuates poverty. How once you're homeless, there are very few support mechanisms to help people get out of that situation.
11:49 PM - Apr 27, 2024
As someone that’s been thru homelessness and got out of it, I promise you, it is NOT a choice and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I may have gotten back on my feet but it took a LONG time for that to happen.
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Gala Williams @Galathesinner900Some of you think poverty is a choice, that homelessness is a choice, and I promise it's because you haven't considered how our system perpetuates poverty. How once you're homeless, there are very few support mechanisms to help people get out of that situation.11:49 PM - Apr 27, 2024
12:31 AM - Apr 28, 2024
People aren't choosing to be homeless or poor for shits and giggles unless they're well off and think they're making a point. They're not, they're being smug, shitty assholes they've always been only now they're cosplaying.
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Dee Jay @DTJ483As someone that’s been thru homelessness and got out of it, I promise you, it is NOT a choice and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I may have gotten back on my feet but it took a LONG time for that to happen.12:31 AM - Apr 28, 2024
12:36 AM - Apr 28, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
"Every single one of us has a serious role to play in making sure democracy endures. I have my role, but in all due respect, so do you. In the age of disinformation, credible information that people can trust is more important than ever. And that makes you more important than ever."
10:58 PM - Apr 27, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
"Not after January 6. I'm sincerely not asking you to take sides, but asking you to rise up to the seriousness of the moment. Move past the horse race numbers and the gotcha moments and the distractions. Focus on what's actually at stake.👇
10:58 PM - Apr 27, 2024
