Lynne Ann Morse

Long-term, untreated depression sucks.

(Especially the stuff that shows up in grade school.)

(Ask me how I know... in the DMs.)

*just listening, and feeling a bit heart-achy at the dirty they did to Link*

Oh yes,... music is a huge "catalyst" when it comes to memory.

The weirdest things do stick.

I would never be able to quote the lines I memorized for a couple plays I did (in my early 30's). But I remember our very first telephone number, and that was over 55 years ago.

One of my rescue friends is battling to save two kittens with panleuk. This is the boogeyman disease of kitten rescue.

Crits For Cats does amazing work. If you’re able to drop even a few dollars it can be the difference maker.

I won’t lie, the odds are long. But this is a fight worth fighting

P.S. SO DOES LONG TERM INSOMNIA.

*gazes wistfully at you, just the same*

Folks, if you're voting tomorrow, please remember that in many states (including New York) it is actually ILLEGAL to take pictures of your filled-out ballot and/or to share those pics! It's basically never prosecuted, but:
a) you should try not to accidentally commit crimes on social media;

b) it may seem like a stupid law, but it's in place for solid reasons relating to preventing vote-buying schemes and also interpersonal abuse; and
c) the principle of secret balloting is very important, and you should have some goddamn respect for it. (Even if you're anti-electoralist!)

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If you help us hit $5K in Feeding America donations, I’ll solicit public suggestions for the next famous person or fictional character I put big naturals on:

update!!

20 / 80

🙏 thank you 🙏

after the transfer fee that puts me at
19.65 / 20.17

i'm less than $1 short now

Cis kids get gender-affirming care, including hormone suppression AND supplementation, and surgical techniques like access to breast reductions, nose jobs. Trans kids don’t want anything different.
Just let all kids play a role in shaping the bodies they’ll live in for the rest of their lives?

"Okay. I won't do it again."

. o O ( Until next time. )

Unsurprisingly.

But hey, it's great that all these systems are getting shoved into everything.

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Trump official threatens to ground all flights before Thanksgiving in shutdown standoff Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down." As the stalemate drags into the second month, it's adding...

Yeah...

That's gonna burn what little cover you have for "they made us do it,".

www.rawstory.com/flights/

OMG, I think these malevolent weirdos are actually daft enough to effectively cancel Thanksgiving.

(If you're not from, or adjacent to the United States, this is beyond bonkers.)

Days, Diane, *days* won't fit, now...

Bookmarking this so I can listen tomorrow with a "better" brain. (Mornings being my best time.)

Strength to you!

This is bad news, as Teen Vogue has been an invaluable source of news, often outdoing the Legacy Media on current stories, and unafraid (until now) to tell it like it is, as opposed to how it is spun.

Exposure to hate speech deteriorates neurocognitive mechanisms of the ability to understand others’ pain The widespread ubiquity of hate speech affects people's attitudes and behavior. Exposure to hate speech can lead to prejudice, dehumanization, and lack of empathy towards members of outgroups. However, the impact of exposure to hate speech on ...

Regular exposure to slurs, even if you don't actually use them yourself, literally rewires your brain to lower your empathy for others (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...) and taboo language is a diagnostic signal in brain injury (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...)

And the work includes engagement and vulnerability. (And, to a certain extent, humility as well.)

I disagree. People have a right to express themselves in a public square and they have a right to choose not to listen as well. The tools may be too complicated or too blunt, but the job of a social network is not to force you to listen to people you don’t like.

There was a time, when Loving Spouse and I, childless though we were, and neither of us long past the teen phase, were trying to throw money at Teen Vogue.

Guess that won't ever happen again, now.

Oh, absolutely why they did that.

Coffee mug, white with a text over an outline map of Japan. The text reads: I don't need therapy. I just need to go to Japan."

Found somewhere by a local friend, who is also something of a Japanophile.

Aw...

for you, next post.

I had a friend applying for benefits of some sort - years ago, this was.

If memory serves, it was municipally based; but that city of "44 mi.² of reality" told her she'd have to give up her fiction library. (It wasn't for her profession, you see.)

Years ago, it still burns.