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Retired educator, loved working with immigrants. Live in a red state. Avid gardener of prairie and vegetables. Interests: geology, history, archeology, sci-fi among other things. Concerned about public health going forward. Trying to understand long covid.

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23 years eating no animal products at all. It started out for health issues, but more and more I’m glad not to be contributing to pollution, environmental degradation and cruelty to other beings.

02.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What about DVDs? I guess my husband and I are OLD, but we still have shelves of favorite movies on DVD. Also the public library has a good collection, including some really good documentaries we haven’t seen yet. (p.s. We also still have a landline, just in case.)

18.09.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think I have anything Disney or ABC related, so nothing to cancel. Using Roku to access YouTube, PBS and we still have AmazonPrime for movies (I know, I know).
Boycott them to their knees!!!!

18.09.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Grew up in Iowa, lived elsewhere East until settling in Nebraska. Am 71 long years old. What you’re describing sounds normal to me, and not at all new. Perhaps St Louis is at a linguistic crux, a geographic jumping off point? Like the geography of sack and bag, very interesting.

26.05.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe it depends on the area of the country. Here in the midwest/plains it is absolutely normal and would sound a little strange to put a β€˜fricative’ (air-blowing) T in the middle of a word like butter. You might do it if you needed to make something extremely clear, but otherwise not.

26.05.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely right. I live in Nebraska; my observation is there’s been a lack of any dnc support for more like 30 years. Jane Kleeb deserves a lot of credit for helping people pull up on their bootstraps, starting with the pipeline battles which pulled a lot of people together in a non-partisan way.

14.05.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know but I read that the possible range would be 24 to 87 months, so this would be at the severe end. Before the decision was announced, Santos said he was hoping for 24. So he must have thought that was the minimum.

25.04.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, it sounds like they didn’t get her dental records, so it’s not a TOTAL loss.

21.04.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The shooting was to be on Fifth Avenue. Keep the facts straight, LOL!

18.04.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Or Danish, aka enemy of the people.

17.04.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s all right, I can barely bring myself to read any of this news anyway.

12.04.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and they are completely ignoring the poop.

10.04.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard to understand what they’re getting at. I think this is very poor material. Who is writing/publishing this? They should have something more interesting for kids. Someone here explained it’s about calories/ energyβ€”so why not just say that? Sometimes it’s the school board that selects texts.

10.04.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, you’re rightβ€”thanks so much!

10.04.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not familiar with the word β€œcape” or β€œto cape to someone”, not in dictionary, can you define it please?

10.04.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

2/2 It might go in one ear, and lodge in my sinuses for a while but never interacts with the brilliant parts of my brain. So I go on being ignorant. You know that cartoon with the naive penguin asking, β€œtariffs? That’s good for the economy, right??”

09.04.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I appreciate your sharing that this stuff is baffling. The problem is, people can explain it really clearly, that’s helpful, except it doesn’t sink in. My brain doesn’t have any leftover space for new econ information. 1/2

09.04.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I’m absolutely sure you are right, but I mean also the individuals who pecked on the keys to delete our history from those pages. Even they should feel consequences for participating in evil. We don’t accept these things as normal.

07.04.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

JHC. Who are the individuals committing these acts. At the end, at our Nuremberg, I want them to answer for this. Following orders was never an excuse, following orders will not be an excuse here.

07.04.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly. I was thinking, known factors are high stress, alcohol, high-fat restaurant food, lack of exercise.

27.03.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Are Asian Lady Beetles and How Do You Control Them? Most ladybugs are beneficial, but Asian lady beetles are undesirable, and may bite. Learn how to get rid of Asian lady beetles in and around the home.

These are likely β€œAsian Lady Beetles”, an imported bug that can infest homes. They are different from the much beloved lady bugs that are beneficial in the garden and rarely come indoors. Important to know the difference! www.thespruce.com/good-and-bad...

12.03.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bingo.

10.03.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or stop cranking the wheel all the way to the left, then all the way to the right. The poor beast doesn’t know what you want it to do!

10.03.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you needed to see a doctor or take care of yourself but couldn’t leave the patient alone, then what? Is that what happened? This makes me so very sad.

08.03.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been thinking this exact same thing. I don’t want to criticize as I know nothing about it, but still I don’t think one person can take care of an advanced Az patient without help. A home health care nurse or nurses, or just a health aide, somebody to take off the strain and 24/7 responsibility.

08.03.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for posting this.

02.03.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In that case I hope you are a young person with a healthy diet. Live long and prosper!

15.01.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It depends on what type patch you have, whether you can cut them. I cut mine 1/4 of a 7mg patch because I need a low dose.

08.01.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

04.01.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 65089    πŸ” 31078    πŸ’¬ 1050    πŸ“Œ 1123

My eyesight got worse recently, have LC but last took Maraviroc around two years ago so i don’t think it’s that for me. Rather dramatic blurriness in right eye. Am experimenting with nicotine patch treatment, very low dose and it is clearing up that eye significantly. Good luck to you.

04.01.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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