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Retired techie spends her days playing stringed instruments. Cat and dog lover. Black Lives Matter and so do LGBTQ+

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As to why, on the SF bay peninsula, the protests have been miles long lines of protestors down El Camino. They wanted sign ups so they could identify which locations had too few people and which had enough. I will point out to the organizers the problem with this.

18.09.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

MAGA must mean make America grim again. Rather than the joyful lady with the laugh, weโ€™re stuck with the guy with no sense of humor and a vendetta against comedians. Our next motto should be MALA: make America laugh again. He hates that. Resistance through laughter.

18.09.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The blacklist capitulation by movie studios in response to the Joe McCarthy witch-hunt proves that there is NO history of corporations prioritizing values or free speech over profits. #JimmyKimmel

18.09.2025 02:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1721    ๐Ÿ” 381    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

Wow. Patel is much too emotional to be in such a position. He needs a timeout and his blankie.

16.09.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just wait until they see their child suffer with a disease they never had to experience as they had been vaccinated.

16.09.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of nieces posted a puff piece in praise of Kirk. I responded with some of the objectionable things he said. She responded with a video of an oreo, a young Black woman claiming that Black people misunderstood Kirk. Not needing the rise in my blood pressure, Iโ€™m just ignoring her from now on.

16.09.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I despair at this country with so many people idolizing this man. His idea of Christianity bears no resemblance to mine nor can I find it in my Bible.

16.09.2025 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I saw goody proctor celebrating charlie kirkโ€™s assassination

16.09.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1276    ๐Ÿ” 296    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Screw that!

16.09.2025 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m with you on the donut but disagree about the others.

15.09.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good for you. Iโ€™m with your Grandma. If I had to pick one book from the Bible to read, it would be psalms. Daily prayer helps me feel more balanced and calm.

15.09.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That makes sense. My early childhood was in New York - we had an old washer with a wringer in the basement - then we moved to California.

11.09.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Grrr. I had Covid for the first time last month. It almost killed me, despite being vaxxed and boosted. I had not fully recovered from minor surgery a few weeks earlier and had an infection at the surgical site. My arm still hasnโ€™t healed.

11.09.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Law enforcement officers remember police officer killed in CDC shooting in Atlanta Weeks after David Rose was killed while responding to a shooting this month at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, officers are remembering the DeKalb County police officer as a courageous leader who pri...

You know who was also a young husband and fatherโ€”not to mention ex-Marineโ€”who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?

David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.

apnews.com/article/deka...

11.09.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12031    ๐Ÿ” 3803    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 75

I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.

11.09.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21423    ๐Ÿ” 5003    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 222    ๐Ÿ“Œ 105

When? Not in my lifetime and Iโ€™m 70. Maybe it was regional or a particular brand.

11.09.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Multicolored crochet blanket with yarn ball on top. Yarn is Mandala from Lion Brand Yarn

Multicolored crochet blanket with yarn ball on top. Yarn is Mandala from Lion Brand Yarn

Iโ€™m still working on this blanket- itโ€™s about 3ft long now - but here it is.

11.09.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hate it when comic book companies do that. It usually results in me no longer reading them.

09.09.2025 03:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heโ€™s just sore because people like Powellโ€™s Books more than they like him.

06.09.2025 03:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is the woman in favor of it pranking you? How could she be serious about welcoming his jackboots to her city?

01.09.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sadly, Tolkien was a dog person, not a cat person.

01.09.2025 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s actually useless as living space. Those doors are all undersized. Sheโ€™s slim, but can you imagine carrying a laundry basket through them? With the housing crisis in this country, a vanity house like this is wasteful and infuriating.

01.09.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You look great in it. I like the hair - very sassy. Thank you, too, for creating the Marvel character Escapade. Iโ€™m enjoying her adventures.

31.08.2025 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did he? He took an awful lot of expensive, self-indulgent vacations. What exactly did he learn? How to waste taxpayer money?

30.08.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a Californian, I find seed art exotic. You donโ€™t see that around here.

23.08.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yay, youโ€™re promoting Jenny Lawsonโ€™s Nowhere Bookstore! Vromanโ€™s is excellent, too. I an unfamiliar with the third but Iโ€™m sure itโ€™s good.

23.08.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arenโ€™t they only in the Midwest or the South? Iโ€™ve never seen one on the West Coast. Theyโ€™re not truly American culture if theyโ€™re not in all 50 states.

22.08.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dramatic voice singing โ€œClimb Every Mountainโ€ - almost. โ€œPet every doggieโ€ฆ.โ€

22.08.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry Repubs, Iโ€™m all in favor of it. You donโ€™t bring a ping pong paddle to a gun fight.

22.08.2025 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am so sorry this happened to you. There is no excuse for such passive-aggressive rudeness. Iโ€™d hoped it had stopped after the year GRRM repeatedly mangled the pronunciation of FIYAH magazine. He seemed to be doing it deliberately. I donโ€™t know if he was, that was just how it sounded to me.

22.08.2025 00:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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