I couldn’t believe what I saw this morning on the news!

From Merriam-Webster-
Some common synonyms of swindle are cheat, cozen, and defraud. While all these words mean "to get something by dishonesty or deception," swindle implies large-scale cheating by misrepresentation or abuse of confidence.

This is unbelievable- that this would be anywhere near acceptable.

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Gliding into 2025: Embracing the Year of the Snake As billions around the world prepare to welcome the Year of the Snake, we spoke with ANU experts to explore the symbolism and celebration.

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Wood snake to be exact

Tomorrow is Lunar New Year, the year of the snake. Seems appropriate 🐍

I taught a class and ate lunch

in the time in the time it took a would-be dictator to declare martial law & citizens to organize and decisively beat him down

Damn South Korea is an efficient country

Media literacy is so important in this time where lies are being spread. It takes five minutes- see how you fare!

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What a joke! Hope Walz has an effective strategy to manage this debate rule. With the advent of AI - you would think something could be done when a lie comes up.
Some ideas: Vance face is blurred, his voice turns into Elmer Fudd, an ‘oh oh’ smiley face is super imposed on the screen…

He is an amazing skater, I don’t know what is up, he almost looks hurt (that camel spin). Like he couldn’t fully extend his leg/hip. Ugh
Also I see on the top of the video Sylvia is not listed as his coach- inquiring minds want to know!

Can I help you? My daughter sent this to me…

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New word game! Incorporate this word as many times as possible today.
Good luck!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #9,405,487, vdemure-karen.bsky.social ‪@vdemure-karen.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 7, 2024"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #9,405,487!

I am familiar with Brainspotting! It is a wonderful adjunct to therapy- I enjoyed this process both as a receiver and provider.