Wendy 🖌️📚⚖️

Things have gotten way out of hand with all of the subscriptions. Soon we will need a subscription service just to get groceries 🤬.

I have gotten rid of just about every subscription service. PBS passport is the only one that remains. I have also cancelled Amazon and use Google (play books) and the library for reading materials.

Not doing well. 💔 Between chronic illness and mental illness, I'm really struggling right now, physically and mentally. Sending love to anyone else fighting their own battles. We got this (eventually). Hang in there.

What’s one book that changed your life? Mine? My passport.

UN says Fox News host apologized after calling for world body to be b*mbed.

So when is the FCC investigating to take him off the air? Or is this now first amendment rights?

Many flowers of all sorts of varieties and colors

so many blooms

War-ravaged Portland

A simple sign on a building in upstate New York that that reads “Books & Cake”

The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-

How much Russian oil and gas is Europe still importing? Global supply chains mean the Russian military machine is still more interlinked with the West than many would like to admit

Global supply chains mean the Russian military machine is still more interlinked with the West than many would like to admit

The world’s most persecuted people Dumb ideas are worsening the Rohingyas’ dire plight

The UN’s World Food Programme, the sole source of food assistance to the Rohingyas in Bangladesh, warns that rations will be exhausted by the end of the year

Tropical Storm Imelda expected to batter parts of the southeastern U.S. this week The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Imelda could intensify as it approaches the East Coast. South Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency.

UPDATE: The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Imelda could intensify as it approaches the East Coast. South Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency.

I think R.L Stine might’ve solidified my love of reading when I was younger…

I LOVED the “Fear Street” books.

Everybody ALWAYS talks about Goosebumps … but I never see people give love to Fear Street !!!

LONG LIVE THE AMERICAN NEGRO

BLACK AMERICA FOR EVER

AFRICAN AMERICAN ALWAYS

ETERNALLY BLACK POWER

It’s all shits n gigs until mama bear come looking for him because I KNOW he didn’t ask her permission

U.S. Geological Survey finds arsenic levels in Gary drinking well A U.S. Geological Survey representative told the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission in August that arsenic levels were found at a Gary well in 2022.

A new study reveals that arsenic was found in 2022 at a Gary well that served as a drinking resource for some in the community.

The government's new directive to investigate the funding of progressive groups like Open Society Foundations has sparked a conversation about political free speech. Maintaining space for advocacy is vital.
​#CivilLiberties #ProgressivePolitics

It's been a journey of learning, but I'm managing it one day at a time! Sending strength to anyone else navigating a chronic illness. 💜
#AOSD #AdultOnsetStillsDisease #ChronicIllness #Autoimmune #Arthritis #HealthUpdate

​What is it? 🧐 It's a rare type of inflammatory arthritis characterized by a classic trio of symptoms: high, spiking fever, a temporary salmon-colored rash, and joint pain/swelling. Essentially, it's the body's immune system overreacting and causing widespread inflammation.

A little personal update: I was diagnosed with Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD) back in August 2023.

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Drop your game-changer below and tell me why! Let's build a radical reading list together. 👇🏾
​#Literature #Books #Reading #BlueSkyBooks #PerspectiveShift #BookRecommendations

​What's a book that completely changed the way you see the world? 🤯 ​Not just a book you liked, but one that fundamentally shifted your perspective, challenged a core belief, or opened a door to a reality you never considered.