Leah McElrath

That definitely counts!

The bathroom—but, now, also her.

Teri, it’s been one of the few consistent things in my life, lol.

I was defenseless, lol.

Right?! LMAO

On a related topic, my daughter once told me, “I saw a TikTok that said every white woman has at least one bathroom that’s beach-themed. I thought of you.”

In other words, dear reader, my daughter murdered me.

Chronically Ill? In Kennedy's View, It Might Be a Patient's Own Fault These attitudes are shaping policies that affect millions of people

Chronically Ill? In Kennedy's View, It Might Be a Patient's Own Fault www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Especially because it’s so sudden, lol.

Exactly!

Proud of @texasdemocrats.bsky.social

Thousands of French people held a massive rally and march in Paris, standing against Israel's genocide in Gaza, they chanted "Nous sommes la résistance (We are the resistance)" #FreePalestine #3E

the author calling Ghislaine “madam maxwell” makes clear how widely understood all of this was

LOL—I was trying very hard to take off my diagnostic hat while watching this season.

Proud of them!

Democratic lawmakers in Texas broke quorum to try to prevent passage of the new gerrymandered districts legislation:

Dem lawmakers in Texas broke quorum to try to prevent passage of the new gerrymandered districts legislation.

LOL—I’d forgotten about that post and the discourse around it.

The photograph in the post above has received a “graphic” label and hidden.

It is an image that would be difficult to discern from those in history books about concentration and death camps during WWII were it not for the fact that it is in color.

Same label for possibly the same image:

Genocide Debate over whether there’s a genocide in Gaza has special resonance when your family was a victim of the crime that gave the world the term.

President of the pro-Israel lobbying firm J Street says:

“I cannot and will not argue any more against those using the term [genocide]. I simply won’t defend the indefensible.”

He cites his appearance on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com as a factor in his decision.

jeremybenami.substack.com/p/genocide

As much as I discuss the centrality of malignant narcissism to what’s going on, I’d go with both/and on this.

There are specific actions taken by political leaders attempting to consolidate power and those are informed by the actions of other authoritarians. The “playbook” is written in history.

Why I changed my mind on the genocide charge against Israel For the past 21 months of horrific violence and heartbreaking suffering in the Gaza Strip, I’ve been wrestling with the contentious…

A tipping point is happening.

From the Chair of Israel Studies at UCLA:

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The Epstein files — by Heather Marsh

"This month, what I have mostly been hearing are demands for ‘the Epstein files’. For some, this is a very reasonable demand for a working justice system and a rare point that most people in the US can agree on." #opdeatheaters #3E #Epstein #Maxwell

Labor Department moves to end disability hiring goal for federal contractors Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer plans to axe a longstanding, successful incentive program for disabled workers.

Great article from @juliametraux.bsky.social in @motherjones.com on the Trump administration ceasing to monitor disability inclusion & axing the 7% goal for govt contractors.

After COVID, there are more highly-qualified working disabled people than ever before.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Osama Abu Rabee PRESS @dn_osama_rabee Follow Eighteen Palestinians were martyred and 198 others injured while attempting to access aid near the Zikim crossing in northern Gaza, according to Fares Afanah, head of emergency and ambulance services in the north. With no functioning health system and a critical shortage of ambulances, first responders were forced to stack bodies and wounded civilians inside a single vehicle during evacuations from al-Sudaniyya. The victims had gathered in desperation for flour and food when Israeli occupation forces opened fire, turning a supposed aid route into a site of mass bloodshed.

Emaciated bodies stacked like firewood inside an ambulance.

Israel killed 18 food aid seekers and injured 198 others at a single distribution site today in Gaza.

Because of the critical shortage of ambulances, first responders were forced to transport the visibly emaciated bodies in a single vehicle stacked like firewood.

Massive protest in Australia today demanding an end to starvation and genocide in Gaza and calling for sanctions and a weapons freeze against Israel.

Official estimates puts the crowd size at 90k, but the images I’m seeing look more like there were hundreds of thousands of participants.

Thank, yeah, I do diaphragmatic breathing for pain management, but it really is a practice that needs to be maintained, isn’t it, lol? Doing it now. Appreciate the reminder.

This is important to talk about, incl where it’s more about Jewish trauma & where it’s got an understandable basis (Protest chants of “burn down Tel Aviv!” have been heard, perhaps less unreasonably, as calls for the mass murder of Jews.)

Accountability must include safety for *all* civilians. +

Thank you. I’m laying here trying to recall what exercises worked in the past. Maybe I’ll hit up YouTube.