Shelby Strong 💗💜💙

This might be the first time I've ever heard you say you want something Pikachu.

You know you want to spend the day with me and Jenna, or with Dave and Amy!

Mirror selfie of a woman in a black top and a maxi skirt patterned with stained glass Eevee evolutions

When you have to go to work and dress like a professional, but you also have to celebrate Pokémon Day

Part of the reason the whole country hasn't been screaming about trans Kansans who drive being made criminals overnight is because there's so much else that's unconstitutional and horrifying.

But part of it is because it's happening to trans people.

Don't blame you, but your travel plans sound amazing!

Thank you Carol! Will I see you in Denver?

Worried about hubs who left close to an hour and a half ago to bring the kiddo to school. It's usually around 45 minutes round trip.

Thanks!!

Thanks, and happy birthday to your hubs!

Thanks Alex! Memo to me that I owe you an email!!

Thanks Sue!

I've never gotten a blizzard for my birthday before 😂

Looking forward to seeing what this year has in store!

OH I KNOW. I moved a bunch of it today so I would have a place to put the new snow because a few weeks ago we were like "WHERE DO YOU EVEN PUT IT ALL?!"

Oh trust me, I know 😭 hubby and I were trading off shoveling duty during the last storm that dumped almost two feet on us.

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Kiddo helps out, but no enterprising teens as far as I know. All of our surrounding neighbors have snow blowers and they will occasionally come help us out a bit, but we learned this year to shovel every 4 inches or so instead of waiting until the end of the storm.

We had a guy and then he just...stopped doing it 🫠

Every muscle from my shoulders down to my ass is on fire and the blizzard isn't even here yet. I just got inside from shoveling the old snow out of the way so I'd have a place to put the new snow. 😭

Alright. I have so many friends who know wtf to do with all this snow. Now accepting recommendations for a snow blower that isn't ass and any other general recommendations in the meantime for dealing with this without completely losing it.

I was promised pretty leaves and mild summers, not this. 😤

Page 34: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct."

The absolute refusal to connect American history to American current events is one of the weirdest expressions of modern racism.

There's a heck of a lot more rattling around on my brain but it's messy and unfinished and more than a touch nihilistic so off to the group chat I go lol

We can't come to an agreement on fixing anything if we don't even agree on what's broken. The people who benefit from the status quo end up becoming decision makers who absolutely don't want their cage rattled.

But they are few in number, and only have power if we keep granting it to them.

I keep thinking about something @cfless.bsky.social said during her opening statement: The system isn't broken if it's working as designed.

Words matter, but more importantly, how we define words matters a lot. If we are talking about "education" but attach different meanings to that word...

Oooh! Love this prime factorization!

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Days like that are the best 🥰

Good breakdown of the trial and some of the inconsistencies that Worcester residents deserve answers for.