Roger DeWayne

Happy to see this article. Yakoki (thank you) to the MFP!

/3 real question is: should i follow the advice of AI? Yes, I do go to an actual human therapist, but she is located here on our main reservation at the IHS hospital 1.5 hours away from the job. Transportation is still a challenge even 1.5 miles away from the new job. What y'all think, bskyers?

Jones County has another Choctaw community, and I've worked down here before, and I know people here. I can speak Choctaw here as well as have the comfort of knowing that people understand the nuances of our culture that I dont have to explain to anyone. Maybe this is what I really need. I guess my

should I cautiously follow that advice of letting my apartment go since my new job is 1.5 hours away anyway? It's saying that change of scenery is good for me, due to my mom's passing a year ago and there's not much left for me here in my hometown. And its not like I'm completely leaving.../2

Im surprised the ChatGPT has been like a therapist to me. I asked it a couple of "hypothetical" questions and now its talking like a human back to me, sounding like guidance and even offering clarity through my tornado of thoughts. Given what it knows about me and the events of the last 5 months,
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‘History Rocks!’ Tour Visits Choctaw Central Middle School for Its Only Mississippi Stop U.S. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs William Kirkland and the “History Rocks! Trail to Independence Tour” visits Choctaw Central Middle School.

Awesome article by the MFP: read & share

‘History Rocks! Trail to Independence Tour’ Visits Choctaw Central Middle School for Its Only Mississippi Stop www.mississippifreepress.org/history-rock...

I'll never discount a paid lunch hour at work and employer provided meals ever again! It is a real benefit lots of other companies don't provide!

Notice how those who wanted to overthrow the government for being asked to carry proof of their covid vaccination, claiming it’s an infringement on their freedoms, are suddenly all in favor of needing multiple proofs of identity just so they can exercise their constitutional right to vote.

No, I didn’t watch the Kick Rocks show or whatever his name is

Choctaw words of the day: chokfi ayobah

Y'all have a wonderful Sunday

Now down to three years…. If not somehow sooner

When the government carries out cruelty and injustice while claiming to be “Christian” and we Christians do not speak out against it, we are not only giving tacit support of this evil, we surrender the reputation of our entire faith to those carrying out evil in our name.

Ready to get a passport and just get away. Sick of this place

I’m ready to just get up out of here. Nothing left for me here. Sick of the lack of infrastructure in this state.

It was “protect the children” until it came to immigrant children.

It was “protect the children” until it came to gun violence.

It was “protect the children” until it came to food assistance.

It was “protect the children” until it came to healthcare.

It was never about protecting children.

definitely solely my responsibility in that regard. In this day and age of chaos and incompetence, I can barely afford the mental health to turn on the news. It definitely doesn't provide any motivation. I just want to retreat further into my solitude and continue this obligation called life.

As an introvert, I feel like I have just simply existed throughout life. I never really grew up with close friends, just a bunch of acquaintances I've collected over the years. Peer pressure was never an issue for me, although I still wanted to be "part of that crowd." All of my dumb choices were

I'm sitting here today, no job, no money, no car, no prospects, debts soaring and credit scores failing, and waiting for the eventual moment to get the eviction notice from my apartment. I'm already struggling to find meaning in my life when I've lost so much. I dont know where to find motivation.

I guess I'm writing this to say, I am still not okay. I was her primary caregiver and watched her slowly decline in front of me while I tried my best to accomodate her and maintain a sense of dignity. With her 401k, we made some memories, but after her passing, there was no money left.

about my mother, which was over a year ago, and still applying online for jobs. I detest the fact that her passage has only been a year, but being on Dec. 23, two days before Christmas, on a printed calendar would have me saying "two years ago in 2024" when it wasn't that long ago. And folks,

Oh, just sitting up late on an early Friday morning, music playing from an algorithm of favorites on Youtube Music while each song from a different era inspires vignettes of memories from my last 42 years on this tiny blue marble. Fighting back tears with each bittersweet memory, especially those

Congratulations! I salute anyone on their journey of self-improvement and wish to commemorate those milestones. Keep going!

I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.

Mississippi is "considering" getting rid of property taxes. Which we won't do.
But it's a nasty little ploy - a cowboy hat dolt will propose it, some voters will think it sounds good, the legislature will drop it, THEN they'll say they're cutting taxes on second homes over 500k "for the people."

Perhaps the biggest lesson for me from 2025 is that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side; sometimes it’s best to stick to what you know. Don’t walk away from blessings you already were blessed with.

Love this

Mom, I miss you so much, esp these days, not just for the holidays, but because life is hitting from all directions rn. Phone cut off, car repo'd last wk, now im facing eviction. Sometimes i just want to be where you are, over the 🌈. Can't believe youve been gone a whole year
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Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.