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I sat through β€œThomas and the Magic Railroad” for my oldest.

He owes me.

26.04.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gold Mother's Cross Image Use: Use of images owned by the National Holocaust Centre and Museum is governed by our Terms and Conditions. Accession Number: NEKHC:2009.2.1-2 Object: Medal Physical Description:&nbs...

They count on us not paying attention in history.

www.holocaust.org.uk/gold-mothers...

22.04.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Time to download and delete your info from 23andMe.

24.03.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am allowed to access my original birth certificate once my birth parents have died. Of course, since it was a closed adoption I am also not allowed to know who they are.

24.03.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The richest man in the world’s companies are losing money and Donald Trump, Sean Hannity, and other rich white supremacists are feeling bad for him and going out and buying Teslas.

Elon Musk is talking about cutting social security and Medicare benefits and they don’t give a rat’s derriΓ¨re.

12.03.2025 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Would not have expected Utah, of all places, to be ahead of Wisconsin (the state where my adoption took place) on this issue.

11.03.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate that question.

19.02.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And it’s under the COMMERCE committee.

01.02.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Tony! I figured it was something like that, but didn’t want to assume.

28.01.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I ducked out of most social media for a while, and missed the significance of the egg. What does it mean/do?

28.01.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If white Christians are outraged by Bishop Mariann Budde’s call for compassion toward the marginalized, just wait until they actually read the Bible and see what Jesus said.

Spoiler alert: His teachings were loving your neighbor, uplifting the oppressed, and standing with outcasts.

22.01.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
22.01.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The hypocrisy of you nonmelanted bigots claiming Michelle Obama is β€œdisrespecting the officeβ€œ of president by not attending Trump’s inaugural is palpable.

Where in the Hades was your concern for β€œrespecting the office” four years ago when Trump refused to attend Bidenβ€˜s inaugural?

17.01.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 300    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4

I will argue that the adopted kids would.

19.01.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump set the TikTok ban in motion

Congress passed legislation

Biden signs legislation

SCOTUS upholds ban

Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open

TikTok shuts down anyway

Trump tweets

TikTok pretends Trump saved it πŸ™„

19.01.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7861    πŸ” 2391    πŸ’¬ 356    πŸ“Œ 196

I see contacting WARM has been suggested. They were very helpful in my search.

01.12.2024 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The suggestion in that thread to contact WARM is a good one. They have been helpful to me.

01.12.2024 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a beauty!

28.11.2024 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Time to dismantle the thing. With hammer if necessary.

20.11.2024 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love that show!

17.11.2024 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thoroughly Modern Millie?

17.11.2024 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s exciting! I found my birth family through DNA as well.

14.11.2024 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Proceeds will go to paying down the $1.5 billion debt that Jones owes families of Sandy Hook shooting victims who won two defamation suits against him.

Perfect.

www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...

14.11.2024 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't look at the news

Don't look at the news

Don't look at the news

(Looks at the news)

Oh, for fuck's sake

13.11.2024 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 24081    πŸ” 2899    πŸ’¬ 802    πŸ“Œ 293

πŸ‘‹

12.11.2024 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m here now. Not sure how much posting I will do for a while, but I’m here.

12.11.2024 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My son lives there! Great city.

08.10.2023 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NYT screenshot: 
One day earlier, in a neighboring state, another couple making a politically motivated move had a different flag on display β€” a Pride flag on a T-shirt.

Jennie and Jeff Noble were packing their possessions into a 26-foot U-Haul truck in suburban Iowa. Ms. Noble, 37, who was wearing the Pride T-shirt, and her husband were leaving Iowa for Minnesota.

Their only child, Julien, came out as transgender at age 11. Now 16, Julien uses prescription testosterone. After Iowa banned gender-affirming medical care for minors, criminalizing their son’s treatments, the Nobles β€” lifelong Iowans β€” concluded they had to get out.

NYT screenshot: One day earlier, in a neighboring state, another couple making a politically motivated move had a different flag on display β€” a Pride flag on a T-shirt. Jennie and Jeff Noble were packing their possessions into a 26-foot U-Haul truck in suburban Iowa. Ms. Noble, 37, who was wearing the Pride T-shirt, and her husband were leaving Iowa for Minnesota. Their only child, Julien, came out as transgender at age 11. Now 16, Julien uses prescription testosterone. After Iowa banned gender-affirming medical care for minors, criminalizing their son’s treatments, the Nobles β€” lifelong Iowans β€” concluded they had to get out.

The Huckins family and the Noble family have not met, yet their journeys β€” from blue Oregon to red Missouri, and from red Iowa to blue Minnesota β€” mirror each other, unfolding only five weeks apart this spring. One family relocated because of a single issue β€” restrictions on transgender rights β€” while the other believed a broad swath of progressive policies had degraded their quality of life. But both families used strikingly similar language to describe their main concern: the need for personal safety.

The Huckins family and the Noble family have not met, yet their journeys β€” from blue Oregon to red Missouri, and from red Iowa to blue Minnesota β€” mirror each other, unfolding only five weeks apart this spring. One family relocated because of a single issue β€” restrictions on transgender rights β€” while the other believed a broad swath of progressive policies had degraded their quality of life. But both families used strikingly similar language to describe their main concern: the need for personal safety.

*extremely* telling that the NYT frames a family leaving a state because their trans son literally could not get the medical care he needed as a "politically motivated move" and an abstract "issue" rather than one connected to their child's intrinsic humanity www.nytimes.com/2023/10/07/u...

07.10.2023 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4056    πŸ” 1287    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 134

Oh. Yes. That is key.

17.09.2023 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a good book, as is All You Can Ever Know.

17.09.2023 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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