lizardtheflyingsquirrel

Sadly, an accurate representation of everyday elitism

This one's for the rats ❤️

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

Can't make these frigging #Medicaid calls without crying

Am I proud of being autistic?

Yes.

Was I always proud of being autistic?

No.

Being proud of being autistic does not mean existing in an allistic world is easy, it just means that I am no longer ashamed of the associated struggles.

#AutisticPrideDay

Just barely an exaggeration in my experience

Proud of #indianapolisprotests today

God bless you❤️

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He meant so much to me❤️

Bee Gees' "More Than a Woman" popped into my head and I thought: WT(Actual)F is MORE than a woman!?!

@apnews.com Thank you for news I can use.

Thank you & a very happy Friday to you too, Comrade.

A quote attributed to Chimamanda Adichie: Never admire quietly. If I admire something about someone, I tell them. We humans are so fragile. It's important we give people their flowers while they are still here. Never admire quietly.

Speak up. Tell your people. Don't assume they know. Tell them what you admire about them. Tell them you love the way the say certain words. Tell them you love their eyes, smile, demeanor, attention to detail, laugh...whatever it is, show the love you have. Don't be selfish.

Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.

Hegseth has ordered that the USNS Harvey Milk, named for the iconic gay rights icon, be renamed. Harvey Milk served as a diving officer and later as a diving instructor for four years in the U.S. Navy. That this would happen at the start of Pride is intentional.

www.military.com/daily-news/2...

John Redcorn was pretty much the only contemporary Native representation I had in comedy growing up. Probably the funniest Native character in cartoon history and a lot of that was on Jonathan Joss' pitch perfect rezzy uncle performance. RIP to one of the best to ever do it.

Too sad

Let's not give up❤️

Absolutely! I wonder sometimes if it will always be this way. I mean it's better this way than it was before. So there's that.

Snort

lowly worm in the trunk of his little apple car begging for his life as the boss of the busytown mob turns the screw on an industrial cider press

a man in a red robe is standing in front of a white building Alt: just Cardinal Liz sorting out another mess someone’s left her dammit why can’t they just leave her to eat her sandwich or whatever

basically just 30 Rock with Ralph Fiennes as Liz Lemon so 10/10 no notes
#conclave #filmsky 📽️

Star Wars Intro Scroll Episode IV It Was All So Stupid Seriously, you would not believe how stupid it was. Every day, unrelentingly, just the dumbest stuff by the absolute worst people. And what made it worse was knowing that we’d brought this on ourselves.

Dylan's Time Out of Mind

Man this has been one obvious slow train coming. Finally!!

This is what democracy looks like!

Tomorrow. It Begins. Let's show the FBI just what we think about their cowardice in bending the knee to Trump's FASCIST demands.

Multiple options for protesting this week in #Indiana. #Hoosiersky #fiftyfiftyone #protest #Indiana #Indianapolis #indy #democracy #usa #HANDSOFF #American #mayday #Resist