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Medical anomaly. Artist. Loves: cats, plants, caffeine, Japanese whiskey. Hates: the day star. https://www.redbubble.com/people/drayamonster/shop https://ko-fi.com/drayamonster

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Look player, lemme save you some time.

if you canโ€™t bring that Gomez Addams game, you ainโ€™t gettin the big tiddie goth girl.

08.08.2025 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
1 - I'm feeling shaky but I can wait to eat. [pic of guy]
2 - i don't have spoons to feed myself so I guess I'll just wait till I do. [guy putting white makeup on face]
3 - i can't figure out food tonight. i'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow. - [guy putting clown makeup on]

4 - i am now flaring and hangry - [pic of guy putting clown wig on]

5 - i open doordash [pic of guy in full clown makeup]

1 - I'm feeling shaky but I can wait to eat. [pic of guy] 2 - i don't have spoons to feed myself so I guess I'll just wait till I do. [guy putting white makeup on face] 3 - i can't figure out food tonight. i'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow. - [guy putting clown makeup on] 4 - i am now flaring and hangry - [pic of guy putting clown wig on] 5 - i open doordash [pic of guy in full clown makeup]

06.07.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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.

01.07.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37292    ๐Ÿ” 6826    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 642    ๐Ÿ“Œ 507

BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.

Weโ€™ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.

20.06.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50136    ๐Ÿ” 11680    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1127    ๐Ÿ“Œ 825
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Compton, CA: A masked, heavily-armed man wearing body armor jumped out of a SUV today to kidnap a local resident.

He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.

21.06.2025 03:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21768    ๐Ÿ” 9107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1993    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1312
Tweet from @tomgara

Randomly on this subject, my (Egyptian) wife had never heard of Stonehenge when I mentioned it recently, so I showed her photos of it, assuming sheโ€™d recognise the look but not the name etc, and she was just like, this is pathetic, your ancestors were small and weak

Tweet from @tomgara Randomly on this subject, my (Egyptian) wife had never heard of Stonehenge when I mentioned it recently, so I showed her photos of it, assuming sheโ€™d recognise the look but not the name etc, and she was just like, this is pathetic, your ancestors were small and weak

Remembering this great tweet on the Summer Solstice

21.06.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24458    ๐Ÿ” 4168    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Minnesotans have every reason to react, and if you think about, everyone should have been reacting this way since Portland 2020. To Hell with Trumps masked up KGB-wannabes. SWAT them all.

17.06.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Seeing beautiful things can calm the mind. When you are tired or feeling down, it is important to go outside and see various things with your own eyes to change your mood.

#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls

16.06.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 541    ๐Ÿ” 128    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Judge orders Trump admin. to restore hundreds of terminated NIH grants "I've never seen government racial discrimination like this," the judge said.

A bit of good news:

A federal judge just ruled that the NIH must restore research grants cut under the banner of โ€œgender ideologyโ€ and anti-DEI backlash.

The judgeโ€”a Reagan appointeeโ€”was scathing, calling the cuts โ€œpalpableโ€ racial and LGBTQ+ discrimination.

17.06.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 618    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup

America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is โ€œracism is badโ€ www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...

17.06.2025 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9459    ๐Ÿ” 3231    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 453    ๐Ÿ“Œ 368
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This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

14.06.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29604    ๐Ÿ” 6365    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 373    ๐Ÿ“Œ 358
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Let's all be the rain on this motherfucker's parade.

#NoKings #NoKingsDay

14.06.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30380    ๐Ÿ” 6085    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 846    ๐Ÿ“Œ 277
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โ€œNo Kingsโ€ demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

14.06.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46090    ๐Ÿ” 9580    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 400    ๐Ÿ“Œ 396
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Minnesotaโ€™s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman.

She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.

14.06.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38680    ๐Ÿ” 6256    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 755    ๐Ÿ“Œ 225
A warrior woken stands on the skull of a fallen beast. The caption reads โ€˜off with his headโ€™

A warrior woken stands on the skull of a fallen beast. The caption reads โ€˜off with his headโ€™

OFF WITH HIS HEAD -2025

14.06.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1777    ๐Ÿ” 474    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#FilmandFollow all ICE agents!

#FilmandFollow all ICE agents!

#FilmandFollow all ICE agents!

It is your duty! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

05.06.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 702    ๐Ÿ” 270    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

There is not enough caffeine in the world.

05.06.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#climatechange #climatecrises #greenenergy #science #globalwarming

03.06.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8985    ๐Ÿ” 1985    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 104

kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.

30.05.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9184    ๐Ÿ” 2837    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 251    ๐Ÿ“Œ 434

Oh no! Be well, little buddy!

28.05.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?

20.05.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37444    ๐Ÿ” 8142    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1303    ๐Ÿ“Œ 364

Oooo

19.05.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still not doing much art, but I really hope to change that soon. Recently returned to an old job that I absolutely love. Snuggling cats when I'm not working. Trying to manage my health as best I can.

18.05.2025 05:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sometimes I take photos of shiny things. It's pretty fun.

15.05.2025 07:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is bleak reading

14.05.2025 08:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22926    ๐Ÿ” 4953    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1536    ๐Ÿ“Œ 995
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Who could've guessed joining a make-believe Resistance against an Evil Empire would ever happen in real life?

14.05.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37590    ๐Ÿ” 6482    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1146    ๐Ÿ“Œ 304

For fuckโ€™s sake!!!

12.05.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The president has covered the Oval Office in gold, is planning a massive military parade for his birthday, and is now accepting $400,000,000 luxury planes from foreign powers as personal presents.

What the fuck are we doing here?

12.05.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47273    ๐Ÿ” 11548    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2651    ๐Ÿ“Œ 810

My job requires that and Bloodborne Pathogens certification. They pay for it, which is dope. The most recent version of the American Red Cross first aid/cpr/AED course has LOTS of info. Including stop the bleed style things

11.05.2025 07:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A convicted criminal who has had endless trials wants to make it so he can imprison or kill anyone he wants without a trial.

10.05.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13429    ๐Ÿ” 3378    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 345    ๐Ÿ“Œ 124

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