Just had a kickoff call with my new French tutor! I’m feeling really good about continuing the journey to level C on my own terms in my own time. 🥰
Effin lol
This past week, CBC's Commotion had a controlled, disjointed and frankly stupid conversation about Gaza, musicians being political and protest music. I gave the segment an autopsy. How CBC controls the message --
noraloreto.substack.com/p/an-autopsy...
I’d argue patients are paying for everything. The more we allow and use private, for-profit corporations for health care, the more expensive it becomes. Ban all private health care providers and use the money we’re not spending on it to improve our system.
@marina-il.bsky.social did I convert you?! So great to see you on here!!! 💕
Happy b’day, “American Idiot” — released as a single 21 years ago today, and written in the wake of the Iraq War.
“The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”
I weeped when I read this!!!
YES. I NEED TO KNOW. Leaving X was the easiest thing ever, the only people I actually care about interacting with are on my LinkedIn. The rest was just bonus. But adopting something new, while burnt out, wasn’t happening. But now I am back and building. So I’m going to start peer pressuring!!!
I woke up this morning, did my usual meditation that has a big gratitude component, and it hit me. All the tears of joy and gratitude because FINALLY I am feeling like a functional human again. It’s been almost a year of hard work to change my health and it’s finally paying off. Andee 2.0 is here.
Hello world! How original of me to start my first post this way! Well, now that that’s out of the way, what’s up? Follow me? Here’s an idea of what I’m going to talk about:
- Public service transformation
- Democracy and design
- Disability and accessibility
- Queer and trans stuff
- Me
K bye! 🙌🏻
