R. Martí

The Last Time a Loved One Uses Your Name it was morning though I did not notice the room was smaller than it is now your voice was part of the air I was breathing it came to me without ceremony and went on without knowing it would never return outside the wind was brushing the side of the house a bird moved from one shadow to another I remember the shape of the quiet that followed you how it waited until I understood it was still there -Gerhard Oevermann 8/12/25

The Last Time a Loved One Uses Your Name

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Every VA medical center has severe staffing shortages, audit finds All of the Veterans Health Administration’s 139 facilities reported lacking workers, and reports of severe shortages increased 50 percent from the previous fiscal year.

At a time when every VA medical center has severe staffing shortages, Doug Collins & Trump have proudly touted their efforts to push 30k VA workers out of their jobs.

Secretary Collins is more focused on social media and confrontation than on facing reality and solving problems.

Democratic Presidents love to say "I want to be President for everyone." In contrast Trump has made it clear he only wants to be President for MAGA and declared he "Hates" Democrats. Democratic Presidential candidates need to update their views to reflect we are at war. No more feel good BS!

I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of “madness”. Then: I’d arrange flowers, all day long, I’d paint; pain, love and tenderness, I would laugh as much as I feel like at the stupidity of others, and they would all say: “Poor thing, she’s crazy!” (Above all I would laugh at my own stupidity.) I would build my world which while I lived, would be in agreement with all the worlds. The day, or the hour, or the minute that I lived would be mine and everyone else’s - my madness would not be an escape from “reality.” —Frida Kahlo

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is remembered for her self-portraits, pain and passion, and bold, vibrant colors. She is celebrated in Mexico for her attention to Mexican and indigenous culture and by feminists for her depiction of the female experience and form.
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YouTube video by HarmonicHilarity Eddy Murphy - Stevie Wonder Take the wheel

Reminds me of what Eddie Murphy said in his stand-up.
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Time Warp Tuesday to 1991. Metallica releases self titled Black Album & performs 'Enter Sandman' to massive crowd in Moscow, during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The song peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart
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Since we passed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have tried over and over to repeal it. And over and over, they’ve failed — in part because millions of people now depend on the ACA for quality, affordable health care.

YouTube video by Harry Belafonte - Topic Mark Twain

This is my favorite song of his.
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YouTube video by Ferry Samuel Siahaan Harry Belafonte - Matilda

Sing the chorus...

👇👇🏽👇🏿

Hell mutha fuckin yeah. Tell that mutha fucka.

YouTube video by Fontella Bass - Topic I Need to Be Loved

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"Unfortunately, Ukraine is no longer the hot topic that it was only a few years ago."
True.

That fucking sucks.

Working with the UK Government to Protect Children Online - Bluesky Part of Bluesky’s mission to create a more open and decentralized social web is helping users feel safe and in control of their experience. We always try to balance safety with privacy, and free expre...

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This sucks so much. Bluesky has been the only social media I've used for past half a year, after completing cutting twitter from my phone usage. I am not giving the government any more info about my social media though, especially with how things have been in UK.

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YouTube video by Obscurest Vinyl OBSCUREST VINYL | Jenny Stardust - She Farted So Hard She Died

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YouTube video by Social Distortion Social Distortion -- "Gimme the Sweet and Lowdown"

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BREAKING: Gavin Newsom just made a HUGE announcement in the most trollish way possible: "CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE “BEAUTIFUL MAPS,” THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS THEY WILL END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE!)."

Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom The 18-year-old high school student said she unzipped her hoodie to show she had breasts after a Buffalo Wild Wings server didn't believe she is a woman.

Oh hell nah!!!!!
I would burn down if that happened to my kid!!!!
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Joe Rogan is a Fascist ass punk. I hope that he chokes on the next #Republican that goes down his throat.

If you see this, post a bad woman you love.

Heartbreaking to watch a much of our world descend into misogyny, butchery, homophobia, transphobia and out and out racism and realise that those politicians and media outlets we thought would fight them actually are more confident encouraging them, platforming them and silencing criticism

YouTube video by Frank Sinatra - Topic It Was A Very Good Year (2008 Remastered)

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