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Accidentally stumping into a Mrs. Roper event nearby and seeing women unapologetically flamboyant, extravagant, and as eccentric as possible thinking to myself, “Yes, this is the way.” In a world of t-shirts and sweats, be a Mrs. Roper. It’s kaftan time!

Seven countries currently get 100 percent of their electricity from renewable energy. Norway and Costa Rica are at 98 percent

understated elegance is my aesthetic and that’s why i carry a lit candelabra with me everywhere i go

My Facebook is down and I can't tell anyone on my Facebook! First world social media problems. 🤦🏻‍♀️

If these are all distractions, what do you think is the main issue we are being distracted from seeing? Because to me, it’s the economics of oligarchy that very few political figures are willing to discuss or address in a meaningful way…

Lots of leftist purists wouldn’t show up to the #nokings rallies but here’s my question…when you call for solidarity, who do you expect to find it with? Maybe the call to action didn’t go far enough…but surely it was better than staying home altogether? Talk to people who are different from you!

Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade

This is how LAPD treats our elders. Never forget.

Green Bay showed up yesterday for #nokings! This was the 2nd rally of the day yesterday here. So many grandmas there! You know you messed up when you got grandma pissed off at you!

Let’s be clear. Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration.

This latest attack is about one thing: unchecked power.

It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.

BREAKING: A federal judge blocks Trump from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of their union rights.

The White House tried to end collective bargaining for workers at numerous agencies by invoking national security.

A U.S. District Judge just shot them down.

South Australia Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island Rescuers on Kangaroo Island say they are 'overjoyed' after the dog walked into one of their traps Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast (Image of a shorthaired black and red dachshund on the beach) Valerie the Dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island in November 2023. Photograph: Courtesy of Georgia Gardner

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Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees...

SCOOP: A Treasury inspector general has asked the Internal Revenue Service to provide details on any instances where President Trump or DOGE tried to obtain taxpayer data and other sensitive information. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Here’s the thing. Every one of these people in tears heard Trump on the stump before Nov. They knew he was cruel. But they were fine with it, thinking he’d only hurt the people they didn’t like. The problem with cruelty—It spreads. You don’t get to control it. Sooner or later, it comes for you too.

Just putting this here for later when everyone looks back as to what the right moment was to leave the U.S. It is now. Right now. All of the unauthorized access to government data & drones rolling up on our shores is the clue for me.
But most of us aren't in a position to leave…and we will suffer.

The success of Temu and Shein alone demonstrate what people will pay and it's not pretty.

How about AI updates any new doctor or therapist with the relevant history of the patient prior to a first visit and reminds them ahead of follow-ups? It is exhausting just getting them up to speed every time and trying to figure out what they need to know. I already know they can’t remember it all.

there are two wolves inside of you, yeah, got it

listen, John Mellencamp had a cougar inside him for a while and he still managed to do his job every day

But we gots em here,!!
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Thank you. I knew you’d understand having gone through it yourself. I feel something of divine timing in it that I recall you mentioning in your case as well. And fyi, out of anyone my mom ever met, you were her favorite. Good memories. ❤️

It MUST be a conspiracy that an app did the obvious and connected people to what they want to see & enjoy, not just what will enrage them. No one in their right mind would ever give the consumer/user what they want…

Surely Facebook could never have done this.

Once upon a time, my journals were the place where I processed things like this & it feels like a gift from my mom to be writing again and in a good place when this happened. Also happened to have massage & facial booked today. They had reached out to me to make the appt. Feels like my mom’s hand.

Day 2 of FB blackout and I just learned that my mom passed away yesterday. This is something I would normally have shared there, and it does kind of suck not to be able to do that. Feels a bit like my hands were chopped off.

But also, it forces me toward live interactions that are more impactful.

I was really wanting to stay in a cabin for a weeklong digital detox but turns out I don't REALLY need it. I am able to complete a good portion of it and gain insights at home by cutting down. I wish social media had been taken from my hands a decade ago - or never put in them to begin with.

And I’m talking about myself with this too—not doing the work to connect IRL. How many good conversations have I missed because I texted instead of phoned? How many misunderstandings could have been cleared up by just hearing the tone of someone’s voice? How many hurt feelings could have healed?

Day 1 realization without FB: the instant gratification aspect of posting my writing on social media prevented me from putting in longer term effort on something more substantial. Getting dopamine from a quick post satisfied me in a way that didn’t require me to revise, edit, improve. 🤦🏻‍♀️

So many things I would normally be posting on FB right now that I have nowhere to put…

I miss my FB friends but do they notice I’m gone? The parasocial relationships & ambient intimacy make us feel closer than we are, but who will actually reach out to check in? Who’d do the work to talk w/o FB?

Stop Drinking from the Toilet! - Coda Story We have systems to filter our water. Now we need systems to filter our tech

"We need fundamental changes to the design of our information distribution systems so that they can benefit society and not just increase profit to a few at our expense."

www.codastory.com/authoritaria...

If I had a nickel for every profile that followed me with a series of numbers at the end (on this platform in particular), I’d be wealthy.

Coffeelover6884378 is always AI.

Finding humans on Bsky is tough sometimes.

TikTok is back but like, in the way your long lost son appears on your doorstep after a mysterious disappearance & he looks & sounds the same but he’s harboring a dark secret and ok lemme turn off Lifetime