Ahsoka'n Farewell

I never was present when there was a major holdout. I think the secretary (?) called for silence once in my short experience. How do they move forward?

(Friends at that time were exclusive and kicked people out, so Meeting that was led to be abolitionist had means of dealing w/it if 1 opposed )

As somebody raised by a Friend, I'm always impressed when I see a letter from a Meeting because that means everyone (including older children!) worked on it line by line, and most everyone had to approve it, and it takes hours sometimes.

Nice.

Hi, I am a mean, grifter, pedophile rapist and do you want a job running... everything? At least until you piss me off? I'll get you more contracts for the harming, and put your explody thingie on my famous lawn and let your kid be very rude to me in my important and famous office.

"tradcath convert" says it all right there. I don't know what it is about it, but they're even more intense than somebody who grew up going to Latin Mass after Vatican 2.

They've deported babies with cancer who needed innovative medicine in the US.

Hell, she'd last even less time talking that shit in her own city. She never deigned to step foot in many great places in Aurora.

It's not even a taste of their own medicine. I was threatened *to my face* with similar by adults when I was a *child* in Texas.

That dude was being hyperbolic (albeit tastelessly), but normal people understand he'd never touch a hair on those kids heads.

Teacher Union - backed candidates winning in my school district. Progressive-backed mayor winning. LL and MM which feed children passed.

Hell yeah, it feels good to be a Coloradan.

I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.

That's poise right there.

But I hate those people back
From the core of my donkey soul and the hatred makes me strong
and my survival is their failure

Godammit

Ok, but I miss the dirt weed.

Eating without making it look like somebody smeared goo and cracker crumbs everywhere.

The sensory overwhelm of getting the face wet. BATHING? Dear Lord. My son was (IS... ) a shrieker. He came home from daycare one day, we had a bath, washed his hair, and he screamed, "THE WATER IS TOO LOUD IT WILL WAKE UP THE BABIES!!!!"

Alright, who had that $10 on "Italian"?

Pointing at mirror accusingly meme

The TX Hill Country is like a MAGA magnet these past 10 years. All complaining about "Californians in Austin" like they didn't just move from Cali themselves.

At this point I assume everyone who appears on CZM is packing heat.

I think we should hear him out.

I used to think often of the prairies, how they could get so tall they'd come up to a horse's back. Buzzing with pollinators and their flowers.

Me neither! And my dad was besties with the long-time historian of the Alamo, and reenacred the Texas Revolution. Bias is a really strong thing.

Witnesses get it wrong, defense attorneys fail, DNA is so sensitive now cross contamination is a problem

Bobby from King of the Hill holding up a sign against a window facing into a classroom reading, "Repent sinner you're all going to hell!" Principal Moss confronts Bobby and says, "If those kids could read, they'd be very upset."

Had a school meeting and was informed my son attempts to lead coups against the teacher. He says it in those EXACT words. She said she told him, "It's a good thing the other first graders don't know what that word means, sir!"

Him knowing that vocabulary word is completely my fault.

Then that congressman said something about Guam sinking and... That is a mistake even smart people can make, OK?

Islands go all the way to the ocean floor. I never made that mistake out loud, but when I finally REALLY thought about it I was like... I have like a high IQ and a college scholarship right now and why didn't this occur to me??!?!?!

Well some people said this man was "the worst of the worst". And also we get it wrong. All the time. That's unacceptable.

“I use AI to write emails.” OK well I have a sense of dignity.

Yes. Honestly a lot of the "Gentle Parenting" people talk WAY too much to be effective with typically developing children, even.