J Carol 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
@jcaroltx.bsky.social
Struggling optimist/ Texan living in Costa Rica/mom/abuela/widow/hiker/joker/reader/napper/typo master
#Kindness
#Choice
#Woke
#Equality
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#Kindness
#Choice
#Woke
#Equality
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· Dec 4
My ego is not my amigo.
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Happy Tuesday, fellow members of a whole.
RIP Persian poet Saʿdī, died this day 1291.
"Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain."
"Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain."
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Happy Tuesday, fellow members of a whole.
Common sense is not common
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Common sense is not common
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Tennessee polls close at 7 PM CT. If you’re in line when polls close, stay in line. Your vote will count. LFG!
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Tennessee polls close at 7 PM CT. If you’re in line when polls close, stay in line. Your vote will count. LFG!
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it is the Hope candle today. In the reading from Romans today: "Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light". Let us each wake with hope and bring light into the world as often as we can.
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it is the Hope candle today. In the reading from Romans today: "Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light". Let us each wake with hope and bring light into the world as often as we can.
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November 28th - December 2nd
WE AIN’T BUYING IT‼️
WE AIN’T BUYING IT‼️
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
November 28th - December 2nd
WE AIN’T BUYING IT‼️
WE AIN’T BUYING IT‼️
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It should be easy for educated, rational citizens to hold these two thoughts in mind: drug traffickers are the bad guys but due process of law protects us all.
Being against blowing up alleged drug traffickers at sea on the president's word does NOT make one a supporter of drug traffickers.
Being against blowing up alleged drug traffickers at sea on the president's word does NOT make one a supporter of drug traffickers.
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It should be easy for educated, rational citizens to hold these two thoughts in mind: drug traffickers are the bad guys but due process of law protects us all.
Being against blowing up alleged drug traffickers at sea on the president's word does NOT make one a supporter of drug traffickers.
Being against blowing up alleged drug traffickers at sea on the president's word does NOT make one a supporter of drug traffickers.
State of the Nation, November 19, 2025
You may not be able to afford rent and groceries, and your health insurance may be about to skyrocket in 42 days, but the good news is that the Saudis got F-35s, nuclear tech, and security guarantees after putting hundreds of millions in Trump’s pocket.
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
State of the Nation, November 19, 2025
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Today is International Day for Tolerance!
"Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human."
Let us "continue promoting dialogue, empathy, active respect for differences for peace & human development."
"Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human."
Let us "continue promoting dialogue, empathy, active respect for differences for peace & human development."
November 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today is International Day for Tolerance!
"Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human."
Let us "continue promoting dialogue, empathy, active respect for differences for peace & human development."
"Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human."
Let us "continue promoting dialogue, empathy, active respect for differences for peace & human development."
Today is World Kindness Day, "highlights the power of kindness — to others, to yourself, and to the world."
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today is World Kindness Day, sorry I’m late 😘
#WorldKindnessDay
#WorldKindnessDay
“You cannot do kindness too soon,
for you never know
how soon
it will be too late.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
#WorldKindnessDay
for you never know
how soon
it will be too late.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
#WorldKindnessDay
Today is World Kindness Day, "highlights the power of kindness — to others, to yourself, and to the world."
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Today is World Kindness Day, sorry I’m late 😘
#WorldKindnessDay
#WorldKindnessDay
Worth a reread . .
Just spitballing here, but maybe if we all took seriously the idea that character matters in a president we would all be better off.
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Worth a reread . .
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Grab hold!
on this day in 1930, writer Sinclair Lewis becomes first American to win Nobel Prize in Lit.
“Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”
“Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Grab hold!
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People who have a constitutional duty to be frank and honest with the American people cannot sign NDAs. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
Why Commanders Don’t Sign NDAs
Existing rules and laws applying to military secrecy are sufficient—and asking officers to sign NDAs is deeply inappropriate.
www.thebulwark.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
People who have a constitutional duty to be frank and honest with the American people cannot sign NDAs. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
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I spent 18 mos appealing a refusal to cover certain healthcare, they eventually covered and I ended up getting a check from a class action. I didn’t even know about. It was like a full-time job working on that appeal & I’m an appellate lawyer. I can’t imagine what it’s like for other folks.
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I spent 18 mos appealing a refusal to cover certain healthcare, they eventually covered and I ended up getting a check from a class action. I didn’t even know about. It was like a full-time job working on that appeal & I’m an appellate lawyer. I can’t imagine what it’s like for other folks.
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Facts:
1) Every government shutdown in the last 30 years has begun while Republicans held control of the House.
2) There have been THREE shutdowns, including this one, which began when Donald Trump was President and his Republican Party controlled both the House AND the Senate.
1) Every government shutdown in the last 30 years has begun while Republicans held control of the House.
2) There have been THREE shutdowns, including this one, which began when Donald Trump was President and his Republican Party controlled both the House AND the Senate.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Facts:
1) Every government shutdown in the last 30 years has begun while Republicans held control of the House.
2) There have been THREE shutdowns, including this one, which began when Donald Trump was President and his Republican Party controlled both the House AND the Senate.
1) Every government shutdown in the last 30 years has begun while Republicans held control of the House.
2) There have been THREE shutdowns, including this one, which began when Donald Trump was President and his Republican Party controlled both the House AND the Senate.
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Just checking: the republicans that attacked and sent marshals to arrest Texas dems for not showing up to work (in an effort to protect voting rights, btw) are the same republicans that are not showing up to work, yeah?
October 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Just checking: the republicans that attacked and sent marshals to arrest Texas dems for not showing up to work (in an effort to protect voting rights, btw) are the same republicans that are not showing up to work, yeah?
October 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
See what happens 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
See what happens 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Pretty “swampy” if you ask me
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pretty “swampy” if you ask me