Election Day. Go vote. Despite the noise inside your head, despite the noise around you, out of spite against the voices of those you disagree with, because it’s your right, your civic responsibility, and your chance to contribute to the direction your community moves in. Have your say.

Sometimes there’s a calm moment and it’s worth sharing

It literally makes me grit my teeth when someone uses literally when they mean figuratively because they want to add emphasis. While I know that’s a “me problem”, I still can’t focus on their point. It’s usually too dull anyway.

“While I don’t personally celebrate it, for those of you that do, I want to wish you a good morning.”

Windowsill orchid

It’s actually nice when someone is coming at you with an IV & you say “I’m too dehydrated for you to put that here, here, or here. If you try, I will look like I’ve been beaten. Use this vein, please.” and they listen to you & put the IV where you point.

I do not understand the mindset behind “cutting off your nose to spite your face” or “shooting yourself in the foot”. I don’t have a grasp of loathing something so irrationally that you act against your own best interest.

“We’re living in a society, not a winner-take-all gameshow!”

I was thinking today about what is the purpose of government. Where does the social safety net belong? There are people that can see the personal benefit to making sure the people around them have what is needed to thrive, and there are those that can’t. I believe those that can’t are shortsighted.

Study @stanfordneuro.bsky.social, of 526 Long COVID patients, found that 33% were diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) - underscoring the significant long-term impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the autonomic nervous system, and associated risks.
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I used to joke to friends that I was the character that the soap opera did horrible things to during sweeps week & somehow we kept getting renewed. The joke doesn’t work now that sweeps week is archaic & the horrible things are happening to whole groups of people.

Does anyone else find the words “can’t you just keep the peace”, in a familial context especially, really means “it would be uncomfortable for me to do anything to support your needs, so I’m okay for you to suffer quietly”.

Whose peace are you keeping? Is it worth it?

I was thinking about Livejournal yesterday. This morning I looked for information online about the history of LJ, and reading through reminded me of the dramas of the time, who owns social media, & how it felt to stop using it when the ownership felt unsafe.