This is all to distract us from the Epstein Files, isn’t it?

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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

@kristadb1.bsky.social wrote a great post about remembering to live amidst all this. I can’t reply, but here’s what I did (and enjoyed) on the weekend for that very reason:

How did I entirely miss the capybara craze that (I just found out) apparently took the world by storm last year? I’m old now, aren’t I? #Capybara

When I was a kid (70s-80s), one of the supposed signs of gifted kids was that they memorised the work quickly, then got bored. Past educators - that wasn’t giftedness, that was ADHD. We didn’t need to be segregated, we needed meds! #ADHD #GiftedKids #Education #AlsoAutistic #Audhd

America, there's something you should know. The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are: - "Chicken Soup for the _____" - "Oh, the Places You'll Go" - Books of New Yorker cartoons I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.

Imagine thinking you can appear at a TP event and your fans will just accept whatever you tell them on Insta. You don’t realise that by standing alongside her, it looks like you approve and agree with her. That’s why we’re dropping you now. #ErikaKirk #NickiMinaj #TurningPoint

I'm once again politely asking Bluesky developers to allow us to attach multiple photos and videos in one post.

My uncle’s getting married in a couple of hours, I told him he’s not allowed to be cranky because of the cricket 😇 #boxingdaytest #cricket #ashes

I had the best interview question ever a couple of weeks ago: “What does hard work mean to you?” And I’m pretty sure the answer they wanted was something like: work smarter, prioritise, and leave on time as often as you can. I wish I’d said something as articulate as that, but of course I didn’t 🫠

I’ve never come across #FakeNews on this platform. Have others had the same experience? #BlueSky @bsky.app @vanbadham.bsky.social I’d love to hear if you’ve had the same experience here.

I’ve been in a period of depression for a couple of months. I’m feeling a lot better now, but looking back on it, depression made me look and feel 10 years older. It wasn’t all doom & gloom, but even my best moments were weighed down with some level of anxiety. #anxiety #depression #adhd #audhd

Who invented emojis? They can be so helpful. I’d like to know who to give credit to. #Emojis #InternetHistory #Emoji #IT

My parents gave us $400 to buy a used record player. We want the best 70s/80s home hifi unit we can get for that price. But I have no idea what to look for. Help a #GenX sister out please. I don’t need Abbey Road quality, I just want to play LPs loudly enough to fill the house! #HiFis #70s #Music

what sort of dodgy stuff was Peter McCallister into in Home Alone? When the fake cop comes to his door he doesn’t ask “what’s wrong” or “is everything ok,” he goes straight to “Am I under arrest or something?” Is it just me or does that sound like a guilty man? #HomeAlone #ChristmasMovie #Dodgy

I’m so #AuDHD that I can’t watch the British quiz show #QI because of the sound effects, even though I love comedy quiz shows. Those sounds give me a mental overload that is almost painful 🤮 #AdultDiagnosis #ADHD #Autism #Spectrum

I got shortlisted for a job I’m really keen for! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 But I have to wait till the 12th because of the Christmas break and the wait is going to kill me!

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

We should all start recruiting our friends to BlueSky. This place can be the best tweeting platform, we need more active users and Threads has massive marketing capacity. And I don’t want Zuck controlling any more platforms.

Ahmed Al-Ahmed is, quite rightly, being praised by all of us. But there were thousands of small, quiet acts of bravery on Sunday. Every victim and every witness became one that night. All their divisions melted away as they helped one another. Please remember them too.

We bought our coffee machine 9 years ago, I’ve cleaned it regularly, and I still can’t remember which buttons to press to start the cleaning cycle #ADHDlife #ADHD #ADHDwomen Also: what are the most delicious ethical coffee beans? #coffee #melbourne #sydney #bestcoffee #baristas #EthicalCoffee

My latest in @independentaus.bsky.social: a message to everyone except Brittany Higgins independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

We relinquished custody of our precious dog Brooklyn 4 years ago. Every time my husband’s ex has an obligation she doesn’t want to meet, she makes up some illness or other and tells us our dog is being put down the next day. How sick do you have to be to do that to someone? #CrazyEx #Dogs

My husband’s beautiful cousin passed away yesterday from cancer. I’m so angry and sad. She hadn’t even lived half her life yet. Now her little boy will grow up without her, her partner has to navigate life without her, and her dad has lost his light. It’s so fucking unfair!!! #fuckcancer

So the Liberals are clutching their pearls at the aged care crisis, conveniently forgetting that it was Howard that privatised the system, fucking over millions of families in the process. They have no conscience. #AusPol

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

Am I the only person who finds Ken Burns documentaries incredibly comforting? The way he manages to bring people to life from a photograph or a letter gives me hope that empathy is not dead. The exhaustive detail in every episode gives me hope that learning and truth aren’t dead.

@independentaus.bsky.social has published my article on FIFA’s bizarre “peace prize.” I think there’s more to it than it appears. Am I alone in thinking this? independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Millennials and Gen Z: what did your school do on Harmony Day when you were younger? It wasn’t a thing for any Gen Xers. Do you have fond memories of it, or was it a drag?

There’s a show on SBS called The American Revolution. It’s a much more balanced look at the people and events of the time. America has a murderous, racist past it’s not ready to come to terms with. Not just the South, but all of it. No wonder they’re in such a mess.

Scott Borland looks like an older version of a sweet kid my sons were friends with in high school. So I always want to give him a big hug and ask him if he’s eating well and looking after himself.

I’m not sure if I should fear her, revere her, pity her, or a little of each

The one thing I hate about cricket is when they make ADHD, discalculia brains like mine do maths to find out how many runs the other side got.

I can never understand why Queenslanders aren’t desperately sad to not have Daylight Saving. Wouldn’t you rather have those extra hours of daylight in the evening? The weather there is so beautiful, I’d want to bask in it for as long as possible.

Our air fryer is best appliance I’ve ever owned and was given to us by my FIL. I’m pretty sure he got it from some guy in an alley behind a pub, but damn I love it.

Why is it that men will set their entire world on fire and watch it burn to ashes just to avoid going to therapy?

A dark cloud that has been hanging over our heads for 5 years is about to be lifted. The outcome isn’t fair, but it’s acceptable enough. We have had to make major concessions, but we can now bring this painful, drawn-out saga to a close. I’d forgotten what it was like to feel this much relief!

I just had my article published in @independentaus.bsky.social !! independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

Does anyone remember the Toronto Blessing? It was a Pentecostal movement in the early 90s - on every continent. I was there, and even then I thought I’d been abducted by aliens. Anyway, if you’re curious about it, drop a question below and I’ll answer if I can. #Pentecostal #TorontoBlessing

I can’t wait to see this on Antiques Roadshow.

Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post

Imagine a little wide-eyed kid sitting on his grandpa’s lap asking, “what did you do when Trump was taking people, Grandad? How many people did you hide?”

I’m finally understanding what it means to love yourself. It turns out it’s way more chilled than I thought it would be! #SelfImage #SelfEsteem #Anxiety #Depression #Recovery

When he was 14, my son-from-another-mom received this advice from Mark Wahlberg himself: “It doesn’t have to be religion, but find something that you can believe in.” Good advice for all of us, I think.

It blows my mind that one of the reasons geologists were so surprised by Mount St Helens was because plate tectonics had only been proven 13 years earlier. I’ve been served French fries that were older than that.

In my son’s first full-time job, he did manual work with a top-notch crew. They were paid really well. They were really good *because* they were paid well. The company gave them a reason to care. The loyalty of those workers prevented almost all mistakes and delays. Why don’t bosses know this?

Why were we so entranced by beautiful metrosexual men in the 80s? Is it because we craved kindness, empathy and vulnerability - traits more often associated with femininity- in our relationships with men and boys?

$200k to hang out with dogs. amazing IG gabriel.desanti, barkandburn

Breaking on MSNBC: An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey. This news was first reported by Reuters.