Another morning. Here we go.

Love needs action. Trust needs proof. Sorry needs change. I'm excited to find someone who says they love me and then does nothing. Who demands trust despite no proof. Who says sorry constantly and never changes. Because that sounds fun.

Made it to another morning. Still here.

True story: had someone tell me once that her estranged husband felt the need to remind her every so often that there is no such thing as spousal rape in Texas. Overdue is right.

Up at 4am with nightmares. Made it to another morning. Already winning?

I just went and spent an absurd amount of money on trains and I don't feel a single bit better. Fucking everything sucks.

Made it to another morning. Already winning. 🥶

Can I share my cute frog pictures with you, Bluesky? I used to have someone who loved for me to send them, and I don't want this kind of photogenic talent to be wasted.

I don't know what this TV show "Doc" is, but I could do without the trailer with women being abused. I've got more than enough of that in my life at the moment.

Made it to another morning. Already winning. ☁️

I know life is complicated, and not everyone always shows up as their best self. Sometimes people lie, even if they aren't liars, and I can give a lot of grace. But when you lie to me about things that are incredibly easy to verify, it adds a level of insult to injury. I'm not stupid.

I had a pretty good couple days to end the week, but today is hard. I feel...hollow? I made a list of things to do so I stay busy, but it's just hard to focus.

Being able to freely tell someone how you feel after years of walking on eggshells might be one of the best feelings ever. You know how you should always punch Nazis? I feel the same way about abusers. If that makes you feel uncomfortable, maybe you are on the wrong side of the discussion.

I've been thinking about how abused people experience love, and it makes me sad. For me, love is a choice, not a feeling. Not an urge. I love people deliberately because I want to. People abused in romantic relationships don't know they have a choice, so they see love as an obligation. A chore.

When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo

I was always taught that how a man treats the women in his life is one of the biggest indicators of his character. Between the NYT op-ed page and the abusive, malignant narcissist in my life, I'm entirely fucking done with people who act this way. Done.

I've gotten an up-front seat for a master class in abusive narcissism for the last decade, here's a couple things I've learned. 1) The mask always slips. You can't trust the "good" version 2) They will always care more about what they have and how they are perceived than they do about you

Things I didn't expect to be doing today: trying to decide what my obligation is to hold a child abuser accountable. Why can't people just be fucking decent to their wife and kids? Want the fuck is wrong with people? I never wanted to be in this position.

Grief is a strange thing, especially for someone like me who is notoriously reticent to let go of people or relationships. I'm probably gonna do some out-loud processing on here for the next little while as the need strikes me. Feel free to mute, block, or participate as you see fit. 🫶

I woke up yesterday morning hoping for a miracle, or at least an outbreak of sanity and common sense. I woke up today very grateful for the bullet I dodged. Absolutely bonkers how fast someone can get from one feeling to the other with the right motivation. 💪🏼

Just another Tuesday. 🫠

If he means the stock market as it's become in the last 25 years, I see this as a benefit not a risk. What we have now doesn't bear any resemblance to reality, mostly because of the insane amount of power the largest investors have. Remove billionaires and you change the whole investing game.

"Trusting you is my decision, proving me wrong is your choice." Damn.

My son's college and my daughter's high school have both been effectively shut down because AWS has no ability to fix the dumpster fire that is us-east-1. Some things never change.

Live your life so that millions of your fellow citizens don’t feel compelled to take to the streets to express how much they dislike you and how bad you are at your job.

bsky.app/profile/did:... Saw this one being passed around. Has most of the new ones that were verified

Has anyone made a "fascist government accounts" blocklist yet?

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

Okay, I need help from all my tech/nerd friends. I know what this is and where and why it's used, but I have no idea how to say it out loud when talking to someone. sntrup761x25519-sha512 k thx

Healing

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One thing I pride myself for is always giving people the benefit of the doubt until they prove they don't deserve it. Most times that's worked out well for me. Sometimes it gets me taken advantage of by terrible people. Oh well. I choose love.

We've officially moved into FA territory and I, for one, am excited for people to FO.

Peak 2025 is realizing a dream that was once unthinkable and finding out not a single person I love wanted to join me. Sigh. Choo choo.

You know what I *really* didn't need today? Deflate Gate kingpin himself, Tom Brady, lecturing anyone on his "moral and ethical duty to the sport" and how his "ethical duty emerges" when his conflict of interest becomes clear.

Why aren't the Democrats in the house waking up every morning, scanning the headlines, and submitting a new article of impeachment for every new thing he does? The more you accept it as normal, the more normal it becomes. Don't let this become normal.

I have found the problem. Let's spend the rest of the next three years fixing this, and I bet we'll see the changes we want.

DISNEY: Wins 5 Emmys for ANDOR, a show about resisting fascism ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism

This is what happens when the Dems play defense. They should have introduced gun control legislation called the "Honoring Charlie Kirk" bill the morning after he was killed.

My hope beyond hope is that Dems finally realized that power gained and not exercised isn't power at all. Everything that could have been done to prevent this moment was power wasted. It's time to remember how to govern. DC, PR, Supreme Court, redrawn districts, do it ALL.

In a year when our country has elevated being tone deaf to an art form, nothing seems to be less appropriate than truck commercials.

Realizing that home can be a person and not just a place is enough of a revelation that I'm okay if it's the last genuine miracle that happens to me in this lifetime.

Here's hoping this *really* pisses off the Secretary of HHS. Go get your vaccines, the folks at CVS are super nice.

Good God Philly is insufferable. The only redeeming part of tonight is that the Cowboys are a laughingstock. No matter who loses, I'm happy.

Louder, please, for the bullshitters in the back. The GOP has literally broken every legal, political, financial, and social system they can get away with, and the knock on Dems is fictional crime and being nice to non-white/cis people? This is the worst timeline.

Someday the bees in my brain are a lot to deal with so I find something to hyper focus on and let the day pass around me. This has been one of those weekends.

If you run on a platform of... 1) there will be trials 2) a commission will be established to revert literally everything 3) lessons have been learned, watch how we use power for good ...you'll never lose another election.

Hello, sexy.