I'm a former teacher in the south. I could easily name you at least 10 teachers I worked with that would have called in a student like this lady did. People like to worship teachers (and nurses too) - but they aren't living in some moral vacuum. They are part of the problem in some schools/areas.

So, Board of Peace today ... War with Iran tomorrow. Got it.

The UK arrested Prince Andrew. Hakeem Jeffries is telling Democrats not to boo Trump at the State of the Union.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Might seem drastic but I absolutely have cut people out of my life because of this. It gets real old after years and years of disability and chronic illness to have to listen to that mess on repeat from clueless & insensitive and ableist people

My husband works for a UAW automaker and I felt 100% confident the union would back him and do everything in their power; I was not as confident in the employer making the final call. Happy to be proven wrong. This guy deserves a parking spot up front for life.

#MigraineChat have any of you been diagnosed with a Rathke Cleft Cyst? I recently found out I have an 8mm one after a brain MRI. My headache Neuro (yay I finally got one!) took it seriously but the surgeon looked at me and was basically like, "nah, not a problem." The surgeon was NOT impressive

Y'all I am so so so so tired and weary. It's a rough time to be alive. I realize we are all feeling this - at least the ones of us who are awake and aware and critically think about things.

Just sharing that my tiny corner of the world in NC had a historic snow yesterday. 15.5 inches! My house got about 13! Gorgeous but we may not leave home til June at this rate. The ice from last week hadn't been scraped yet (I'm in the rural county area)

My algo has been awful since the switch. All my favorites are suppressed or not showing up at all, so many more ads, "happy" favorites like dog videos and recipes not even showing up.

The monks walking for peace across America are passing through my (little) town today. I really want to go. What is holding me back is the rain, the possible darkness, my chronic illness flaring, parking fiascos, and most of all - the CRAZY maga "christians" in my town who are being jerks to them.

Today I am angry. My therapist says anger fuels you forward and that can be channeled for good. However today I just want to scream, angry-cry, and throw shit around my house.

I wish all of you a very doctors-actually-listening-and-giving-good-treatment 2026

20+ yr caregiver to children with rare disease & I have thoughts; MANY times we have gone just a town or two over for 1-2 nights of respite. We could not go 50+ miles away because we needed to be able to get home quickly in an emergency. This policy is bad in a lot of ways, but it's also ableism

I am fed up with the maga boomer bs. Had extended family Christmas party last night. Most of my family are alcoholics & get togethers get sloshy, if you know what I mean. My 50 yo husband stepped outside to smoke (thc vape) and my 75 yo uncle, drunk as a skunk started yelling at my dad 1/

Because there is no way to edit this, let me clarify: My mother is the one who is wealthy. I am not. I am a very middle class, working class person/family. She has ALWAYS used gifts as her love language & way to control and manipulate. Ok, read on :)

My Christmas gift story with a narc MAGA mother. See what you think. Context: I'm an only child. Divorced parents. Wealthy. I'm nearly 50. I've been the quiet good kid my whole life. I stopped doing that this past year. Worn tf out with it. I was already LC with mom. Now I'm close to NC 1/

First, what a horrible tragedy, I am not making light of this. 2nd: lots of Americans will use this story to "prove" that universal healthcare doesn't work & this will happen "all the time" if we get it in the USA. 3rd: this kind of thing ALREADY happens here in the USA, in lots of different ways.

I am low and almost no contact with my extreme MAGA mother. I feel guilty every now and again, and then I read something like this from him that she will no doubt 100% get behind and applaud, and then I'm fine with being LC/NC again. It's almost a gift from him if I have to find a silver lining.

I am chronically ill. My insurance through my husband's UAW plan - admittedly a Cadillac plan by all accounts - has paid $175k in claims for my disability this year alone. My portion has been less than $5k (which is still a lot for us financially but I will gladly take it)

Not me, being secretly jealous down in the south. Stay warm and safe!

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

It finally happened. Netflix realized our daughter moved across the country and now I have to pay an "extra user" fee so she can watch on the family plan & keep her profile. It's $9 a month without ads - it's annoying but it's one small thing I can do for her. Also, call it a Christmas gift :)

Mine too and desperately tried to regulate it, and nothing really works. Part of it is my body and health, and part of it is this hellscape we live in and day-to-day bombardment. Sorry you are feeling it too :(

that seems accurate; we are a family of 3 and I spend 75% of that amount give or take and I am doing it as cheaply as I possibly can. I've cut my fresh produce back, less meat, less snacks, etc. So if I kept my regular habits, it would be more than this amount, easily.

My dysautonomia could never. Flying as it is now is already very difficult

I want you to think about the worst person you know and how miserable they are and use that as motivation to keep going we are going to win

The “what should poor people be allowed to eat” debate is infuriating. The answer is simple. They should be allowed to eat anything. It’s no one’s business. Ideally we would agree that food is a basic human right & it would be plentiful for all. Until then, stop judging. Fed is best.

We've been staying ahead of things, or so I thought ... sat down to pay some bills and realized my credit card debt is higher than I'd like or feel comfortable with and things are teetering over the edge into "this might be getting scary" - I'm not doing so well at the moment.

The same people who think buying junk food with SNAP benefits is “abusing the system” are fine with wealthy parents using vouchers to send their kids to private schools.

Saw a NP today for a problem unrelated to my neurological stuff. She very casually asks me if my cervical spinal stenosis was "all better" I'm thinking she meant my symptoms which are actually worse and we had JUST discussed that. Nope. She meant structurally. Um, it doesn't fix itself or grow back

Used to be my favorite afterschool snack back in the 80s.

I’m thinking through a bunch of thoughts on the collapse and rebuild of our healthcare system and this will be long but stick with me (1/?)

Yes! Our local food bank cannot accept fresh meat donations (canned only) from the public BUT it has an agreement with a local grocery chain to buy meat at a deep discount. A cash donation in this case goes much further AND their clients get something they really want! WIN WIN!

Ah look, it's my 2025 Christmas card I'm sending out

When Trump won, his supporters truly thought it meant they had not just won the political conversation, but also that the rest of pop culture, sports, music and business would bend to them and it would force everyone to like them, even though half of the country didn't vote for Trump.

It was their racism. Couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a black woman. 

Tell me you don’t listen to disabled people without telling me you don’t listen to disabled people

I live and work in the NC furniture industry. Most furniture is made in Vietnam.

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

Dentist today. Hygienist makes a very positive comment about my weight loss since I saw her last. Asks me "what I did" (aka, meds and/or the "natural way") Then, the entire time she's cleaning my teeth she is telling me about how awful GLP meds are. Knowing I am on one. It just baffles me.

I’m not even a woman, and hearing two gross old men saying pregnant women just need to “tough it out” without even the most basic painkillers fills me with blinding rage, so I can’t imagine what y’all are feeling right now.

Autism does not need to be cured Ableism does The end

My boomer maga mom posted this today on my grandma’s 100th birthday. It’s been rough between us for 10 years. I’ve held on. Today I said no more. You can do a lot but to co-opt the memory of my grandma (an immigrant!) - and she wasn’t even religious or political - is NOT ok.

Here are four ways anyone can support and help their local library: • Get a library card ⭐️ • Use your library card 🌟 •Visit the library 💫 •Tell everyone to get a library card and support their local library ✨

I am in NC and got my c*v*d booster yesterday. At CVS. I had to have an Rx. My PCP surprisingly wrote it for me after I sent a portal request. No questions asked (I do qualify), no need to come in and pay a copay, etc. So it was easy for me. 93 yo man in front of me could NOT get his because 1)

Thinking back to 9/11 and realizing that my parents were quiet, closeted racist assholes BUT - they were not the level of radicalized they are now. It's so weird. They used to internally harbor bland racism and now they just wear it like a badge of honor. Loudly & proudly. I'm mortified.

“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. -Charlie Kirk

As a bookish kid, I admired the Supreme Court for having the character to unanimously come out against segregation in the 1950s, when no other branch of our government would have had that courage. So it saddens me to see it lose its way and endorse judging people for the color of their skin today.

Just called my PCP to see if I could schedule a booster appt. I qualify outright but believe any who want it should be able to get it. I was told that Atrium as a whole was not scheduling at this time. Atrium Healthcare is HUGE. 40 hospitals, 70k employees, something like that over NC, GA, AL area