I'm good now. I like storms and look forward to them... And we still get some humdingers here in Northeast Ohio during the Spring!

need professional help. I remember going to a psychologist's office in Dayton. He was in a taller building with really heavy curtains. He let me look out the window after each session. I remember looking at Rorschachs. Ironically, just a few years after the Xenia tornado we moved to Oklahoma. 🤪

was quiet. We have very minor damage to our own house. From that point forward, however, whenever there was a dark and the cloud in the sky I would start to shake and cold sweat. My father was a refrigeration mechanic by trade and an outwardly hard man but I think both my parents realized I might

Leading out of the basement and I saw the tornado. The sky and the surroundings were black but the tornado had a ghoulish gray color. I froze in that moment and the next thing I remember is my mom grabbing me and throwing me under the ping pong table. There was a lot of noise... And then everything

level house with a walk out basement. At some point early in the afternoon, thunderstorms started and we lost power. Once that happened, we moved to the basement. My mother would periodically go up to the garage to try to get news from the car radio. At some point I walked to the sliding glass door

The atmosphere of that afternoon was charged. I remember a weird orange look to the clouds and Skye and I can still vividly remember the smell and taste of ozone before the storm. My father was out of town on business. My mother grew up in Queens and had no experience with tornadoes. We had a split

One of the most devastating tornadoes in history, it sliced through Xenia between 4:30 and 5:00 in the evening and was on the ground for more than 31 minutes. 32 people died in the tornado and nearly 1200 were wounded. The effects for me at that age were absolutely traumatizing.

Today marks the 52nd anniversary of a massive tornado outbreak through the Midwest and a particularly devastating tornado in Xenia, Ohio. I was in that tornado. I was 6 and 1/2 years old and I lived in Centerville, a suburb of Dayton. The tornado formed over my house. Wind speeds topped 300 mph.

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How long will the US armed forces comply with this? It must be unbearable for them.

Hegseth fired generals who insisted that military leaders who had demonstrated long records of exemplary service deserved promotion. For all the bitching about "DEI," what these failsons and Fox News castoffs all really hate is an actual meritocracy, where people are rewarded for their hard work

They call me whatever names they want. I will never stop fighting for the right to vote and against voter suppression.

Der Pilot des abgeschlossenen US-Jets sei ein (Kriegs-)Gefangener des Irans 👇 wer je die Bilder der Gefangenen in der US-Botschaft in Teheran (1979) gesehen hat ... www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...

US-Präsident Trump pöbelt gegen NATO und die EU. Beide zeigten zu wenig Engagement im Iran-Krieg. Die Grünen-Chefin wirft ihm „Brandstiftung“ vor. 👇 www.fr.de/politik/grue...

Pete Kegsbreath has now fired: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs; The Chief of Naval Operations; The USAF Vice Chief of Staff; The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency; The Army Chief of Staff; The head of Army Training & Transformation; and The Army Chief of Chaplains. In the middle of a war.

Hegseth is blocking promotions for female or minority officers in the Army. Defense Department, 80% of active-duty members of the military are male. 67% are white; 18% are Black. 80% of active-duty officers are male, 74% of officers are white; 9% are Black. RACIST POS. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

As a result of Trump & Hegseth's re-segregation, all five service chiefs, the JCS chairman and vice chairman, and nine of ten combatant commanders are white men. Also, the U.S. military is back to zero female four-star officers for the first time since 2008; there were four in 2024.

No is a good answer. Or hell no.

Trump was quite explicit about his racism and misogyny. People didn’t care, because “the price of eggs” or some stupidity like that, and voted for him anyway So while we might be disgusted by Hegseth’s bigotry, we shouldn’t be surprised by it And if you think-like I do-that it’s unacceptable VOTE

Die ganze Welt gafft, wie ein orangener alter Mann in den USA quasi stündlich einen Autounfall verursacht und keiner kann ihn aufhalten...

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Me, beating the rush. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

“TAKE THE OIL.” Didn’t Trump the other day say we have all the oil we need here at home?

Spoken like a real robber

💯‼️ Wir werden von zutiefst korrupten machtgeilen Ideologen regiert!

'Palmettos, Florida' (1917) watercolor by John Singer Sargent 🎨 and 'European fan palms in the shade' Gran Canaria (2026) from my photo archive 📸

Trump: "With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A 'GUSHER' FOR THE WORLD???"/ Mit ein bisschen mehr Zeit können wir die Straße von Hormus ganz einfach öffnen, das Öl nehmen & ein Vermögen machen. Wäre 1/2 www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...

JD Vance is heading to Hungary to endorse Viktor Orban after Easter. Here is a description of the corrupt regime, and the post-reality campaign, that the US administration now supports: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

🇺🇦 Zelensky: We want to count on receiving anti-ballistic systems, including THAAD, which are available in Middle Eastern and Gulf countries but are absent in Ukraine and Europe. If we had such systems, the threat of Russian aerial bombs simply would not exist in Ukraine.

Can we just send the rest of them to Uranus? 🚀

Vor 70 Jahren wechselte Fritz Bauer auf Initiative des hessischen Ministerpräsidenten Zinn von Braunschweig nach Frankfurt und wurde zum Generalstaatsanwalt in Frankfurt ernannt. Sein vordringliches Ziel war es, die Täter des dritten Reichs ausfindig zu machen und vor Gericht zu stellen,

#Griechenland Der Staatsrat verhängt eine Geldstrafe gegen eine Regierungsbehörde, weil diese die oberen Stockwerke des Hotels nicht abgerissen hat.

The complete files are 42 days overdue Millions of pages. Still no accountability. The Epstein “file release” proves one thing: When the powerful are involved, transparency is just another illusion. Release the COMPLETE EPSTEIN FILES

„Ich wollte ein Jurist sein, der dem Gesetz und Recht der Menschlichkeit und dem Frieden nicht nur Lippenbekenntnisse leistet." -Fritz Bauer im Jahr 1965-

I am one of the most intelligent and sensitive animals in the world, yet I am judged by myths rather than by my heart. I remember faces, feel grief, and forge bonds that last a lifetime. My silence is not darkness—it is the wisdom of observing the world with care.

At the end of this Epic Failure, the world will know that Netanyahu and Trump can’t be trusted. Hopefully America learns that lesson, too.

War Criminals fire Generals who refuse to obey illegal orders.

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Ja dann kümmere Dich doch endlich um die Betreuung von Kindern, fördere den Ganztagsbereich und hör auf demokratische Vereine und Angebote auch für Jugendliche platt zu machen!!! Meine Grüte Frau @prienkarin.bsky.social !!!

Die Selbstverständlichkeit, mit der Katherina Reiche (CDU) Lobbyinteressen umsetzt und Investitionssicherheit zerstört, ist schon beachtlich — wenngleich in der Union nicht ganz neu.

"So ein Deepfake-Porno fühlt sich schlimmer an als jede Beleidigung. Dreidimensionaler, persönlicher. Obwohl ich weiß, dass es ein Fake ist, dass das nicht ich bin. Ganz seltsam eigentlich“ 👇 Ricarda Lang im Interview des Tagesspiegels www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/rica...

Am 3. November 1906 wurde Alma Rosé als Kind einer jüdischen Musikerfamilie in Österreich geboren. Sie war die Nichte von Gustav Mahler. Schon früh erlernte sie das Violinspiel und wurde zu einer anerkannten Konzertpianistin. Nach dem „Anschluss" Österreichs ans Reich floh sie erst nach England 

Holiday advice: It's pleasant to get a train to Europe. You just have to turn travelling into a core part of the holiday - lunch in Paris, dinner in Bordeaux, trip to Spain, week on beach etc. It's limiting, but very enjoyable & decent alternative to a flight you won't be able to afford by summer.

Viktor Orbán boasting that Trump will do more to ensure his own reelection than, say, Mike Lawler or Brian Fitzpatrick.