one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it

brb moving to NYC

Here's the new Lancet paper on international deaths from aid cuts. This includes aid cuts from other donors - not just the USA. Range is 9.4 million deaths to 22.6 million deaths by 2030, depending on depth of cuts. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

we got it now, we just gotta keep it

dude just got back from Kroger and told husband we have "c-o-o-k-i-e-s" and toddler jumped up and said yeahhhh and applauded and took me to the pantry.

I know your heart like my only friend

BEST HAIR IN THE WORLD

None of this would be happening if I had the Soshi/Suntac RTS III with built-in datapack.

just ordered a full sized Minnesota state flag to fly on our porch

hedge of protection for real

when i was a kid no one else celebrated Orthodox Easter so i was convinced my mom made it up so we could buy our Easter candy on clearance lmfao

Tom's Diner

just when you think toddler is finally asleep

"Twelve Oaks is a pretty ritzy mall - but it's not a Collection." lmfao lowkey have trained my 586 husband

v stressful time to be an energy worker

whenever I run into a super kind person in the world i immediately tell them how kind they are and thank them for existing

political asylum from Tito's Jugoslavija - 1969

I think about Liam Conejo Ramos all of the time. I try to send him healing light.

toddler insists on holding the snow brush in the car like a septer and it's kind of the cutest thing ever

we need universal behavioral health care and compassionate, culturally reflective trauma therapists

Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Matt Nathanson Drake Something Corporate Brandi Carlile

i worked at the GAP in high school/after college and it always felt like home to me. one of the managers was Liz, who I thought was THE coolest. she was only a few years older than me but i totally emulated her style. she was amazing and so full of life. i remember buying silver hoop earrings bc

you don't know about this life! music.apple.com/us/album/bel...

5 year old Liam is home, according to @ilhanmn.bsky.social and @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social!

took toddler out to play and started signing to him. he promptly cut me off with NOOOOO. DADA.

praying so hard for your healing, sweet boy.

Until they’re all home.

my husband said the pixies and afghan whigs were better shows than Bruce Springsteen I may never recover

if you're here, and we're here, they're here

For Liam.

most times there are no words, just Bruce.

#uconscious?!

Sometimes you get your little brother excited when you're playing basketball, and you let him get the lead, and then you just come back and take it back.

Michigan State is like if every player were a differently shaped Bill Laimbeer

toddler picked out a book about a mother and her son and is opening every page saying DADA

Fascism History and Memory History of American Intellectualism Sociology of Sport Politics of Resistance

okay backup school

salt of the mfn earth

Bruce was the surprise guest at a benefit concert in Minnesota with Tom Morello 😭😭😭😭

I did not, and honestly still do not, think it was possible for Catherine O’Hara to die.

nooooo people.com/catherine-oh...

when everything meant everything

grateful for a God who answers prayers i was too afraid to even verbalize 🩷