Demagogic president seizes money to pay standing army, arrogating to himself legislative power, while his cronies keep Congress out of session is honestly more or less exactly how the Founders thought this would end

The truth isn’t as scary as denial. Denial makes you fight two battles...suppressing what scares you...and....fueling endless fears in your head at the same time.. Face reality...and you stop wasting energy on illusions. You start planning. And that’s when fear turns into strength.

I know I've asked this a few times recently but I've been very unwell for much of this year & am trying to get back on my feet again financially by teaching my workshops again alongside running my Etsy shop. Please could you give my posts above/below about my workshop a RT if you have a moment?...🌿

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At an acupuncture treatment, my acupuncturist heard me talk about stress and not sleeping because of all the political shit going down. I said that I was more teary then usual, incidentally. She surprised me by naming that as grief. It feels weird to admit, but she’s right.

Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.