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Well you gotta understand, a fundamental ethos of modern conservatism is "Mom can't tell me what to do"
Just filled out a brief political survey where one of the possible answers to "Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of Donald Trump?" was "I've never heard of Donald Trump" and I would like to Lathe of Heaven that option into reality
Frs Paul Shanley and John Geoghan: "I rape kids" Society: "Burn the Infamy!" Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault: "I rape kids, but atheist-leftishly" Society: "Oooooh, a touch of the exotic! He must have important things to say about Existence and Human Experience!"
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
The outdoors, or perhaps more specifically specifically, hunting/fishing, is posh in England and redneck in America
Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph)@bitterkarella.bsky.social · 2d ago"rabbits in waistcoats" evokes a certain british pastoralism, its the shire in the british imagination, while "possums in overalls" is the american equivalent ie lazy sundays down at the ol' fishin' hole
I thought it would be fun (for me, not for you) to subject you to a bunch of posts that walk you through my weekly Laundry Day procedures. Introducing: Laundry Day In The Life, family of 6
Hannah Gokie@hgokie.bsky.social · 3d agoDocumenting here how many loads of laundry it’s going to take to catch up after a family wedding weekend + a week of vacation + different family event
So it looks like my combo estradiol/progestin birth control prescribed to me for PMDD is also treating my ADHD. That's pretty cool. (It's working incredibly well)
taryn@peepsaregood.bsky.social · 3d ago"Emerging evidence suggests fluctuations in estrogen levels can exacerbate symptoms of ADHD...Research suggests women with ADHD enter perimenopause years earlier than those without the disorder and experience more severe symptoms during this menopausal transition" Well shit.
Probably one of the ones in Pittsburgh with winding roads too narrow to be two-way, and low visibility
Written by Uju ✍🏽@writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat's a hill you'll die on?
About 10 years ago I started to realize that my parents, both of them, disbelieve women who've been assaulted by men, by default. 🫠
rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d agoevery woman has wondered whether her dad would take her side or some man's. many of them have learned the answer and often it's not the answer that you'd assume would be the bare minimum expectation for a father
This has been too much crying for one morning. Living up to my display name. (Everything is ok)
All you who are thirsty come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare
The youngest has absolutely, inconvertibility, nailed the fucking brief when it comes to my birthday...
I'm the hitch. I'm what no one believes, I'm the Witch. You're all liars and theives, Like his father, Like his son will be, too- Oh, why bother? You'll just do what you do. (Last Midnight is an enormous mood)
clippy@clippy-is-alive.bsky.social · 4d ago
People like the idea of a competent police force so they just kinda pretend the existing police is that and then get mad when people don't share that delusion
Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d agoIt’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.
I was browsing through Soviet memorabilia online and now I want a coffee mug I won't buy because it probably has lead. Frustrating!
Only in freedom can man direct himself toward goodness. —Gaudium et Spes §17
I appreciate Tolkein so much for clarifying that the source of all evil is the ego of a showoff in the Tenor section.
Volt Beleriand@yungdreyfusard.bsky.social · last wk.imho if we ever do get a silmarillion adaptation the first episode should be a wordless hour-long sequence as the ainur sing the world into being. if they do anything else theyre cowards
I sometimes ask myself "how did I not end up in the 96% or whatever majority of Catholics who never believed birth control was a sin"
dido, lamenting 🥀🔥💀🪦💔@princessdido.bsky.social · 6d agoYes. Catholic teaching on this stuff and the practical reality of living in a self-policing Catholic community are two different things
Not being born yet. My oldest grandparent was born in 1938 I think.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · last wk.Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
Today I am not allowed to: -work on more decluttering of my house -spend time on art projects -be online more than like 15 minutes at a time -get involved in long groupchat conversations Because I need to: -make a bunch of doctor appointments -start setting up for school in earnest
friend and editor comments on a paragraph I've written that is all a single sentence with no grammatical errors: "let's make this two or three sentences". i knowwwwwww, it's just how i thiiiiiiiiink
burn it all down.
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · last wk.A mother gave the government her fingerprints, tax records, and DNA to get her 6-year-old daughter back. She did everything officials asked. ICE used that information to find and arrest her. A child welfare system became a deportation tool. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Parents are fed up with friends and relatives giving their kids “personalized” AI-generated storybooks with characters resembling their kids. Apart from data privacy concerns, literacy experts say these garbled and convoluted narratives could be an impediment to learning how to read.
Boomers Can’t Stop Gifting Their Grandkids AI-Generated Slop Books
Parents are getting fed up with garbled bedtime stories that feature characters based on actual photos of their children.
wired.com
Someone went and wrote up the thoughts I would have shared for NFP Week if I had had the energy or the inclination to share them, way better than I would have written it. motherfigurewrites.substack.com/p/natural-fa...
Natural Family Planning and Why Women Shouldn’t Need a “Grave Reason” to Avoid Pregnancy
Part 1 of 2: A critique of Natural Family Planning, grave reasons, and the pressure to always be open to life. Coming soon: Part 2 on why NFP and being open to life make sex very difficult for women.
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The ethos of this administration in three words: fuck them kids
Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · last wk.Trump staffers had leaned hard on RFK Jr. to get him to lay off his anti-vaccine rhetoric and actions. They worried it would harm Republicans in this year's midterms. Now it turns out that, back in May, Trump himself pushed RFK Jr. in the opposite direction, asking him for more antivax action.