John McCain has been banned from going to Russia. I hear that’s Meghan McCain’s dad, anyone ask her?

Loser's back-up stand-by team🤣

Sorry, not sorry.

🤣🤣

#cosojokes #badjokes

Technically, Moses was the first man to download files from the cloud using a tablet.

#puns

"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences."
Dave Meurer

#QuoteOfTheDay

Good point: we need to understand others, learn history, about people and perspectives. Question not answered, once you do understand them (understand your enemy as I would say), then what? Empathy is nice and all but it's not going to get you far with certain folk #USBookShow

State Farm drops LGTBQ kids book program after right-wing backlash https://www.thedailybeast.com/state-farm-drops-lgbtq-kids-books-program-after-backlash

The #FBI says we’ve had 61 active shooter incidents so far in 2022. May I respectfully suggest that gun buyers face the same level of background checks in order to TAKE lives that I go through in order to SAVE Iives as a #BloodDonor. I have to answer countless personal questions, undergo physical checks, wait between donations, and maintain my health to meet safety standards.

As an atheist, please understand that I do not care what your personal religious beliefs are. I do care, however, how far you are willing to go to force the rest of us to believe the nonsense you believe. Beliefs inform actions. Actions can harm people.

Monkeypox likely isn't much of a threat to the public. https://t.co/oQxbtWhFbg

Adulting is fun, ain't it?

#politics #FuckTrump #CorruptGOP #ProChoice #MyBodyMyChoice #covid

What I love about the 6th Jan trials is how many of the defendants' lawyers are being forced into starting their defense with a variant of "your honor, my client is a ratchet-jawing, bloviating, self-aggrandizing wanker, but not a criminal wanker."

Good morning to all the backers, supporters, believers, smokers, curlers, fetishists, drinkers, smokers, ravers, screamers, goths, courtesans, anti-poachers, blockers, stalwarts, comics, and comrades.

May today fill you with satisfaction.

WRITING TIP No 226

It's okay to write less one day than you did the previous day.

It's okay to write more one day than you did the previous day.

What matters is that words made their way to the page.

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WRITING TIP No 227

You write the words. You can't fully judge them if you're not also willing to fully appreciate the skill you have.

Deprecating or assuming that your words aren't "good enough" will hobble your career and success.

"Good enough" compared to what? Someone's book that's been through extensive editing and rewriting?

Don't compare your bread dough to someone else's baked loaf.

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WRITING TIP No 228

All that time you spent hyper-curating your character playlists or mood boards or whatever other distraction that you swear is "research" is eating the time you could build your draft.

It's a first draft, not a scholarly paper getting chiseled into stone. You won't need to be an expert in any field other than "this is my story."

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WRITING TIP No 229

Stop right now.

Stand up.

Stretch.

Get a glass of water.

What's the coolest scene you could write right now?

Go write it.

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Big corporations may sometimes look like they support socially progressive causes. But they'll drop that pose in a hot minute if they think it'll cut their taxes, eliminate their regulations, or put them on what they think is the trending political wave—even if it's a fascist one.

For the people on the big boards, it's a matter of convenience, not principle.