FindingHopeInKansas
“Hope is an adventure, a going forward, a confident search for a rewarding life.” Karl Menninger 🌻
Joined May 2022
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Hello fellow ‘nauts. I am one of the #TwitterRefugees who recently traveled here. I am a retiree and a grandmother and wife interested in gardening, politics, literature and medicine. I may be a secular humanist. I love ice cream and wine, but not together…
Grateful for the warm welcome I have received here on CoSo.
Good grief - this country is so pro-life it is unbelievable. NBC is featuring a story about medical debt - “New Parents Facing Childbirth Debt Crisis.”
The KC police chief who didn't show up for trial today was just found dead in his home per KSNT news.
Every time the BillyGraham.org commercial runs I fondly wish for the freedom from religion commercial featuring Reagan’s son. 😔
#Religion
Today is hungry woodpecker heaven day here. Both downy and red-bellied woodpeckers are visiting frequently for suet. We just had a big drop in temperature. I wonder if that is making the birds extra hungry?
#BirdsofCoSo
Medical professionals speaking truth to power:
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dismisses-maternal-mortality-committee-amber-thurman-candi-miller
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I don't care that he dropped out.
Release the committee findings on Matt Gaetz's Solicited Sex Safaris!!!
There is an excellent editorial about mass deportation in the NYT this AM by Dara Lind. “…those who do not wish to see millions of people leave the United States under coercion during a second Trump administration should do what they can to prevent that reality. That starts with a committed and cleareyed understanding of what is actually happening, and a willingness to treat abuses of power as a rupture and an aberration — something that can, and should, be fought.”
@Alfred Why do some religious believers engage in self-flagellation?
How will those of us who need to live in reality - need to discuss the horrifying news - deal with rejection from loved ones who must insulate themselves entirely from political news? Is the need to talk about this self-indulgence?
#Politics
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@WordsmithFL Roughly a quarter of the US population and a third of the registered voters voted for The Disgraced Former President. And even among those who voted for him, many will not be comfortable that this happens in their name. The US has a window of opportunity to turn things around before the killing of your neighbor becomes normalized. I can certainly see The Disgraced Former President ordering the military to open fire. But I also can see the US citizens resist this order.
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#BirdsofCoSo
I am happy to announce a pair of Carolina wrens is enjoying a mealworm/peanut buffet at my porch again. It has been quiet in the morning recently, so their songs are extra special.
@Superstitionsee I’m sorry I totally missed your point! I need to sleep or request a new brain… Please forgive me. 🙏
@Superstitionsee Oh, thank you! If Trump weren’t president, my faith in humanity woud be restored.😎
Flowers again, now a fond memory, but shared in the interest of promoting sanity - probably primarily my sanity… 😂🤣😂
#CoSoGardening
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Demoralization is a prime tool of authoritarians. Watching that happen in the US now is a stark reminder that self-care will help people last longer. Despair is a poison.
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Authoritarian governments are at their weakest points at the start and towards their end.
It's critical not to allow their behavior to become normalized or acceptable in any conceivable way.
From day one.
FindingHopeInKansas
“Hope is an adventure, a going forward, a confident search for a rewarding life.” Karl Menninger 🌻
Joined May 2022