it’s so strong.

Oh look, it's #Jack. Being Jack.

Why just last year he thought #RFKJr was the right man at the right time to lead the country. 🤔

#BlueSky

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/scoop-jack-dorsey-reneges-on-promise-to-donate-5-million-to-rfk-jr-campaign/

I've witnessed a phenomenon many times in my life, where people look at another country and call out something utopian or dystopian about it, and totally miss that whatever they're noticing is also true about their own country.

I say country, but this happens in nearly any in-group/out-group dynamic.

It's far beyond "greener grass" wistfulness. It's a heightened awareness of the other -- from the posture of the presumptive moral arbiter -- accompanied by a diminished awareness of the self.

I expect these F-16 birds will be flying away soon from my hometown to Ukraine. I hope for pilot safely with every flight that follows.
#Ukraine

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/4-ukrainian-pilots-f-16-training-arizona/#:~:text=The%20instruction%20is%20occurring%20at,foreign%20F%2D16%20training%20unit.

The US secretly delivered long-range missiles to Ukraine earlier this month that the Biden administration had previously refused to send. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/politics/us-secretly-sent-long-range-missiles-to-ukraine/index.html

#CoSo, a bit more from your favorite news junky: The CDC has updated guidelines for safety around #H5N1--including cooking beef to a minimum internal temp of 145F.

#BirdFlu is coming for our steaks.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/avian-flu-summary.htm

My new yard guy is sweet and it is so wonderful to not have to worry about it like I was. It's too much property for a single older woman. But he and his guys will help me bring it back. Here is to rejuvenation of it.

@cassandra17lina Mark Burnett deserves a spot there.

It is amazing to learn of all the business failures, yet he holds perception as some business expert because of how he was portrayed on that damned show.

It draws attention to how fhe affluent are above failure, protected by the system that permits them to remain rich no matter how big the failures.

@cassandra17lina @NewYorkJellybean

Same! Last husband wanted me to "act normal" and hide my creative interests. The behavior was insidious. I didn't realize how bad the suppression was until I got out and my creating *exploded*.

With my current husband, when I bring up an idea of what I want to make, he's enthusiastic, and he will even help if I need/want help. No restrictions beyond what I or my physical condition places on me.

Also, just sit with that irony...we have made this country such a hostile and burdensome place to raise a child that people would rather forego the chance of making one *forever* than preserve the option to do so *someday.*

Some of these folks would get sterilizations anyway, but some wouldn't if having a child young or unexpectedly didn't doom you both for life.

Beau of the Fifth Column
Let's talk about the US turning up the pressure....

#politics #Gaza #israel #sanctionshttps://youtu.be/Cd4Ed3RFaU4

@SupplySgt @Vickietorious @cassandra17lina
One of my mother's cousins had it as a child, and it affected him his entire life. Across the street from us was a lady in an iron lung, and a block down was a young girl in crutches.
We also had a schoolmate die of measles. Anti-Vax people are evil.