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Oh, and I almost forgot...

Today is National Hugging Day (just don't linger until it gets creepy)...

National Use Your Gift Card Day (woohoo boost that economy)...

And National Fruitcake Toss Day. Ew. Get rid of that thing.

“If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.” - Howard Gardner

For the past 30 years, Rupert Murdoch has been using Fox News to destroy the truth.

That should be a crime against humanity.

I did a blog post showing how to make a secular devotional journal, the one I used to help me recently navigate a high conflict conversation.

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Just used Horton Hears a Who to explain why we don't move the Sea Monkey tank around, thank you Dr. Seuss.

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U.S. men who are or wish to be pro-choice allies, Men_4_Choice are "going to organize a lot of voter outreach this fall & need men like you to be a part of that work. Allyship is a verb. An action you do & not a title you have."

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If I'd been responsible for another person's death (horrible as it is to think of it), even without malice, intent to harm, or even negligence; even if I weren't guilty in any strict sense of the law; I would still feel the responsibility and would want to do whatever I could to rebalance the scales: whether apologizing, paying damages, doing some kind of service, or accepting punishment. I wouldn't be thinking about how to defend or excuse myself. I'd be asking how I could make things right.

Goodnight all. The 118th Congress is a joke, but also not a joke, for it has real consequences for us all. We can Tweet, whine, complain, mock and we will. But we need to vote these clowns out and elect adults who want to govern. The Big Lie is a lie. The Lord bless you and keep you!

This may become my new daily mantra: “There is a single steadfast rule for being alive right now, and it is: Do not bet against the dumbest possible outcome.” - Charlie Werzel writing in The Atlantic

Amazon is killing off its Smile program, in which it donated a percentage of your purchase cost to deserving charities.
They already upped the price of Prime this year. Now they'll be keeping the money they used to donate.
Is Bezos going broke?

.@POTUS and I are committed to helping California recover from the extreme storms and flooding. Our thoughts are with those impacted, and we thank the dedicated first responders for their continued service.

Sign up for state and local alerts at calalerts.org.

Oooooooh, I get it. I always hate it when people slam mindfulness meditation, it's kept me alive. It's because it can feel like disassociation, that other thing that can keep you alive. Anyway, today I used my deescalation skills to get through to a family member about the harms of toxic masculinity. I want a superhero cape, and a damn cookie.

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I know I don't need to tell y'all this but, there are a lot of folks who do not understand what the debt ceiling is, and exactly what the burning clowncar party is proposing to do with it in the fall.

So, I present to you, a dummies guide to the debt ceiling. Feel free to use it whenever you feel the need. /1

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