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So much to know; so little time.
I love learning. The more I learn, the less I know.
Also: Quilts, gardens, dachshunds, insects, books,
Above all, my hope is found in Christ alone.
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Our grasshopper infestation last year kept my box turtle well fed
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NIH has a webpage listing disease registries, none of which round up individuals. Data collection is vital in scientific discovery. Is it possible that the autism registry is like all of the others, designed to learn as much as possible about autism? Not nefarious?
www.nih.gov/health-infor...
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I didn’t think popes were reincarnated. I think the Dalai Lama is, though. But I’m neither Catholic or Buddhist, so wouldn’t know for sure. Congrats on the new cat. They have a way of finding their people.
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I missed on Wordle, too. But Strands made up for it by being extremely easy. Happy Easter
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My strands game looks just like yours.
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I’m in a similar situation with my dog so I empathize with your situation. It’s so hard.
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I cannot draw a horse from my mind. I have aphantasia. I have no image of a horse in my mind. There is only a mental concept of what a horse is.
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The figure comes from Statista so it could be wrong. CMS shows 4.9 trillion for 2023. Why do you say it is erroneous? Too much? Too little? And I agree fully that our mostly for profit healthcare system drives up cost. I’ve watched it break down for 50 years. It’s getting worse,too, not better.
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Bezos net worth: $202 billion
US health expenditures 2022: 4.4 trillion. We could take every penny from Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg and Ellison and still not afford healthcare for all. (Which doesn’t negate the fact that sending celebrities to space is a terrible use of time or money )
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Do you find it odd that people have to provide paperwork for ID? It seems normal to me. I had to have a birth certificate to get a drivers license in 1968. What has changed to make that harder? Must be the RealID requirement.
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The Act says that proof of citizenship is needed to “REGISTER an individual to vote”. Not when voting. Perhaps some states require more, but the Act doesn’t mandate that.
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I’ve been married 50 years. It was a long time ago; I think I probably had to show a marriage certificate when I updated my drivers license. I don’t doubt there are people who will have some difficulty sorting it out, tho. Did your friend already have. CO ID or were they starting from scratch?
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Where do you live and have you voted there before? As I understand it, you only need to prove ID if you are registering to vote for the first time or changing districts. A driver license is acceptable ID. when you remarry won’t you change that anyway?
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That is so interesting. What state do you live in? I’m in Colorado and the last time I renewed my drivers license it was converted to a real ID. No paperwork required.
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My original point was that calling a student by a nickname is quite different from choosing to rename a student against the parents’ wishes. If you see that as transphobic then that’s on you.
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Is dysphoria a better descriptor? I know a little about it having gone through my own phase of it over 60 years ago. Changing gender as a child wasn’t common then so, for me, I was spared making an irrevocable decision about my life at age 12. Different people; different paths.
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I’m curious to know if you have children. Of course children are independent. But their capacity to make independent, informed choices about how to live changes as they grow. In my opinion & experience, those decisions are best left to the parents. That is supported legally in most states.
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You miss the point about parental involvement and their right to deal with their child’s gender confusion as they deem best. The issue is larger than a name.
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You can also donate to the American Cancer Society
donate.cancer.org?campaign=sea...
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Connections was a bad joke
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Losing rural hospitals is not a new problem. We’ve been losing them since 2010 and it is a complex issue. Smaller urban hospitals are at risk now, too. Blaming this on possible Medicare cuts or republican policy is missing the point.
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I agree about the spelling on Strands! And I got Wordle in four tries. Luckily
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Wordle beat me today. And I got connections with one mistake, but it was a crazy one today.
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I love it when the Wordle answer shows up like that. It’s always a fun surprise.
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That is a pleasant reason to drink it.
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Summer warmth beckons
Next week new growth crushed by snow
Rocky Mountain spring
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Well, I relearned something about tungsten today.
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It’s probably my least favorite type of tea! I think it’s an acquired taste. And I haven’t acquired it.
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“Faith” groups such as the Lutheran church shouldn’t be getting government money. Funding should come from the faithful community of believers
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Nice sentiment, but does it make any practical sense? If I simply care (feel empathy for?) a situation that doesn’t impact me, how does that help? If I take action, then the issue will impact my life. It might be more effective to work on things I care about that impact me directly.
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“Democrats who voted against the bill said there is little evidence that the creation of a new felony would deter firearm thefts, but it would result in more people in prison and involved in the criminal justice system.” Yet they passed a bill to criminalize legal gun owners. Make it make sense!
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Strands took awhile this morning!
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But Connections has such a pretty pattern!
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Strands was easy for me today, but only because a branch of my family worked in that industry.
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Interesting read. I’m old enough to remember when that was the way politics usually worked.
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Perspective: 20 yrs ago, working IT, connecting medical offices to hospital EMR system, had a pediatric ER flight nurse apologizing for being too stupid to work on computers. She, who literally kept babies alive on flights for life. Told her not to worry about being “stupid”. IT isn’t for everyone.
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I’m making meatloaf for my grandson tonight. It is his favorite meal. My recipe uses rolled oats, ground elk, egg, and tomato juice. I omit onions so I can share with my dachshund.
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Exactly this.
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But yes, women have always had an uphill battle and we have things still to overcome. Abortion is another thing, a topic for a different venue. I live in a state where there are no limits to abortion access.
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When I married my American husband 50 years ago we were in Turkey & had a Turkish ceremony. Prior to our turn I watched a young woman in a burka, sobbing, being married to an older man, another man speaking for her. That’s what I think of when I hear “nameless chattel.” We are far from that.
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The actual quote: “Tomorrow’s illiterate will not be the man who can’t read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.”
Toffler prefaced that with “By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education”
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I think it was supposed to intimidate Pence, but I don’t know the motives of the unknowns building it. If terrorism could have been charged I’m sure it would’ve been. As the gallows were performative, it’s probably a free speech issue, intimidation notwithstanding.
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Quite likely
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The scaffold was symbolic and not an actual gallows. Granted, it was unacceptable. Here is
More information
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/01/the-...
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Actually, quite a few people went to prison
www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capi...
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Yes they do. And most will not seek God’s mercy. But forgiveness and grace is there if they repent. God’s heart is so much bigger than mine.
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Also, both my mom’s grandmas divorced and remarried 3 times in spite of their lack of freedoms. (Early 1900s) My grandparents stayed together, in love. And they didn’t want to raise their children in a broken home. They broke a cycle of dysfunction & abuse.