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My brain currently is wired for philosophy, but I need it to be wired for corporate “Operational Excellence” because it’s a weekday morning. Human existence is weird. #WeekdayWisdom #ExistentialThoughts #modernexistence

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Been running, writing, producing nonstop for weeks. Feeling the crash today. Body says rest, brain says create, job says perform. None care that i’m empty. Capitalism makes exhaustion a failing. We need to let people rest. We’re not machines. #BurnoutCulture #RadicalRest #HumanNotMachine

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17/32 "Son," the first sergeant said, "we received a Red Cross message tonight, from Gary Darr." Mr. Gary. Made sense - being a vet, he'd know how to reach me.

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Societies are best judged on how they treat the people at its margins. America is failing. #socialjustice #wedeservebetter

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Every citizen in the USA should be obliged to read or watch The Handmaid's Tale. Now. Oh. Damn it. It's already banned in parts of the USA. When a book becomes alive. Too quick. It seems it's already too late for a rising. But I do hope I am wrong. #TheHandMaidsTale #USA #Facism

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16/32 I jumped to attention - even now, wanted to show what a good soldier I was. The XO waved me down. Not the time for protocol. I settled into parade rest.

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1/5 AI is a tool, not a shortcut. Stop making Noise. #WritingCommunity #AIandCreativity I've completed a memoir and 80% of a novel in recent months. AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT? Invaluable for managing tone, themes, pacing, and character development. They excel at identifying areas to improve.

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🧵1/6 I lost my twin sister, Angel, when we were 19. Some 25 years later I am still reckoning with and gaining understanding of that loss. #GriefJourney #TwinLoss #SiblingLoss #Healing

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Mischief and the duality of cat #CatsofBlueSky #catnap

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Good doesn’t cancel out harm. Even accidental harm carries weight, and knowing about it without acting is what I call an Evil of Indifference. Ethical responsibility isn’t a clean slate; it’s moral accumulation. #ethics #moralphilosophy #UncomfortableTruths

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I’ve been thinking about #justice in inequitable systems, as it relates to #reparations for slavery in the US. The argument against is usually “I didn’t own slaves” To which I say: “You are not to blame for your ancestors’ sins. But you are responsible for what you do with the inheritance.”

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It’s my doggo’s Gotcha Day! Jude makes every day better! #dogsofbluesky #gotchaday

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15/32 The XO arrived in sweats, first sergeant in jeans and sweatshirt. It was surreal seeing them out of uniform. They looked like men carrying news they didn't want to deliver.

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14/32 I'd probably meet Angel there. I hadn't seen Fran's family since Connecticut - except her Aunt Fran. Would Uncle Sal be there? Was he even still alive? I had no idea.

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Make sure to let your cat air dry completely before storing in the cabinet #CatsofBluesky

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Life in this gilded cage… *puffs cigarette Frenchily iz no life et all… #CatsofBlueSky

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So the guy who said that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any supporters just set the entire economy on fire. Let’s see if they think that’s worse than shooting someone. Checks the internet…. Welp

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13/32 At company HQ, the duty NCO was expecting me. I sat outside the commander's office, mentally preparing for news about Fran. Planning the trip to Pennsylvania.

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I was in the office yesterday until almost 8:00 building a PP deck, a productive and valid use of the previous minutes on this earth. My watch thought I was asleep. I’m not sure if I should be insulted. #officecoma #corporatelife #latestagecapitalism

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12/32 It had to be [my mother] Fran. My mother's health was poor - diabetes, lung and heart disease, made worse by depression and smoking. After Leo's death two years ago, losing her would make narrative sense.

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Look at it. This is what our country elected. We are all complicit. How many lines of the poem before they get to you? To me? To “…and there was no one left to speak for me.” “First they came for the undocumented, and I did not speak out - Because I was not undocumented Then they came for…”

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Taking a meeting in my home office with my bro, Mr. Kitty #catsofbluesky #wfhlife

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No pithy comment, just posting to remind everyone my cat is too precious. #catsofbluesky #catnaps #cozycat

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Jude says “Happy St Paddy’s Day!” #DogsofBlueSky #StPatricksDay #LuckOTheIrish

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11/32 Mind spinning, I called first sergeant from the common area. He ordered me to company HQ to await him and the XO. Walking across the courtyard, my thoughts kept churning.

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Chill #Caturday vibes #catsofbluesky

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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

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10/32 I asked my roommates, both PFCs with more experience. "Probably a Red Cross message," one said from behind his bunk curtain. We'd learned about these in basic - they meant emergency.

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Can I take a sick day due to a profound existential crisis of identity? Or is that only available in France? #existentialcrisis #whoamI #whyami

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Penny stands like the hoomans do #catsofbluesky

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9/32 Around 2300, I returned to find a note on my bunk: call first sergeant immediately. My mind raced - what had I done wrong to warrant a middle-of-the-night call?

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