chicagojcb.bsky.social
Reader, knitter, singer, cyclist, dancer, cook, musician, baker, gardener. Happy wife, finally. "Grammy". Retired geek, finally. All dogs are adorable puppies, even if they weigh more than I do. DMs only w people I know or on specific topics.
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If it's me I would hope you'll call me on it directly
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Lolol they'd be passed enough that you are showing them as not white
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Can I take a switch to him first?
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Sending hugs. It's so hard, and there is no preparation. I hope that the love of your family and friends and your memories will eventually sustain you.
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Does anyone know why they're changing it? Is it just to keep people from moving away from Amazon?
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Appear to whom??? Other Trans haters? This is truly horrible.
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Welcome. Stay away from DMs with people you don't know and you'll be doubly welcome.
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Kind of like a few people in jobs over their heads right now.
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Poor babies!
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Gotta be annoying, though.
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Where he landed was Moffet Naval Air Station. There is no civil aviation there.
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Naw. That's an orange Russian.
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Unless color and plumbing is all you care about. Oh. And "loyalty".
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Happy Birthday to your mom! Tell her I thank her for giving us you.
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Oh don't get me wrong. I'm absolutely in. I've been saying since 1996 that Carl Sagan's "Demon Haunted World" should be required reading for everyone.
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American football, or real football?
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Except maybe with giant rocket contracts for stuff that keeps blowing up.
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They turned it into an acronym to dehumanize it and to slightly hide that being against it is just more white male supremacy.
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The best we can do is work at being allies and understand that we'll fail. A lot.
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I don't talk to siri. Or any of the others. As much as I hate this tiny keyboard....
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Won't happen in my lifetime but I love this idea
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It's important to know a couple. You should know your emergency numbers by heart in case.
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I learned from this too. And I just called him on his "are you proud of yourself" comment, which I thought was completely uncalled for. I will not report back, because this is our work to do.
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*That* was not a helpful comment. For black people race is always already in it. They live it on a daily basis.
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I can see that. If solidarity was his object there were FAR better ways to do it.
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I absolutely agree that she used the correct phrasing. And in general that she knows what she's doing. But I also agree that he doesn't even remotely deserve it.
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Wait til you see what happens *after* 60
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Of course not but that's also not the point. It was a way of offering the opinion that he's a scumbag and does not deserve her politeness. Perhaps awkward but still an attempt at solidarity.
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Wait. I went through the thread. I think he was suggesting to Sen Alsobrooks that she did not need to address Scott Turner as "honorable" in her letter.
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But you put them in anyway and claim victory. And the entire country is the poorer for it.
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Isn't adorable how they slowly get fat and fluffy between grooms?
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I'm a boomer. I wanted this pen in *college*.
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Aaaaaand breakfast!
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Shhhh! My go-to lunch when I'm home alone.
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Well, some people have that amazing "skill".