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final3rd.bsky.social
Living my life’s final third with creativity, purpose, and grace. Artist, writer, mother, sister, lover, friend.
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Could we not have trump’s photo everywhere? Pick a different cover photo for articles, put a black rectangle over his mouth, or make the photo b&w? Anything.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve heard it said that Trump can do anything except kill people and get away with it. Will now he has killed those people in the plane/helicopter crash. It’s a direct result of his firing people if I understand the news.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Quick question: did Latinos and allies everywhere just not go in to work today? As a plan? I’m impressed!!

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Thought I had it together till I walked into work. Saw the faces. One triumphant. One frightened. One looking hard at me. I was fine till I tried to speak. Voice cracked. Just like when my grandfather died.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

FB will not allow me to log out of my accounts. In the movie Interstellar, when they’re passing into the wormhole, the man says that the controls don’t work, all we can do is watch and record. So. Watching and recording.

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Microaggression in a workwear store: I round a corner into a white man’s personal space so I chirp hi and smile. He says “no you’re all right” with a frown, which is white man’s colloquial for “I forgive you for the wrong of you existing in *my* space”. The Black man I met next was 100% gentleman.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

I’m overwhelmed by American politics (cruelty) but that’s no excuse for yelling at my dog for chewing up a new book. But now my dog, my soul gift, thinks HE needs forgiveness for the chewing when it’s me who did the unforgivable. I am lost.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Obviously I’m trying to recalibrate. Please send wisdom.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe if I’m now irrelevant, invisible, with a foreshortened life span and quality of life (not counting the difficulty of leaving any legacy to my children), maybe that gives me freedom to not play by the rules anymore. Why should I keep pouring my life’s energy into something that hates me?

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I’m out in the sunshine now and I think maybe what I mean by my life doesn’t matter to my country is I won’t be made room for. I see what a sham it is to have wanted that. Every Buddhist teaching I’ve ever ignored and majority of what Christ said tells me I’ve been looking in the wrong direction.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Please just recommend who to follow regarding elimination of Medicare, ACA, and social security. Thanks.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve read widely and worked to become a mature adult, adding meaning to the world. But I’m stumbling in this moment as I’m learning that my life doesn’t matter to my country. And ashamed for whining since my Black and Brown sisters have always felt this way. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. Shutting up now.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Just to be clear, I did everything I was supposed to. I got an education. I worked. I got married to a man (who drank himself into a divorce). I had children, who now work. I’m involved in my church. I’ve paid into Medicare and social security my whole life pluses added two to the work force.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Looking for solid info on the elimination/or not of Medicare, ACA, and Social Security. Recommendations please. I’m just above the poverty line (I still matter as a human) but without healthcare and a little income I’m pretty sure I’m f-ed 2 years from now. Which really means I’m f-ed now.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

@maddow.bsky.social I only unsubscribed to Live MSNBC due to cost. I follow your podcast now. Please take care of yourself and your safety. Your intellect and courage are inspiring.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 95 days ago • 444 comments

Last night I stood on the deck listening. Here comes hard turmoil. Who do I want to be in it? What will I be caught doing? I better hurry. open.substack.com/pub/michelle...

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