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Figuring out post-Army life in the PNW. Lots of Mom-Posting. She/Her. Play it fucking loud.
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Well I discovered why my ten year old daughter is tired all the time, it's because she's been setting her alarm for 5:30 am so she can sneak downstairs and watch YouTube on the smart TV.

If I understand my peers in the Pacific Northwest correctly, the only good small business is one where the owner's total net worth including home equity is less than $1 million, they own no other business, they pay a living wage, provide benefits, and prices of all goods are lower than WalMart.

I’m sorry, but the base of the Democratic Party is a middle aged black woman with a service sector job that does not know what BlueSky is, and upon being exposed to it, would swiftly and correctly conclude that we all need to log off and find Jesus.

As far as I can tell, this is RUMINT but it's in line with how the US government usually treats National Guard soldiers on Title 10 orders.

The Thunderbolts* (2025)

Interesting question. I was in the Army from 2007 to 2023 when I medically retired, and in those 16 years and all those shut downs and budget struggles it impacted active duty pay exactly once, in 2011, and then Congress scrambled to fix it within 24 hours because they realized it was *such* a risk.

The thing is there is no funding for this. That's why the Guard soldiers are sleeping on the floor and there are no toilets. The unit hasn't gotten funds to book port-a-johns. And once these units hit 30 days activated, every soldier is owed a ton more money because BAH benefits kick in.

Turning to my two year old who will be entering kindergarten when I am 43 like "the internet thinks I should have aborted you"

A recent survey of the homeless population in my county described the majority as cis, straight white people and a lot of the non-profits are upset about it, saying the survey was flawed and/or racist. And yes, that's one possibility. But here's the thing.

You know who's music would actually make a great jukebox musical? Ani DiFranco.

Maybe it's not a thought bubble as much as it is that the BlueSky community likes to gaslight itself into pretending the most embarassing trends in progressive spheres never happened.

My local yarn shop wished a happy pride month to all, including crocheters, so I'm just letting y'all know that you're gonna have to update the acronym again

The Last of the Mohicans is a beautifully acted and directed movie and it's impossible for me to watch because I'm too familiar with the upstate New York geography and spend the whole movie thinking things like "is that supposed to be the Hudson? the Hudson is a lot wider at that point in the river"

For those of you who don't watch the Tony awards but did watch grainy YouTube videos of a certain unauthorized college fan musical circa 2009 or so, it's important to me that you know this guy now has a Tony Award for Leading Actor in a Musical.

The Last of the Mohicans is a beautifully acted and directed movie and it's impossible for me to watch because I'm too familiar with the upstate New York geography and spend the whole movie thinking things like "is that supposed to be the Hudson? the Hudson is a lot wider at that point in the river"

The impulse buy cover vs the warning between the dedication and the title page.

everyone in the comments is in denial

Gymnastics still has an earned reputation as a mostly white sport but my son's team happens to have a kid on it whose parents run a Mexican restaurant and another whose parents used to run a Filipino restaurant and let me tell you every year the team end of season picnic is a can't miss appointment.

What I hear every time I see the #NoICE hashtag youtube.com/shorts/3Pzo_...

(there absolutely is a thought bubble. terrible people are also pointing out the thought bubble. sadly the fact that they are terrible doesn't mean they are wrong about this one thing.)

I've known more than a few people who have worked for the FBI and almost all of them went that route out of a sense that they would be going after major criminals and doing some good for society. I've gotta wonder how their morale is doing, being dragged over to focus on immigration cases.

A fun thing about living West of the Cascade Mountains is that everyone basically melts when the temperatures reach 78°F.

🎶 they say the meek shall inherit 🎶 you know the book doesn't lie 🎶 they say the meek shall inherit 🎶 and you're a meek little guy

Computerized education programs are fun because you get to see your kids despair in real time over how the more educated you get, the harder and longer the questions get.

Please don't surveil the troops getting their top secret WhatsApp directives, there was no time to get the SKL fill from the commo shop.

Ah, we've entered "podcast host who will never actually step foot outside during a protest says that violent disruption is the only way to effectively protest"