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We're two artists collaborating in all ways for fifty years. Wil does collages. Norma makes jewelry and paintings. We welcome feedback. Art Saves.

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Musk just gave the game away in his interview with Joe Rogan. He said that it's because of Social Security that "people are living longer than expected"—which coupled with a lower U.S. birth rate creates a situation he finds intolerable. He _is_ a Yarvinist—and he's coming for our Social Security.

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Re Zelensky at the WH, yet again, feminists and trauma/abuse- informed thinkers are years ahead of political analysts. There is no acceptable affect, no way to charm an abuser, and no “deal” other than playing very very dead that would change how Trump and his flying monkey Vance behaved.

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“Zelenskyy was disrespectful to the president of the United States and the Oval Office.” 🙄

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I'm going to try to find some joy this weekend and I hope you're able to as well in this insane, upside-down world. There is nothing wrong with finding joy and with self-care. In fact, joy is an act of resistance at times like this.

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Zelensky was never going to back down to a thug like trump. He didn’t back down to Putin. trump isn’t so good at reading people, all he can do is try and stand over people like the bully he is and the bully his father taught him to be.

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Remember that the worth and meaning of any human life has never been contingent upon their living in a nation with an ethical and functioning government. Many have never had the option. It would be better if we had it, and we should try our best. But live your your purpose anyway. You are needed.

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Raise your ✋ and repost this if you're participating.

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Agree!

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If you really wanted a Philosopher King, America, he was RIGHT THERE.

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Best News you'll read today

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Don’t feel bad for being excited about the things that feel frivolous right now. Those things make it easier to keep going

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On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.

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You might find this encouraging.

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🎯

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The Original Betty Boop, Esther Jones, was an African American singer in the late 1920s. She performed at The Cotton Club. Helen Kane saw her act in 1928 and appropriated Jones’ singing style for the song “I Wanna Be Loved By You.” Jones was the inspiration Betty Boop’s voice #Voices4Victory

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus while vowing to call Trump's trade war bluff on CNN just now, "This isn't gunboat diplomacy (laughs). I mean, this is like an Al Capone shakedown in his syphilis phase."