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Facebook reminded me that part of my job at The CA was moderating comments for a time. And on this day in 2013, I received my first "eat shit and die" comment for pissing off a troll. The comments would get progressively worse, including death threats. Such good times.

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It's bad enough to be living in "unprecedented times." It's a whole other level of shit to be raw-dogging it. Hell of a time to be sober.

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Em met the garbage guys to give them their Gatorade. She started this during the summer last year, and we try not to miss a Monday. Today, one of the guys told me, "We sure needed this today. I couldn't wait to get around the corner and see y'all." We have to take care of each other, y'all.

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And the fuckery continues. New benefits savings cards came in. One for my husband. One for my 7-year-old ! And not one for me...who's the primary. I want a nap.

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Therapist: "It doesn't seem like your stress level has come down." "Well ..." :: gestures broadly to the world around her :: Therapist gives the "that's fair" head bob.

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LOL....and now my husband's car breaks down the day before he has to leave for drill. Life can stop lifing so hard now.

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Nothing gets your cardio in quite like seeing "until June 2025" next to the interest rate on your 30-year fixed mortgage.

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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Wow: City of Clarksdale, Mississippi got a court order yesterday directing a newspaper to delete an editorial criticizing city officials -- without a hearing. Here's the TRO issuing the prior restraint:

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🧵 In 2023, MLK50 published a story about Almeer Nance, who, at 16, was sentenced to 51 years and then another 25 for abetting the 1996 robbery of a Knoxville Radio Shack and being an accomplice to the murder of a store employee.

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Just found out my neighbor across the street died the other day. Emily's going to be so upset. She played with her and her grandson all the time. I've got no idea how to even tell her.

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Join us in welcoming MLK50’s newest reporter Natalie Wallington ( @narwhallington.bsky.social )! She’ll be covering housing and the idea of home. mlk50.com/2025/02/11/n...

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Standing outside waiting to give the trash collectors their Gatorades, Emily looks at me with her mouth agape. "You have THREE white hairs!" Turns to the trash collector, "MY MOM HAS THREE WHITE HAIRS!" The audacity! And if, at 44, I only have three white hairs, I'm doing good.

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Me vs. my child and her two-egg-a-day habit

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So Justin Trudeau is now saying the tariffs have been paused for 30 days as they implement a new border plan. Basically, after the markets freaked, Trump backed off of the threats while Mexico and Canada essentially promised to do things that they were already doing.

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Of course, my child develops a likeness for scrambled eggs NOW when they're $900 per carton

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Bravo to Sen. Alsobrooks for her question. “We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule as Whites because their immune system is better than ours.” — RFK Jr This is the deadlier version of the racist myth that Black people feel less pain, leading to denied pain meds.

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Gov. Bill Lee has proposed a $400 million school voucher plan. It’s a “scam,” State Senator Oliver writes:

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Baptist Healthcare just asked me to update my information, "in particular the information including race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation and preferred name." A quick check of ALL my messages going back to 2018, I've NEVER been asked to update/verify this information.

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"You're a good mom." "I try." "If you don't think you are, smack yourself in your face and then you will." - The infinite wisdom of 7-year-old Em

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Not me adding a fat stack of history-related books to my cart on Thriftbooks before they suddenly become scarce.

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I like to watch TV and color. I also just started watching "Shogun" and I have to rewind it back so much because I don't look up quick enough when they switch languages 🫠

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Teaching my kid about MLK today, which naturally includes teaching her about racism. "But people don't think that way anymore, right?" Bless her 7-year-old heart. I wish. I really, really wish.

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First action after TikTok came back: Blocking Facebook

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I swear, if I ever went back to school for something, I'd become an electrician. I nearly constantly wish I had the knowledge that comes with that profession.

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Now I think our garage freezer is dead. Power light isn't on. Breaker is good. Outlet works. Was doing a faint hum like something was trying to work. But now silence. At least it's cold out.

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My child is sitting on my lap, watching a video about dogs wagging their tails. The narrator explains a tense tail wag and then instructs: "Clench your butt and then ask yourself, how do you feel?" Em clenches her butt and, without skipping a beat, goes, "How do you feel?" 😂

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My kid is selling Girl Scout cookies for the first time this year. She's had two sales so far on her site, and she's gotten PUMPED each time. When we do booth sales, she's going to behave like some glittery, sugar-drugged unicorn.

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I got my kid this Snap Circuits STEM toy for Christmas, and she's been playing with it for literally four hours straight.

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My dad is finally getting hearing aids. After at least a decade of telling him he needed his hearing checked, he finally went. Why? Because his boss at his new job told him he should. 🫠 He's got pretty severe loss in both ears, which means his Medicare won't cover the aids he needs.😑

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My parents got Em a rock tumbling kit for Christmas, but it was missing the grit to tumble the rocks. I emailed the company asking if they could send us some and they responded in less than 20 minutes and are mailing it out today. That's some fast service.

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I really hate fireworks. I really do. And I really can't stand it when my neighbors two houses down shoot the damn things off all night like people don't have kids and pets. I'm just a cranky old woman, I guess.

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Just walked by a young white guy at the antique store and my man either said "Noel" or "Go to hell." Either one is weird and not at all surprising in 2024.

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Round 3 complete and I'm done. Sugar cookie truffles decorated by Emily the Elf, and ginger cookies.

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That means I've got to make the truffles tomorrow along with the ginger cookies. Then I think I'm done. It's less than I planned, but I'm tired and I've got too much on my plate.

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Marshmallows are setting. Double chocolate mint cookies are done. Sugar cookies (not pictured) are cooling so the can be pulverized tomorrow for sugar cookie truffles. Round 2 done.

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I've got to make marshmallows tomorrow and then do the cookies and pie bites this weekend so all of this can get packaged and out of my house. I would love to be done by Sunday but we'll see.

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