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My husband’s HR messed up signing us up for insurance and we had no clue until I went to p/u a 3 mo prescription and it was an absurd amount. You know what they messed up this time? Our pharmacy insurance. Maybe. Just MAYBE. We shouldn’t need 4 insurances to cover the body.

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When people ask “how are you?” It’s such a complicated answer that I’ve been either saying “fine” or “I’m present” 🙃

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Got to celebrate a friend’s new chapter in life while looking super cute!

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54% of Americans have literacy skills below a 6th grade level. We need to teach comprehension. We need to go back to the basics.

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The GOP’s response? Just don’t hold town halls!

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A reminder for these times.

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Yup!

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So, actually, it always was Russia.

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Elon Musk doesn’t lack empathy because he’s autistic. He lacks empathy because he’s the world’s richest person who was raised on the money from blood diamonds. Stop spreading misinformation about autism. Autistic ppl don’t have a complete lack of empathy. Batman level villain billionaires lack it.

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Some people really voted the country into fascism for crypto. Look at the market, look at it. It’s crashing.

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Teach your children what marketing is and looks like. Just ask questions. -“You see that coke bottle. Why do you think you can see that label?” -“What about this scene makes you want to buy that?” -“Why do you think this is on mom’s YouTube ads?” -“Do you think that toy really does all that?”

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If you don’t want to participate in a protest, that’s ok. It’s your right. I just don’t understand those who actively try to get people to NOT participate. The protest shouldn’t hurt small businesses bc people are encouraging buying local and small. I’m curious what the actual purpose is

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The dept of ed has a new form where you can report DEI initiatives in schools it would be too bad if it got inundated with false reports I’m not telling you to do that definitely don’t do that!! enddei.ed.gov

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Canceling my prime membership. Tried to do it online & it only stopped auto renewal. I had to call to immediately end it and get a refund for the rest of the year. 1st tried the # that was in Google and it was annoying. Ended up having a person call me using this link: www.amazon.com/gp/help/cust...

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Knowledge is power. Education is resistance. Books are tools for change.

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This is from a novel But it reminded me that there is indeed a passage in the bible that says this👇🏼 Funny that not many religious types seem to ever recall this

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Once a celebrated investigative news organization, The Asheville Watchdog has become a key player in the laundering of Far Right talking points into our community's mainstream.

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How it started/How it's going

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I asked someone in my Nextdoor group if they would care if George Soros was the one doing the budgetary cuts instead of Elon Musk. They told me that they wouldn’t mind. We can’t have honest, open conversations if people lie.

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I want to like Substack.

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It’s family fun night tomorrow, and my kids already know that we won’t spend anything tomorrow as protest. It’s my daughter’s turn and she’s planning hers today, so she won’t spend tomorrow. Invite your friends and family in. My daughter is 7 and can still understand on some level.

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The wealthy commit fraud WAY MORE than the rest of us do. They also serve WAY LESS time in prison.

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Listen. I want you to become a problem for your representatives’ communication systems. That’s how much you need to reach out to them. Friends and Families too. Make them rue the day that Gordon Matthews created voicemail systems.

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"You're so brave!" No, I'm not. I am SOFT. Always have been! I love fairy tales and flowers, good coffee, tea, and good books. I'm an empath. An optimist. I believe strangers are potential friends. I'm a little prissy. I like things just so. I'm Black. What you call "brave," I call surviving.

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When I see DEI written or said a certain way, my brain subconsciously translates it to the N word.

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I’m listening to @pearlmania500.bsky.social yell at democrats while I’m cooking eggs (like a millionaire). 10 year old: Is that @davidpakman.bsky.social yelling? Keep it playing.

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supporting your public library is so sexy

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Not now, sweetie, mommy is berating our representatives over voicemail.

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Things are pretty tough rn, so as a reminder, my commissions are open! 💕 Lemme know if you want me to draw you something 💕 (Shares appreciated!)

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New reporting shows that despite the supposed unfreezing of federal grants, many Head Start centers still can't access funds, forcing them to close and leaving kids without preschool and health services and families (esp moms) without the care they need to work for pay. www.salon.com/2025/02/06/e...

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To be clear, this is what this administration thinks of women in leadership positions Their "DEI" panic nonsense very much includes white women

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With all this political chaos, I have not checked with the kids about which extremely highly specific subject they would like their valentines cards to be. I may just make something on canva tbh.

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There’s has never been a time when I have been able to actually leave a voicemail on Sen. Ted Budd’s line.

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Thriving isn’t a finite resource.

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“What are you going to do now that Trump is attacking DEI when you work in DEI?” I’m going to amp it up locally out of spite and rebellion. Imagine where everyone’s rights would be if we all waited for the government to sanction things.

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