That quote was just beautiful. I really wish we could just share our experiences with those in other areas without any judgement, and just acknowledge our differences, and similarities as humans.

It has SWARES!! SWARES, I tell you!

Ooh. Dunno about the adaptation side of things. I will say that I read the damned thing all in one night. Had to stay home from classes after doing so. Good book, to say the least.

I think they are buying carve outs for the tariffs

Yah. Mine just has full on knife wounds from that.

Ah yes. The “nonsense drawer” as my youngest labeled it. It has stuck. In my parents family it was called the junk drawer.

The healthcare ones are real. I hear it from my own patients. I have to apologize for my job sector too frequently to women of color.

Either that or chew on its ear. That is normal, right?

No. It is consistent. Bodily autonomy for everyone. You don’t get to go into the populations as a plague rat and kill others with your idiocy, though. That impinges on their freedoms.

You will want to be sure to sift them a little, as there will be a lot of stones in them, in my experience.

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A quality, subject appropriate song.

… was