It's "the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial which was built from marble mined in the nearby Crystal River Valley town of Marble"!
~ Cassandra Ballard
"Get your spuds ready for a Marble Mash themed Potato Day" | PostIndependent.com
https://www.postindependent.com/news/get-your-spuds-ready-for-a-marble-mash-themed-potato-day/
"See Why 'Drew Barrymore Show' Fans Are Absolutely Horrified By What She Shared on TikTok"
"My closest companions just want you to shut up like they did and get your money from me gratefully. Society gave me the money. If you change your behavior slightly, it'll become easier for you to afford more things. Why is that so hard for you to understand?"
SYSTEMIC RESPONSE: Why? Gotta get "back to normal!" Just as heartless as we were before!
"We're paid better than an Indian Boarding School employee was!"
"We're paid better than a Magdalene Laundry employee was!"
Ladies who still feel the need to treat wealthy men better than every other kind of human being on this whole entire planet don't actually need to explain anything?
"We really would like to thank all those whose great genetics and backgrounds made it far more palatable for them to align themselves with patriarchal people like us instead of other alternatives. We really couldn't even be here without your support and cooperation."
That's wonderful! Just imagine who you'll be better than tomorrow.
"In Environmental Justice Win, California Gov. Signs Bill Making it Easier for Farmworkers to Organize" - EcoWatch
Pratt was against racism.
"Association of races and classes is necessary to destroy racism and classism."
~ Richard Henry Pratt
So he was an anti-racist who wanted everyone to be aligned with the dominant culture, whatever that was?
"The Ugly, Fascinating History Of The Word 'Racism'": Code Switch : NPR
They just needed so many misogynist women who didn't feel inclined to care about People Who Weren't in Certain Types of Bodies to go along with their harmful patriarchal patterns.
"In the past, I’d often played along with misogynist jokes. I liked being the cool girl who could laugh with the boys—an attitude that provided safety in places where I felt outnumbered. But as my profile started to rise, that kind of stuff started to piss me off. When my work in television gave me a public platform, I used it to advocate for equality, pointing out systemic gender bias..."
~ Constance Wu
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/constance-wu-is-ready-to-tell-her-story
"Greene on Capri by Shirley Hazzard" | Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215777.Greene_on_Capri
Page 48 or thereabouts...
"The Viper of Milan by Marjorie Bowen" | Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1140665.The_Viper_of_Milan
"The Viper" | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Wiki | Fandom
"Behaving as If the God in All Life Mattered by Machaelle Small Wright" | Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/798829.Behaving_as_If_the_God_in_All_Life_Mattered
"The title of the short-story collection Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor is a reference to Teilhard's work."
"Pierre Teilhard de Chardin" - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin
"Everything That Rises Must Converge" - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_That_Rises_Must_Converge
"But they also trickled down to ordinary people on Twitter, who seemed surprisingly eager to stand up for CEOs rather than workers. Disney and Hughes both say that attitude is reflective of how corporate tycoons have been elevated to celebrities since the 'Greed is good' days of the ’80s.
'There's been several decades of building toward that kind of worship,' Disney notes. 'We are worshiping them for making money, both for investors, but also for themselves. They have cultivated this idea that no one else can do the job they do — that they are so uniquely talented and so special that nobody can replace them. I'm sorry, but I don't buy that.'"
~ E. Alter
"Abigail Disney wants Disney diehards to 'pay attention' to how theme park workers are paid: 'Cinderella is sleeping in her car!'"
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/abigail-disney-the-american-dream-documentary-182309994.html
"'Montie': The black sheep of Balloon Fiesta" - KOB.com
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/montie-the-black-sheep-of-balloon-fiesta/
"Man, That's a Nice Sheep" - VICE
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34qy8/man-thats-a-nice-sheep
"Welcome"
"Activist Disney heir’s new film follows 4 custodians at theme park making $15 an hour and struggling to make ends meet"
https://fortune.com/2022/09/27/abigail-disney-american-dream-other-fairy-tales-documentary/
"The 'kids' will start to care more as soon as some of their 'peers' start to."
"Celebrations are underway in front of the CA Capitol this evening after Gov. @GavinNewsom signed AB2183 into law. Backed by @UFWupdates, the legislation will allow farmworkers to vote remotely in union elections. https://t.co/ZkR9kpuDsB" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/EytanWallace/status/1575294880187707392?s=20&t=NnrxggI4gtiKw33jBEm4Lw
"Interview with Dr. Raja Selvam" ~ Lewis Mehl-Madrona
"Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill giving CA farmworkers right to vote on union matters by mail" | abc7.com
https://abc7.com/california-legislation-farmworkers-union-elections-gavin-newsom/12276688/
"Newsom signs CA bill in support of farmworkers' union rights"
https://www.kcra.com/article/newsom-signs-california-ab-2183-farmworkers-union-rights/41433217
United Farm Workers on Twitter: "Gov. Newsom has signed #AB2183. Sí, se puede. https://t.co/ysNlVLrl0p" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/UFWupdates/status/1575239767872401408?s=20&t=YoGL3JcQ-jJEdrHQMiw13Q
"conjure" | Etymology, origin and meaning of conjure by etymonline
https://www.etymonline.com/word/conjure
Fiona Apple - "Across the Universe" (Official HD Video) - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CmlnO1EwCT4
"The Fiona Apple album that changed Julia Jacklin's life"
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-fiona-apple-album-that-changed-julia-jacklins-life/
"Rina Sawayama & Julia Jacklin: Two Artists Tackle The Work Of Reparenting"
"she was taught to let men have their way with her while ignoring her own sexual or emotional needs"
~ Mary Retta
"Julia Jacklin's new album is all 'big feelings and big sounds'"
https://www.nme.com/en_au/big-reads/julia-jacklin-cover-interview-2022-pre-pleasure-3299612
"anxieties conjure difficult questions"
~ Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Ahem, maybe some of the "successful" people still need to heal from their traumas (sometimes b/c of what they felt they had to do in order to get there) just as much as some of the "not-so-externally-successful" ones?
"Me, my friends, and my family are well on our way to becoming better people."
"Real soon, I'd say. Real soon."
"But the bill’s uncertain future didn’t go unnoticed by Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of Orange County, a darling of the progressive movement who in a Tuesday video urged Newsom to sign the bill while scribbling figures on the iconic whiteboard she’s used in many a congressional hearing.
Under California’s current paid family leave rates, Porter said, an Orange County preschool teacher wouldn’t be able to afford the average rent of a one-bedroom apartment. But if Newsom were to sign the bill, they’d have some money 'left over for necessities like food and transportation,' Porter said."
~ Emily Hoeven
"California family leave, farmworker bills down to wire- CalMatters"
Just because some chose to become colder, meaner, and more selfish as a coping mechanism doesn't mean everybody has to continue that pattern.
When people in certain industries are cruel and rude and disrespectful to their fellow human beings, why on earth is that what they have chosen to do with their time here on this planet?
The reminder is because cramps are a painful indication. A dream brought with it an angry feeling. It was about people who were needlessly cruel when they could have been much better to themselves and to others.
But, with the heating pad, started feeling better, and my ginger tea has been delivered!
"What We Do In The Shadows recap: Season 4, Episode 5, 'Private School'”
https://www.avclub.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-review-season-4-episode-5-1849357631
One time I got a message that some famous people are just like little kids in the back of a car and they don't know where it's going or how to stop it.
"These watermelons being transported by a stream" : r/Damnthatsinteresting
Even when you don't follow the recipe perfectly or lack a few ingredients...
"THE RED LENTIL CURRY RECIPE I’VE BEEN MAKING EVERY WEEK""What everyone gets WRONG about farm work" - Yara Elmjouie with Aljazeera - YouTube
Being able to at least align your more intense PTSD episode with a birthday month and get a little bit of extra help. Hmmm!
"Your school is really great, yeah?"
"school" | Etymology, origin and meaning of school by etymonline
https://www.etymonline.com/word/school#etymonline_v_45580
"is" | Etymology, origin and meaning of is by etymonline
https://www.etymonline.com/word/is#etymonline_v_12253
"great" | Etymology, origin and meaning of great by etymonline
https://www.etymonline.com/word/great#etymonline_v_11945
"Question mark" - Wikipedia
"How Trauma Gets Trapped in Your Body Part 1 the Vagus Nerve" - YouTube
"I Am Tired of Watching People Go to Italy"
https://www.eater.com/23368536/food-shows-italy-trend-stahnley-tucci-alison-roman
Trophy wife, wealthy life, colonizer plight...what???
https://genius.com/Rage-against-the-machine-killing-in-the-name-lyrics
However, maybe choices for some of the chosen ones are also expanding?
I do her gesture on my upper back and neck a lot lately.
"Pictures from the United Farm Workers march to California Capitol"
https://www.kcra.com/article/united-farm-workers-march-to-california-state-capitol/41391094
"the beauty of an ordinary life - social media and simple living" - CF- YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7H3D-6nj_dY&feature=youtu.be
"Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies With 3 Ingredients" - TCPK
https://www.theconsciousplantkitchen.com/almond-flour-shortbread-cookies/
"Campesinos are the maquina that run the economic engine of the state, With the strongest economy in the United States and the 6th economic power on Earth. Khalifa's farm workers are the backbone, the shoulders, the arms, the hands..."
"Pictures from the United Farm Workers march to California Capitol"
https://www.kcra.com/article/united-farm-workers-march-to-california-state-capitol/41391094
It's also a reminder of how great it would be if some people were more inspired to do the work to heal from their own traumatic experiences.
Because in addition to remembering that certain traumatized persons were trained to cope with their reality by making insensitive jokes about domestic violence and suicide (while working amongst a bunch of other academics who don't appear to care about such things....apparently, they have to keep their heads down in order to collect their paychecks from their colonizers...) another charming experience that comes to mind was how some of how the wounded feel compelled to poke fun at the phrase "Si Se Puede."
As in, "That's a little too 'Si Se Puede.'"
As if to say, that's too naive and idealistic.
Honestly, where do the traumatized people even get their energy?
"Pictures from the United Farm Workers march to California Capitol"
https://www.kcra.com/article/united-farm-workers-march-to-california-state-capitol/41391094
On that bright new day, many well-off people who were willing to work on and heal their own traumas even felt comfortable expressing they actually cared about the environment as well as the people who picked their food and made their clothes and generally made their lives more bearable.
Yes, when the up and coming well-off people in the 21st century industries of show business, academia, et. al. proved that they were willing to be far less self-absorbed & misogynistic than the people in those industries had shown themselves to be previously, things really began to go in a better direction.
There are some people with so many different kinds of backgrounds who are trying so hard to give themselves the opportunity to heal from trauma and who are able to share that side of themselves and they are the ones who have recently touched my heart....
Not pictured: some much younger people who loved Monty Python and demanding tolls from adults crossing over bridges...
"Episode 157: Highlands, Lowlands and Netherlands" | The History of English Podcast
https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2022/03/04/episode-157-highlands-lowlands-and-netherlands/
This was probably the doll...
"$28/mo - Finance Spirit Halloween Bride of Chucky Tiffany Doll - Leather Jacket Version" | Buy Now, Pay Later
https://www.shopabunda.com/products/tiffany-doll-bride-of-chucky-officially-licensed
A deceased relative told me someone important was not "here" and I said "I know that's what you think" whereupon the messenger got more agitated and said it was very important I hear him & then I woke up and walked into the room of nearly 24/7 glowing computer screen & said "I am so glad you're still alive, I wanted us to make macaroni and cheese again sometime" and I also suggested that someone from the beyond might think it's time to go to bed & went back to sleep.
After returning from an excursion that was almost too much for the neck, back, and nervous system (mostly due to time spent in the car), last night it appeared that someone left a blond doll in a leather jacket in a chair outside and it looked impressively creepy and I told it so and then I thought maybe I would go back outside later & take a picture but the doll was gone. The chair remained.
When the time is right, there may be more episodes of this to watch before we cancel the service (in this season of brave budget cuts):
"What We Do in the Shadows" | Stream on Hulu
A known man sat in an area of the forest where, he said, he'd scattered his wife's ashes. He just wanted to sit there, he said. Don't worry about me, he said.
~~~~~~
Before that, a different man, a stranger, walked towards a group of people, and then turned around. "I went down the wrong path. I need to find my wife and kids."
~~~~~~
Another man, shortly after entering the forest: "Hey, I have an idea. Where's the bar?"
~~~~~~
Help this person heal soon.
.
"Healing my body in a quiet, secluded place - relapse, recovery, and forgiving my ED" - CF - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9sGadrkS2PM&feature=youtu.be
"How I stopped comparing my life to others - success should be re-defined" - CF - YouTube
Part of you laughs and gets a joke...But then your body does not because of SO many reasons.
And then 50/50 becomes 25/75 or 10/90 or 0/100.
Interesting.
Time to change...
Back to beautiful healing after a spell of illness. I will learn how to put health and healing first. I wasn't trained to be that way, but I want to know how to be much better at it. The body requires healing. People have different needs and purposes to fulfill on this planet. Thank you 💗🙏Back 💗🙏 Universe 💗🙏 Gratitude💗🙏.
"How to Deep Clean Your Home, With Rajiv Surendra" | Life Skills With Rajiv - YouTube
United Farm Workers on Twitter: "The next generation is fighting for the rights of their parents. Maripaz, Jacqueline & Itzayana, daughters of Delano area farm workers, are w/their mothers at the 24 hr vigil for the @CAgovernor's signature. They understand the difference a union makes for families. #AB2183 https://t.co/HGip3WAdhq" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/UFWupdates/status/1573052380069105664?s=20&t=mLEfVb_6iTGX7WtqvwEwqg
Alicia Benavidez Lewis 🥑 on Twitter: "@JortsTheCat @tmorello My son who was standing right next to @tmorello in the video saw this tweet and said “wait…JORTS THE CAT saw me up there!!?”" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/sosaysalicia/status/1573096712738152449?s=20&t=ZJHV9baz7bmrBCSO-l3Z8w
United Farm Workers on Twitter: "The legendary Angela Davis shares her support of #AB2183, urging Gov. Newsom to "do the right thing." https://t.co/xIXYduRfYT" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/ufwupdates/status/1573061545118121987
Alicia Benavidez Lewis 🥑 on Twitter: "I’m always proud of my kids. But something really hits the heartstrings when you see them stepping into organizing and using their voices for others. For those who have not yet experienced the fire storm that is my daughter. #SiSePuede #VivaLaCausa @UFWupdates https://t.co/yLV2K5WHCJ" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/sosaysalicia/status/1573101167621570560
United Farm Workers on Twitter: "Elias takes a break from working on the irrigation system in the vegetable fields of Salinas CA. He has been a farm worker for the last 30 years, working 10 hours a day Monday through Saturday. #WeFeedYou https://t.co/UhCmsUrOaG" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/home
Is it good to remember that I learned this summer that coyotes can be seen as angels sometimes?
"Coyote Medicine: Lessons from Native American Healing by Lewis Mehl-Madrona" | Goodreads
"UC Santa Cruz research center renamed in honor of farmworker activist Dolores Huerta"
"Abusive rich white dudes are SO much better to people with my very special kind of genetics..."
What if you tried to be even slightly less unhealthy today compared to yesterday?
"Malena Ernman on daughter Greta Thunberg: ‘She was slowly disappearing into some kind of darkness’" | Greta Thunberg | The Guardian
Do you ever have those "I am SO sorry your low self-esteem makes you cave into the abusive patriarchy" moments?
"Trapezius Trigger Points Are Like Opinions, Everyone Has One" | TriggerPointTherapist.com
Please and thank you. Humanity needs your love and wiser healing energies. One +
Please. More healing in the left upper back and neck. Please.
Agua ayudame tambien por favor. 💧🙏❤😇
"Johnson said public allyship is often more difficult for men because it requires an individual to hold others accountable, disrupt sexism in real time and sponsor women for advancement in professional positions.
He explained men tend to sit as bystanders during sexist situations, such as a sexist comment during a meeting or to a female leader. He said his personal rule, the two-second rule, is to make a comment of any kind within two seconds of a situation to address sexism and ensure accountability."
"Women’s Equality Day speaker stresses value of male allyship, mentorship"| Article | The United States Army
"One person admitted his own implicit biases and agreed to act on opportunities for gender equity, while another participant confirmed Johnson’s examples and said she appreciated the extension of responsibility to male colleagues."
~ C. Richter
THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SO MUCH BETTER AT RESPECTING HUMAN BEINGS.
"DeMario Jackson: Two Women Accuse Controversial ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Star of Rape" – Rolling Stone
"A College Student Accused A Powerful Man Of Rape. Then She Became A Suspect"
“'Look at it from my side,' Jones replied calmly.'"
~ K. J. M. Baker
"Alabama federal judge tosses officers’ libel suit against Buzzfeed in Megan Rondini suicide"
"Video: Tom Morello plays concert for CA UFW farmworkers bill" | The Sacramento Bee
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article266148621.html
If myself and a massage therapist could make significant progress in healing my muscle strain in my upper left back today I would be so so so enormously grateful because it's hard to sleep or get out of bed or move so pleeeease help us. 🙏😇
"Callas BJR130 - Traviata 1952 - Follie! Follie!...Sempre Libera" - YouTube
"‘You celebrities are basically to the environment what anti immigrant politicians are to multicultural society,” Greta says at the breakfast table early in 2016. I guess it’s true. Not just of celebrities, but of the vast majority of people. Everyone wants to be successful, and nothing conveys success and prosperity better than luxury, abundance and travel, travel, travel."
"Malena Ernman on daughter Greta Thunberg: ‘She was slowly disappearing into some kind of darkness’"
The ways in which some people will rationalize their acquired behavioral coping mechanisms before during and after all manner of major life challenges can be almost limitless.
To being the kind of genius who never messes up her neck or shoulder or anything like that...
I got a painful left neck and shoulder strain and it still works and it might help!
Maybe it's because they're more...
"something"
...than other people's parents and friends.
What's a word that could replace "something."
In the future, as well as today, one can hope, some people can begin to express that they have a lot have more respect for what humans and the environment are going through than what they were taught to express.
They have lots of reasons to get better at it!
How can you even afford to tweet or joke if you have no food?
Or get paid to create an unhealthy work environment.
Or a healthy one, even.
"Nunez told KPBS she’s angry that while the farmworkers are waiting for a decision on their bill, the governor has already signed other legislation to protect fast food workers and raise their wages.
'We're the ones who pick the tomatoes, lettuce, onions, cucumbers for that fast food ... without us there is no fast food,' she said."
~ Kitty Alvarado
"California farmworkers hold vigil to support union bill" | KPBS Public Media
"Farmworkers march to Ostrom Mushroom Farms, announce vote for unionization" | Local | yakimaherald.com
The dentist acted like he was one way irl a few weeks ago, and then the woman on the phone who deals with the red tape acted like he was another way on Friday.
"It's Time To Play Every Streamer's Favorite Game: 'Sugar Daddy, Or Grandpa?'" | Digg
https://digg.com/video/maya-sugar-daddy-or-grandpa
"Home - Sociological Images"
"Read More: Why Many Marion Students Are Wearing Green Bandanas" & "KEEP READING: 50 activities to keep kids busy this summer"
"flourish"| Etymology, origin and meaning of flourish by etymonline
https://www.etymonline.com/word/flourish#:~:text=flourish%20(v.),to%20thrive%2C%20bloom%22).
💐🌸💮🏵🌹🥀🌺🌻🌼🌷⚘
"The Goal Should Be Human Flourishing."
~ Economic Hardship Reporting Project
"Photos: The pride and pain of the UFW march" — High Country News – Know the West
https://www.hcn.org/articles/photos-the-pride-and-pain-of-the-ufw-march
"Think of it this way...insecure colonizers are the ones who make you notice things."
"How climate change could drive an increase in gender-based violence"
"We Need to Talk About Climate Change and Suicide"
https://newrepublic.com/article/164861/need-talk-climate-change-suicide
The tenured people who don't ignore gender-based violence and suicide just because they're ensconced in a patriarchal system which will pay and otherwise reward them for doing so.
If some people would get in more compassionate communication with their children, the ones who are still somewhere inside of themselves, even though they have already rejected them, and are currently surrounding themselves with many people who would have rejected them also.
"Veronica Mota, one of the permanent marchers, feels agonizing pain in her feet. She’s been at the front of the march, assisting El Capitán. But now, halfway through the 24 days, she can no longer ignore her suffering. She bandages her blisters and boils and applies pain-relieving cream to her legs. 'My feet are swollen. They are covered in blisters, and only painkillers calm my pain,' she said tearfully. 'But the pain in my heart, a pill cannot take away. The pain that we as farmworkers carry from being intimidated to vote, threatened, and as women constantly being sexually harassed. Unable to speak out for fear of being fired.'”
~ Zaydee Sanchez / High Country News
"Photos: The pride and pain of the UFW march — High Country News" – Know the West
https://www.hcn.org/articles/photos-the-pride-and-pain-of-the-ufw-march
“'I would say if there is any type of fruit or vegetable to pick that is the most difficult, it would be carrots.' Because of the kneeling and the delicate texture of the carrot in the morning, Teresa finds picking it a bit more wearing than others. Like many farmworkers, she enjoys her job. It was her employer’s mistreatment that motivated her to join the march."
~ Zaydee Sanchez
Photos: The pride and pain of the UFW march — High Country News – Know the West
https://www.hcn.org/articles/photos-the-pride-and-pain-of-the-ufw-march
"Hear this, you who trample upon the needy
and destroy the poor of the land!"
"Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time"| USCCB
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091822.cfm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
"U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Twitter: 'Daily Readings for Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time https://t.co/eZ5CzPicfH" / Twitter
Andy Richter on Twitter: "It's a great time to be alive if you're dumb and mean" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/AndyRichter/status/805955473606209537?s=20&t=RVy-7Hh71ViAX0EaVaB3EQ
RubeeD on Twitter: "@KamalaHarris Where are the voices of the husbands and boyfriends who are also involved in planning their families? Hopefully heading to the voting polls to vote BLUE" / Twitter https://twitter.com/RubyDee73/status/1571305756401586176?s=20&t=2MCbonTmsHvBacsDP_sP3QIt's pretty kinda funny how they put these three together.
"You read another 'Man who acts like he wants people to yell at him does some stuff' story online while eating breakfast, and then you decide to go offline and work on your rest and digest response."
"Traditions & Facts: King George VI married in 1923 and his cake was 10 feet high and weighed 800 pounds. It included figurines, cherubs and flowers on intricate icing. Identical cakes were make and given out at tea parties to the public."
"Martha Stewart: Pete Davidson Is Having 'Fun' After Kim K. Split"
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/martha-stewart-pete-davidson-is-having-fun-after-kim-k-split/
"Snoop Dogg Reveals Who Was the Biggest Diva at the Super Bowl (Exclusive)"
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/snoop-dogg-reveals-most-surprising-230502935.html
"Wyld CBD parent accuses Martha Stewart CBD of copyright infringement"
https://mjbizdaily.com/wyld-cbd-parent-accuses-martha-stewart-cbd-of-copyright-infringement/
"You Won't Be Able to Get Enough of Martha Stewart's One-Bowl Chocolate Cake"| Kitchn
https://www.thekitchn.com/martha-stewart-one-bowl-chocolate-cake-23442438
"Martha Stewart is released from prison" | HISTORY
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martha-stewart-is-released-from-prison
"Grandmas who went to jail and grandmas who didn't." "Because reasons."
"New affordable housing option in Darlington aimed at farm workers"
https://www.channel3000.com/new-affordable-housing-option-in-darlington-aimed-at-farm-workers/
"DARLINGTON, Wis. — A new affordable housing option in Darlington will provide quality living options to a group of high importance in that area. The Meadows is a 32-unit housing complex meant to provide housing options to people who work in the agriculture industry.""Sentences for the father, Enrique Balcazar, 36, and his daughter, Elizabeth Balcazar, 20, will be issued later."
Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article265724211.html#storylink=cpy
There is only a sixteen year age difference between them. How do the grandparents feel about this?
"SC father and daughter plead guilty to exploiting Mexican farm workers"
~ John Monk
"Work conditions 'intolerable' for Mexican workers in SC" | The State
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article265724211.html
"Yeah, considering all you've been through, sometimes I'm shocked by your habitual callous insensitivity."
I really would like to learn how to get better of taking care of my body right now.
Sometimes I can get emotionally affected by certain things, and it has an effect on this body.
How can I learn to be different and better about caring my health?
Please show me where to go to help me learn more about how to get much better at caring on this planet.
"Yes! Better options ARE available."
~ The Universe
See how your body needs to get away from people with colonizer mindsets? That's a learning experience.
Institutions don't know what to do about certain people who are just insensitive about certain topics, such as violence against women and suicide.
Doing nothing is almost like condoning that behavior, or being complicit.
And so, unnecessarily, more misery is furthered, thanks to those institutions and the insecurity-fueled, insensitive people they support.
What a shame that is for those people.
Much, much, much better things could have been done with their time.
that more people will suffer from those kinds of things?
(Things like:
insensitivity towards people who are suffering due to violence against women, or
insensitivity towards people who are suffering because of anyone being suicidal).
Sadly, it seems to be that way.
Because they get paid to be insensitive towards people who are affected by sensitive topics such as suicide and violence against women.
I am going to be she who can put her health first because that's what I need to do right now. And I was sad sometimes when certain stories came to me. Others were, as well. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Heal... Heartbreak and goodbyes and love and anguish. It happened. It was all real, too. But people can and do heal. They can heal. They do heal. They can get better. Sources of love can heal people. It might be far away, but it might be near to people, too.
Sigh. Breathe.
Sigh. Breathe.
Sigh. Breathe.
I don't feel able to travel or make plans. I only went swimming once in the summer. I need to heal. Rest. Heal. My body needs to heal.
Abuela de The Cottage Fairy, around minutes 2 & 3 & 4
"Meet Three People I Love + answering your questions" - The Cottage Fairy - YouTube
This body just started feeling sad and sick because of that phone call with that woman who was just not listening. I want to feel better now.
Body. You know we just got another reminder from the universe that we want to tap into higher guidance in order to get better healthcare.
When you have to cancel the cleaning because the doctor told you one option verbally (if you can't afford it, you can get the regular cleaning now) and the woman at the front desk gives you new information (you absolutely must have the deep cleaning, even though you also have to pay for extra x-rays just to see if insurance will cover it), and contradicts what the doctor said previously about being able to put off the deep cleaning, except to say that now he's saying "you shouldn't let what your insurance says dictate your health." Words like "between jobs" "inflation" "Maybe it will be more affordable in a few months but it's not affordable right now especially if there is no guarantee that insurance will cover it" and "had a deep cleaning last year" apparently do not move her.
"Would you like me to cancel the appointment for you?"
"Based on what was communicated last time, no, but based on what you're telling me today, yes."
Okay, she'll cancel it.
Hmmmmm!!!!!!
"'No one really intended this to happen, because farmers didn’t have the knowledge when they started pumping,' says Mohammad Shamsudduha, a geoscientist at University College London in the UK and one of the paper’s authors.
[Related: What is a flash flood?]
Most of Bangladesh lies in the largest river delta on the planet, where the Rivers Ganges and Brahmaputra fan out into the Bay of Bengal. It’s an expanse of lush floodplains and emerald forests, blanketing some of the most fertile soil in the world."
"The 'water machine' of Bengal" | Science
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade0393#.YyQwFQ-O1AQ.twitter
Dr. Aditi Mukherji on Twitter: "In response to @EarthShams paper published in @ScienceMagazine today, I wrote this #perspective piece where I argue that to keep the “water machine” of Bengal running, we need climate resilient policies. https://t.co/fJwOmvpIt7" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/aditimukherji/status/1570687982944006144
Timothy J. Krupnik on Twitter: "#Agricultural #food #systems are in #crisis. How can we galvanize food systems #transformation in #SouthAsia and what role does #research have to play? Learn more about the @CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative for S Asia in this quick read: https://t.co/B4M2a2A0Vv @KropffMartin https://t.co/J5Zgi2Ng6w" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/TJKrupnik/status/1570739542751346690
"Farm pumps help Bangladesh avoid seasonal floods" | Popular Science
https://www.popsci.com/environment/bangladesh-farmers-seasonal-floods/
"Instead, in a happy accident, millions of Bangladeshi farmers have managed to create a flood control system of their very own, taking advantage of the region’s wet-and-dry seasonal climate."
"I met López a couple of months ago at the Women & Environment Conference in Santa Barbara, California, where she spoke at a panel on food production. Shy and quick to smile, she began to address the crowd by bringing up a difficult subject. 'Imagine doing a 10 to 12-hour shift and earning $15,000 a year,' she asked the mostly college-educated, urban audience sitting before her. 'Imagine having to face sexual harassment in the workplace almost every single day.' A scan of the faces around the room showed few had been expecting to hear about this when it comes to food production.
In her role, López is frequently on the road, traversing California from south to north to meet with women field workers for candid conversations they wouldn’t typically get a chance to have in their places of employment. 'Despite facing gender violence at home, many of these women tell me about going to work and facing assault there too,' López says. 'Pesticide exposure affects their reproductive health, and they don’t make enough money to afford childcare. So I look at the intersection of all these issues when advocating for the women in this movement.'"
~ Ruxandra Guidi
"The women confronting California’s farm conditions" — High Country News – Know the West
“In California, we enjoy some of the most progressive labor laws for farmworkers, but if you go to the rest of the country, they're still way behind."
~ Andrés Chavez, Jason Marks
"Years after Cesar Chavez's death, the fight for farmworkers rights continues"
https://www.kcra.com/article/cesar-chavez-andres-dolores-huerta-farmworkers-rights/41217932
Rachel Cohen on Twitter: "Even insured patients faced hundreds of dollars in out-of-pocket charges. Researchers found roughly 112,800 patients visited the ER for sexual violence in 2019. Nearly 90 percent of those patients were female, and 38 percent were children under 18 https://t.co/LThtYRuZRc https://t.co/5mwSqolrzq" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/rmc031/status/1570399837849358336?s=20&t=8XSmtj_yelKgS3FQt4USHg
And neither were his friends...Something made them act like that.
"Farmers in Bangladesh pump so much water it may help reduce floods" | New Scientist
This pain must be there because I felt stabbed in the back by people who could have been doing better things with their time.
The dream was about being middle class.
Wow, I felt really middle class in that dream.
"Fred Franzia, the creator of 'Two Buck Chuck,' has died at 79" : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/15/1123070279/fred-franzia-two-buck-chuck-wine-bronco-dies
"The founder of Patagonia is giving his company away" : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/15/1123104499/patagonia-founder-climate-change
"Hard Choices" - by Moira Donegan - Not the Fun Kind
https://moiradonegan.substack.com/p/hard-choices?s=r&utm_medium=web
“'It was the most surreal thing,' Moore said in a phone interview. 'To go from being 4 years old sitting in a car, to playing it for hundreds of people, screaming it back to me, was just crazy.'"
~ Rob Thomas
"Madison musician Mackenzie Moore is coming from 'Out of Nowhere'"| Music | captimes.com
"A so-called comedian who plays guitar? Who does she think she is, Conan O’Brien? While the DNA tests are inconclusive, I don’t think they’re even related. The only other thing they have in common is that they’re both unlikable to everyone they work with. Maybe someday, Mackenzie will also get fired from NBC. Jay Leno will presumably still be involved.
I would say that this cretin of a woman should no longer be allowed to write comedy, but based on what I’ve unwillingly heard from her album, she seems to get sad pretty often. That’s good for comedy. This is not to be confused with her being funny. She just makes comedy — there’s a difference.
Remember to warn all of your friends, too. Buy them a physical copy of the CD and send them streaming links so they know what not to listen to. Mackenzie Moore is coming from 'Out of Nowhere.' We can only hope her follow up is called 'Never Mind, Going Back Now.'"
~ M. Moore
"Idiot comedy writer under impression people care about her thoughts and feelings" - The Daily Cardinal
Why do whole lives depend on people training themselves to be more accomodating to patriarchal systems run by self-absorbed (and in some cases violent) men (oh and sometimes women, too) who are the ones with access to more money, while ignoring all the people who constantly labor to provide them with life's basic necessities?
"Floods Highlight Period Poverty..."
https://time.com/6213181/period-poverty-pakistan-menstruation-floods/
"Maybe some of those sexist, chauvinistic, patriarchal relatives will have nervous system breakdowns next time around."
"The Wonder: The Real Story Behind the Florence Pugh Movie"
"Republicans won’t stop until abortion is banned across America. And it could be" | US politics | The Guardian
"Crisis fatigue not an option as global hunger crisis deepens, the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement warns" | IFRC
"This disparity, and the discrimination that causes it, has had a negative effect on workforce resiliency and bottom lines, researchers note."
~ D. Dickinson
https://fortune.com/2022/07/25/why-climate-change-disproportionally-impacts-women/
Really. I think humanity deserves much better than that.
How selfish do you have to be to make women and girls poorer and less safe on this planet just so your ego gets catered to?
Just because they have tenure, some VERY careless about violence against women (and you know it) people are being paid $$$$$$ by patriarchal institutions right now?
That's not me, though.
"Lost footage of The Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour' found"
https://nypost.com/2022/09/13/lost-footage-of-the-beatles-magical-mystery-tour-found/
"My Mother, The Final Girl"
https://www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/436943/my-mother-the-final-girl/
The Beatles – "Your Mother Should Know" Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
https://genius.com/The-beatles-your-mother-should-know-lyrics
No one's going to be in the same situation forever...🌍
In their hearts and souls and nervous systems and toes and noses and eyelashes.
Thank you for the picnics, weather patterns and people who plant and harvest and cook.
People who at least sometimes know they honestly wanna heal their traumas (and not needlessly perpetuate horrible patterns) enjoy picnics too, yeah?
A mind might wonder, what if all the patriarchal innocent enjoyments get swept away by avalanches...because...of climate change? (Look at how cute they were, being all unaware in the 2020s.)
Appreciating a bit of nature and getting the body into a healthier state so it will help with being on a path of healing and accepting a much better situation...
To not be around the "pretending this place isn't sexist as $#@! so we can still get our paychecks" people. Noted as of early September '22.
"Biden vs. Newsom on Farmworkers’ Right To Vote" | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/farmworker-ufw-march-voting-rights/
"The study, 'Cads in Dads’ Clothing? Psychopathic Traits and Men’s Preferences for Mating, Parental, and Somatic Investment,' was authored by Kristopher J. Brazil and Anthony A. Volk."
are gearing up to explain why misogynistic women are so much better at getting their needs met as long as they still reside in their extra special to the patriarchy bodies.
"Napa County eyes former Stone Bridge school for farmworker housing" | Government & Politics | napavalleyregister.com
"We know you were trained by the patriarchy to ignore gender-based violence types of problems in the workplace..."
~ VOICES!
"The study, 'Cads in Dads’ Clothing? Psychopathic Traits and Men’s Preferences for Mating, Parental, and Somatic Investment,' was authored by Kristopher J. Brazil and Anthony A. Volk."
What if "awareness of benefits" met "climate of silence" for a chat sometime?
"Interrupting Sexism at Work: What Drives Men to Respond Directly or Do Nothing? (Report)" | Catalyst
https://www.catalyst.org/reports/interrupting-sexism-workplace-men/
"Biden vs. Newsom on Farmworkers’ Right To Vote"
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/farmworker-ufw-march-voting-rights/
That people who find ways to benefit from little payouts here and there aren't very motivated to change things?
Institutions with cultures which have been exceptionally uncaring in regards to gender-based violence...what is to be done to make them see that human beings deserve much better than that?
"Russian Tea Time restaurant, founded by Ukrainians, faces backlash"
Ay, they behaved pretty badly towards neurodivergent people...no need to repeat that.
Digest this sentence: Yes, there are people who need to take medications for hallucinations in order to function or seem "normal" in present day 21st century society who still seem more healthy and compassionate towards humanity than....(?????)
Actually, mom, misogyny is not very good for boys or for girls!
~ Vociferously
More massages for high earners who stopped making deals with corrupt patriarchal institutions and instead began to....
Well, what are some things you could be doing instead of being corrupt and misogynistic in exchange for a paycheck?
Work on healing your own trauma instead of needlessly catering to and spreading more misogynistic patterns which aren't very good for anyone, honestly.
"Why Birds Changed Their Tune During the Pandemic" - Atlas Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bird-songs-changed-pandemic
Great-great-great? Grandmother who was in and then out of the asylum after the husband of their ever so many children died? And then back in the asylum again? And her children?
Also, that one illegitimate child of some unknown father who got properly married and had all her kids in wedlock when she grew up?
"Well I don't suppose they're struggling with PTSD, but they're very interesting nevertheless!"
~ Silly Voice
"Who is behind The Cottage Fairy YouTube channel? + Net worth"
https://trendingamerican.com/the-cottage-fairy-paola-merrill/
"Conclusion
It’s time to remind yourself that Paola is a human being doing the best she can after nearly a year of weekly material. Even though she portrays a state of serenity and inner peace that we all strive for, she faces the same difficulties that the rest of us do. She opens her heart to us when she reflects on herself and shares some of those experiences."
~ Mayura Rajapaksha
🌻🍃🌈❤😇🙏🌳🪨
"I’ve Moved All My Life. Now, I Sit Still" - YouTube
Since I can't work or travel atm, but will continue to learn more about how to heal a body. For sure! What other choice is available? It's the best and only thing a body is able to do lately.
"Supporters finish Eliza Fletcher’s run after murder of Memphis mother" – FOX13 News Memphis
Could composing prayers for people who were trained to degrade and unsee other women in exchange for temporary materialistic comforts be a fun and artistic cultural project?
"Famed game show host Bob Barker again helps Inland Empire burro rescue DonkeyLand" – San Bernardino Sun
"An event for hope and healing in the city of Memphis is happening this evening."
"Love They Neighbor: An Interfaith Gathering for Healing” begins at 5:30 p.m. at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, 70 N Bellevue Blvd. The hour-long prayer community prayer service includes the following speakers:"
"Memphis church holds community prayer event in wake of tragic events" – FOX13 News Memphis https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/love-they-neighbor-prayer-event-offers-hope-healing-memphis/SLEXCBJDFNGXHFBMZFYYJ7WTJM/
VOICE: "I hope more will be preparing for a society where the people who are homeless and talking to themselves on street corners could be respected more as the guides they might be seen as in other cultures."
Yes, I have control over that voice. But have I ever heard voices? I have. But usually only in very specific circumstances. Well, I felt the need to clarify. Because one time recently, I met someone who needs meds (and is grateful for them) who told me their ailment just started out as whispers, and they think that the reason it got worse was from feeling isolated and living in their head so much. And I described what I had experienced and they said "That's schizophrenia." But that's not a constant thing for me, as it became for them. So I'm not so sure.
So, of course, I am not a doctor. And I am so happy for this person to have found a kind doctor, and for them to be receiving the treatment that best helps them at the moment. However. What do you think people will think in another cluster of years about how to treat some of these ailments. REALLY. Isn't everyone on a spectrum?
Now I want to read this:
"How a West African shaman helped my schizophrenic son in a way Western medicine couldn’t"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9nbSCH6k8A
After watching some of this:
"Architect Breaks Down 5 of the Most Common New York Apartments" | Architectural Digest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL7BECNn-RI&t=809s
Which could only be watched in a calm state without any anxiety triggers (no I could not finish it...yet.)
And that reminds me that lately, I really do feel like I'm getting a bit more successful at either healing trauma in the body, or believing that it can be healed.
And I finally obtained and like to use a weighted blanket now and then.
People who know people recently told me about when they went to this theatrical event, & it honored this queen-consort.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Valois
So then I had to remember
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Clara_Eugenia
I said, if I feel well enough to go, I don't want to wear a confining collar, please.
In this body, I really have to learn more about how to heal trauma in the body. And I've honestly known that for years, in a a lot of ways though, isn't that so...
I am the one who gets to access the internet in the 2020s.
This one wrote, more than 50 years ago (on Jan. 12th 1970): "My Anthropology prof is the stereotyped old man who can't talk enough of his past affairs with beautiful co-eds. He's funny at times though."
https://www.rememberingmay4.org/bill
And might be a feminist now, too!
Oops, I meant "learn!"
I am surely far from being the only one who has ever felt torn between needing to learn how to help herself and wishing she could help others that the universe put on her path. Because what are we here on Earth for? What will we be happy about having done on Earth when it's time to transition?
Just remembering a woman at the pool, that one time I went swimming this summer. The Stranger who swam towards me...
"HeartMath"
"HeartMath for Health Professionals - GRPH - HeartMath"
https://www.heartmath.com/heartmath-for-health-professionals-grph/
"Using the Light of Christ for Self and for Others" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DkzE1h2mlig&feature=youtu.be
"The Tree Hugging Hippies Were Right After All | Part IV" - Lynchburg Parks & Recreation
https://www.lynchburgparksandrec.com/tree-hugging-hippies-right-part-iv/
"Tree Hugging Hippes Were Right After All" | Part I / VI
https://www.lynchburgparksandrec.com/history-of-tree-huggers/
"The Brothers
The Brothers, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary live a life of Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary"
The Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary live a traditional active religious life of Total Consecration to Mary.
“'As surgeons, we feel emotions, we feel for our patients,' Quinones-Hinojosa said. 'We are not just technicians. When we cut and go deep into the brain, we are also cutting into our emotions.'"
~ Alfredo Quinones-Hinojoa, Matt Soergel
"Migrant worker to Mayo Clinic: Dr. J's tale on Netflix's 'The Surgeon's Cut'"
