I discovered I had two herbal "Lunar" cigarettes that I'd hidden from myself and they're like a gift. From the Blue Lotus and other fairies.
I feel like I might be able to have more conversations in the future if some spirit or person wants to talk to me.
Instrumental yoga music with weights and who knows what kind of music with swimming is nice to hear today.
"The triggered maga boys"
thefunnygina
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbYYwNQhsfv/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"episode 2: THE SUMMER I BECAME..."
ilovefarideh
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbEEFx3vgs6/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"You need to..."
dr_hannah
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcZUqo9uXyW/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"She said what she said"
munchkinstevie
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbwUGuRRSQw/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"She left her coop to start a new life"
luke.pre
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcY201-TLsW/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"I am not crazy"
loudly.leo
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcZEayDIwMA/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
It seems as though the spirit world does not have as much invested in hierarchical status as a patriarchal human society does.
And I just feel like way too many women have gotten duped by the patriarchy and I can't stop feeling that way. So I have to go sit by a stream and sing and strum an instrument or something. I mean men could be fun to dance with and stuff but they're not very good at so many things. I hate to generalize. I know there are exceptions. It's just the exceptions are so few and far between... I need to go cry by a stream... The Earth classroom has been such a trial in this incarnation... Look out for things to get better. Consider communicating with spirits that want to help you.
Go ahead and dabble in imagining being a self-absorbed patriarchal person, because you're never gonna be able to truly regress to that point on a permanent basis in this life.
"The Lute: A Happy Family of Instruments" | Skillshare
https://www.skillshare.com/en/blog/the-lute-a-happy-family-of-instruments/
"As long as you're having fun" a patriarchal figure who loved music and the arts used to say.
"Servicemember aboard USS Lincoln decries father’s ICE detention"
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6046254-uss-sailor-father-ice-detained/amp/
"I am late Gen X / Xennial..."
ebonyelizabeththomas
https://www.threads.com/share/BAOGfXp4Eq/
Billy Joel - "Pressure (Official Video)"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Iyv905Q2omU&si=mlL-6LQ2m0yq-i9J
Julia Jacklin - "Pressure To Party (Official Video)"
The name "Allston" accidentally came out of my mouth today.
"Allston-Brighton - Global Boston"
https://globalboston.bc.edu/index.php/home/immigrant-places/allston-brighton/
"Washington Allston" - Wikipedia
Probably too many movies teaching people that when the great injustices happen, the warrior gets activated and then convinces people to do the right thing, and that's less likely to happen in certain circumstances, but then again one wonders if it does make sense to be that way sometimes, but perhaps not enough has been said about chilling out and petting the cat and all that sort of thing. Children need to learn how to heal from trauma and a lot of the weird behaviors and messages they were exposed to carried over into adulthood and actually the point of that thought probably was that adults who used to be children need to figure out something better and more healing. I think petting a cat is better right now.
"Protecting your cortisol levels"
nathan_ing
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da5Rcd9BqsZ/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"results@end"
theclemetsons
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dblf-bAOkHS/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"A Chicago school bus driver..."
teesferalmind
"MAGAs, serious question..."
transformativeadventures
https://www.threads.com/share/BAbcX3yRgQ/
"Judge to One-Year-Old Baby: File an Asylum Application"
aaronparnas
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcW0aEgglUG/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Heutagogy"
nichunterreal
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcTZukzAYgI/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Project 2026: Women are treated like breeding machines and are no longer worth anything once we can't."
a_real_democratic_socialist
"You are so fortunate that no one is ever going to treat you like a real cult leader being that you're just a feeble woman."
Sadly, it's painful to walk. Chafing. Who knows why?
Cat eyes...
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow Iz Ukulele Tutorial Easiest Version"
JJMilare
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bQNQ1qdg9zc&si=ADXifaxHTHY9qI6F
"Seventeen Witnesses Testified Against Lincoln's Widow. Her Lawyer Called None."
Boring History
This just reminds me that sometimes when I lived by myself in an apartment in Illinois there were times when I was incredibly lonely, but then again, sometimes I felt so freeeee... And when I was taking my solo long distance road trips... That was the best...
I love the smell of bleach. It smells like a vacation or something. I feel like new possibilities are unfolding right now!
I don't need to watch this show but the other eater of the pastries enjoyed it and said he didn't think the ending was as bad as people online are saying.
"The Boys ending..."
u/ hiiloovethis
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBoys/s/IKZsZjxknJ
Actually I got indoctrinated into a cult too; the Cult of Snoopy.
"Meet Snoopy's siblings!" 🐾
schulzmuseum
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW9i3Y6D8ad/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
Would you like to be a devotee, a.k.a. like a Stepford Wife without the husband? Obviously not.
"ICE Detention Center Says It’s Not Responsible for Staff's Sexual Abuse of Detainees"
https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/ice-detention-center-says-its-not-responsible
"Family members describe recent ICE arrests in Santa Fe as residents protest
New Mexico U.S. Rep. Leger Fernández calls on federal immigrant agents to resume policy of staying away from ‘sensitive places’"
https://sourcenm.com/2026/08/20/two-family-members-describe-recent-ice-arrests-in-santa-fe/
"Economic Times - Quote of the day by American poet Mary Oliver: ‘You Must Not Ever Stop...'"
Billy Joel - "Pressure (W/Lyrics)"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4QvNft-MxLk&si=Zvdsd6_lVZbirGX_
I don't know. It makes me think of dancing or horses prancing and stuff.
I think ignoring what's happening to other people's children is not good because that's fear-based and it's just absolute insanity. Okay, well, I understand when people get into survival modes so they don't have, you know, crippling anxiety attacks all the time, but like, survival mode is to help you get from moment to moment; it's not overall the best way to live a life.
Maybe if people were better at taking care of themselves in all kinds of ways they wouldn't have to be ignoring it so steadfastly when there's blatantly obvious stuff happening that's really bad for humanity and really needs attention and healing!
Do you think some people are afraid to talk about what's going on because there's too much that it might show them about some of their thought processes and patterns that they need to change and they don't want to change them yet?
I like these; they're fun.
"Girl (2015 Remaster)"
Tori Amos
https://youtube.com/watch?v=boNX-dl7VXc&si=5xqpQ9dHMbLeAabR
STEVIE NICKS - "EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (Original Video 1981)"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hSp4F7u7sjY&pp=2AEAkAIB
SAIL - "AWOLNATION (Unofficial Video)"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JaAWdljhD5o&si=mLOCV_Ri5_H-U5JD
Such an interesting book the adults would talk about when I was a child, and I finally read it and then I reread it several times. But nevertheless, I got distracted anyways. And now I want to start using flower essences more again; I haven't used them very much this year.
"Behaving As If the God in All Life Mattered by Machaelle Small Wright"| Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/798829.Behaving_As_If_the_God_in_All_Life_Mattered
Things can get so interesting that it's easy to get distracted, but then I get signals that I have to take better care of this body in this life because it's kind of a particular one and that's the thing I cannot leave or escape from in this life.
There can often be something that's kind of appealing about some people who found a way that seemingly works well enough for them in their life, even though you know you can't adopt that way for yourself. "Father-In-Law energy."
"in another life he was..."
mylilscottishfold
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcGqgxnBSNn/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"My number is the same..."
luc.ai_
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcUDINqvvlv/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Protectors and providers..."
stay.at.home.tom
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcXIffMMNxq/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
I was even looking at my apartment and feeling like, man, this place looks so good right now. Just think about how much better it is to be living in a messy apartment than in a terrible detention center right now. I kind of wonder why more people aren't thinking things like that, sometimes. But anyways, I can understand it better if people tell me that their nervous systems can't handle it or something. Because my nervous system got a little bit challenged today. I wanted to do something fun and so we went to a coffee place, and I ordered an extremely delicious coffee drink but I ordered it decaf. However, the person I was with did not order the decaf version and I tried both the drinks and then I got a bit jittery. I was like, why am I jittery, because I ordered the decaf drink. But I think having a few sips of the other drink was throwing me off. I don't know why my body has to be so sensitive. I think it's just with drinks with espresso shots in them because a regular cup of coffee poured in a restaurant doesn't seem too bad for it. But it's these lattes and stuff with espresso shots in it that always really challenge my nervous system if I don't order decaf. I don't know why my nervous system is wired like that. I know other people's nervous systems don't act that way with those drinks. My drink was very, very good and I'm going to try and get it again soon. But I have to have the decaf version, if it's an espresso drink.
Excuse me for being more interested in migrants not getting put into concentration camps than in whatever Osho was all about because I read about Osho in a library book but I wasn't, like, inducted into his cult at an impressionable age or anything. There's lots of different kinds of information and energy out there, and the other evening, I felt honored that the Universe wanted me to pay attention to the spirit of Lucy. I really do feel like I believe in other lives and I believe I've had memories of being a spirit who passed on in other lives and I know the spirits sometimes try to talk to people they knew but the people don't always want to listen. The spirits are trying to say things like I'm okay. I'm still alive in another form, and the people are still grieving and they don't want to listen because they're still in shock.
But I feel like the Lucy spirit was really happy to get through, and maybe she doesn't mind anything as much as humans on Earth mind it, and maybe she was just trying to be helpful. She's just like, I'm not dead. She's still alive in spirit form. I had a lot of fun with that experience and I hoped other people could have fun, but anyways not everyone's ready to have fun yet, I guess. Anyways, the one who said she could hear Lucy didn't seem to have anything else to say and I felt like I shouldn't ask. She was looking at a TV program and somebody was performing on it, and it was like a competition where people sing and dance she was like, oh my gosh, I was just looking up that place on the map, and it was some tiny obscure town in Florida where the performer on the show was from. Apparently she just taps into lots of information and perhaps she doesn't hold on to any of it for long; she just moves on. I was kind of sad. But anyways, I suppose one has to move on from these things. Or just wait and see if another time is a better time to talk about things, maybe.
Music can save teeth.
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow Iz Ukulele Tutorial Easiest Version"
JJMilare
"Number the Stars..."
maydaypartyof5
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcWPlH8N2Za/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Dear Fox"
maydaypartyof5
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcWPnEBt2SN/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Overlooked No More: Patricia Douglas, Who Challenged Hollywood’s Culture of Abuse" - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/obituaries/patricia-douglas-overlooked.html
Sometimes I really do wonder if there are spirits of women from the last century, from like 100 years ago or so, who are with me.
X: Interesting that you found that to share with me and it's also interesting that you know people who live in what was said to be Fatty Arbuckle's mother's house.
Y: Do you think there needs to be a cleansing?
Update: Maybe we have to check that story. Was it somebody else related to him? His mother died before he got famous, I think.
"Roscoe Arbuckle" - Wikipedia
Am I back at the babysitter's house now, probably so, but anyways...
"Love the One You're With"
CSNofficial
Anyways, it was interesting to read about how she was able to communicate with her brother's spirit almost right away, even though the rest of her family was too conservative to be able to do so.
"You Are a Channel: Receive Guidance from Higher Realms, Ascended Masters, Star Families, and More by Sara Landon" | Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/199457100-you-are-a-channel
Why are some boys so much better at thriving in a Capitalistic Society in this era. But they are still so angry anyways.
One time, there was a bunch of a product that I could tell maybe could get sold on eBay or something out by the dumpster, and we collected a lot of it, and I haven't put it on eBay because I've had a block about it.
Also, don't need to behave like a rude cult leader just because you have gifts. 🫶🏻🎶😊
"Angry angry people..." 🎶 to the tune of "Hungry, hungry hippos..." 🎶
"Hungry, Hungry Hippos Game Commercial (1978)"
@BionicDisco
It's a trip when you have to make your own path and not follow group dynamics.
You'll have more fun sooner that way!
Sometimes people don't have the funds for a spa vacation, but then they ask for some kind of guidance and assistance, and then it just feels like they get the energy of a spa vacation.
Kind of amazing to know that that really happens.
The Beatles - "Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight"
All you can do is process your own experiences and then look for opportunities to feel better and have a little more joy again.
Sometimes grief is the thief of joy. Sometimes grief is more about how people are hard than about a physical death.
I have to feel better soon. I woke up and I feel tense. I feel upset about surviving horrific trauma. I'm sad, and I feel it in this body. It's horrible, man. It's horrible, horrible, horrible... Prayers for more healing... Peace be upon people. People deserve more peace. 🕊️🙏🏻❤️
My friend and I were buying dinner at the grocery store and we both were eyeing some peanut butter cups in the checkout line and I asked her do you want them even though inside of my mind I had thought to myself better not buy those and just then a tattooed guy interrupted us and asked if we wanted any medicine and his friend rolled his eyes as we declined his offer and then they both left without buying anything.
"The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found by Bart van Es" | Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36978239-the-cut-out-girl
Doing it "the right way" doesn't seem to be any guarantee of getting the right outcome.
"Welcome everyone"
_incrediberry
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcHyzcHTort/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Today, I read a story"
_incrediberry
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcR5eofzOhj/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Six O'Clock (Extended Version)"
Ringo Starr
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mkOAvWST-Hk&si=WuTCJWgmioF0NRZ_
"Baby Deer Trapped On A Freezing Pond"
u/Mr-Ouchen
https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/9nnCgQWwyF
"Another foreign object was thrown onto a WNBA court"
u/Darth_Ronin
You're supposed to get better at talking about things so that the things don't keep happening!
"Who are they referring to? 🤔"
Val
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDPANxgL/
"I do it for me, for little me"
yourdailydoseofselflove
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcRfHAkPWin/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Trying to help..."
alchemicallyarticulate
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMyijmBOzI/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Imperious" - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
You have to be realistic about managing your expectations. Things don't just change overnight like that in the Earth realm.
Just imagine if you lived in a society where women got rewarded for being motherly and caring towards women with reproductive health issues.
Reading and sneezing loudly...
"Obituary: Gary Paulsen"
"Malcolm Bosse" - Wikipedia
Also, it was such a dreadful shock to find a possum corpse along with the towel in the cat carrier; I just keep getting reminded that that was a dreadful shock.
Need life to be nice to me because I think I might have a pinched nerve on the back of my neck on the left side, but also close to the middle, this time.
How much things can change or be different just because of some genetic circumstances and environmental differences. Here's The Beatles being dramatic and talented...
The Beatles - "Oh! Darling (Official Video)"
I find it to be one of life's challenges when just because people appreciate somebody's 's talent OR exquisite gifts, they say things like "so and so can do no wrong" when I know very well that "so and so" is a human being and can do plenty of wrong.
Listening to The Tenth Island on CD and eating warmed up vegetarian chili from Trader Joe's has been a peak experience. I'm on CD 7 now, the last CD. Also, my new brown slip on sandals with very thick high heels made me feel tall walking around the kitchen, like I'm on stilts. Opening and shutting the microwave and getting things out of cabinets is a lot more fun. And they go well with a dress that I like, but the skirt is a little long on the bottom.
"The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores by Diana Marcum" | Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39975783-the-tenth-island
"I've watched this film too many times not to have an opinion."
hjichan
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcL-5quBFsN/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
I got so exhausted. Finally it's getting better. Survived.
"Anddd how is this medical care in 2026?"
laine.bruzek
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbeszkXD9-1/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
Wanted to go to a singing event but had to stay home and take a nap because I got soooo sleepy...
"Carrot Tarte Tartin / Upside Down Tart #carrot"
CapucineEmily
https://youtube.com/shorts/S3eyA2QiP7w?si=nuTGQtOD_M7GR4c0
"The dressing Grandma kept in her fridge all summer"
WyseGuide
https://youtube.com/shorts/xsvG9aOKCfs?si=OEVLMvxvmUSDLskg
"Viral Korean Sweet Potato Hack"
kalejunkie
https://youtube.com/shorts/ekOTPrWct5s?si=LPh-W7kMIIE8jWu6
I dare to dream that if some people who have been through a lot themselves (and perhaps haven't worked through their own traumas enough yet), invariably encounter someone who's been through even worse things, perhaps even a small child who's not grown up yet, I hope they're not going to behave in taunting manner towards an even more traumatized human being when they could be doing a lot better.
"Yay! Now you get to learn how to have more patience with stubborn people."
versus
" Yay! Now you get to have more fun and work on creative projects together."
It's so averagely patriarchal for people to not want to listen to or care about what some women are experiencing. Going along with the "norm" is very important. Fitting in with what the Patriarchal Society wants is sooo important.
soopbrains
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDysqqa3/
But apparently a lot of women are getting better treatment if they bring husbands and boyfriends to doctor's appointments, like what they've been doing at auto mechanic shops. And they're sharing those experiences all over social media platforms now. So that's an interesting development.
I feel like cult dynamics are just far too exhausting and not the best for everyone's health right now.
"'I Can’t Focus on My Schoolwork’: A High School Student Agonizes That Her Parents Will Be Seized While She’s in Class"
"How Many Sexual Abusers Have We Cheered For During The World Cup?"
https://lataco.com/fifa-world-cup-sexual-abusers
"Trump administration to open untouched national forests to logging"
"The U.S. debt tops a record-shattering $40 trillion. Yes, with a T."
Some people remind me of what ICE agents are probably doing every day just so they can say, it's just a job, I'm just doing this for the paycheck.
"$ome people have aligned themselves with behaviors that are akin to toxic masculinity in order to survive in a patriarchal society, and that's what you're getting from them right now."
People who you'd have thought would be acting a lot more empathetic and compassionate towards others right now... Well, that's not what they're doing. For some reasons.
"The system meant to protect ICE detainees has collapsed" : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/20/nx-s1-5850361/grievance-ice-detention-immigrants
I don't know how you can even have fun when some people are so determined to be mean?
I don't care if some of you are reincarnated lords; you can stop acting like it.
So first, there was a wounded juvenile raccoon, and a raccoon symbolizes wearing a mask, like when people are always masking.
Then there was a whole bunch of stuff going on so we could get the raccoon to a rescue place. Felt grateful and made a donation.
However, the raccoon had to be euthanized the next day anyway.
Finally we get the carrier back and unbeknownst to us it contains a dead possum.
In conclusion, maybe it's better to just get animal control to euthanize the creature right away next time?
I wonder if they have some decaf options.
"lil morning adventures"
destany.sweet
"Thought it was just the big cities at first"
Beater2Beamer
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDUuVUHd/
"#fyp #viral_video #lgbt🌈"
Michael_Foote
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDUuUVJD/
"Friends/Fam"
_✨trres🌹_
"It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"
brenda.cummings.33
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcL_lCeR9TY/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"😂 This sketch is pure comedy gold!"
Ferrellimpactsnl
https://youtube.com/shorts/bLyvgz13qYM?si=OawerzX8-Qz2jNXL
"he wants to tell u a secret"
quddusgorden
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DatRTDyJTCr/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
At least maybe there's some nicer spirits out there who don't find it as socially advantageous to discriminate against certain kinds of people so much and so often in exchange for the short term benefits.
"25+ Heart-Healthy Recipes with 6 Ingredients or Less"
https://www.eatingwell.com/heart-healthy-recipes-with-6-ingredients-or-less-12063552
Psssst psssst psssst bunch of selfish, materialistic control freaks psssst psssst psssst actually that one's not even a very nice person sometimes psssst psssst psssst oh look out, here come the guards...
People like you make reading literature about the holocaust feel like a relief sometimes.
"Dutch divorcee signs divorce papers 📑 #sketchcomedy"
@letsdoubledutch
Thank you for being a friend in a parallel reality, LOL!
Why do you have to be such a snob, so determined when it comes to not listening to certain kinds of people, just because a very imbalanced society trained you that if you acted that way, then you could fit in better with the prejudiced ones who were supposedly more favored by the imbalanced society.
"If it's the devil they want..."
maka.the.bean.queen
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcKeKaaspCz/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Why emotionally immature people cannot hear you"
francescapsychology
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcOXs3ho-Ep/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"1 year ago today and 1 year since the death Carlos Roberto Montoya"
chicadeluz_
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcPO3VfBTR6/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"Chibbi was one of our first volunteers"
handsoff.stockton
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcNVXbFOs7k/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"This was an uncomfortable reality to accept"
Carter Brown
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDUUGmHo/
"Thank you @Gabby George"
"Daily Memo: An Increasing Number Of ICE Detainees Are Being Deported To Africa"
lataco
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMWXgOPXbx/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"The Trump Regime is building an ICE concentration camp just for children."
therealchancemeeting
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcOp_rqMhbO/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
I also wish this Society valued the women & girls who are not inside of the ICE facilities and treated them better.
"and why these things are encouraged by other women but not the advancement of female medicine
‼️‼️‼️‼️ EXPLAIN"
emeleedahla
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcL6FoxRdzc/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"#peachcobbler #lunchladyenergy"
breakroom.chronicles
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcPF5L2Smu-/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
I got the peach cobbler flavor for the shaved ice I bought the other night, and it had cinnamon on it. It was really good.
"Write 'Mermaid' in the comments"
babushka_en
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK0MpW7IVeI/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
# bimbostoicism
babushka_en
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMOfK_Cqnu/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
Recovering from shocking things happening again.
"Opinion | Status Defines Friendship for Too Many Americans"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/opinion/friendship-luxury-good.html
Sounds like Harvard is coming down in the world.
"Why the Closing of Harvard’s Writing Center Matters"
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/harvard-writing-center-closure/688331/
I just discovered a dead possum was left inside the hard cat carrier. I thought it was just a dirty towel, but no, it was a dead possum too. That was inside of the apartment for days. Oh my God.
"Well it must have been dead when you brought the carrier back."
"It could have been a live possum. I didn't look inside the carrier."
Oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God.
Oh my God.
I think it was probably dead.
Because when I read it as a kid and loved it sooo much, I even got my grandma to read it when she visited the island:
"The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare"
https://goodreads.com/book/show/830182.The_Sign_of_the_Beaver
(But I prefer the one I had, a pale green 1980s cover with the two boys next to a stream on it.)
Because I never read it and lately I am curious about it:
"Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) by Gary Paulsen" | Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50.Hatchet
But I never lived in Covina so that's not the way it is. Good on us for getting out when they raised the rents and finding a place with a yard! Still feels awfully close, though.
"Take notes!!"
ricardosalvadormirandaa
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMt0lrP-Ui/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"What a major discovery!"
daviethegoliath
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZi2-crv5nj/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
Elevate art that helps you more but not so much the cult of celebrity culture, I would say.
I'm sorry to have to say this, but sometimes people who are insensitive or too focused on dealing with the world by only relying on their own pleasure seem just a hair away from being one of those guys in the Epstein files, and a bunch of stuff that passes for normal right now is not going to look so good in the future, because people are actually getting more sensitive, not less sensitive.
Or something. As if this life's memories are woven in with remembrances of other eras.
Duran Duran - "Come Undone (Official Music Video)"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Epj84QVw2rc&si=08weLJa1wpGb2wvm
"Can't believe everyone that passed by said no"
rearseatrobert
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcNHUP4Dt5-/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"#mentalhealthawareness"
klatopathian
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMigO7Md6l/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"#bimbostoicism"
babushka_en
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMOfK_Cqnu/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"25 Forgotten Diner Sandwiches America Used to Order"
@Retro State America
"Casa Susanna" | Chapter 1 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE |
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bZJzBRpuQ9I&si=EwYldnHMFwnR8cMn
"This Tiny Upstate NY Town Has 7 Bookstores"
@gabsmall
Some of the idea is that it's good to protest what ICE is doing when you know you're not one who is at risk of getting kidnapped, because that's helping show the people who are at risk of getting kidnapped that they are human beings who matter to you. And perhaps even more so, it shows other people who also probably won't get kidnapped but who worry about them more than you do (because it's their neighbors and coworkers and friends and family) that you still care anyway.
"Serving Joy (Award Winning Dark Comedy)"
@reeelhorrorshow
"THREE COLORS (Krzysztof Kieślowski)" - 4K Restoration
Then the heart softens and people want to go back to enjoying life and a variety of pleasures. Because maybe having a softer heart and enjoying life and a variety of pleasures is a natural state. So, what is to be done when the state threatens the natural state?
"Your generation constantly treats white men better than any other kind of human being on this entire planet. Full stop. This is not about having an argument. You need to acknowledge you have been doing this and figure out why. Maybe you can journal about this when you get the opportunity."
I've heard zero moms in real life express any concern for the health of women and girls after this administration made everything more dangerous for their bodies, and why do you think that is? Well, a lot of them grew up when people thought feminism was a bad word or something and they didn't want to use it to describe themselves. I just think they were socialized to not talk about such things and I don't see how that's actually to their benefit most of the time.
I mean it wasn't that long ago that somebody was threatening to kill my sister on the job and I had to fight people we knew because everybody wanted her to just stick it out and go with HR so she could keep her health insurance and HR wasn't goddamn f****** helping; and if they they'd been the only ones around, I think she would not be alive now. I'm scarred for life. I spent my entire life trying to help people stay alive. That's how it feels when I look back at it right now. And then people who've been more successful at being colder and less sensitive have the audacity to act like that means nothing. Well, of course. Why should I be surprised?
Anyways, if I were a man, I think some people would have had more respect for my points of view and been nicer to me because men do all kinds of stuff and get forgiven for it all the time.
Like what have you forgiven men for lately that you wouldn't forgive me for if I did it, cuz you haven't forgiven me for just having a different point of view and not expressing myself in the "nice enough" way that the Patriarchal Society says all the females are supposed to express themselves?
thesidewalkschool2
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcM7mSiB_6u/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
