Lit Lover

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Especially if the women are "different from the norm" in some way...

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.

Not everyone can do it if not everyone is genetically set up for it.

I feel like cult dynamics are just far too exhausting and not the best for everyone's health right now.

Why should you care? You seem to be ensconced in the cult of acting like you don't.

"'I Can’t Focus on My Schoolwork’: A High School Student Agonizes That Her Parents Will Be Seized While She’s in Class"

https://mindsitenews.org/2026/08/20/high-schooler-agonizes-that-her-parents-will-be-seized-ice-arrests/

"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"

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/18/nx-s1-5936495/trump-administration-moves-to-open-untouched-national-forests-to-logging

"The U.S. debt tops a record-shattering $40 trillion. Yes, with a T."

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-5937552/the-u-s-debt-tops-a-record-shattering-40-trillion-yes-with-a-t

I'm sure some of them are a lot nicer than others.

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.

Oh, okay. Well, maybe it'll get better soon.

"$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."

Sad violins for real, not the ironic ones.

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.

Emotional immaturity sucks.

"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 guess they just don't want to have fun. That's fine.

I don't know how you can even have fun when some people are so determined to be mean?

I don't think masking is a very grown-up activity at this point.

I don't care if some of you are reincarnated lords; you can stop acting like it.

What an experience.

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?

Well, this looks like it could be a nice experience to share.

I wonder if they have some decaf options.

"lil morning adventures"

destany.sweet

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDUusY7h/

Isn't it good to know that there's some good people out there?

"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🌹_

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDUuHWbs/

Growing pains...

"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==

Prejudices and pettiness problems.

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.

If only we all had equal access to a nice scream.

"25+ Heart-Healthy Recipes with 6 Ingredients or Less"

https://www.eatingwell.com/heart-healthy-recipes-with-6-ingredients-or-less-12063552

Picking up some gossip from the nearest Detention Center.

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...

Just kidding, but sort of true, too.

People like you make reading literature about the holocaust feel like a relief sometimes.

Do it for the rich pro-life moderates.

"Olympia"

u/Mysterious_Glasses8738

https://www.reddit.com/r/hole/s/AZnmksSlYF

Hole - "Olympia"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1Qnpp5zSISA&si=PLQePiZo-sJvtguV

Life goes on, continuously peppering the masses with more ridiculous moments.

"Dutch divorcee signs divorce papers 📑 #sketchcomedy"

@letsdoubledutch

https://youtube.com/shorts/JHjgLddN8z0?si=ZqwgCSBcl8eF1tiV

The Golden Girls said lots of acidic things. And they got a laugh track. And a really nice place to live.

Thank you for being a friend in a parallel reality, LOL!

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Has it not gotten old yet? Is it not time for something to get better yet?

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==

May the joys of becoming less superficial swamp the wellness sphere sooner rather than later.

"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"

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDUUy591/

Who voted for this insanity?

"Daily Memo: An Increasing Number Of ICE Detainees Are Being Deported To Africa"

lataco

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMWXgOPXbx/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

This is just horrific, and I wish it wasn't happening.

"The Trump Regime is building an ICE concentration camp just for children."

therealchancemeeting

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcOp_rqMhbO/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

I wish this Society valued the women & girls inside of the ICE facilities and treated them better.

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==

Lol, this one reminded me... 🍑🥧🩴

"#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.

"Chaotic mermaid!" Ha ha ha ha.

"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.

I feel sick. 🤢

"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/

The horror of nature today. 🫪

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.

I was thinking about these two children's books recently!

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

Maybe I will check it out soon.

These poorly parented dudes look like they're in the parking lot of my old apartment complex.

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==

Knew each other in a past life.

"Gray meets son"

rainbowcitygray

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZV7OaGA9zT/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Is this on purpose.

"What a major discovery!"

daviethegoliath

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZi2-crv5nj/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

All the cults burn out eventually, too.

Elevate art that helps you more but not so much the cult of celebrity culture, I would say.

And why isn't humanity doing a better job with the information in those files?

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.

Not asleep. Nostalgic.

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

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZmJl36rdSkI&si=uk_bB484an8UcoyS

Older & newer content for contemplating the other side of America.

"Casa Susanna" | Chapter 1 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE |

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bZJzBRpuQ9I&si=EwYldnHMFwnR8cMn

"This Tiny Upstate NY Town Has 7 Bookstores"

@gabsmall

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZtkkZDpeiQA&si=RG7iqWJtut-X3YIY

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

And anyways a Good Vibes Mentality has room for this.

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.

Some people have been really determined to serve Joy lately!

"Serving Joy (Award Winning Dark Comedy)"

@reeelhorrorshow

https://youtube.com/watch?v=a4XTVzuLj3c&si=rV90nxi6lPU67DWV

I think this guy is good to his female characters, and hopefully he also was good to the actresses!

"THREE COLORS (Krzysztof Kieślowski)" - 4K Restoration

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1HeEUjqsI1M&si=o9mJOCsu2Be9__CF

I suppose sometimes it seems like one can only be tough for so long...

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?

Suffering! But soldiering on.

"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 need access to online content because...

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.

The violence is exhausting!

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 was a nice cup of coffee...

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?

ICE apparently has no respect for women's bodies.

"Leaked video from ICE detention"

thesidewalkschool2

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcM7mSiB_6u/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

It seems like going along with patriarchal waste (sorry, I actually meant to say ways) has not paid off for most people.

Maybe it's paid off for some celebrities, but they are not most people.

"🔥BIG UPDATE!"

memiq.exe

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcL_6epz2pf/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"What is micro-feminism?"

murderofcrones

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbQpokMOIGY/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"After watching Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey..."

kristindianesanders

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcItqVxjOwJ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"can't even get a matcha in peace"

giannachristiine

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dav6rjUD2nZ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Mind you I was 22 at the time"

scoutgrayyy

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcCPS_Ayz-v/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

There's too much that happened in my life that made it known to me that this was not for me.

I would have to have an anvil dropped on my head to be like I'm just going to be another white skinned mom who is content with raising a white skinned baby who came from my white skinned body and being such a docile servant to the white supremacist patriarchal horror show that's currently treating so many people so freaking badly.

Kidnappings! Concentration camps! Lifelong traumas! Blatant oppression of people's bodies! Because of the racism and the sexism! I don't have the ability to be fine with that. I don't know how to ignore it and just focus on my own house to take care of, or whatever.

It's just mind-boggling and heart-rending and soul-crushing and all the things.

I don't understand how people can be so blatantly disinterested in female empowerment when it would be so good for humanity. And it clearly is needed because look at what's happened with the men who got put in charge, and they basically just got put in charge because people who voted for them were greedy and wanted money. Hardly anybody who voted for those guys actually wants to hang out and be friends with them. They just thought that they would benefit from them financially.

Yeah I kind of want to watch the films Blue White and Red again.

"THREE COLORS (Krzysztof Kieślowski) - 4K Restoration Trailer"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1HeEUjqsI1M&si=uG_rygaR3JCYRsjf

Evolution is curious.

"Thick thighs save kitty lives"

mandyshares

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcKAQ_rJSFz/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"#historical #dating"

westofkat

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcLpnC9OOtT/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"It's a real problem!"

thelizzietea

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcJVBGvOIRN/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Then I had to look up what really happened.

"Hindenburg Disaster - Real Footage (1937)" | British Pathé

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fURATK5Yt30&si=H2MQlDNy_fHz3bpG

The beginning of this reminded me of the movie Anne Frank watched on her birthday.

"You and Your Fu*king Coffee: Episode 7 - 'Lakehurst, 1937'"

@JASH

https://youtube.com/watch?v=q66fRPsdWwQ&si=5KeH0L55gRWjh2sE

I don't think he was on his last wife. I mean life.

I wonder what kind of person Osho could have reincarnated as if he came back as a woman. What if he wanted to be a female feminist musician type of person? Would he have be like a cult leader still, or would he be different?

Coffee!

"You and Your Fu*king Coffee: Episode 1 - 'Houseguest'"

@JASH

https://youtube.com/watch?v=x4PIbu6Ozro&si=35m6y6-oSYZjg7UF

I feel like I can't tell how old they are.

"#callonme"

breakroom.chronicles

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMlKD6SxSu/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Blue.

"Three Colors: Blue (1993)" - Trailer

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kQjJoRl3bLc&si=oAQiQYB20LoVzhsA

Medicine?

It's like I see a mother, a woman, and she's saying do you want me to do it for you, like pouring cough syrup into a spoon and telling them to swallow it.

Sadly, this is what happens sometimes.

Stubborn people seem like bullies and they seem like people that I don't want to bring traumatized children around because they're acting so childish even though they're adults.

Maybe I have an inner child that doesn't want to be around those people or something. Maybe it's for other reasons. But stubborn people do not seem too trustworthy.

What if you just say that?

What if you just say, "Dangerous stuff is happening to some people and it might happen to somebody we know. That's going to hurt if it does happen to us, so it makes sense to be vigilant."

By the way, some of us are already pretty hurt that it's happening, but not everybody is sensitive.

Subject of this book was separated from her parents at a young age but did not herself get sent to a camp

"Review: The Cut Out Girl, by Bart Van Es"

https://www.draliceviolett.com/the-cut-out-girl-by-bart-van-es/

"It’s very timely, as well; I feel even more disgusted by the separation of immigrant children from their families at US Border Patrol now I’ve read this biography. It’s inevitable that we’ll see another cohort traumatised in similar ways in the not very far future."

Dr. Alice Violett

It's too much like Nazi Germany.

I really don't like the "look away when people are getting kidnapped" dynamic that's going on sometimes.

Please!

If your version of Joy is about defiantly ignoring others, is that really The Greatest Joy You Can Ever Possibly Experience?

ICE doesn't just kidnap housekeepers.

"The catching coordinator for a major league baseball team who has been in the United States legally for 10 years"

"Oswaldo Pirela was kidnapped by ICE at El Paso Airport in Texas."

chelseaisgods

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMDVeYgmIe/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Did John Wayne Gacy make donations to CHARITY?

That is quite enough for today, spirits.

We will get better acquainted again later.

"feminism is a trend to you"

themindfulnesscoach

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Daf5RD3Rgu1/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Be so for real.

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

Careful...

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

Not to interrupt myself again, but...

I feel like the spirits think the spaghetti video was really important!

"You Can't Break Spaghetti in Two Pieces"

Rahulrocks011

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/RItTlpGL1b

"Wise cooking tips"

u/Rotten-Pieces88

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/RRaJ6tlne1

Just kidding. I'm sure there's a spirit or two looking over my shoulder watching with me.

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

Watching the whole thing by myself. 📺

And I might crack open a canned cocktail and pour it into a special glass to sip as I watch because it's not 10:30 yet.

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

Listened to so many songs that were on the setlists on the way down to San Diego, and I really enjoyed it.

And then, as a fun surprise, there was also this one!

G-Eazy - "Lady Killers II (Christoph Andersson Remix)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XTT5MIkhEY4&si=6gg_KJdrxycy6Ux_

Well, I had to go see a concert in a seashell in San Diego this summer and I don't think I have much left in the budget for musical excursions.

You have to put priorities on things, like being able to buy food and clothing that fits the currently plus size 2X body. Sometimes size 1X.

I like this medal. I'll make a bigger deal about winning it from now on.

Took third place in a turf competition at the San Diego Convention Center in 2016. Seems like I knew a lot more about grasses and weeds back then. It was really fun to study them!

Oooo... Posting without watching first.

Henry's Kitchen 100 - "High Class Expensive Quesadilla"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HbLwfvNjaKU&si=AvgIK9vsBzd0Cwgv

What is to be done with all of our knowledge, and our free will?

"Wise cooking tips"

u/Rotten-Pieces88

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/RRaJ6tlne1

Wow! I wonder what kind of scripture book she's reading.

"chelsea_rami :mi pecho ocupe su amor, y su amor no quiero perder"

https://www.instagram.com/p/DT_XOaokpDa/?img_index=4&igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Angels.

Paul Schwartz - "angelica"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6fppwe096U8&si=jLlVhs0eSXWDUAlM

That's why I'm glad we've been blessed with the gifts of good music!

Paul Schwartz - "Ave María (Café Del Mar Aria II)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dnhotLe2KYo&si=Iz2oBsVkEM7cqU0J

But you know, it's probably because she grew up in such a sexist, patriarchal society.

And there's also a lot of abuse that gets covered up in families...riddled with internalized misogyny issues!

If only some of those guys who hate women had seen better mothers in their movies...

She pours bleach on the gardens. She smashes the dishes. She's mean to the kids. She's aging...

Next: But the worst part is, she's not a good mom.

"but the worst part is she's old"

sarahangelle

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbb0Be6BKlr/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Ha - ha, I couldn't do this!

"How to write a Taylor Swift song - Charlene Kaye"

https://www.reddit.com/r/travisandtaylor/s/jxbJRPxTeC

Some of these look really good, too.

"25 Meatless Bento Box Lunch Ideas That Actually Keep You Full"

https://thisdishisvegetarian.com/25-meatless-bento-box-lunch-ideas-that-actually-keep-you-full/

First, feed the cat.

"Hungry Cat 🐈"

u/Lord_Darksong

https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveTrash/s/maS2zhlIUj

Look at this cute baby tree!

"Violet (age 8) won a White Fringe Tree"

thebandcake

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZp9a2Lkb9G/?img_index=3&igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"'We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.' -- Native American proverb"

thebandcake

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXb1qaPgJgH/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

How sad, but we are not surprised.

"Taylor Swift makes 'toughest' decision over Blake Lively's children"

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1412693-taylor-swift-makes-toughest-decision-over-blake-livelys-children

Most celebrities lives appear to be run by evil overlord spirits whose main job is to feed patriarchal white supremacy, and they are, of course, delighted if they invite the guys who run concentration camps to their weddings.

I might try to make it and see what it tastes like on my tongue.

"Cooking with the (Silent) Stars: The Violet Mersereau"

https://moviessilently.com/2017/08/31/cooking-with-the-silent-stars-the-violet-mersereau-sandwich/

"This sounded like a fairly acidic combination. I tried to ascertain whether Americans ate more green or black olives in 1915 and found this article stating that the east coast was obliged to eat green while California enjoyed black. The reason for this? The east coast imported their olives from Europe and unripe green olives traveled better. (At least according to the article, I have no clue how to transport an olive further than from the grocery store to my home.) California was an olive-growing region even back then and the shorter transport time meant that ripe olives were easy to obtain.

With that in mind, I decided to be historically accurate and as I live in California, I opted to use black olives. (But do read the olive article, which puts the existence green olives down to a conspiracy by Latin nations.)"

"California Cultivator" - Google Books

https://books.google.com/books?id=HN5HAQAAMAAJ&dq=1915%20green%20olive%20appetizer&pg=PA197#v=onepage&q&f=false

Just never can predict what music helps you feel a little bit better in a dark time.

I like the horn. It sounds beautiful. For some reason.

CAKE - "Never There (Official HD Video)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FRZzUh9hcTo&si=sAwi--gp40shUqT1

Painful to feel like too many people don't care enough about others' experiences.

"‘Unending nightmare': LA family details 120 days in ICE detention in Texas

Maryam Tahmasebi, a professor at Los Angeles Pierce College, her husband Eissa, who is also an educator, and their 16-year-old son — all permanent residents of the U.S. — were detained by ICE in April"

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-family-120-days-ice-detention-texas/3929904/

What makes some people choose to be so callous?

I think there must be something about being traumatized by the Patriarchal Culture that makes some people behave in certain ways, as though they really want to feel like that's the best they can do, and lately, I feel like I really just can't believe that it is any longer, because it just feels like it's not.

At least some people are interested in what's happening to others, and they can express it, too.

"A 19-year-old in Texas has spent nearly a year raising her 13-year-old sister after their parents were detained by ICE and deported"

"This was an incredibly hard read"

riseabovejusticemovement

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcJojN0stq_/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"U.S. citizen teens left behind when ICE deported their parents"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-citizen-teens-left-ice-deported-parents-rcna592908

O Humanity....

People can be better.

"My opinion. Yours may vary."

mainandvine

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcKOI98COts/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"This is heartbreaking and absolutely should not be happening"

agirlhasnopresident

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcKgKM9xGQJ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

So many other choices...

Why do some people still choose meanness when they have so many other choices available to them?

Monday, August 17, 2026

Nice clouds

Feelings at the bottom of a shaved ice cup.

I did enjoy the dessert, but I don't enjoy feeling let down when I can see the potential of how humans can be, and then I start to believe it's going to be that way, and then it becomes clear it's not going to be that way right now cuz people need more time, but I can't tell what they need - days, months, years or lifetimes.

Not to everyone, just to people who have to fit in with groups in order to feel better about themselves.

"Moral Sensitivity and Speaking Up Makes You the Problem"

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-with-emotional-intensity/202608/moral-sensitivity-and-speaking-up-makes-you-the-problem

There's still a few minutes of daylight, so maybe I should go outside!

"She can pick your grapes, but..."

karipinenimd

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcJwszNPWL1/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Have a great day, comrades!"

custom.made1968

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbQitn8hrIy/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"An update on my nephew"

kurtbraunohler

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcHug0SsnXK/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

How come an unwell Patriarchal Society has harmed so many people?

Because there are actually some men and women who do fit in better with the standards of the Patriarchal Society.

And some of them decided it felt easier or more empowering for them to just go along with certain groupthink dynamics and cult mentalities because that brought them a measure of security and comfort and self identity.

So, some of the "good" people ended up going along with stuff that ended up being pretty harmful to a lot of other people in the long run, just because they got short-term gains from going along with it.

They decided not to have very much empathy for other people who didn't fit in so well with the system.

It's good that not all people had the ability to go that way, though, because that is really not a sustainable way to live or to treat other human beings.