In a weird way, I think that the destruction of this platform by an arrogant billionaire with no understanding of how humans interact with one another sort of brought us all closer together again.
intimacy is about safety. the peace you feel in someone’s presence. the ease in their voice even when you disagree. someone’s attentiveness when you are struggling. their language when they speak about you. someone’s curiosity to learn you and the surrender when it comes to you.
New: Will Wilkerson helped create Trump's media company. He even posted Trump's first "truth" on Truth Social. Now he alleges the company violated securities laws and that Trump pressured executives to give their shares to his wife. And there are tapes https://t.co/zmXDGhasrS
“I hope he comes, I’m going to punch him out ... I’m going to punch him out, I’m going to go to jail, and I’m going to be happy.”
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s just-revealed response to the prospect of former President Trump potentially marching to the Capitol on January 6th.
It is not a coincidence that oil companies are purposefully driving up prices by slashing production before an election & after the U.S. passed a climate bill.
This is being done to brand fighting climate change as problem inducing & make it seem like democrats are failing.
One of the most profound things I read in my original journey to ADHD diagnosis was what Dr. Ned Hallowell calls “the cough drop sign” in the book, Driven To Distraction.
I’d never felt more seen before reading this quote.
It comes from one of Hallowell’s ADHD patients:
Children who were never shown how to feel an emotion in their bodies from beginning to end become adults who are afraid a feeling will never end, and have developed strategies both conscious and unconscious to avoid them.
CANCELED: Trump rally in NC due to “unforeseen circumstances”. Trump, Trump Jr. & Ivanka ordered to testify to Leticia James’ office on Friday. Tickets were sold up to $3,995. No refunds are available, they can be used on Aug. 20 in Milwaukee, WI.
When I was urging Biden to back filibuster reform last year, some on this hellsite were attacking me & defending him, saying he doesn’t have the power to do it, there’s no point him saying it, it’s a distraction. What do they say now? Now that he’s come around to it? Crickets.
comfort to every human being who feels afraid right now. i feel afraid too. it is okay to feel afraid and tender now. soon, the anger returns and we fight like bloody hell. first the pain, then the mother fucking rising.