@9mmsmg “I’m going to the store. What can I pick up for you.” Or “I have a free day today. What do you need fixed at your house?” Vague offers of help are nice but they can also feel daunting. Specific and thoughtful offers give a person something concrete to accept. I wish her well. /2
@9mmsmg Thank you for being a good person where your former friend is not! You can probably make the most difference to your new friend not by asking, “Do you need anything?” (making her come up with ideas, some of which may seem like big asks) but instead by saying things like, … /1
Since SCOTUS handed down the Dobbs decision, 22 states have made it more difficult for women to access reproductive care.
If anti-abortion politicians get their way, a national abortion ban is next.
Our daughters should not have to fight the battles that our grandmothers won.
The single most important thing we can do to strengthen America relative to China is to see Russia defeated in Ukraine. A weakened Russia deters the CCP's territorial ambition, and halts Putin's vision of reestablishing the old Soviet Union. Supporting Ukraine is in our interest.
@RealDoctorMike The health insurance industry in the US is entirely unnecessary. It jacks up the cost of literally everything related to healthcare and provides no actual value to anyone. Eliminate it and healthcare costs drop dramatically across the board.
I have an unhealthy fascination with a man who is many years my junior, lives in another state, and has a girlfriend. Why the attraction? He looks like Clark Kent. The glasses, the dark hair, the clean shaven face, the buttoned up personality. Gets me every damn time.