It's not a coincidence that trauma survivors who were conditioned to block out fear & pain, also tend to block signals of hunger (or fullness), exhaustion, & other signals from our body the function of which is to keep us alive.
Untreated CPTSD is literally a killer disease.
Immigrants are a critical part of the U.S. workforce and play a key role in strengthening Social Security’s finances.
We can afford to deliver earned Social Security benefits through the rest of the century if billionaires pay their fair share!
@paulkrugman
I lost my job, my kids have whooping cough, and I can't afford steak or gas. But at least now billionaires can use their social media companies to help incite riots.
The Voting Rights Act was built on an assumption by its authors (primarily Abe Fortas and Nicholas Katzenbach) that the South would only act in racist ways if allowed to and so had to be stopped from doing so at all times forever, and holy shit was that assumption dead on. -OS
I know times feel dark right now.
But now is not the time to give in to despair.
Do not let cynical forces convince you that they have already won.
The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.
Right now, the amount that the ultra-rich pay in is capped.
As more and more people recognize that the way to make Social Security stronger is to scrap that cap, billionaires and their allies are panicking.
Happy 67th Birthday to Emma Thompson!
Her Golden Globe speech for Sense and Sensibility (1995), where she “channeled” Jane Austen accepting the award, is still one of the funniest acceptance speeches ever.
Republicans often say we “can’t afford” Social Security.
Their solution?
Cut benefits for workers who’ve paid into the program for our entire working lives.
They never suggest that the wealthiest people should pay into Social Security all year long, just like the rest of us.
I believe the world does not understand or adequately acknowledge the impact of events, traumatic & otherwise, on humans, nor does it teach or offer us effective tools & strategies to manage that impact.
"Resilience" is not a tool. "Suck it up" is not a strategy.
Never trust anyone who would rather cut Social Security than make millionaires and billionaires pay into the program all year long like the rest of us do.
Protect and expand Social Security. Scrap the cap.
A very sad, but extremely fond farewell to the unforgettable Bud Cort, a welcome and magnetic presence in every film lucky enough to have him, not least the co-lead in, arguably, the cult film to rule them all; 1971’s ‘Harold And Maude’.
Not only is this beloved film a pitch perfect black comedy-cum-love story for the ages, but Bud Cort delivers one of the greatest looks to camera in film.
He was always fun to watch in any part big or small, some other films of his I enjoyed include 'M*A*S*H', ‘Brewster McCloud’, ‘Gas-s-s-s’, ‘Invaders from Mars’, ‘The Chocolate War’, ‘Heat’, ‘Dogma’ and ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ among many others that I implore you to list below. And if you haven’t seen ‘Harold And Maude’, rectify this tonight.
Keep breaking that fourth wall, Bud. We’ll miss you x