@swissfootdata Forfeit? Oh, you guys have done this before, I recollect. It's okay, we'll all show up anyway and sing songs for a few hours with the USMNT team and shoot off fireworks.
“I work the front desk at a small doctor’s office, and I wish people could see what happens on the other side of the phone.
Every day, older patients call us confused.
They are told to use the patient portal, upload documents, check lab results online, fill out forms before the visit, and confirm everything through a link.
Some of them do not know what a portal is.
Some do not have a smartphone.
Some have one, but they are afraid to click the wrong thing.
Last week, a man in his late 80s called about his test results.
He said, “Ma’am, I don’t mean to bother you, but the computer says I have a message and I don’t know how to open it.”
He sounded ashamed.
That broke my heart.
He should not have to feel ashamed for needing a human being.
Technology can be helpful. I understand that.
But when people who built this country are made to feel helpless because everything became a login and a password, we have gone too far.
Not everything needs to be an app.
Not every answer should be hidden behind a screen.
Sometimes people need a voice.
A patient person.
A real human who says, “Don’t worry, I can help you.”
Progress should not leave seniors behind.
Because one day, the world will move faster than us too.
And I hope someone is kind enough to slow down.
~Unknown
@megbasham But for long Visa holders, you have to make sure that the Visa has to be renewed every 4 months or so for women with another pregnancy test. If they are pregnant, they have to go home until they give birth. It's draconian, but, well, here we are.
@sethjlevy Ban travel into the country of all child bearing age woman. No h1b nothing. If you get a decision that is stupid you have to respond with a hard line.
@hjluks My mother, now 92, recently commented, "I wish I were 80 again, I didn't realize what good shape I was in then." Farm-raised, worked at least a part-time job until 80-something
Listening to the Yanks talk about the #WorldCup is crazy.
They deadset think they’re going to walk all over Turkey, Paraguay & us Aussies.
With how arrogant their pundits have been I hope they get punted at the group stage.
#Socceroos#USMNT#Turkiye#paraguay
@EyesWideOpenTX @gotrice2024 No you can’t. I did this once and wound up with yellow hair with pink tips an inch short. I love red hair but will never go that way again because of how hard and how long it takes to unwind it.
@joe_rigney I read gospels, epistles and Old Testament portion every morning. Catholic for 26 years now. I’ll keep going deeper and let you know if I find Calvin or Luther lurking. So far it’s just been Jesus.
This used to be the norm. My dad had a big family of 13. All stayed at home until they married or went to college. I think all would have lived nearby, but the depression sent several to California to survive. I like my grown kids. They have great careers, pull their weight and more.
@houmanhemmati That was beautiful and heartbreaking. I pray for you and all Iranians that you get the lives back that you deserve after so much darkness.