@tanpukunokami My original home in Texas didn't have a basement, when I was a kid. But here in NC, I live in a downstairs apartment sort of area next to the basement. It was custom built. My grandma's house had a basement too!
@DrorMargea@japan_nobunaga Hi! :D 💜 I'm near Hickory! \o/ (Soon will be able to drive there).
(Ever been to Birkdale? That feels like a whole country to itself too).
Honestly, from the bottom of my soul:
I don’t care if you call it left or right.
I don’t want children in Gaza to die.
I don’t want children in Ukraine to die.
I don’t want people forced to leave home,
cross oceans,
and end up doing desperate things just to survive.
And I don’t want the people who were born in peaceful towns
to lose the peace they grew up with.
I just want a world where kids can grow old.
Where families can eat dinner together.
Where dads can yell at the TV during an NFL game.
Where moms can buy way too much at Costco.
Where neighbors argue about barbecue, gas prices, and basketball.
A boring, ordinary, safe life.
That should not be a political dream.
That should be the minimum we ask of Earth.
This is how liberty dies. This is how democracy is undermined. This is how vulnerable groups of people are further isolated and silenced. This is mass surveillance. This is authoritarianism. This has NOTHING to do with protecting children; this HARMS CHILDREN AND ADULTS. Get mad.