The most brutal part of poverty is how much of your life it consumes. Waiting for buses. Sitting in laundromats. Hunting for the cheapest groceries. Taking extra trips just to save a few dollars. Filling out endless forms. Being poor is a second job nobody pays you for.
please, read books.
not just captions, carousels, or whatever the algorithm puts in front of you. read LONG BOOKS. COMPLEX BOOKS. DIFFICULT BOOKS.
social media gives you information, but BOOKS BUILD DEPTH.
a strong mind takes PATIENCE to build.
Neurodivergents in their late 20s/30s be like
"OMG, I'm so behind"... but they've healed their inner child, stopped people-pleasing, healed their chronic illness, left that toxic job/friendship/relationship, started therapy, released their shame around their special interests, finally unmasked so that they actually like themselves now. Like sis. you're not behind?!
You're evolving.
Being 25 (almost 26) means that
- the people my age are still making up lost time from covid
- the people who are older than me aren't sure they wanna settle down
- the people younger than me are fundamentally different.
We are in, arguably, one of the hardest times to settle down and find someone we feel we can trust. It literally feels like I'm a fish out of water.
Gen Z doesn’t understand that the economy was so good that one regular full-time job could support a family of four, buy a house, afford a car, cover healthcare, save for retirement, pay for the kids’ college, and still leave money for vacations and occasional luxuries.
Despicable to call Ruffalo antisemitic. Hi, I’m Jewish. I will be the one to tell you when something is antisemitic, you dishonest clowns. It is not antisemitic to decry Israel’s crimes. In fact, it is our moral obligation — as Jews, and as human beings.
The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect. Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.
This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.