Sara Blakely sold fax machines door-to-door and started Spanx with $5,000 in savings & no experience. She never raised money & has now sold a majority stake in the brand at a $1.2 billion valuation. The best part? The gift she gave her 500+ employees to celebrate. Amazing 🙏

“In the end, nations that are much less wealthy than ours have managed to make systems of universal health care work—and their systems remain understudied in the academy.” bit.ly/3fAH8VE

Having a double for my nightcap - two bags of Sleepytime.

It’s wild to me that people hate masks so much. I will likely never breathe raw airport air ever again. I’ll never have unprotected inhalation in the grocery store either.

Feeling like pretty much all of the “leaders” are

Read this thread.

What condiments enhance “the rich”? Side dishes?

Detroit knows what happens when billionaires get bored.

Where are the bills outlawing the teaching of “Great Replacement Theory” otherwise known as GRT in our schools?

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After being mostly offline for most of the day, I made the mistake of checking in before turning in for the night. New rule: it can wait until morning. Grief is more painful at night.

Oops - moderator (not pastor).

Crazy idea: Use Covid funds for Covid things rather than funding more police things as the guy at the top suggested. Maybe subsidize upgraded ventilation in group housing/senior housing? 1/2

We know these are high risk settings and were outraged about some of the negligence or lack of care that led to Covid infecting many at some of these facilities. Soooo . . . ya think doing something about it might be the way to go?

Voicemail transcription of ‘housing bureau’: house and beer.

Pro tip: rubbing ya hands with fresh basil leaves will overcome the smell of penetrating oil on them.

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Wise suggestion: Archive your favorite videos, articles, photos from the web by any means. Make PDFs, download what you can, because over the next few years many things will start to disappear. Many resources will disappear. These will be the archives the world will need next. ❤️

For leftists, politics means working all the time, "and every once in a while there's an event called an election." This should command "10 or 15 minutes" of your attention before you get back to the real work. 46/