To parents who use control to manipulate their kids: Your kid is going to understand what you were doing someday. Then, they’re going to make sure you have no access to anything that matters to them-including themselves. What you’re doing has repercussions for you too.

Trauma isn't just about what happened. It's also about what didn't happen, like not being heard, supported, comforted, protected, or believed.

This will also hav real effects on ability of US intel to a) recruit unilateral sources-those that believed in “bright shining city on the hill” (ie, the I in MICE) and even more so b) cultivate liaison partners. Trust is something built over time, and lost in a nanosecond.

I have the best opportunity to troll my local PD — the one that’s stalking and harassing me — and I think it might be too good to pass up. It’s harmless but it would embarrass them terribly. I’m almost certainly gonna do it. Will post updates.

OH HELL YES, I JUST WON AN APPEAL AGAINST MY HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY!!!!! I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CELEBRATE GETTING MY INSURER TO DO THE ONE JOB THEY HAVE BUT EVEN IN A CROOKED SYSTEM, A WIN IS A WIN … AND I WON!!!!!

This is absolutely on the mark. Insurers very frequently deny claims, under the assumption that you won’t take the time & effort to appeal it — and they’re usually right: Less than 1% of denied claims are appealed. When it comes to health insurance, keep fighting until you win.

lmao Elon Musk was touting Grok’s “significant improvements” yesterday, so people went to see for themselves … and it told them that Elon Musk expresses white supremacist views and is the single largest spreader of misinformation on X.

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Oh that’s crazy, when I was out running today, all the cows were crowded together on a hill in the middle of the farm. I’d never seen them do that before and I run by there every day. But… we haven’t had any floods. Yet? Yikes.