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@theropologist , I'm 6'3", and 250 lbs. I am a big guy, and can lift heavy things. I have known since I was about 18 that people get scared near me. I didn't understand this until I was older, mid 20s maybe. It changed how I acted around people... instead of being silent, I would tell a joke. I would sit more. I would wear clothing that was less intimidating. I would try to never be alone with anyone. I would smile a LOT more, even if I didn't feel like it.

It is amazing how often the smallest guy in the room would try and challenge me, still, to this day, and how often women will back away.

@flexghost , I strongly urge anyone with an education to flee that state, and a few others. Don't even think about going to college there, in a few years, that degree won't be worth a middle school certificate. Just LEAVE. You know that the climate is changing, that you won't be able to afford insurance for a home that may be wiped out by major hurricanes... Get out while the border is still open.

@NickGates A guy with a lot of issues, and a type of humor that I didn't understand, but obviously a great talent. He will be missed.

There are very few problems in life that can not be solved with high powered explosives.

Your body can build up tolerance to rising sea levels, hazardous air quality, and dying ecosystems. Here's how.

This week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching.

erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-ea

#meta

You live on stolen land. Yes, you. Here is a map you can look at to see who it was stolen from:

geacron.com/home-en/

@lucifargundam thanks, I'll look into those. And hopefully one of them will help my mother out.

My mother wrote a book about poetry, how to read it. She was a teacher for most of her life.

Any ideas on how to self publish it? She isn't interested in making money on the book, she just wants to share her work.

@staidwinnow @noondlyt I suggest it all be A.I. I know, there could be cruelty to A.I charges leveled against the producers for making them imagine tre45on naked, but worth it.

@w7voa add an amendment demanding 8-track players in all cars.

@DemocracyMattersALot Mexico should destroy these floating piles of crap. Drag them to their side and burn them. Biden should toss Abbot in prison for human trafficking.

@JoeQuinlan@mastodon.social @gratefuldread I think a significant portion of the USA wants to be a democracy, maybe as much as 2/3rds? While Isreal can't get even 50% in favor of democracy, and maybe as low as 25%.

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