J Carol 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
@jcaroltx.bsky.social
Struggling optimist/ Texan living in Costa Rica/mom/abuela/widow/hiker/joker/reader/napper/typo master
#Kindness
#Choice
#Woke
#Equality
🦋 heart means agree, not love or like
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#Kindness
#Choice
#Woke
#Equality
🦋 heart means agree, not love or like
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@jcaroltx.bsky.social
· Dec 4
My ego is not my amigo.
Today is World Kindness Day, "highlights the power of kindness — to others, to yourself, and to the world."
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today is World Kindness Day, sorry I’m late 😘
#WorldKindnessDay
#WorldKindnessDay
“You cannot do kindness too soon,
for you never know
how soon
it will be too late.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
#WorldKindnessDay
for you never know
how soon
it will be too late.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
#WorldKindnessDay
Today is World Kindness Day, "highlights the power of kindness — to others, to yourself, and to the world."
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Today is World Kindness Day, sorry I’m late 😘
#WorldKindnessDay
#WorldKindnessDay
Worth a reread . .
Just spitballing here, but maybe if we all took seriously the idea that character matters in a president we would all be better off.
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Worth a reread . .
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Grab hold!
on this day in 1930, writer Sinclair Lewis becomes first American to win Nobel Prize in Lit.
“Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”
“Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Grab hold!
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People who have a constitutional duty to be frank and honest with the American people cannot sign NDAs. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
Why Commanders Don’t Sign NDAs
Existing rules and laws applying to military secrecy are sufficient—and asking officers to sign NDAs is deeply inappropriate.
www.thebulwark.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
People who have a constitutional duty to be frank and honest with the American people cannot sign NDAs. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
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I spent 18 mos appealing a refusal to cover certain healthcare, they eventually covered and I ended up getting a check from a class action. I didn’t even know about. It was like a full-time job working on that appeal & I’m an appellate lawyer. I can’t imagine what it’s like for other folks.
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I spent 18 mos appealing a refusal to cover certain healthcare, they eventually covered and I ended up getting a check from a class action. I didn’t even know about. It was like a full-time job working on that appeal & I’m an appellate lawyer. I can’t imagine what it’s like for other folks.
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Facts:
1) Every government shutdown in the last 30 years has begun while Republicans held control of the House.
2) There have been THREE shutdowns, including this one, which began when Donald Trump was President and his Republican Party controlled both the House AND the Senate.
1) Every government shutdown in the last 30 years has begun while Republicans held control of the House.
2) There have been THREE shutdowns, including this one, which began when Donald Trump was President and his Republican Party controlled both the House AND the Senate.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Facts:
1) Every government shutdown in the last 30 years has begun while Republicans held control of the House.
2) There have been THREE shutdowns, including this one, which began when Donald Trump was President and his Republican Party controlled both the House AND the Senate.
1) Every government shutdown in the last 30 years has begun while Republicans held control of the House.
2) There have been THREE shutdowns, including this one, which began when Donald Trump was President and his Republican Party controlled both the House AND the Senate.
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Just checking: the republicans that attacked and sent marshals to arrest Texas dems for not showing up to work (in an effort to protect voting rights, btw) are the same republicans that are not showing up to work, yeah?
October 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Just checking: the republicans that attacked and sent marshals to arrest Texas dems for not showing up to work (in an effort to protect voting rights, btw) are the same republicans that are not showing up to work, yeah?
October 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
See what happens 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
See what happens 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Pretty “swampy” if you ask me
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pretty “swampy” if you ask me
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If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
We gotta remember this -
Autocrats want you to feel like pushing back is hopeless. It’s not! Trump is a paper tiger. Most Americans don’t want this authoritarian takeover.
October 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We gotta remember this -
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
I loved this episode so much!!!
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I loved this episode so much!!!
Orchid friends, look at this miniature orchid I didn’t know I had and almost missed. #orchids @kendylhanks.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Orchid friends, look at this miniature orchid I didn’t know I had and almost missed. #orchids @kendylhanks.bsky.social
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This made me tear up
A 🧵
The NYC contingent of @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social joined their fellow NYers in support of the #FirstAmendment and democracy @ #NoKings
Marchers were treated to - and joined in - a magnificent rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on 7th Avenue (h/t Broadway’s Ken Jennings)
(Sound on!)
1/n
The NYC contingent of @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social joined their fellow NYers in support of the #FirstAmendment and democracy @ #NoKings
Marchers were treated to - and joined in - a magnificent rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on 7th Avenue (h/t Broadway’s Ken Jennings)
(Sound on!)
1/n
October 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This made me tear up
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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As a reminder, I put together a No Kings Day Playlist on Spotify to help keep you focused, encouraged, and positive, not just today but every day we fight against authoritarianism and for the people and place we love.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5n0...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5n0...
John Pavlovitz's No Kings Day Playlist
open.spotify.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
As a reminder, I put together a No Kings Day Playlist on Spotify to help keep you focused, encouraged, and positive, not just today but every day we fight against authoritarianism and for the people and place we love.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5n0...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5n0...
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The fact that Republican officials are having a debate about whether or not to condemn the Young Republicans Telegram chat says more about the party than even the chat does.
You support the evil which you are unwilling to condemn.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
You support the evil which you are unwilling to condemn.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The fact that Republican officials are having a debate about whether or not to condemn the Young Republicans Telegram chat says more about the party than even the chat does.
You support the evil which you are unwilling to condemn.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
You support the evil which you are unwilling to condemn.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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i thought Ezra Levin, one of the organizers of the No Kings gatherings, made such an important profound point yesterday. He said, "Our enemy here is not Trump, our enemy is fatalism and nihilism and cynicism."
Once you give up your power, the authoritarian wins.
Once you give up your power, the authoritarian wins.
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
i thought Ezra Levin, one of the organizers of the No Kings gatherings, made such an important profound point yesterday. He said, "Our enemy here is not Trump, our enemy is fatalism and nihilism and cynicism."
Once you give up your power, the authoritarian wins.
Once you give up your power, the authoritarian wins.