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“Is he dead yet?” asked Piglet.
“No,” said Pooh.
“Fuck,” said Piglet.

I have been watching altogether too many videos on Youtube lately, trying to understand what is happening to our world.
It isn't going well. Our world is Fucked, with a capital FUCK.
Every morning I wake up wondering if someone has taken out the Danger Yam while I slept.
I live with disappointment.

Those who seek to rise to power quickly often promote mistrust between people, causing our world to suffer. As ordinary people, we can choose to ignore messages that divide us and instead amplify voices that bring us together.
Create joy. Share joy.

You are here.

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

The image below depicts the “Atheists’ New Ten Commandments”, which are theten winning beliefs of a crowdsourcing competition to rethink the Ten Commandments. The contest drew more than 2,800 submissions from 18 countries and 27 U.S. states. Winners were selected by a panel of judges.

I am so over all you northern hemisphere people who claim you're all woke and inclusive, but using the term "last summer" in a published discussion about a global issue is clearly discriminating against people who live in the southern hemisphere. And I said it in under 300 characters.

Welcome to Ohio and in the middle of the night Ohio house passed Hb8

*Sigh*

How the heck do I read comments on other folks' posts? So far only through Notifications. I found the Following tab, and at least I know who's posting, but most of the fun is reading other people's comments!