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Kristen
@cascadewallflower.bsky.social
https://thisunquietmind.substack.com
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Reposted by Kristen
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"

Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Neighbor in need of financial assistance to find safe shelter
Currently still needing 250 to keep my hotel room for my pets and I til we can move in!! Anything helps! Thank you guys!! #urgentmutualaid #maboost #transcrowdfund 💕💸💕💸🏳️‍⚧️ #mutualaid #fundsky #helpsky #kofi
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September 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
July 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Getting ready to show this to MAGA family members and ask if this is the kind of country they wanted. Is it worth it? Do they feel more comfortable and safe, or what?
June 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
June 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I thought I wanted to do the social-app thing, but mostly I want to write.
December 21, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Not an ideology. Just people trying to live and thrive.
December 5, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Not bad! Veggies from a bag, cranberry sauce, turkey, gravy, sweet potato biscuits, and mashed potatoes. 🍽️
November 29, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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As they seek for further restrict reproductive care, they will invoke "the health of the mother" but the reality is that people who cared about women's health would not allow these policies.
www.propublica.org/article/pors...
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Horrible and unsurprising. We need to do better for our kids.
November 18, 2024 at 12:36 AM
It seems that the liberal tone became too strident, and conservatives got irritated so now the whole country has to pay penance. We are headed into a dark age of forced ignorance, disease resurgence, blatant racism and xenophobia, and austerity. Congratulations, GOP. May leopards spare your faces.
November 15, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Greek-style baked beans (lacking feta) and baked Brie with cranberries and walnuts. Sliced baguette to go with. 🍽️
November 12, 2024 at 2:30 AM
The incoming administration sees (brown) immigrants as animals. They have been clear about that. This is terrifying. radleybalko.substack.com/p/trumps-dep...
Trump's deportation army
The former president's vow to deport 15 million people is the cruelest, most illiberal, most openly authoritarian campaign promise in modern U.S. history. Oh, and it would also destroy the economy.
radleybalko.substack.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Just a drop in the bucket, but actions I've taken so far:
- Wrote to my governor to request noncompliance with mass deportation
- Submitted comment to school board asking for increased vigilance of harassment of girls and gender nonconforming kids (e.g. "your body my choice" filth)
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November 9, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Want to join me for this Indivisible event? mobilize.us/s/irD7v1/o
November 8, 2024 at 12:18 AM
💙📚 Just finished this great book: "Superior: The Return of Race Science" by Angela Saini. It is especially relevant in this time of rising white nationalism. The author also did an interview a while back on "This Podcast Will Kill You".
November 7, 2024 at 5:04 AM
WELL SAID
November 6, 2024 at 5:34 PM
How is everybody's self soothing going? Is there any cookie or cocktail that will make me feel okay about things? Is there any NyQuil strong enough to help me sleep tonight?
November 6, 2024 at 5:00 AM
"... I asked [the doctor] ... why wasn't I offered a D&C—a surgery that clears the uterine lining after a miscarriage and spares women the physical trauma of experiencing what I did over those two days—or misoprostol—a medication used to treat miscarriages, but also used for medicated abortions?"
Women have died & countless others have suffered since Roe v. Wade was overturned. I wrote about miscarrying in Texas after Dobbs earlier this year--A terrifying, traumatic, and radicalizing experience. I've been incandescent w/ rage frankly since but hopeful our stories make a difference tomorrow.
I miscarried in Texas. My doctors put abortion law first
The pain is so blinding that I think I'm hallucinating. After Dobbs, lawyers, not women's lives, are now the overriding concern.
www.newsweek.com
November 5, 2024 at 2:38 AM