ice: "You cover your faces so we cannot see your weakness, but do not worry - those you love see it clearly. They smile thru the shame you bring them, and pretend to be blind. You can make them proud. You can be strong. And yet, *tsk tsk* here you are."

For the National Guard: "is this worth the signup bonus?" "Why they making you miss your baby's birthday?? For clout??" "So much for not being deployed. First stop here, next stop war zone!"

unsolicited advice: Sound of Music, Meet Me in St Louis, Fiddler on the Roof, and Cabaret are "im not doing anything today" movies.
Little shop, and a lot of the others can be watched, like, some weeknight after work. But these are all looong, intense, or both. 😆 💝 Happy Musicalling!!!!

seconding the Little Shop, and Producers recommendations. Silk Stockings is a fabulous old Fred Estaire microcosm of how cold war movies portrayed the ussr vs the west & is a beautiful watch as well.
Fiddler on the Roof with Topol & the Sound of Music are masterpieces in the same vein as SitR.

I'd love to ask them what it feels like to literally break a woman's heart in real time.
And maintain intense, unbroken eye contact until they are finished telling me.

Bad relationship with mom, dumped by a "smug" woman or two who didn't put up with his performative feminism, was a fan of Bill Maher who got angrily disillusioned not by his dogpoop takes but by his perceived moral failures.... I'd be sad for him if I was inclined to think of him again ever.

There's a way to find out how your data was used by DOGE.

FOIA REQUEST.
www.newsweek.com/doge-foia-re...

DEMOCRATS WANT YOU TO SNITCH ON DOGE B*****: Whistleblower portal is now open. Air it ALLL out if you're working in the government right now.

www.axios.com/2025/03/21/d...

Obviously nobody 'round these parts had been reading solar punk. 😉😘
Glad you all are doing what you're doing.

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