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Feeling a very weird mix of shame and gratitude for my partner and a friend of ours who are going to our local pride market with some pottery.

I've sadly accepted that my CPTSD mostly excludes me from attending these events, particularly for longer periods of time where I can't really just pick up and leave.

Not sure if this is a failure, a win or both 🤔

I am trying to focus on what I can do, which today means cleaning the house.

in reply to The Alchemist

Show yourself some grace. ♥️ We do what we can, delegate where was should.
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The Alchemist
@GoodNewsGreyShoes
Thank you so much for your empathy and kindness and understanding and wisdom 💙
I think acceptance of where I am at is the first step towards finding another door that's not locked.
I appreciate you and hope you have a great weekend.


europesays.com/2162561/ Higher Oil Prices Mean Less GDP #CrudeOil #CrudeOilPrice #EnergySecurity #GDP #Iran #Israel #OilPrice #Petroleum #PetroleumPrice #recession


Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rode a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi) OTD in 1949, thereby becoming the first monkey in space toilet-guru.com/blog/2.html?s=… #spaceflight #history




video game levels are 31% and rising

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europesays.com/2162557/ Israel-Iran Strikes, Looming Heat Boost Natural Gas Futures as Spot Prices Collapse #GasPrice #LiquefiedNaturalGas #lng #LNGPrice #NaturalGas


"Never Ending Song of Love" is a song written by #DelaneyBramlett, and, according to some sources, by his wife #BonnieBramlett. It was originally recorded with their band, #DelaneyAndBonnie & Friends, in 1971 on the album #MotelShot. Released as a single by #AtcoRecords the same year, "Never Ending Song of Love" became Delaney & Bonnie's greatest hit on the #pop charts, reaching a peak of No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 8 on Easy Listening.
youtube.com/watch?v=7n-0JatBT7…


Operation Rising Lion: In a precise wave of Israeli strikes, the IDF reports it eliminated over 20 senior Iranian commanders, including Iran’s top intelligence officer Gholam-Reza Marhabi, IRGC missile chief Mohammad Bagheri, and IRGC Aerospace Force head Amir Ali Hajizadeh.


europesays.com/2162555/ ‘Don’t Go Crawling Back to Trump,’ Bill Maher Urges Elon Musk #BillMaher #DonaldJTrump #ElonMusk #Musk


europesays.com/2162553/ ‘No Kings’ protest against Trump expected in Philly – NBC10 Philadelphia #Immigration #philadelphia #trump


#OnThisDay in 1986, #AlanJayLerner, American Tony and Academy Award-winning #lyricist (with Frederick Loewe - My Fair Lady; Gigi; Camelot), and screenwriter, died of #lungcancer at 67.
#RIP


I took a few minutes this morning to whip out a little pictogram in honor of Trump's Big Bodacious Birthday Parade to sum up his presidency.


"The Gates of Hell Will Soon Open": IRGC Commander Vows Harsh Response to Israel iranpress.com/content/306477


europesays.com/2162551/ Why Donald Trump Is the Most Impotent President in Living Memory #DonaldJTrump #DonaldTrump #Iran #Israel #TheDailyBeastPodcast #trump


Today in 1907, 118 years ago: The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

#OnThisDay





#Taahiamanu Beach is one of the best #beaches on the main island of #Moorea . It is a 1,200 ft (370 m) long stretch of soft white sand at the mouth of #Opunohu Bay. It has good #swimming and #snorkeling . Have you been here? backpackandsnorkel.com/Moorea-…






8 Facts About Berthe Morisot, the Great Woman Impressionist

by Anastasiia Kirpalov

Degas and Renoir were fans of her work. Manet painted her.

thecollector.com/facts-berthe-…

"Impressionist painting: its genesis and development" by Wynford Dewhurst has a chapter about Morisot and other women Impressionists.

At PG:

gutenberg.org/ebooks/69533

Young Woman Knitting

#art

#art


[Wired]: The High-Flying Escalation of CBP’s Predator Drone Flights Over LA. By Lily Hay Newman

Customs and Border Protection flying powerful Predator B drones over Los Angeles further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters typically handled by state or local authorities.

wired.com/story/cbp-predator-d…

We are being terrorized by our government. ..in America. Very bad.



europesays.com/2162545/ Elon Musk departs DOGE: What is the legacy of DOGE now? #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #doge #ElonMusk #ExplainedPodcast #influence #Musk #podcasts #Politics #technology #today


in reply to Jeremy Mallin

Remember the names of the billionaires who enabled Trump.

nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/indi…

1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
11.Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
12.Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650

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in reply to Jadon

POV u a bug minding your own business when Dr Snoot arrive with some nostrils





Some of Us Just Write Like That

On The Babysitter's Club, AI paranoia, and the myth that real writers take it slow. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
writingcooperative.com/some-of…

#writing #impostersyndrome #adhd #ai #neurodivergentwriters
@indieauthors

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Two weeks ago, Trump said Putin now only had two weeks to commit to a ceasefire deal.

The two weeks have passed and as expected, Trump is doing nothing.

youtu.be/811gk2B_Ins?si=2-4RU6…

in reply to Randahl Fink

If one #Trump day lasts x real calendar days,
then how many real calendar days are equivalent to two Trump weeks?

Asking for my friend who fails in doing the math.

in reply to Randahl Fink

yeah sure #DementiaDon, classic #TACO "tactics".
First it was "end it one day"... now it's two weeks LOL


disease levels are 56% and rising

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Report from the Amsterdam protest: there are a few hundred people here and two uniformed Dutch cops at a respectful distance very casually chatting with each other while they wait for nothing to hurry up and happen.

A lot of people are tourists (American or otherwise) who happened to see the protest because the US consulate is between several museums. They’re all like “hell yeah I’m stopping for this.” Passing bikes ring their bells (some of them might even be in support and not because Americans are standing on the bike path). I don’t know where someone in Amsterdam found an enormous California bear flag on such short notice

And yes, everyone loves Odin, who randomly decided to put his paws up on my shoulders when we were very visible to the crowd

#nokings #Amsterdam #protest #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #netherlands



europesays.com/2162537/ Tassie filmmaker joins fight to reopen ‘Canberra’s Kakadu’ to the public #australia


I rode my bike to the library to return a book, which isn't terribly exciting, but I'm pleased that I can now take care of local errands by bike instead of car.

#bikeTooter

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Pete Prodoehl 🍕
@davepolaschek Those look beautiful! Though I don’t think I can justify the price, which is close to what my bike cost 18 years ago!


Today in 1982, 43 years ago: in Puerto Argentino (Port Stanley), capital of the Falkland Islands - within the framework of the Falklands War -, Argentine forces conditionally surrendered to British forces and began the eviction of Argentines from the southern archipelagos.

#OnThisDay



“Among the eight people who #RFKJr announced would make up his new group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are an emergency physician who posted Islamophobic commentary on social media and two doctors who were paid to provide expert testimony in trials against a vaccine maker.”

cnn.com/2025/06/13/health/cdc-…

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in reply to Laffy

Here is a synopsis of the 8 newly appointed anti-vax members of the CDC ACIP advisory committee on vaccines..

More info in thread at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/11467017…


Here are the 8 new members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), who have replaced the 17 members fired on Monday by HHS Sec. RFK Jr.

As expected, many of them are anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers, who have made a living trashing vaccines and scientists, and peddling quack treatments.

Instead of the glowing official bio, let's read how epidemiologist Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, and others describe these people.

bsky.app/profile/elizabethjaco…
apnews.com/article/cdc-acip-va…
#Politics
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