in the ghoul-haunted woodlands of Weir

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

This is America. Because some I literally had to dig to find out their stories and what happened. Different deaths and causes but.. the media coverage has been minimal on all of them including the hangings While we hear about 47 and foolishness daily. Their lives mattered. Our lives still matter. Celebrate 4th of what?? Not every story becomes a national headline. Some of these individuals died in police encounters. Some were reported as suicides. Some died under tragic or still questioned circumstances. Some cases received brief local coverage and then faded from the public conversation. Regardless of how they died, every one of them was a human being with a family, dreams, and people who loved them. We don’t have to compare tragedies to acknowledge a painful truth: too many lives are lost without sustained attention, accountability, or remembrance. May we honor them by saying their names, seeking truth over speculation, and refusing to let compassion be selective. ~Gwendolyn

"Tonea Miller, a 27-year-old Black woman, was found lynched from a tree after traveling to Miami, to celebrate Juneteenth, the annual June 19 holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans." Dade County Sheriff concluded her death was suicide! What Black woman would travel to Miami to celebrate Juneteenth, go to a wooded area and tie a heavy rope on a tree, climb the tree and place the noose around her neck and unalive herself?!

2) any vegetable is better than no vegetable

"Oh I don't normally use AI, I just wanted it to plan my trip"

You lived on this planet for decades, you know what you like, there are hundreds of websites where you can type into any search engine " things to do in [area]" and have at least a hundred different options.

"Oh I only use it so I can figure out what to make during the week with what I have"

The most popular website as you type in "recipes" into google have sections where you click dinner- quick and easy and those usually rely on staples + 1 or 2 items. I found 30 recipes on chicken alone.

"I had a writing idea, so I typed a few sentences into Chat GPT and I was able to write 20 pages with it."

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

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person : hey i used to be a bigot/abuser but i made active efforts to be a better person and i'm now not that person anymore

comments : ok do you want a pat on the back for the bare fucking minimum. fuck you. evil irredeemable person

like you realize that people can be raised into harmful ideologies and not question them until later in life and that it takes introspection and active efforts to understand your harmful actions and make change to your behavior right

even if its later in life.