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this is gonna sound crazy but have you considered helping herJust over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID. This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR. People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them.
- man if you think billionaires self-funding trips to space is a waste of resources just wait until you learn about the government
- Ok so I went to check out the Trump rally in Vegas. Even though we went early, we only made it to the additional overflow of the main outside overflow area. Despite that, thousands were singing, dancing and cheering. Haven't seen that many happy people in a long time...
- A few weeks ago in Paris we got last minute tickets to Palais Garnier, one of the most beautiful opera houses in the world. The show ended up being horrific- nearly naked men gyrating at children’s dolls, women screaming and humping pillows After an hour of this, I got ourOlympics, 2024. No, this is not satire.
- You do not hate California's government enough: - CA has the highest poverty rate at 13.2% of any state despite being the 4th largest economy in the world - This poverty, despite the state having an annual budget of ~$297 billion- the most significant state budget in the US -
- I love that the campaign aesthetic for the Democrats is sheer misery
00:00 - In 2021, two friends and I rented a car in Italy and used Book VI of Virgil’s Aeneid (written ~20BC) to locate Sybil’s Grotto, a network of caves by Lake Averna, where Aeneas sought guidance from the Priestess to cross the River Styx. We found the caves, some pics:
- Chemical imbalance was only a theory for depression causation yet presented as facts to simplify a narrative in order to prescribe SSRIs. Most of psychology and psychiatry is based on myths.
- this is a core Randian tenet but when it’s presented as an anime quote ppl like it
