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🧵 Tweet Thread: Observations from a Visit to Fredericton Legislature
1/ Today, I visited @Gov_NB legislature to witness our democracy in action. It was a unique experience that I highly recommend to everyone. Here are my observations:
1/ Today, I visited @Gov_NB legislature to witness our democracy in action. It was a unique experience that I highly recommend to everyone. Here are my observations:
2/ The presence of prayer in the house caught my attention. In a diverse province, it raises questions about how we decide who to worship. Many municipalities have stopped this practice. The behavior changed significantly once the Lord's Prayer concluded.
3/ There's a lot of jeering, talking over each other, and theatrics in the legislature. It is a common occurrence among most parties, although some are more aggressive. This performative behavior is geared toward the cameras.
1/9 Exciting work from Simona Nitti and colleagues... good news for #space #weather forecasting/predictions and correlated #disaster #preparedness, #bioterrorism, #pandemic preparedness, #power #outages, #cybersecurity, etc.
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#heliobiology
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#heliobiology
2/9 "#Coronal #holes (#CHs) are the source of #high-#speed #streams (#HSSs) in the #solar #wind, whose interaction with the slow solar wind creates #corotating #interaction #regions (#CIRs) in the #heliosphere."
3/9 "Whenever the CIRs hit the #Earth, they can cause #geomagnetic #storms. We develop a method to predict the strength of CIR/HSS-driven geomagnetic storms directly from #solar #observations using the CH areas and associated #magnetic #field #polarity."
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Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium (Dialogues of the Applied Complexity Network)
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#ComplexityEconomics #SantaFeInstitute #proceedings #book
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#ComplexityEconomics #SantaFeInstitute #proceedings #book
I Have Come to Bury Ayn Rand
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#individualism #EvolutionaryBiology #socialization #competition #cooperation
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#individualism #EvolutionaryBiology #socialization #competition #cooperation
I don't even know where to begin with this; but let's just start with false equivalence, shall we?
When Newton identified gravity, he was *shunned* by the Catholic Church. Notwithstanding the fact that Newton was a Christian.
In fact the church 👇
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When Newton identified gravity, he was *shunned* by the Catholic Church. Notwithstanding the fact that Newton was a Christian.
In fact the church 👇
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shunned *anything* scientific. A struggle that continues, in some fronts, even to this day. (Ask the Evangelicals about the creation of earth. LOL.)
So the true statement would be that Yoga is as Hindu as the Adam & Eve story is Christian!
How can @SadhguruJV or anyone
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So the true statement would be that Yoga is as Hindu as the Adam & Eve story is Christian!
How can @SadhguruJV or anyone
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deny Yoga its Hindu roots? By cutting of its Hinduness (or Hindutva!), you are essentially denying it, its soul. And not only that, you are facilitating the billion-$$$ Yoga-industrial-complex that runs on the very basis that Yoga is non-Hindu.
And if your aim behind
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And if your aim behind
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Observations. #371.
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BIGOTRY OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS
#WokeStapo: Listen ye Hindus, you cannot celebrate Navratri unless there are 0 crimes reported against women in India.
Hindus: But.. but that's impossible! No country has that stat!
#W: 💅
H: 👀
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BIGOTRY OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS
#WokeStapo: Listen ye Hindus, you cannot celebrate Navratri unless there are 0 crimes reported against women in India.
Hindus: But.. but that's impossible! No country has that stat!
#W: 💅
H: 👀
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Observations. #222.
"SPREADING BRANCHES"
A false allegation made against NRIs like me is that if we really loved our roots, how come we are not living in India? How come we gave up our citizenships & adopted foreign lands.🤠
The aim of this statement is to delegitimize our
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"SPREADING BRANCHES"
A false allegation made against NRIs like me is that if we really loved our roots, how come we are not living in India? How come we gave up our citizenships & adopted foreign lands.🤠
The aim of this statement is to delegitimize our
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claims to our roots. Honestly, it's cruel.🥺
Two kinds of people do this:
a. Fellow Dindu / Abrahamic NRIs who envy our unabashed love for our culture & traditions. It pricks at their low self-esteem issues which urge them to be more like their white counterparts - at which
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Two kinds of people do this:
a. Fellow Dindu / Abrahamic NRIs who envy our unabashed love for our culture & traditions. It pricks at their low self-esteem issues which urge them to be more like their white counterparts - at which
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they fail spectacularly; obviously, 'cuz they ain't white. LOL.🤦♀️
b. Indians who had aspirations to immigrate but couldn't due to a whole host of reasons. It pricks at their perceived inabilities / shortcomings. So the green monster of jealousy rears its ugly head.🙄
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b. Indians who had aspirations to immigrate but couldn't due to a whole host of reasons. It pricks at their perceived inabilities / shortcomings. So the green monster of jealousy rears its ugly head.🙄
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Observations. #578.
"DOORMAT'S DESTINY"
Some people say ground-level activism is required. I am not disputing; but I contend that that may not be *necessary* if people start speaking up within their own social groups.
Hear me out.
Today, if someone says something anti-Hindu 1/n
"DOORMAT'S DESTINY"
Some people say ground-level activism is required. I am not disputing; but I contend that that may not be *necessary* if people start speaking up within their own social groups.
Hear me out.
Today, if someone says something anti-Hindu 1/n
most Hindus will:
a. Concur to look liberal / "cool"
b. Even worse, provide their own additional examples of "Hinduism-gone-bad" - again to look liberal / "cool."
c. Ignore
d. Pretend to be deaf
(c & d to be non-confrontational).
Only 1/10 Hindus will speak up & defend 2/n
a. Concur to look liberal / "cool"
b. Even worse, provide their own additional examples of "Hinduism-gone-bad" - again to look liberal / "cool."
c. Ignore
d. Pretend to be deaf
(c & d to be non-confrontational).
Only 1/10 Hindus will speak up & defend 2/n
So now imagine if all 10 spoke up. Heck, imagine if 6 spoke up. WHOA.
Right?
Right.
Then people won't do stupid shit either. There will be no need to march.
Until then, they'll keep wiping their crap on you - a doormat.
THE END.
#Observations
Right?
Right.
Then people won't do stupid shit either. There will be no need to march.
Until then, they'll keep wiping their crap on you - a doormat.
THE END.
#Observations
Observations. # 45.
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"THE GODS LOOK BLUER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE!"
In the west, you hear of all the Abrahamic faiths. Of the eastern religions, you hear of Buddhism, Sikhism, even Jainism, but Hinduism falls by the wayside. People know Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda...
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"THE GODS LOOK BLUER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE!"
In the west, you hear of all the Abrahamic faiths. Of the eastern religions, you hear of Buddhism, Sikhism, even Jainism, but Hinduism falls by the wayside. People know Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda...
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but not Hinduism. Why?
The truth is that when your context is Abrahamic, you will only give credence to the "one god" of the "one book" or the "one guru" faiths. Anything that deviates from that footprint, seems strange, weird, odd - in short PAGAN.
So, at best, it's
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but not Hinduism. Why?
The truth is that when your context is Abrahamic, you will only give credence to the "one god" of the "one book" or the "one guru" faiths. Anything that deviates from that footprint, seems strange, weird, odd - in short PAGAN.
So, at best, it's
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bound to be mocked, at worst - annihilated (culturally, linguistically...).
That's why Yoga is appropriated without giving credit to its source (Hinduism).
That's why folks talk of Ayurveda, but there's no mention of its Hindu roots.
So?
So the onus is on us.
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bound to be mocked, at worst - annihilated (culturally, linguistically...).
That's why Yoga is appropriated without giving credit to its source (Hinduism).
That's why folks talk of Ayurveda, but there's no mention of its Hindu roots.
So?
So the onus is on us.
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Observations. #345.
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"Sabarimala 2.0?"😩
I support gay marriages (or any kinda marriage between consenting adults) & I really think the government should stay out of people's bedrooms.
OK, having gotten the notes out of the way, this may be controversial but will say it..
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"Sabarimala 2.0?"😩
I support gay marriages (or any kinda marriage between consenting adults) & I really think the government should stay out of people's bedrooms.
OK, having gotten the notes out of the way, this may be controversial but will say it..
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why is only the Hindu marriage act only being modified? Why not others? Actually, I take that back. In a SECULAR (that word!) nation why is the government being invited to interfere in the matters of faith (HINDU only)? Isn't this Sabrimala all over again?🥺
I am OK if the +
why is only the Hindu marriage act only being modified? Why not others? Actually, I take that back. In a SECULAR (that word!) nation why is the government being invited to interfere in the matters of faith (HINDU only)? Isn't this Sabrimala all over again?🥺
I am OK if the +
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Hindu scriptures support same-sex marriages. Or even if the Hindu community approves it (& I am for approving it).
BUT why is GoI being pulled into Hindu issues???
This is called self-goal.
GoI should NOT interfere in Hindu matters. Don't let them develop these bad habits +
Hindu scriptures support same-sex marriages. Or even if the Hindu community approves it (& I am for approving it).
BUT why is GoI being pulled into Hindu issues???
This is called self-goal.
GoI should NOT interfere in Hindu matters. Don't let them develop these bad habits +
Observations. # 89.
EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY OFFENDERS. NOT.
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When Christmas rolls around I celebrate it. Yes, I have "secularized" it; however, I recognize that it's a Christian festival & my putting up a tree is more for the decor of the season + I love gifts 😎
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EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY OFFENDERS. NOT.
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When Christmas rolls around I celebrate it. Yes, I have "secularized" it; however, I recognize that it's a Christian festival & my putting up a tree is more for the decor of the season + I love gifts 😎
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(even though I bought them!). I don't shit on the festival by discussing cultural appropriation or decimation of native cultures or the pedophilia scandal in the Catholic church.
Why can't Hindus & non-Hindus let at least one freakin' Hindu festival go by without making
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(even though I bought them!). I don't shit on the festival by discussing cultural appropriation or decimation of native cultures or the pedophilia scandal in the Catholic church.
Why can't Hindus & non-Hindus let at least one freakin' Hindu festival go by without making
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an anti-Hindu statement??? Why?
Remember how Audrey Truschke was planning "Holi against Hindutva" at Rutgers?
Then how PETA tried to make the festival of Rakhi an issue?
Now this issue with Onam being called a *non* Hindu festival?
And how many of us receive messages
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an anti-Hindu statement??? Why?
Remember how Audrey Truschke was planning "Holi against Hindutva" at Rutgers?
Then how PETA tried to make the festival of Rakhi an issue?
Now this issue with Onam being called a *non* Hindu festival?
And how many of us receive messages
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Personal Stories. # 18.
"Ganga" Or "What Shashi Tharoor wants to Steal from us"
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The other day my son was driving me to a friend's house when we passed by a cemetery. Actually, we drove thru it - the gravestone were on both sides of the road.
"So, your thing is to be
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"Ganga" Or "What Shashi Tharoor wants to Steal from us"
1/n.
The other day my son was driving me to a friend's house when we passed by a cemetery. Actually, we drove thru it - the gravestone were on both sides of the road.
"So, your thing is to be
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2/n
is to be cremated, right?"
"Our thing," I corrected him.
Son: 😁
Me: Do me a favor, when I die, throw my ashes in the Ganga.
S: Really? You want me to do that? I thought it wasn't mandatory.
M: It isn't... but dunno why I feel like that these days.
S: Hmm.
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is to be cremated, right?"
"Our thing," I corrected him.
Son: 😁
Me: Do me a favor, when I die, throw my ashes in the Ganga.
S: Really? You want me to do that? I thought it wasn't mandatory.
M: It isn't... but dunno why I feel like that these days.
S: Hmm.
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#Observations
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M: So you'll have to shave your head & then-
S: Wait! Whaat? Dude. I ain't doing that.
M: WTH.
S: Could I outsource it to my kid?
M: No! WTH.🤬
S: But-
M: MaineTujheNauMahinePaalPosKeBadhaKiya
S: Like, seriously?
M: 😎💕
S:😏
Freakin' Shashi Tharoor.
THE END.
M: So you'll have to shave your head & then-
S: Wait! Whaat? Dude. I ain't doing that.
M: WTH.
S: Could I outsource it to my kid?
M: No! WTH.🤬
S: But-
M: MaineTujheNauMahinePaalPosKeBadhaKiya
S: Like, seriously?
M: 😎💕
S:😏
Freakin' Shashi Tharoor.
THE END.
Observations. #25.
"WTF - 2nd-class religion."
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WTF.
In US, despite being a truly secular nation, due to its Judaeo-Christian roots, every Presidential candidate affirms his / her Christian identity. Par for course.
I don't even have to discuss Islamic countries.
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"WTF - 2nd-class religion."
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WTF.
In US, despite being a truly secular nation, due to its Judaeo-Christian roots, every Presidential candidate affirms his / her Christian identity. Par for course.
I don't even have to discuss Islamic countries.
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FFS, we know what happened with the Hagia Sophia in Turkey. Plus the Hindu temple construction that was stopped in Islamabad.
And these people have an issue with this??? Also, can multiple work-streams not be tackled by GoI? +
FFS, we know what happened with the Hagia Sophia in Turkey. Plus the Hindu temple construction that was stopped in Islamabad.
And these people have an issue with this??? Also, can multiple work-streams not be tackled by GoI? +
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Isn't that what *every* government does?
Why is it that Hindu issues are always expected to take
a back-seat? Are Hindus 2nd-class citizens or has the religion been relegated to that status?
THE END.
#Observations
Isn't that what *every* government does?
Why is it that Hindu issues are always expected to take
a back-seat? Are Hindus 2nd-class citizens or has the religion been relegated to that status?
THE END.
#Observations
Observations. #62.
Do re me fa...
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Songs have such an influence on all of us - whether Hindi cinema or regional cinema. A tweet from a few days ago set me thinking about the songs that have left a deep impression on me from a Hindu perspective.
Here are a few...
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Do re me fa...
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Songs have such an influence on all of us - whether Hindi cinema or regional cinema. A tweet from a few days ago set me thinking about the songs that have left a deep impression on me from a Hindu perspective.
Here are a few...
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Right off the bat, Deva Sri Ganesha from Agneepath. The rousing beats, the crescendo.. this song just does something. Your heart starts thumping. Even if you are not a Maharashtrian, when you listen to it, the Marathi manoos in you wakes up!😀🙏😊💕👌
Right off the bat, Deva Sri Ganesha from Agneepath. The rousing beats, the crescendo.. this song just does something. Your heart starts thumping. Even if you are not a Maharashtrian, when you listen to it, the Marathi manoos in you wakes up!😀🙏😊💕👌
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This shortened version of Aigiri Nandini from the Telugu movie Saptapadi was the first time I realized what power Sanskrit could have on one + that "traditional" music is not boring, it grabs you. Commands attention.
+ helps that the movie was 👌
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This shortened version of Aigiri Nandini from the Telugu movie Saptapadi was the first time I realized what power Sanskrit could have on one + that "traditional" music is not boring, it grabs you. Commands attention.
+ helps that the movie was 👌
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Observations. #1947.
"English-Vinglish"
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I am going to say something uncomfortable... but I think one of the reasons Modiji gets hate from the leftists is his thick accent while speaking in English.
English-speaking has such a hold on Desi mindset despite the years since +
"English-Vinglish"
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I am going to say something uncomfortable... but I think one of the reasons Modiji gets hate from the leftists is his thick accent while speaking in English.
English-speaking has such a hold on Desi mindset despite the years since +
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independence - it's amazing!
Sharing one of the BEST poems I've read that captures this angst that many in the Indian sub-continent carry with regards to this language. It's called
"COPULATION IN ENGLISH".😃 - Mohja Kahf (Pakistani, I think.) +
independence - it's amazing!
Sharing one of the BEST poems I've read that captures this angst that many in the Indian sub-continent carry with regards to this language. It's called
"COPULATION IN ENGLISH".😃 - Mohja Kahf (Pakistani, I think.) +
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Observations. #567.
"The same side of two different coins"
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I would actually call it REAL vs. REAL - on either side of the border.
I know these are broad brushstrokes. Exceptions exist on either sides. But the truth is: "extremist liberal" Hindus do think like this ("REEL")+
"The same side of two different coins"
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I would actually call it REAL vs. REAL - on either side of the border.
I know these are broad brushstrokes. Exceptions exist on either sides. But the truth is: "extremist liberal" Hindus do think like this ("REEL")+
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& extremists in PAK do think like that ("REAL").
The Ind "liberals" want rest of the Junta to follow "REEL".
And most Hindus, even RW (angry, but mostly conciliatory in practice), are indeed like this .
Similarly the PAK extremists want rest of the Junta to follow +
& extremists in PAK do think like that ("REAL").
The Ind "liberals" want rest of the Junta to follow "REEL".
And most Hindus, even RW (angry, but mostly conciliatory in practice), are indeed like this .
Similarly the PAK extremists want rest of the Junta to follow +
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"REAL". Which most "normal folks" also do, though in a passive language; & mistrust for India / Hindus is commonplace even for liberal LW in PAK.
So the point is that either extremes are bad & that, more importantly, both these extremes
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"REAL". Which most "normal folks" also do, though in a passive language; & mistrust for India / Hindus is commonplace even for liberal LW in PAK.
So the point is that either extremes are bad & that, more importantly, both these extremes
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Observations. #90.
"Great Expectations"
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Parents of sons (especially mothers) are often passive-aggressively told that boys need to be taught to respect girls/women. I get it. I agree.
Unless we change boys, society cannot change. However, for society to change, girls +
"Great Expectations"
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Parents of sons (especially mothers) are often passive-aggressively told that boys need to be taught to respect girls/women. I get it. I agree.
Unless we change boys, society cannot change. However, for society to change, girls +
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need to change too. So here's my question to society: how about girls be taught to respect themselves? To know not to seek validation in a boy/man & put up with all kinds of nonsense in the hope that the caterpillar turns into a knight in shining armor? Jeez. Relax. +
need to change too. So here's my question to society: how about girls be taught to respect themselves? To know not to seek validation in a boy/man & put up with all kinds of nonsense in the hope that the caterpillar turns into a knight in shining armor? Jeez. Relax. +
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He's just a boy. The duffer is just as clule-less as you are. Stop hoping he will solve all your problems. How about teaching your girls that if he treats you like crap, you dump his sorry ass instead of blaming the world: "he's such a spoilt mama's boy... +
He's just a boy. The duffer is just as clule-less as you are. Stop hoping he will solve all your problems. How about teaching your girls that if he treats you like crap, you dump his sorry ass instead of blaming the world: "he's such a spoilt mama's boy... +
It’s #Monday, I’m boozing it up at a 4 seat bar, the #barkeep is a long pourer, and I’m all fucking set if I get something stuck between my teeth.👇🙃 #RandomThoughts #drinking #OutAndAbout
Shooting the shit with a friend, she’s proud to be doing well with her plants - unusual for her.
The key was a #video explaining the benefits of pruning.
She needs REASONS. She got them.
Apparently, pruning in a particular manner stimulates growth hormones.
#RandomThoughts
The key was a #video explaining the benefits of pruning.
She needs REASONS. She got them.
Apparently, pruning in a particular manner stimulates growth hormones.
#RandomThoughts
Of course, this led to me initiating a discussion about the #movie I just watched on Hulu, called “The German Doctor.”
The main character was Josef Mengele. #ThisHappened
People, this is why I’m known in my circles as “The Black Hole Of Conversation.” SMTH
#RandomThoughts
The main character was Josef Mengele. #ThisHappened
People, this is why I’m known in my circles as “The Black Hole Of Conversation.” SMTH
#RandomThoughts
#observations after @YoastCon
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The ordeal that brought forth my #renaissance climaxed almost exactly 10 yrs ago (late Jan 2009). Reclaiming myself (=healing) took about 8 years. Full destruction was necessary for rebirth. Once healed, I began rebuilding: myself ...
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The ordeal that brought forth my #renaissance climaxed almost exactly 10 yrs ago (late Jan 2009). Reclaiming myself (=healing) took about 8 years. Full destruction was necessary for rebirth. Once healed, I began rebuilding: myself ...
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... my self esteem, my business, my brand.
Because of how life is, I basically had to do this on my own, with no true financial support from a partner or a family.
I was, though, emotionally and affectionately supported by a small crew of friends ...
... my self esteem, my business, my brand.
Because of how life is, I basically had to do this on my own, with no true financial support from a partner or a family.
I was, though, emotionally and affectionately supported by a small crew of friends ...
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In this process, I encountered and fell in love with the #WordPress #Community at what I discover over and over having been a magical nexus: #WCEU2016 in Vienna.
A relationship that gets rocky at times (as most do) but that also manages to always offer inspiration ...
In this process, I encountered and fell in love with the #WordPress #Community at what I discover over and over having been a magical nexus: #WCEU2016 in Vienna.
A relationship that gets rocky at times (as most do) but that also manages to always offer inspiration ...
#OBSERVATIONS: A few thoughts in reflecting on the Trump legal team letter that argues the President is above the law.
1. TRUMP'S LAWYERS BASICALLY CONCEDE HE OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE.
They aren't saying he didn't obstruct. They're saying because he's the President, it's not a crime.
1. TRUMP'S LAWYERS BASICALLY CONCEDE HE OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE.
They aren't saying he didn't obstruct. They're saying because he's the President, it's not a crime.
2. TRUMP'S TEAM LEAKED THE LETTER, DESPITE TRUMP ACCUSING MUELLER'S TEAM OF THE LEAK.
Trump tweeted this week that he doesn’t have time to focus on the Russia investigation b/c he's so busy president-ing...
WHICH IS THE SAME ARGUMENT MADE IN THE LETTER.
Trump tweeted this week that he doesn’t have time to focus on the Russia investigation b/c he's so busy president-ing...
WHICH IS THE SAME ARGUMENT MADE IN THE LETTER.
Here's Trump accusing Mueller's team of leaking...
We know the Special Counsel doesn't leak.
It's NOT A COINCIDENCE that the claims in the letter mirror Trump's tweets this week. Once again, just like the #49Questions by Sekulow, it's from Trump's side.
We know the Special Counsel doesn't leak.
It's NOT A COINCIDENCE that the claims in the letter mirror Trump's tweets this week. Once again, just like the #49Questions by Sekulow, it's from Trump's side.
