Thank you for being more eloquent with your reply than I was able to be. That purity test comment made me see red. Where else are disenfranchised groups to go, but to the left? How can we be represented if the only place we can turn refuses to represent us?

To be fair, most Americans don’t pay any attention to Canadian politics (or any other country tbh). So Doug’s jacked up policies go in one ear and out the other because they very broadly don’t affect Americans.

I was speaking with an older lady about who could be as energizing for the left as Bernie for the next election, I said AOC and maybe Jasmine Crockett on the same ticket. (which is a pipe dream, I’m sure)

Anyway, she said Gavin Newsom, and didn’t believe me when I said he’s a centrist. And I couldn’t understand why she even felt he’s a leftist. He must have some good pr somewhere that I’m not looking lol

I have problems processing sensations, especially auditory and light. I tend to feel that nothing is worth my attention if it’s outside specific categories. I was walking much sooner than my peers, but refused to speak until after I was a toddler (this is when my little brother began speaking). I have extremely black and white thinking about everything. Eye contact is brutal. I’m very monotone, especially for someone afab. I get stuck on words and need to repeat them until they’ve become meaningless. I usually under-react to things. My life is guided by fear.

The one positive for trying to get my neurodivergance diagnosed is that I’m not actually autistic - I have ADHD and a few other disorders that made it look like I’m autistic.

Ahdh can be medicated, the other dx’s need therapy but I’m not as stuck as I thought would be.

I’m not saying autism is bad and that there isn’t help for it, just that I’ve been able to find help specifically for my issues after diagnosis

This already happened last time dipshit was president

https://apnews.com/article/us-news-montana-lawsuits-border-patrols-havre-aac33988efa73e11c6ffb3fd349a789d

Second opinions matter if you can swing them

Had a doc tell me I have a “mystery disease” four months before another at a larger specialty clinic gave me a tentative dx.

It sucks needing to travel for many reasons, but at least she has seen this issue before

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudiyah_rape_and_killings

I don’t see my plan on the tmo site, so I guess it’s grandfathered. I use about 80gb a month (often close to 100) and their highest tier pre-paid is the same price ($60/mo) and limits after 50gb.

Are you saying I should take those bibles from the Jackasses that stand in front of my university science building doors every semester? Maybe ask for the whole box? I wonder if bibles are recyclable lol

I don’t know if it can be fixed. Nearly everyone I know irl is refusing to watch the news and are instead burying their heads in sand, waiting till the next election. And these aren’t like Facebook zombies, they’re intelligent people with well developed critical thinking skills. The barrage of bad news made them shut everything out, and now they are shocked at the things that do slip through to them.

The friends that are planning to be safe spaces don’t have a single clue about opsec. It’s admirable they want to do that, but they’ve already been compromised and dont realize it

My post paid tmo plan is $60/mo. Why tf is a prepaid $60 too? Maybe I’m out of touch, but prepaid used to be like the most bare bones plans available

We can’t be giving homeless people free drinking water when there’s golf courses to maintain in the desert /s

It’s ridiculous how society treats homeless people like pests

Where the Red Fern Grows

I was a very sad child and that book gave me lots of excuses to be crying all the time xD

Right? The text service I use doesn’t allow video. Sometimes it won’t allow large photos either lol

There’s four justices over the age of 70 (one is Sotomayor). Not that age means much in regards to mortality when one has the resources that they do

https://montanafreepress.org/ https://mtstandard.com/

I also enjoy erininthemorning, just note that her wife is part of Montana state legislature and she’s labeled left-biased

There’s a growing split in the state between the old-school Republicans and MAGA right now. There have been a few MAGA bills aimed at lgbtq+ and environment that failed because the few old schoolers were convinced that those bills were against the state constitution, and the values like privacy and freedom that the magats claim to hold dear.

It’s honestly been really interesting to watch over the last year or two.

You’re right. Broken neck during delivery, caused by recessive force from the doctor.

Absolutely horrifying

I’m glad this was the ruling. But will it stand up to appeal? In the 80s federal funding for highways was withheld unless the state complied with the new minimum age for drinking alcohol.

Edit: it was only 10% of the allocated funds, so maybe there is a chance