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Last Notes npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Well that sounds completely healthy and not at all problematic… npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Next thing we know, she’s going to be demanding photos of Spider-man. #dog #DogsOfMastodon https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/116/371/938/171/950/540/original/95fa9cf1a911fa08.jpeg npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety OMG! "6,000 ants were brought in initially for the forest colony scenes, but they walked off before filming. Another 6,000 were brought in as a replacement, only for the original 6,000 to return." That is fantastic! npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Possibly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Fabre npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Christ did away with the old law. You can't be a Christian and follow the Old Testament laws. But then, most of these "Christians" probably would reject Christ as some woke hippy. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I can verify you don’t get the love you needed by being the “easy” child any more than by being the difficult one. Or at least that was my experience! npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety This is why I get so mad at my coworkers who are all "If you're not coding in your spare time, it means you don't really love it and aren't worth hiring!" (Well and the industry standard of that as well.) I actually do love coding, but I also love balance in my life. If I'm coding all the time, I'm not refreshing my brain in other ways. So annoying! npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety "Off-label." Gee, I don't want my patient to die from COVID or develop serious, long-term complications. How can I possibly prevent that? Certainly not the vaccine designed to do just that! That would be off-label! God damn this fucking country. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I mean, will it? They fly 9 flights because there's the demand for 9 flights. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Stress results in inflammation, and asthma is inflammation in the bronchial passages. Seems easy to explain to me... npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety For those of us with major depression, it’s easier to be wise than happy. https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/115/443/487/291/108/148/original/f482ec701ef97bae.jpeg npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety TBF, nobody was checking the reports for accuracy or biases before AI either... npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety My company is hiring software devs with #JavaScript knowledge, with some #PHP as a bonus. https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/banyansoftware/jobs/4916373007 #fedihire #jobs npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I didn’t watch because I couldn’t handle it if he said “what if anything” one more time. ;) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Probably. The Walshe case was already shaping up to be high profile, though, and the Birchmore case is ... well, let's just say ACAB and leave it at that. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety As a resident of MA, I'm pretty disgusted by most of the police involved. And the state troopers need a serious overhaul, but as usual are just hoping the furor will die down enough to let them not have to do anything. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety No, I couldn't stand it again after the first debacle. Especially as I'm in the minority who think she's guilty, but I also think the investigation was such a disaster that she should probably not be convicted, much as it galls me. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Interesting! I didn't follow it too closely. I do wonder what secrets died with Whitey when he got killed in prison. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Oof! My mom actually got called up for the Whitey Bulger trial, but she got in a bad bike accident just before, so she ended up getting excused. Which is probably good for her, since she is a lot more sensitive than I am. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety The only time I got a notice, the day my number was going to come up, they didn’t need any jurors. I assume it’ll come up for me again at some point. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety It's a really interesting experience. It makes me kinda want to serve on a jury, though I dunno if I'd make it past selection when they ask me what I think of police. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Looks lovely! Just let Summer know not to eat the cobs, however sorely she is tempted. My mom’s dog did that and was sad she had to go to the V E T. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Paywalled so I can't read the full thing, but given that I laughed out loud at some stuff in Poker Face recently, I don't think it's dead. I've heard plenty of good stand-up, too. So ... if there's a problem, I'm not seeing it. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety It's not the signs discouraging people getting help. It's the insurance companies' predatory practices. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Well and teaching requires so many hours and is super stressful and gets harder and harder, with more and more burdensome admin. A cousin taught for a year and gave up, in part so he and his wife could afford the IVF they needed. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Of course they don’t work. They’re used by people who are willing to let an entire group of people be treated as less-than-human. And while the current concentration camp plan is barbaric, the Dems are as complicit in maintaining the current busted immigration system that created this situation as the GOP is. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety It will also get people killed, especially minorities but also women, because it has the same biases baked in as people do. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I mean, it’s already close to that without cutting medicaid. The ER has become the primary care for the elderly. But they don’t care. They want us poor and scared and sick so we don’t make them give up the wealth they’re hoarding. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Not just for dementia, either. I was shocked to learn I’d have to hire a nurse, not a home health aid, to manage my mom’s tube feeds, and at rehab it’s the same thing, but I’m supposed to do it at home. But sure, let’s cut Medicaid and instead start another endless war. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I think it should also be a warning for the regular World Cup. The US is not a safe place to have major sporting events, or much else really. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Who doesn’t say hi to dogs? Why do we allow them in society? npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Or Zuckerberg could just actually go to therapy. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety My mom’s had a lot of anxiety since her surgery. I don’t really know how to help that. Especially when it keeps her from sleeping, which keeps me from sleeping. It’s definitely not an easy thing. Sending love to all three of you! npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I cannot stand the mockumentary format. It makes the cringe of sitcoms even worse. Ugh. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Like. Why the pushback? Prolonged grief disorder is NOT the same thing as grief. Yes, a lot of people have stupid ideas about grief, but most people don’t experience it as a disorder. It’s like there being a difference between being down for a few weeks and having major depressive disorder. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety My sis makes really good orange rolls, and she puts some of the orange zest in the icing as well, which helps carry the orange flavor. Maybe a similar approach to the raspberry could help? npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Horror in general is too much for me, whether gory or just tense. Heck, I can't even do medical dramas because of all the gore! npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I haven't watched the first one. No reason I'd watch a remake. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety It means we could sue Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerburg, so I bet it doesn't pass. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Except in the original they don't talk, so I feel like that one should be ok. But I think they may also have left out some because they didn't want to make people sad, like Old Yeller or Marley and Me or Where the Red Fern Grows. Some thoughts: * Sandy from Annie * Hercules from the Sandlot * Petey from Little Rascals * Einstein from Back to the Future And as we know, they're all good dogs :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I went with Toto but I feel like I must be forgetting a dog that would be my real choice. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety She has bed face on the morning. #dog #DogsOfMastodon https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/025/227/756/101/563/original/984ee9d557725dda.jpeg npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Took me a while to get used to the mask, but less time than I expected. I didn’t get the life-changing results some people do of suddenly having tons of energy, but I am even more of an exhausted wreck without it. Good luck! :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Man those fluffy legs! npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety That episode amuses me on many levels. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Earlier last week I was all “I need to remember her gotcha day,” and then I didn’t realize it was already the 20th! :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Oh hey it’s her gotcha day! #dog #DogsOfMastodon https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/113/863/453/819/713/123/original/e56b3c7082624d66.jpeg npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Side-eye. #dog #DogsOfMastodon https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/113/862/996/026/037/314/original/ba7a81540f3df36f.jpeg npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety 5/8. Been paying too much attention to the news. No wonder I am exhausted. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I mean, have you been on FB recently? It’s already enshittified. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety That sounds like BS to me. I trust the people doing the work of teaching a lot more than I do anybody researching teaching, especially when they talk about the cost of education. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Never liked it. If I wanted to watch people being toxic to each other, I wouldn't have gone no contact with most of my extended family. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety But other studies have shown that cannabis use by teens has significantly decreased in the last decade. The article doesn’t mention that, which makes it feel more fear-monger-y than a useful warning that those teens who do try it are more likely to get more than they bargained for. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety The way the scruff was over only one eye this morning was super adorable! #dog #DogsOfMastodon https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/113/726/824/128/834/150/original/d7361d8ceca8d99e.jpeg npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Oh my gosh he's so freaking adorable!!! npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence while profiting from slavery. Washington led the country in war and peace, all while profiting from slavery. Many of those who wrote and fought for their own rights vehemently denied those rights to Black people. If we can't acknowledge these aspects of our history, how can we understand how the current systems continue the oppression that grew from those historical practices and thoughts? npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety The point isn't that she was racist so women shouldn't have the vote. It's that we continue as a nation to erase the racism of important historical (and current) figures, and that this erasure is part of the system that continues to oppress and victimize Black Americans. White people don't need to renounce our own rights to ensure those rights are also extended to all, including and especially to Black Americans, who have been denied them for centuries. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety 5/9. Coulda gotten one more but I voted for what I wanted to be true rather than what I thought would be true. Ah well. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety *sad sigh* Three women and none in the main list. Alas. Also I don't particularly care for most of the main list. I'd probably say Robert Zemeckis from the honorable mentions because I like 3/4s of the listed movies. I would also argue Rian Johnson's list should include Knives Out and Glass Onion, but maybe he's gonna end up with two entries as well! npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I highly recommend fire. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety This is a wise approach. And it's why women choose the bear. At least you know the bear is gonna be a bear. You never know what sort of guy you're going to get. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Daisy is on alert. You can tell by the ear lobe configuration. #dog #DogsOfMastodon https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/113/136/369/416/142/007/original/72fea25f50893ad9.jpeg npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Unfortunately the more I get right in news quizzes, the worse my mental health tends to me. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Yeah, I've got maybe one Republican I haven't blocked or unfollowed, and she isn't very political, but I admit I've gotten into it in her comments with some of the more outspoken people. I shouldn't waste my time, but she otherwise posts cool stuff, so I keep following her. Self-inflicting that wound :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Oh no I got 6/8. Been paying too much attention to the news! :D npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I would be soooo tempted to reply in a snippy way. I finally blocked my Q-head sister-in-law. We were never close, and I later found out she cheated on my bro, so I don't feel particularly bad. MAGA is bad enough, but full on Qanon is more than I can handle. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety wooooooweeeeeee npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Wow, often images of non-European animals by European artists of that time are nowhere near as accurate as this! I'm impressed. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I believe she has a PhD in it, but not sure how much it focused on the issues of the US Black culture which created the dance form, nor the oppression and cultural appropriation Black people face in the US, so she may have been ignorant of how her approach might have been seen as mocking the dance form and culture, rather than trying to do something unique in it. There’s a convo to be had about breaking on the world stage, but I don’t know enough to have it. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I keep reading about it because I just don't get what she was thinking. Best I can tell she knew she couldn't win going head-to-head on the usual breaking moves and decided to try something different. But she hasn't been clear saying that, so it makes me wonder if I'm right or not. To a large extent I don't feel I'm qualified to comment, since before these Olympics, I haven't really thought about breaking since the 90s. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety This pie is causing flooding in Massachusetts. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Work fell apart. I considered quitting. It’s not actually that bad, but it was painful. At least my #dog is cute. #DogsOfMastodon https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/112/929/864/429/211/998/original/64092525926f5039.jpeg npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety When the boss says it’s time to be done working. #dog #DogsOfMastodon https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/112/691/033/673/116/980/original/c5e6ec101b9326ef.jpeg npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety The article I found pointed out that a more conservative approach to new situations can have survival implications, since not everything out there is safe, especially historically. That's my approach to, say, a gathering of a lot of people. Lots of anxiety. But it doesn't influence my politics, except maybe that I'm not fully trusting of the gov without proper oversight, which maybe keeps me closer to the center than I would be without that? Dunno. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I wonder about this, because I have an anxiety disordered and also have a fair amount of fear, but I direct it at, ya know, the people and organizations actually doing harm. So I feel like this is maybe more correlation than causation. Either that or I'm just a weird exception, and this wouldn't the first time. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety (Even some of the complaints on the left, but there are more legit complaints there imo.) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety The idea he is the successful head of a crime family? A lie. The idea he is a doddering old fool? Also a lie. There's stuff to be concerned about with Dem policy. It's not uncommon for governmental action to produce exactly the opposite effect. And there are certainly those who abuse welfare systems. (Look at all the people who abused the pandemic loans!) But the stuff I've heard people on the right say about Biden are all lies. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety So they are susceptible to a combination of ego flattery (Yes, you're the successful ones because you work hard) and blame-shifting (But it could be even better if we didn't have these migrants and the like) to keep them from making the changes that would improve their lot even more. A lot of what they're angry at Biden for are outright lies. The "open border" is a lie. The idea that Biden wants to take your guns, or your burgers, or your money? All a lie. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety They have bought into the Gospel of Prosperity, that if you have wealth it's because you deserve it and if you're poor, you deserve that too. It's helped a lot by the sort of unconscious racism that runs throughout much of America. They have never had to confront their biases, because they don't interact with minorities much. They don't get their world view challenged much. So they are less comfortable with changing their opinions on something. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I'll be honest I don't interact with a lot of rural people, but I know that they are not all Republicans and don't all hate Biden. The people I interact with most are suburbanites who think they got everything they have through hard work, rather than the ability to build generational wealth and benefits like the GI Bill that kicked off their grandparents' transition to knowledge work. They don't see a lot of diversity, and they associate it with crime. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Except Biden has forgiven tons of student loan debt, improved green energy availability, gone after monopolies, and a bunch more stuff. It’s not the dems that are stopping progress. Even Biden, who in other countries would be considered on the right, is pushing for better conditions for Americans, even against corporate interests. But none of this is easy to reduce to fit on a hat. npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I almost went for Last Crusade but instead picked Jurassic Park because it doesn’t have a long back-story. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety Huh. Not having kids, I’m clearly not in touch with the yoots. :) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety I agree the curriculum needs to be updated, but are many schools even in session still? (At least in places not like Utah with it’s awful “year-round” system.) npub1ptxzpxjzzntvryf48vhs6yjeaguuy28ef05jxzkytgp2cp06aepszd5cmq Queen of Anxiety One tool I’ve found that helps is hiding boosts from accounts that frequently boost political stuff, especially stuff my filters don’t catch. Often, it seems those accounts don’t tend to post their own thoughts on political issues as much as boost the thoughts of others. When I find I’m seeing too much politics, I’ll go through a round of boost-hiding, and it helps a lot.