The English are so deliciously petty and I’m a bit jealous. The Led By Donkeys Twitter account is impressive.

I’ve been out of town with some family friends and the pet topic is AOC and her insistence we take underwater trains to Australia. Which...okay. Fox has these people warped. I knew AOC hate was real, but two of these, er, older gentlemen smugly proclaimed how “dumb” she is.

I think it’s both. It’s also an insane fucking thing to lie about. “CNN says I’m 73, fake news. I’m the youngest person running for president.” And his lunatic base just slowly nods in agreement.

One of my good friends with EDS put their neck out over the sofa edge and was in the hospital for weeks. They are constantly popping their shoulder back in, no big deal.

Yes, I believe it’s a typical response. I’ve been more physically isolated than usual recently. I’ll look at my phone in the evening and realize no one has texted all day. My friends have jobs and family and all that, but I don’t know what I did to deserve being abandoned. You’re right...I don’t know if it’s an…

I’m unable to be real because contractors for giant corporations are very replaceable. I wish I could.

Any benzo will fuck up your memory and for me, it’s highly addicting. I’m honest with my doctor because he’s great, but most people don’t seem to have that relationship.

Depakote. I’ve always thought of that of a medication for in-patient care or highly agitated people with schizophrenia, but maybe 20 years ago there weren’t many choices. I’m surprised you could even drive, if you did so. College would have been out of the question for me.

A friend from college was really taken aback because I used to remember everyone’s birthday and small details and encounters with most people.

Sometimes I want to run my mouth (because anxiety) and mention my time on the inside to people who really don’t need to hear that. I have some weird stories I like sharing, though.

Wow. All of this resonates. A newer mood stabilizing medication gave me seizures and expressive aphasia, so after a year and a half I’m still getting words back. I’m bipolar as well. The meds kinda zap your creativity and memory, depending on what they are, so I’m amazed you’re writing a novel.

A friend says “they must have run out of good drag queens after so many seasons.” The producers and RuPaul herself are trying way too hard for manufactured drama. I think Silky is a terrible person but the crew loves her, terrible padding and all.

Thank you so much for this! I thought all Lumbee were born in eastern NC.

Yes. In fact, Lumbee Natives are the only Natives I’ve actually met, and I live in western NC. I had an overnight contract at Target during the recession, and met a lady who had been doing hard labor all her life and still wasn’t making it. I’m very disappointed in our state and nation. (Well, perpetually, but…

He’s never broken a sweat screwing over minorities, but this makes a lot of sense. When he whined it was “unfair” I knew it had to be unfair to white people somehow.

I’m glad that Nick covered this, because I saw the tweet this morning and then Googled the bill and was still confused. The state vs. federal recognition thing is trash. Cherokees are the only Natives federally recognized in North Carolina, but I think there are eight nations at the state level.

Your brother is awesome and I feel the same about my brother. He’s not suffering from polio or deaf from measles. He’s a good guy with a part-time job and a moral compass.

Trevor Noah was clowning on him for having a Capital One account. That’s the credit card I had when I had less than $1k in my checking account and the worst credit ever. I don’t know if they do serious business and I could be wrong, but it just doesn’t seem like a bank for rich people.

We had to take my brother to Duke University (bleh) to figure out what his deal was. He was a very angry little boy, born in 1986. Any kid who acted up back then was ADHD, but it turned out he’s autistic/was diagnosed with Asperger’s. He’s pretty chill now, loving in his way and pretty weird, but for anti-vaxx people t…

Nothing alarms me more than the young age these children are. To be so young and to contemplate suicide is mind blowing. Gabriel Taye was EIGHT when he hanged himself with one of his own adorable neck ties. McKenzie Nicole Adams was EIGHT. It’s hard to process what deplorable racism these little children experienced.