This reminds me of something I saw last week. 🧵

https://twitter.com/meidastouch/status/1656041226884337665

I had the privilege of seeing an exhibit by Hoard Couture, and this piece in particular stood out to me.

If you're as enraged about the anti LBGTQ+ bills being presented in the @FLSenate and @MyFloridaHouse, this 🧵 is for you. I'm not naming names, but the legislator I just texted with told me our best plan of action: "BLAST THE F*CK OUT OF THEM."

Let's do this.

1/17 Disclaimer: I am not in "the process" or even remotely an expert. I am a pissed off mom with a keyboard. I may have terms wrong. I'm doing the best I can to gather information here that you can use. 2/17

Ya girl has the ‘rona, fam. Started feeling bad late Tuesday, negative rapid on Wednesday, got my positive PCR back just now. I already feel better. More than ever, I am SO THANKFUL TO BE VACCINATED 💙 Of course, Aaron is in the full-on fever stage. Hopefully this will pass for him quickly, too. And the (fully vaxxed) child is symptom free. (Thank goodness!)

S/o to the kid sitting in front of me at the @FSUFootball game that just chanted “Let’s go Brandon” and thought I wouldn’t call him out on his bullshit. #ThanksBrandon I’m so mad that I’m so mad about this. I’m not going to change this kid’s mind. But he’s chanting “Let’s go, Brandon” while you men are on the field pledging to join our military. Are you a “patriot” or not?

I am SO ANGRY about the misinformation being spread about COVID. I didn't realize just how angry I was until I watched a local teacher die (via social media) over the past few weeks 1/9

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1437758767421181957

A 40 yo elementary PE coach. Surprise, surprise, he wasn't vaccinated. His wife and friends spent weeks asking people to pray for a miracle and encouraged people to form a relationship with Jesus if they didn't have one already. NOT ONCE did they mention getting vaccinated 2/9

For every time we tweet about #CancunCruz today, let’s also donate to the efforts to take care of the Texans he’s neglecting. I’ll add some options below. Great list here wellandgood.com/texas-winter-s…

I need to tell you guys something: we have THE NICEST CUSTOMERS.

(This will be a thread, obviously. And no gifs. The story speaks for itself.)

1/5 I just got an email from someone who has pre-ordered pillows from us. She saw my tweet about the Miami Teacher of the Year, Teresa Murphy, and how I wished I could send her a pillow, except we're out of stock.

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Today in the "fun" world of boot-strapped entrepreneurship....
Remember those sleep sprays we bottled this weekend? All 1,440 of them? By hand? Yeah..... THEY ALL LEAK.
1/ I didn't even freak out when we had this realization. I just laughed and refilled my wine glass and sat very still for about 20 minutes, staring off into space...
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I want to update everyone on why we sold out of pillows yesterday. We were actually working on getting another round of pillows started up a week ago. The amount we had in stock at the time should have lasted us for 3 months based on our past 90 days of sales trends... 1/6 THREE MONTHS.
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You guys bought 3 months of pillows from us IN ONE DAY. And you're still buying! 2/6

We’ve had lots of people ask if they can buy items from us to be sent to DC. (Too many for me to respond individually.) Your desire to be a part of something good is a bright spot for our nation and world. If we complied, we would ultimately profit from your desire to help the troops. Instead of buying a pillow to send to the those working to protect our democracy, we encourage you to donate to any number of military charities (We’re partial to the Green Beret Foundation)

It's been a long day, but I have pillow news! To recap: National Guard sleeping on hard floors while defending our Capitol. Lots of you tagged us asking if we could help. We tweeted in search of a service member in DC, and had a hit within an hour. 1/8 Our contact is at an airfield outside of DC, and his group is aircraft pilots and maintainers in the Washington, D.C. National Guard. (That is all I am authorized to tell you.) He coordinated with his CO (commanding officer) to make sure our donation would be acceptable. 2/8

Let me tell you a story about buying goods from "Communist China."

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https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1277999083836207104

When we first developed our prototype for our pillow, Mr. Pillow spent MONTHS trying to find a US mfg who would work with us. They would either laugh at him (via email) or never return his emails or phone calls in the first place.

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