My husband just said, "If he wins, it's not the end of the world."

I looked at him & said, "I almost died." 💔 (Like, for real, almost died.)

People are assuming this is an electoral college thing.

We need to stop assuming that.

I recently learned something from my husband, who is a Federal employee, that bothered the hell out of me.

I don't remember the topic, but I asked him, "Why doesn't the Department of...

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1850691581726323042

"...Justice have more monitoring of [whatever we were discussing.]?"

Him: "Remember, unless there's a law that specifically tells government agencies that they can do something, they can't do it. Anything not explicitly spelled out in the constitution is reserved for the states

I just wanna be awkward here for a second.

I don't think we should mock weird sexual experimentation done by repressed conservatives, as long as it was safe, consensual, & ethical.

I cannot explain the degree to which conservatives have HORRIBLE information about sex.

https://twitter.com/BlackKnight10k/status/1815942207557235016

I've mentioned our 18 yro babysitter in Ohio, who didn't know what an ovary was, right?

I've also known of a pastor & his wife who, while prepping for the wedding of church members, had to explain to the bride *what sex was,* b/c no one had ever told her. 💔

You all know I've made some *weird & wild* connections over the years.

I'm about to make the weirdest one yet, so get ready:

A piece of James Bond #Fanfiction proves that the govt has been lying to us about #COVID19.

Seriously, & I wish I was joking.

Let me explain. In 2019, I discovered that people have written entire novels, some of them VERY long, about existing fictional universes.

Even better, they're FREE on Archive of Our Own!

I could download them on the free Evie voice reader, & have them read aloud to me while I...

Oh my God.
Folks, they've known for at least a year that COVID directly attacks mitochondria.
Seriously, it's on the NIH dot gov website!!

Did you know abt this?
I did not know abt this!!
.nih.gov/news-events/ni… If they knew this what exactly did they think would happen?

Did they expect our mitochondria to just GROW BACK like a fingernail?

@karamellslp ...in the first place. In my experience, it's not possible to jump ship from one set of beliefs to another---it has to be a long, slow, sometimes painful, process. @karamellslp The problem is that, meanwhile, anyone who is pregnant, or on any spectrum of queer, still has to listen to the judgement of someone who has *no relationship at all* to their lives. The idea that we would have any input in the medical or marital decisions of other people is...

Folks, you are not going to like this, but you need to know:

#HIV attacks CD4 cells in the immune system. It becomes #AIDS when the CD4 count drops below 200. Healthy HIV- range is 800-1200/mm^3.

#COVID attacks CD4 cells.

Sources below: "When does HIV become AIDS?"
news-medical.net/health/When-Do…

YALL.

Someone who bullied me in elementary school worked really hard to find me on social media & apologize to me.

Well, a month or so later, she posted some symptoms she was having. I messaged her abt my Long COVID treatment, & she just sent me this!! @iamthejubster ...find things that specifically lower inflammation & lower clots, & DON'T DO ANYTHING W/OUT TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR.

I started w/fish oil bc my doc *prescribed* 3000mg of it due to a spike in my triglycerides.

The very next day, my covid-induced arthritis pain was reduced...

Dear @Target:
I raised my kids in a Christian home.
Yet, somehow, all 4 of them turned out to be LGBTQ.
🌈
Yeah, seriously.
🏳️‍🌈
You're the only store that provides gender-affirming & #Pride related merchandise for all ages, at lower prices.
Your partnership w/ @tomboyx helped me ...fund new clothes when one of my kids came out as trans. I want you to do whatever you have to do to keep your employees safe. Just know, I can't pull the gayness from my kids to keep THEM safe. 💔 And it scares me.
If a company as powerful & prosperous as @Target can't protect

Yall, my bio-mom has some 6th sense for, "Janeway must be out enjoying time w/her family," bc she tried to call me again.

It's been *19 yrs* since we talked.

If I genuinely thought she was working on herself, was safe to be around my kids, etc, I wouldn't hesitate. I have a... ...lot of grace & compassion for ppl w/mental illness.

However, she's not. She's still toxic & self-focused.

One of the last times I saw her, she pinched my belly, & said, "You'd better lose that gut, or you'll be a fat bitch like your mama. Hahaha!"

Weird.

At the time, it...

I'm truly puzzled by the elation over finding a drug that increases dopamine & norepinephrine, to help excessive daytime sleepiness.

We already have stimulant meds.

sciencealert.com/scientists-fou… The drug website has all the same contraindications as stimulants too, but says, "It's not a stimulant!"

It's also a controlled substance.

So.
(Deep sigh)
I have an entire drawer marked, "Hinges & hardware," & just discovered that all of those "new old stock" hinges have only a single hinge in each packet.

And they're all different. 🙄

So, I went to #TheVulcan's hardware stash, & just had to share everything that ...is NOT a door hinge.
Ever since I started re-selling, the Vulcan has taken anything that didn't sell, salvaged the hardware from it, & saved it for future use.

Meaning, even though we have NORMAL hardware like this...

My Evangelical background prepared me for COVID in a way I would never have guessed.

Story time. 🧵

I loved the *look* of the Chinese language my entire life.
When I was in high school, Evangelical literature was *full* of stories of Chinese House Churches, & a huge Holy...

https://twitter.com/_ppmv/status/1591894825758072839

...Spirit led revival that was sweeping through China. I dreamed of being a Bible Smuggler one day.

Yes, when most ppl in high school were concerned about grades or dates or why their acne wouldn't go away, I dreamed of being a Bible Smuggler for Jesus.
🙄

Anyway, I read...

CN: WEIGHT
I found out, from my husband's high school BFFs, that he had family members who were obsessed w/ the kids *not gaining weight*.

It hurt to imagine my skinny, high-school-age, quiet, Vulcan, ever having to worry abt his weight. Hurt turned to fury. Our oldest didn't.. ...eat on the day she was born. It took 36 hours to get any calories in her, & even when we did, I was shamed AF for not breast-feeding.

Then, the only formula she would take went out of production.

I've spent almost 18 years trying to keep #TheFirecracker fed, & I cannot...

This is fantastic, a video review of a Prius w/ 200,000 mi. :🧵
It already had the hybrid battery replaced. He addresses the same concern I had, which was a random loud noise as it switched from EV to gas-powered.

The biggest concern anyone transitioning to an EV should.... ...be aware of (@ShannonDingle for you!) is that it does not accelerate the same way a gas-powered vehicle does. So, if you're pulling onto the highway, w/ oncoming traffic, you WILL NOT be able to accelerate the way you're used to.
If you're like me, & used to driving a...

That's bullshit.
COVID has only JUST been show to affect dendritic cells that help fight viruses.

Instead of fighting the virus, they turn their power onto the IMMUNE SYSTEM ITSELF.

It's not the lock downs.

It's COVID itself destroying the immune system.

Source below:

https://twitter.com/ebennett74/status/1588153656418918402

From the international review of immunology:

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Yesterday, #TheVulcan & I went back to the home of the family who was liquidating their grandfather's woodworking tools, to help him through Hurricane Ida.

As we talked to the family, I realized one reason why he had SO MANY unique tools:

He used to work for Bethlehem Steel. The legs alone on this ^^^table are HUGE, & very HEAVY.

Thank goodness it's on wheels, or we never would have made it into the basement.

Bethlehem Steel was one of the largest ship builders & steel producers *in the world*.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem…

So, #GodForbid has a MA rating. 🤔 I'm going to mostly be LISTENING to it while I work, but I can already see why they'd need an intimacy coordinator.