Typo, please do not characterize what happened in that thread as a "hate of Sanders supporters," nor try to explain away the rampant misogyny exhibited throughout this election cycle. Sanders would have been destroyed as well.

I've noticed no one in here stating that HRC ran the perfect campaign. It's obvious that she didn't.

I'm actually relieved that I'm not the only person noping out of Pantsuit Nation. I started off getting irritated after the election when it seemed like most posts were all "love and light are our greatest political weapon" and then the whole safety pin clusterfuck...I'm out.

Smonster, I'm so sorry everything is awful right now. Love you, lady.

My fam was going to get Tgiving dinner from a store, but we're just going to go to a nice buffet instead. It's just D, me, Mom and sister; the home does a different day of Tgiving dinner for residents and family, and bringing Daddy home for a couple of hours just seems cruel. He's doing really well at the #1 pick home we finally got him into, so we don't want to upset a good thing.

I might break down and buy a WaPo subscription. God knows I ran out of free articles to read during the election, and currently, they're not weaseling around when reporting on Bannon et. al. I'm seriously pissed that MSM media is soft pedaling the pure fuckery of Trump's transition.

I'm another who just can't seem to back away from social media. I'm trying to pick my battles, but there's just an avalanche of things I'm legitimately, righteously pissed about. But I'm also getting a lot of actionable information doled out in handy bits, and it's making it easier to take action WRT thoughtful serious political activism, so...

But I'm also getting a lot of actionable information doled out in handy bits, and it's making it easier to take action WRT thoughtful serious political activism, so...

Yep. That's why I'm not backing completely away from social media. There's helpful information to be signal-boosted.

IO (kinda-sorta-related) news: my bottle of Nasty Woman from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab arrived today, ant it is a great scent.

Callaluna, I'm wishing you allthe best with your new start in life.

Jilli - do you have this Funko POP!

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I wore Nasty Woman again today, first time since the election. I don't actually like the scent that much but glad I bought it.

I came in early today and I am here late and I have not finished what I wanted to get done today. This is very frustrating.

Congratulations, Callaluna. May you shake the dust off your feet and stride forth into a shiny new life. (Sorry America just peed all over the couch cushions, though...)

I'm not on FB, haven't been in years, and am this close to just deleting my account, what with all the discussions about how badly FB contributed to the spread of untrue information. I'm sorry to hear PN is filling up with white women's tears, though. Am I sheltered? I am hardly a radical, but I thought lots of folks understood about intersectionality now? At least on the left? Shows what I know.

I left work early to get a biopsy today, for the same thing Gwen Ifill died of. So, there's that. I may let the surgeon talk me into a hysterectomy yet, because biopsies ain't no fun atall.

I have 40 minutes to decide if I really want to go to chorus tonight. I guess I do, although I'm not loving this year's songs like I did last year's. That said, someone suggested we sing "Hallelujah" tonight (which we learned last year) in honor of Leonard Cohen, and I don't want to miss that. So I guess I'll go.

So my mom saw her NP of 20+ years today, and is now on her way to see a cardiologist and a neuropsychologist. The former because her eldest sister went in for a routine checkup and they sent her straight to get a stent put in, and my mom's been experiencing what she calls pre-shortness of breath. She never actually gets there but feel like she's about to. So they're being proactive.

The latter....mom went in with a list of dislocation/memory issues she's been experiencing the last year or so and an email I sent (after offering and her accepting gratefully) describing things I'd seen. Apparently, my summation comparing memory to a database, and it's as if my mom's database index (and explaining indexes) has been corrupted was found to be both amusing and very useful to the NP. The neuropsych will do all the physical battery of tests, where a straight up neuro in the area wouldn't start there.

I'm proud of my mom for being so open about this. Dad doesn't want to talk about it, which I find frustrating. He's boots on the ground witness, he could provide important data, but he's denial noping hard. I get that, whooboy, I AM his daughter, and it isn't a new trait in him (see:stroke he probably had and just sent email detailing symptoms then got in a car and drove 300 miles.) But still , I want to bonk him. So I'm glad I could offer a partial view and her NP is taking it seriously.

And work was hair on fire. Again. It's wearing me out.