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CharJTF

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Accessibility advocate, writer/editor, mom. Grateful recipient of cadaver kidney after living with #CKD for 35 years. #VoteBlue #Antifa #immunosuppressed #PleaseWearAMask #CivilRightsForAll #BLM #TransRightsAreHumanRights #AbortionIsHealthCare

Header photo: Front of the left side of our house. Forks mark where red frilly tulip and Crocus Sativus bulbs have been planted. A lampshade protects a honeysuckle.

Profile photo: Smiling white woman with long brown hair wearing dark-rimmed glasses.

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atomicpoet, to random
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Okay, but does the world actually need Star Wars branded coffee?

CharJTF,
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@atomicpoet 🤣

(I don't drink coffee.)

GottaLaff, to legal
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#TrumpTrial 🧵 starts HERE. #Trump #legal

Please remember I don’t reply while live-posting. Plz use NFL (Not For Laffy, but no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies.

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Pagliery:

Today's session starts with prosecutors asking for a sidebar with the judge. Lawyers on both sides are now discussing something in hushed tones.

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff NFL (until later) You'd think Mr. Blowdryer would have learned by now...

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Thanks, Laffy 🙂 Hope you have a nice weekend! (And that the house showings go well)

And Happy Mother's Day, a few days early 💜

GottaLaff, to Canada
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🇨🇦For those interested, finally, Part 3 of my series is done. Parts 1, 2 are linked in Part 3 but just in case, I'm linking here too.

This is for anyone interested in why, how we managed to get permanent residency.

Everyone else, ignore, although you may find it interesting regardless.

Part 3: https://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/05/im-moving-to-canada-part-3-its-happening.html

Part 1: https://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/01/im-moving-to-canada.html

Part 2: https://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/01/im-moving-to-canada-part-two-how.html

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff All three parts were great! Thank you so much for sharing with us.

Every now and then, we mumble about doing something similar, but I have to keep it real...I swore when we bought this house in late 2018 that I was never moving again, and I'm sticking to that.

But if you and Mr Laffy ever get to the East Coast, we have a spare room 🙂

GottaLaff, to legal
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🧵starts HERE.

REMEMBER: I can’t/won’t reply while live-posting. Please use NFL (Not For Laffy) so I can skip your reply, but NO hashtag on that. Thx.

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Tyler McBrien::

Necheles rises to renew Trump's objection to Daniels testifying about any "sexual details," which she says has no relevance and is prejudicial.
By details, Merchan asks, more than just "we had sex"? Yes, Necheles says.

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Thanks, Laffy 🙂 I really appreciate the efforts you're putting into this.

Hope the house showing goes well!

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Yeah, we went through that in 2018. It's stress we didn't need...and you don't, either.

TonyStark, to random
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A good start.

While reasonable people can differ on the health effects (both positive and negative) of marijuana, what is clear is that alcohol and tobacco are far worse for human health and it is time to end the senseless criminalization of marijuana use which has ultimately been a massive waste of resources with an outsized negative effect on minorities and mass incarceration.

Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana, easing restrictions nationwide:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-administration-plans-reclassify-marijuana-easing-restrictions-na-rcna149424

CharJTF,
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@TonyStark This is huge. Way too many people have been have been penalized by them categorizing marijuana like opioids.

GottaLaff, to legal
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1/…🧵 #TrumpTrial #Trump #legal

Via Klasfeld:

Expected first:

The judge may issue his Sandoval rulings, determining what prior bad acts prosecutors can confront Trump with if he testifies.

A key question: "What's fair game?"

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Thank you! It's so much easier when I'm at work to peek at your thread to find out what's going on 🙂

StillIRise1963, to random
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Today, in 1865, the Confederate traitors surrendered to the Union. Today, in 2024, NeoConfederates have imposed a law in Arizona from 1864.

CharJTF,
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@StillIRise1963 I am just stunned at how far they are willing to go.

wdlindsy, to random
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Thomas Zimmer on what's at stake in the 2024 election"

"This isn't actually about Biden versus Trump. It's basically a referendum on whether or not an effort at achieving a democratic pluralistic multiracial society should be continued or abolished altogether. It's basically thumbs up or down on, on democratic self government and the civil rights order."


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https://thecause.substack.com/p/thank-you-project-2025-with-thomas

CharJTF,
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@wdlindsy And this should terrify everyone who wants to live in our democratic republic...as a democratic republic and not an autocracy.

Estrella, to cooking

My mom started a local, non-English blind/VI whatsapp group, sharing cooking tips, kitchen hacks and recipes.

It's occured to me that people might really find something like this useful, but I want something you can just browse through. So...

If I set up a folder, or a site, or literally anything, who would be interested? Who'd want to contribute? Can we get a feel for the potential value of this?

#Cooking #Baking #Blind

CharJTF,
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@Estrella I'm not blind or VI, but I'd like to participate if it's OK.

@ppatel, here's something you might be interested in.

CharJTF,
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@Estrella Thank you! I think this is an awesome idea. Let me know what I can do.

@ppatel

GottaLaff, to random
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Via Kyle Griffin:

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling "for an immediate #ceasefire" in #Gaza — "tied to the release" of hostages held by #Hamas.

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Finally. (I have friends marching in the protests in Israel.)

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff So far, they are. Several post photos on FB daily so the rest of us can see what's going on.

RickiTarr, to random
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Trans people are "forever patients"?

So is literally everyone!

Fuck off.

CharJTF,
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@RickiTarr I've been a forever patient for 45 years because of chronic kidney disease.

I got my new kidney almost 10 years ago. Now that everything has settled down (mostly), I take 12 pills every morning and night, which includes anti-rejection meds, supplements to keep my body in balance (and yes, I eat balanced meals), and those that help my brain shut up so I can sleep.

This doesn't include acetaminophen and other pain killers as needed, thanks to arthritis and Prednisone.

So, yeah...

GottaLaff, to random
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Update on yesterday’s open house, for those interested:

👍🏼It went well! We got a good turnout and… one nibble! They want to see another house on Tues. If they like ours better, they’ll make an offer.

👎🏼BUT: After the heavy Calif rains, we’ve (well, a visitor) JUST discovered 2 leaks (paint buckled). Big expense coming up, and the repairs will come smack in the middle of the Wed. brokers open house, and next weekend’s open house.

So… ugh to that. Contractor coming today.

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Oh, no...I'm so sorry this happened. Hope you're able to get it fixed quickly!

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Damn...so not what you needed!

GottaLaff, to random
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'Night all.

Thanks so much for the good wishes!

I'll keep you posted. (If you're late to this one, we're showing our house for the first time tomorrow, listed today)

I'll post any breaking news. Or I'll break any news posting.

I retort, you deride.

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Good night, Laffy and sweet dreams 😴💜

I hope the showing goes well!

TonyStark, to random
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It's certainly not normal for Sen. Schumer to call for new elections in Israel, but Schumer is the highest-ranking Jewish American in the last 250 years of American politics, so he's the right person to say it if it’s going to be said.

Israel deserves to have a Prime Minister who demonstrates integrity, morality, ethics and a genuine concern for humanitarian values.

Chuck Schumer’s Brutal Takedown of Bibi Is a Watershed Moment | The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
https://newrepublic.com/article/179843/chuck-schumer-takedown-netanyahu-watershed-moment

CharJTF,
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@TonyStark My friends in Israel are totally in favor of replacing Bibi. (They were among the many protestors this year.)

GottaLaff, to random
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Watch. Be amazed.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/03/cdk-company-dance-video/

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Wow...that was so good! Thanks for sharing 💜

CharJTF,
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@GottaLaff Work has been ridiculously busy lately, so when I get a break, I check your account to see what I've missed 🙂

CharJTF, to random
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I'm currently in a Teams meeting with a "Charlene", "Charisse", and "Charlotte" (plus other with names that do not start with "char").

It takes a couple of seconds to realize who they want to talk to 😂

CharJTF,
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@redcrew I have to wait to hear if there's anything after "char" before I reply LOL

carnage4life, to random
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This is the essence of Superman and why I hated Zack Snyder’s run. He simply didn’t get it.

CharJTF,
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@carnage4life #Alt4You: From @MrIanMacIntyre: Superman stories aren't a fantasy about how good it would be to have power. They're a fantasy about what it would be like if someone with power was good.

In response to Let's Talk Justice League's tweet: What's your most controversial opinion about Superman?

StillIRise1963, to random
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D-Day was 80 years ago. Apparently, people remember history for less than that.

CharJTF,
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@StillIRise1963 My dad was there...he was 18. He died in 1996, and he would occasionally tell me stories.

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