Truths and inspirations for 25 May 2026
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Evidently my assessment of this song was correct.
I'll be surprised if I get even that.
Keep resisting. Stand up for the innocent.
We need both, and it's a plain fact that vaccines revolutionized human survival in the face of disease. But prevention, especially healthy eating, is seriously neglected in the US -- and note that it's mostly the same kind of people who are anti-vaccine who are also belligerently assertive about eating the flesh of filthy animals and processed junk full of fat and/or refined sugar.
Yes, it is actually possible to be this stupid.
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posted by Infidel753 at 12:34 AM
5 Comments:
I do have a problem with mobile phones. I have a smartphone but no reception where I live. I live 13 miles from the centre of Manchester! This is a pain in the ass in itself.
I have a good friend with cerebral palsy and he considers his disability less disabling than the World makes it. He slurs his speech and people think him drunk, lip-service only (going by the letter, not the spirit, of the law) disabled access to places... That sort of thing.
I am not saying these are equivalent in anyway equivalent but there is a similarity. I can live without my smartphone working where I live but what is really annoying is that everyone assumes I have a working phone.
I got a funny look from a dentist's receptionist when I tried to explain that no, they couldn't contact me on my mobile. She looked at me like I was weird. OK, I was paying by phone but... That was in another town which is in the C21st. I was "rescued" by her fellow receptionist who knew where I lived and the reception blackhole it is.
Good collection this morning!
I also take issue with friends who keep sending me links to crap on Meta/Facebook when they know I no longer have an account. "But you should rejoin!" "And you should get a life!"
Love these! Can’t decide on my favorite, but I am partial to the pro Israel ones. I am so over the NYT, I won’t even play their free games anymore. That’s a huge deal for me!
Thanks for the Sting thing. I’ve been hoping you’d discuss songs more. Unless I missed it. Here for it.
NickM: That's weird not having reception in a major metro area. Maybe a different service provider would have better coverage? I guess you've looked into that.
Rade: Good riddance. Personally I've never had an account on Meta/Facebook. Never saw any point in it.
Paula: I believe that the nonsense will pass eventually. The Israel-haters are so flagrantly hypocritical and strident, in the long run I think they'll turn off normal people. Their position is already absurd to pretty much anyone who has in-depth knowledge.
I suspect the NYT may have blown what remains of its credibility with that last eruption of insane propaganda. We'll have to wait and see, but things like that have a way of blowing up in the perpetrators' faces.
Tim: I did a series of music posts in 2024. In case you're interested, here is the last one -- it contains links to the others.
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