Notices by Waiting for the Tide (nichelle@wandering.shop)

For ladies of a certain age...or anyone who wants more information about menopause, I recommend this substack.

https://open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/p/the-gyno-gazette?r=16x03c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#Menopause #MenopauseEducation

@charliejane I would love to see your list and read your article, but the Wapo wants me to open an account to read it. I would rather not do that. Is your list available anywhere else?

@catsalad Love the alt text. One should always take the opportunity to mock one's overlords. 😹

@MissingThePt Does no one else find the "camps for journalists" a little bit suspicious? If I were a journalist, I wouldn't go to any "camp" sponsored by Donald Trump.

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@godless_mom Connie Willis; Ann Leckie; C.J. Cherryh; Linda Nagata; Sherri Tepper

If by any chance a Trump voter complains to you about not understanding tariffs, or not realizing other outcomes of GOP policy, don't call them an idiot (even if they are). Say something like, "I know, Fox News didn't do any coverage about any of this," and direct them to another media company with better information. We HAVE to get people to look away from the disinformation machine.

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@lilithsaintcrow omg this! I guess I'm one of those educated white women who voted for Harris, and I was SO ANGRY about the blatant double standard imposed by the media and the electorate. The choice was so clear, she did an incredible job on short notice, and STILL the pundits and whiny progressives wanted more/different. wtf 🤷♀️

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“With self-sufficiency you never get there, you never become self-sufficient. I mean we tried back in the seventies. We had goats and chickens and bees and I was trying to raise grain.

“Pretty soon I realized that if I want to raise enough wheat for the bread for a year here, it’s better left to a specialist, like I can’t be my own dentist. So you do, it’s a direction self-sufficiency. You do what you can do as much of it as you can.”

https://faircompanies.com/videos/lloyd-kahn-on-his-norcal-self-reliant-half-acre-homestead/ 2/3

@floofpaldi I love it! Where did this come from?

Enough of the backstabbing, bickering, quarterbacking, and arguing. Michelle Obama's message is: Do Something. (fun fact: MO and I have the same birthday) So I'm gonna do something. I'm a writer and book coach. I'm going to tailor my website and programs for Folks Who Aren't Fascists. My stories are going to show positive portrayals of folks who are often othered (they do this now, but I'm going to lean in). I'm going to be a safe person for folks to build their stories with. All stories matter.

@UncleDuke1969 feels like the presidential election 🧐

One thing I am learning from all this is how truly checked out many many Americans are from politics. I would talk to people, and they would just say, "Oh I'm not involved in politics, it's not for me." I thought this was the exception, but it's proving to be the rule. People told me Kamala didn't have any plans or Trump was great for the economy. Many many people live in a very limited education bubble. We are suffering under a deep lack of education, a lack of critical thinking skills, a world where it's increasingly difficult to check facts, and a group of very rich, and very powerful individuals who know this and are using it against the common good.

@CuriousMagpie @RickiTarr I acknowledge the existence of these folk with compassion. But they aren't 1/3 of the electorate.

@RickiTarr I agree with this, but still...all it would take is watching one Harris rally, and one Trump rally, and comparing the two. Or visiting each candidate's website. Trump's was empty, Harris's was full of information. 20 minutes on the internet would tell you all you needed to know about the two candidates. But with 1/3 of all adults not even being registered to vote...it's one of the things that makes me sad.

@eyeinhand I used to be an architect in Alaska, and had to be aware of snow behavior, and how buildings affected drifting. One of the many reasons we put buildings on pilings was to enable "scour," the wind passing beneath and clearing the drifts on the lee side of the structure. I never thought of the cosmic applications of this phenomenon.

@gwm @GottaLaff FWIW, it wasn't actually a blowout. The electoral college skews the results. Harris received 48.1% (71.8M) of the vote, Trump 50.2%, (75M) a difference of 3.2M votes. I couldn't find a number for third party, but it can't be more than 1 or 2 percent. 14.6M registered voters didn't vote. There are 244M adults of voting age, so 80M people (about 1/3) are not registered. 🤷♀️

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https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/RESULTS/zjpqnemxwvx/
https://www.statista.com/topics/11901/2024-us-presidential-election/#topicOverview
https://usafacts.org/data/topics/people-society/population-and-demographics/our-changing-population/

@eyeinhand This is also how snow drifts behave. My understanding is that the negative pressure on the lee side causes the wind to drop its particle load, thus expanding.

@molly0xfff I feel like some of these issues can be grouped under the Right to Bodily Autonomy. Everyone has the right to do whatever they want within the confines of their own body. This includes reproductive rights, gender affirming care, and also the right to refuse care, including vaccinations (which would appeal to folks on the right). It's one of those things which feels like a no-brainer, but to have it couched in clear terms avoids some of the polarizing language that triggers people.

Finally: remember to take care of yourselves. There is a long road ahead, but we’re in this together.

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@booboo @SFFMagazineCovers I was going to comment on that! Two of my fave weird writers.