CarlataAgain / is on Nostr

Farmer, mother, writer of nonfiction, PhD clinical psychology, fixer of fences, horse wrangler, fascinated by human nature/politics. Raised on a dairy farm in a Quaker family in Penna, live in PNW, US.
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2024-08-04 23:07:43

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Same, but when I consider the factors that have contributed, over time, to hopelessness and ennui I kind of get it. My daughter, a young adult, votes reliably but pointed out to me recently that she and her peers have never experienced government and other systems working effectively.

2024-08-03 21:48:16

Barn cats, napping like yin and yang, taking a break from their work.
#Caturday
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2024-08-03 05:20:07

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Yes, but please let them win.

2024-08-03 02:53:01

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I felt exactly the same. I thought it was a mistake, and said so. But she stepped up with so much sturdiness to go with her bright spirit, I caught the mood and the sense of possibility. This could be a sea change, and we need it. I am always wary of making a candidate into a star, but this is the US after all.

2024-07-10 08:21:53

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It's a big blind spot to associate cognitive competence with physical strength. It is barely relevant, and shows poor understanding of basic brain science. Instead of falling for that facile but inaccurate assessment, it would be helpful if people would educate themselves, and then others, about the matter.

2024-07-10 02:37:05

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And you've been in the White House often, observing a president at work?

2024-07-09 18:09:13

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No one can handle that spewing. That's why we have locked wards. I mean it. He's completely unmanageable and there is no way to ever look capable around him.

2024-07-09 17:48:10

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It's one skill among many. You give it so much importance because that's all you see in your limited experience. It's a fraction of the job. Consider
the hours of conferring and negotiating with multiple interested parties, listening, understanding, and metabolizing a myriad of related and disparate inputs, evaluating options, crafting policy. The president is largely an executive and highly interactive, and Biden has the job down cold.

2024-06-11 15:46:00

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Can't they just ask a question that no one less than 18 would know the answer to? It can't be less foolproof than finding the motorcycle handle is in the far left block of the tiny fuzzy captcha picture.