Daily Wake Up Call

08/27/2025

Today is a reminder that while we all want nice air to breathe, healthy water to drink, a stable planet for our children to grow up on, and for our children to be safe...we vote for politicians and support corporations that do the exact opposite. Again and again.

08/13/2025

"The one positive of social media is the influx of people calling this pathetic behaviour out. They are shaming the shamers, and whilst I usually wouldn't agree with the 'eye for an eye' approach, honestly, at this stage I'm all for it."

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06/29/2025

06/27/2025

We need to be on the lookout for the following communication blocks:

They make us feel unworthy and hard to love. Even if we make sure that we are heard, having to deal with a partner who shuts down emotionally ultimately makes us feel unheard.

06/26/2025

"If laws are the point, we would not be led by the lawbreakers. If laws are the point, we would not arrest immigrants exiting courtrooms. If laws are the point, we would not be getting rid of legal forms of immigration or sending those off and away, unseen, unprotected, without Habeus Corpus."

When I was growing up, Republicans and Democrats alike viewed our country, rightly, as immigrant-friendly. Not only that, but immigrant-proud. We're all immigrants, unless we're Native. That's 98% of ...

06/24/2025

"Burnout doesn’t always look like collapse. Sometimes, it looks like competence."

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06/22/2025

"We learned to wear our healing like a costume. To share the high points and hide the numbness. To perform our wellness so well, we stopped noticing that deep down, we were still bracing.

So what now?"

Healing doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens when we’re safe to fall apart—and supported enough to rebuild. It happens when we integrate, not just

06/17/2025

Um.

>> Update (January, 2015): Coke plans to make their soda less sweet in Canada. (That doesn't make the below info less disturbing, sadly.) >> Update (March 2018): The New York Times publ...

06/02/2025

"...a person who thinks she must heal herself in isolation
is a person too tired to organize,
too drained to resist,
too burned out to build anything new."
Read the article on 🐘👉🏼 https://elejrnl.com?p=4157990

06/02/2025

"May used to feel like the warm-up to summer—sunshine, field days, and a slow fade into freedom. But somewhere along the line, May turned into a second December. Now, it’s an avalanche of school deadlines, sports travel, teacher gifts, birthday parties, summer camp forms, and one million logistics that somehow all matter. Right now."

This year, May almost broke me. My son plays on a high-level travel team. We live in a rural area, so “away games” aren’t a short drive—they’re four hours one way. This May was packed with

05/31/2025

Thom Yorke statement from Instagram:

A mature, well thought out, and well written statement. We need more of this in our society. I will say this reflects my take, generally, on the horrific war crimes and how awful Bibi is and how Trum...

05/28/2025

"Who we choose can change our lives. Who we choose can enhance our lives. Who we choose can ruin our lives."

To me, love—the deep, long-lasting kind, the kind that survives—is a series of choices. It is knowing the good and the bad, the ins and the outs, the ups and the downs of someone and deciding to