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5 Nov 2022
Good Q. I’m sad that it seems to be the end of an era. As for new sites, there’s Mastodon (@joinmastodon Eugen Rochko, founder; I'm @LKhere@mastodon.social), Tribel (@TribelSocial), CounterSocial. There’s talk that @noam who was Waze CEO may have something in the works.
5 Nov 2022
Laurie, any suggestions about where to move to as the new Twitter replacement? #twitterlifeboat
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16 Nov 2021
Instead of trying to turn off your thoughts or feelings, try to observe them without judgment. #meditation101
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24 Aug 2024
Get the paperwork deal first, not just on a handshake. I don’t care you’ve known the man 20yrs and he sent you a baby gift. My grandpa did every deal all his life on a handshake, and those days are gone sadly. Also email yourself and them the log of all your work weekly. 9/
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29 Jul 2024
Stephen Nedoroscik had to score big on pommel horse for Team USA in the last rotation…
AND HE DID. 🤯
📺: NBC and Peacock
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3 Jul 2024
From Kathrine Switzer's defiance to Florence MacDonald's triumph, 'Better Faster Farther' by @maggiejmertens reveals the untold journeys of women who outran stereotypes and blazed trails msnbc.com/know-your-value/ou…
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24 May 2024
This is my mom.
She was an asylum seeker.
She slept in a church b/c she had nowhere else to go.
She is a housekeeper & a waitress.
She is my hero.
These degrees are for her.
Harvard Medical School, M.D. ✅
Harvard Business School, M.B.A. ✅
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, M.P.P. ✅
You made history happen, mom.
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5 May 2024
Emotion regulation is not about controlling what you feel. It's about choosing how you respond.
Wise people don't suppress emotion. They find constructive ways to express it.
Intense feelings don't always demand immediate reactions. They often benefit from deep reflection.
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25 Feb 2024
It's long past time to pay teachers more.
When districts gain flexibility to raise teacher salaries, students improve in math & reading. Schools attract better teachers—and they put in more effort.
The quality of our children's education depends on how much we value teachers.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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10 Feb 2024
Happy lunar new year to all that celebrate.
This drone dragon in Singapore is incredible. We live in the future!
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31 Jan 2024
I believe in rewarding hard work. But trillionaires shouldn't exist—especially in a country where kids still go hungry. cnbc.com/2024/01/22/world-wi…
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30 Jan 2024
📸@HillaryClinton and @2smalltofail joined this week's @CommonSense Summit — calling for urgent action and new solutions to support children and families.
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31 Jan 2024
Urging people to be positive doesn’t boost their resilience. It denies their reality.
When times are tough, we don’t need good vibes only. We need a hand to keep us steady through all the vibrations.
Strength doesn’t come from forced smiles. It comes from feeling supported.
link.chtbl.com/RTAdam
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26 Jan 2024
In your career, the most valuable currency is not how much you know. It's how well you learn.
In a stable world, success depended on building expertise. In a changing world, it hinges on evolving expertise.
Potential is no longer defined by ability. It's a function of agility.
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8 Jun 2023
5/ If you can learn to listen, the patient will tell you—and tell themselves—what you both need to know
As a general rule, the patient should be doing about 80% of the talking in sessions. And keep your own comments short and to the point. As another general rule, if you cannot
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13 Jan 2024
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12 Jan 2024
It is my sense that there is a major shift underway in this country.
12 Jan 2024
🔥 WATCH: “There are more of us out here than in there — if we would come together we’d have a SUPER SUPERMAJORITY to enact a MORAL AGENDA.”
Franklin’s @pastor4justice Riggs on what moral legislation is. (cc: @GovBillLee @WilliamLamberth @CSexton25 @SenJohnson) @FaithAdvocates
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4 Jan 2024
Nature's beauty on full display #sunset as the storm clears @YosemiteNPS
Last 2-hours #timelapse in 1-minute. #cawx
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2 Jan 2024
It is psychologically naive to tell people, just be yourself
The fundamental insight of psychoanalysis is that there is no unitary self. We are a multiplicity of selves with different aims, working at different levels of awareness
When we understand this, it changes everything
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20 May 2023
On major life decisions, the purpose of seeking advice is not to get answers. It’s to gain perspective.
No one knows what's best for you. They can only share what makes sense to them.
The most important question to ask is not what you should do. It's what you might be missing.
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24 Nov 2019
23 years ago, 14 companies all told me NO.
I was just a girl from VA with a dream of moving to California to pursue a career in tech. Everyone thought I was crazy. My qualifications were not a “good match” for their requirements.
I didn’t give up 😬. Never give up.
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8 Dec 2023
The issue isn't whether we accept a gift. It's appreciating that what people say & do has layers of meaning, conscious & unconscious, and creating space to explore & understand them
It's about whether the therapist does or does not appreciate & work with unconscious mental life
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