Regna

As a European, I must thank the US for making my pet products cheaper. Way cheaper. Way cheaper than I could ever expect.

I just wish I could buy these products, these same products, without ruining the world and my morality as well.

But what am I talking about… my cats deserve litter robots at 90 % discount. (Edit: obviously sarcasm)

I’m still surprised that attacks on clinics and doctors aren’t classed as terrorism in the US. And that haranguing and harassing clinic visitors, standing in their way etc is considered ”free speech”.

At least they had compassionate nurses…

Painted into a corner, the Nusslocks were forced to drive to a nearby facility that was not bound by religious restriction — but not before a nurse at Providence handed them a bucket and some towels “in case something happens in the car.”

He was (likely) wrongfully imprisoned for a crime that occurred 26 years ago. So it’s both long imprisonment and the costs of trying to overturn the conviction, including fact seeking, labs, lawyers, prosecutors, judges etc.

While your ö is weird, I can see where you were going with that.

A good start, yet still a long way to go.

Her story is so heartbreaking, and I am glad she found her voice to speak up. And through that help and support other women who might be facing similar circumstances.

I’d guess some Louisiana lawmakers would consider this consequence of the abortion ban as something that is “working as intended”.

Civil, civilian and civilized.

It’s simply photoshopped.

Which part of Europe? Try that in the southern parts of Italy or in most of Romania, you’ll be amazed at the speed they blow past pedestrians crossing when it’s since long red for cara and green for the pedestrians…

Read The Handmaids Tale in my very early teens (had scoured every inch of my library’s sci-fi and fantasy sections and it was under sci-fi) and re-read it as a young adult.

It horrified me both as a teen and an adult, even though I had a different perspective between those phases. Watching the series lately reconnected me with that horror, albeit from a more informed perspective and seeing way more parallels in the more recent development of our societies.

My kids (teens) have seen the TV series, and the book (a used copy) is in their shelf of books to read. Of course the series and the book are surrounded with discussions about ethics, respect and the values of life.

Edit: And yes, I’ve read pretty much everything Stephen King had written until recently. I was probably around 12 when I read It. I still think it is fucked up, but the main part that is, is how horribly people treat kids, animals and other humans. The scary non-humans are most often not the real monsters.

I have read The Kite Runner, and it contains situations involving manipulation and sexual abuse including rape. However hard it is to read in some parts (and especially if you’re grown and can read a lot into the obvious mental and physical abuse of children that perhaps isn’t always obvious to actual children), it is a damn good book showing life, love and hope from a non-western perspective.

The tool that “curses” teenagers with extreme biceps or boobs while simultaneously warping door frames and trees around them.