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“I'm not black but there's a whole lots a times I wish I could say I'm not white” —FZ #BlackLivesMatter. Nobody cares what I think. He/him/his

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thepoliticalcat, to random
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Left ankle: hugely swollen, yet only somwhat painful.
Right knee: slightly swollen and puffy, yet incredibly tender, unstable, and difficult to use.

Is the difference due to the AGE of the injury? The left ankle was horribly twisted 50 years ago and has continued to hurt periodically over the past 5 decades.

Right knee eroded due to arthritis, only painful for the past decade, tho increasingly.

FWIW, I get the usual advice from every MD: RICE. Take painkillers.

jbhughes,
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@thepoliticalcat Be careful with painkillers. I overused them before my knee replacements and wound up with chronic kidney disease.

jbhughes,
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@thepoliticalcat I took OTC NSAIDs according to label instructions, but apprently for too long and too continuously.

ArtPhotosDesk, (edited ) to art
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Earlier today, King Charles III revealed his first official portrait since his coronation in May 2023.

https://flip.it/OtdatX (via TOWN & COUNTRY)

The painting, by artist Jonathan Yeo, was commissioned in 2020 when the King was still Prince of Wales.

Reactions ranged wildly.

What’s your take?

jbhughes,
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@ArtPhotosDesk One can almost see the blood dripping from his hands.

RustyBertrand, to random
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jbhughes,
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@RustyBertrand So what is the alternative? Choosing the greater of two evils?

jbhughes,
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@RustyBertrand I am suggesting that this stance makes little sense to me, or for the benefit of the world. I agree that we should construct a system under which we are not faced with such a choice, but such a system is not present under many circumstances. What to do?

Hey_Beth, to random
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And if you have not seen video of Noem recording the book...oh.

Wow. She is an extremely unserious woman. An unserious woman who will lie and kill dogs.

What a fucking nut job.

jbhughes,
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@Catawu @Hey_Beth I read that she shot Cricket in the head with a shotgun. Head was probably obliterated.

jbhughes, to random
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Once upon a time I publicly asked the CEO of the company that had just acquired our little startup if there was any amount of money that he would reject as excessive compensation for his contribution to the success of the company. I was unsurprised when he refused to answer.

carrideen, to random
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I don't know if this is known outside of academic circles, but most universities are desperate for enrollments these days. Over the past 10ish years, unis changed tactics from attracting students with perks (some of them admittedly dumb) to slashing everything in sight--support staff, new faculty, majors, equipment, software, facilities, retirement plans, landscaping, even PR and marketing. Radical top-down decisions like "Who cares about foreign languages?" made whole divisions disappear. 1/

jbhughes,
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@carrideen I disagree. Administrators are running their universities exactly "like a business." This includes top management taking as much as they can steal and suffering no adverse consequences for doing so.

dougiec3, to random
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Keep in mind that the US does not have a health care system. It has an insurance/medical industry.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cigna-medical-director-doctor-patient-preapproval-denials-insurance

jbhughes,
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@dougiec3 @shekinahcancook @CivilityFan Is it not the case that some of these "clerks" are also fully licensed medical doctors?

StillIRise1963, to random
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I have an old friend who I feel is always testing me in our friendship. I’m trying to fail so she’ll leave me the fuck alone. I’m tired of nonsense.

jbhughes,
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@StillIRise1963 None of my business, but I'm curious about what this friend is doing to test you.

StillIRise1963, to random
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No one ever asks what’s wrong with the FBI.

jbhughes,
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@StillIRise1963 I think you may be missing a great many counterexamples.

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