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  @kimlockhartga Luckily, there's no immediate need for meds or machines for me, so that's something I may be able to escape from. Sometimes, 'slow' turns out to be 'slow enough'. :) I wish I could say the same for everyone, but as you say, it's only a matter of time before there's no more time at all.

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  @kimlockhartga I've lived through life while losing extended and close family and friends to the after effects of greed. Coal miners, chain smokers (I quit decades ago), factory workers exposed to heavy metal and other 'forever' compounds. Vietnam vets with PTSD, Camp Lejeune PFAS victims, and countless others who believed some lie that ultimately made others rich beyond belief. I survived Prostate cancer but still have COPD on a slow but steady incline to deal with later. Yes, p...

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  @kimlockhartga A US Surgeon General once endorsed cigarette smoking until a researcher found a flaw. Then came the denial campaign from every tobacco company on the planet until it was universally accepted. Change the product - rinse/repeat - toxins creep in, addeditively collect, with an imperceptible compounding effect. There's no 'Chicken Little' when you/we/they were correct. Plus, gaslighting isn't a modern thing, and profits have been killing us all, and the planet, for...

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  @kimlockhartga I have a sneaky suspicion that it's possible. If PFAS has proven anything, it's that it may have felt local to the US at one point, but it turns out that wasn't true. Once things are released, they tend to go damn near everywhere if they can be airborne or waterborne. Seems like fertilizer runoff might be capable of spewing its nastiness either way. Just because a country may not have a factory doesn't mean they are exempt from chemical fallout. PFAS: https://w...

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@grandrapidsnews/116454214219052798 Someday, some will look back on these as 'the good old days', when we _only_ had to miss enjoying a festival or special event because of the inconvenience of #flooding , and not "we have to evacuate all of downtown". So when is #AI going to swoop in and #SaveThePlanet, or change the #weather....?

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  I can't be the only one... 1. Buy a #VideoGame when it's on sale as a bundle with most of the #DLC - maybe 3+ years ago. 2. Install/Play the game until it's (mostly) finished. 3. Notice while scrolling through a recent #sale that its last un-owned DLC's are selling at massive discounts and buy/install them all. 4. Open the game and realize that you have no clue how it works, spending the next few hours killing yourself and copious numbers of NPC when you forget what buttons/l...

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  @jorge @eff You might want to start here... https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr8250ih

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  The #FloodWarning has now expanded to include _every_ river in every county in #WestMichigan . All of them wil have reached the bank #flooding stage in the early AM hours. From #NWS... "Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. -Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. -Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas." http...

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  #Liberty is not guaranteed, nor is it permanent. As always, it is fully dependent on #WeThePeople. If one of these images disturbs you... to me, that's a good thing, and that is exactly the point. I truly hope you are ready. Every cell in my body is screaming, and I know I'm not the only one by a long shot.