keep em on their toes i guess

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores.

The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

North Carolina

i cannot get over amber's scowl

haters are one of Chicago’s most vital exports. they don’t grow them like that anywhere else. if you have been hated by someone from Chicago you never forget it. Leo talks like a guy who has to call up his confessor twice a day to yell about some new Truth Social post that’s making him see knives

Drawing of a puppy resting next to a kitty with the caption; "Softness isn't weakness, stay kind stay tender"

Softness

From @cinnamonspots.com!

Been wanting stickers for nearly ten years. Words can’t describe how happy I am to have these!

I should echo this on here too. I'm non binary now. Thanks for your attention to this matter

i was practicing writing my name as a signature and it made me irrationally happy, maybe i need to change my legal name already

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened 🫡

Do you mind? She's trying to read
#art #Isabelle

Sharing “genderless burger experience” here for those who haven’t seen it

hack the planet

I will add that the politics of 2025 are a shared hardship. Even if there was less going on in my life, knowing the state I grew up in was being effectively targeted by a malignant narcissist was still making this a very difficult experience to be in Texas

Anyway shit, I've been wanting to get this off of my chest for awhile now. Thanks for reading if you did. Mostly wrote it for my own closure

I didn't mention the stalking aspect but I'll just say this: I dealt with several threats from my abuser during my time in Dallas. I won't comment on anything for the sake of what might transpire. I'll just name that there were 4-5 different incidents.

However Texas gave me a newfound appreciation from where I grew up. It allowed me to figure out my health. It even gave me the lesser knowns, like the distance to reflect on intergenerational Polish trauma.

I do not regret it. Where I land after this stepping stone will make it all worth it.

While I do not regret moving out here for a second, I did not enjoy Texas. It's a complex feeling. It was an experience of intentional and drastic growth. A period where, while I'm still coming into my own, allowed me to take off the shackles that bound me.

Thankfully things started to slow down after this. Around this time I grew a serious contempt for this state from the actions of their national guard.

My dog of 15 years passes away, then I'm laid off the day after in November. Like a sick joke. I remember only caring about my dog that day.

I had my surgeries back to back, and the hardest days after a septoplasty are typically having to breathe out of your mouth on the first few nights. After that it was pretty smooth sailing into the next. I ran my insurance about 90k in 2025 from expenses.

It's just one thing after another. I couldn't even find time to chat with people or make meaningful connections.

This was it for the year. Things started out pretty gradual in 2025. I had two surgeries within 10 days of each other, and barreled into it.

I have a severe deviated septum with a bone spur, enlarged turbinates, and chronic sinusitis. Literally no allergies on a blood panel.

This was around thanksgiving, my uncle passes away on thanksgiving of a pulmonary embolism. It happened so fast that I couldn't even book a flight in time.

A few weeks after that? I buy a new Apple Watch to check for sleep apnea. I not only have severe obstructive sleep apnea, but I have a rare form called complex sleep apnea, of which has been impacting me since I was a child. I go to an ENT for a confirmation and guess what?

I get diagnosed with ADHD but here's the fun part: I was told my liver enzymes were dangerously high. I get repeat blood work and I now have to teeter with getting screened for potential liver damage.

I was able to get this under control, but hearing this, and high cholesterol, was another layer.

We're still furnishing an apartment in the midst of all of this. Around this point is where I'd say we hit finally having essentials.

Now we get into the health crisis.

I was talking with my therapist, and we went onto the subject of ADHD, and how he thinks I should seek a diagnosis.

I remember calling my behavior dancing over a fire. I wasn't helpless during any of this, instead coping as best as I could.

The week after my car, though? My uncle is diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. My mom is diagnosed with cancer a week after that.

A few weeks later I ended a friendship with someone who I still care about to this day. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I won't go into specifics to remain respectful on the subject.

My car totals the week after. The entire break caliper eroded and I got hot brakes.