I don't want to be a scaredy cat anymore.

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Fun movie a little deeper than your average rom com. Cried a lot because the writing is good.

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Shushing is not just about quashing the mosquito-buzz irritations of the world around you. It’s about self-respect. To stand up, to feel the sweaty rush and request decency, is to not be a person who just takes it. - August Thomas for Nytimes The Case for Telling Total Strangers to Shut Up

The Case for Telling Total Strangers to Shut Up

Reminding others how to behave in public is a civic duty.

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Today I had a patient who (after some conversation) I realized had some sort of dementia or memory disorder. She was so irritable and her husband looked defeated. She seemed healthy otherwise, just her mind and attitude was very abrasive. It made me think of N and me and the changes to our health we have no control over. I just want to make sure that while we’re healthy and in the right state of mind we are kind to each other and we love each other as hard as we can while we can.

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Money Monster: Morgan Spector - Anthem Magazine

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Movies and Shows

My Mister 2018 Korea by Kim Won-seok & Hae-yeong Park

American Fiction 2023 by Cord Jefferson

Normal People 2020 by Lenny Abrahamson; Hettie Macdonald

The Gilded Age 2022 by Michael Engler; Salli Richardson Whitfield; Deborah Kampmeier

Rap Sh!t 2022 by Issa Rae

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Movies I’ve seen

Tar

Belfast

Crimson peak

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Movies I’ve Seen Lately

Shoplifters 2018 by Hirokazu Koreeda (loved, saw it years ago but wanted to remember)

Lust, Caution 2007 by Ang Lee

Far from the Madding Crowd 2015 by Thomas Vinterberg (loved this period piece)

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris 2022 by Anthony Fabian (great light hearted movie)

Oppenheimer 2023 by Christopher Nolan

Chungking Express 1994 by Kar-Wai Wong (kinda weird good visuals)

Mulholland Drive 2001 by David Lynch (weird mystery trippy)

Empire of Light 2022 by Sam Mendes (great cinematography)

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Part of the Criterio Collection

German Film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Quotes:

Emmi Kurowski: “But when we're together, we must be nice to each other. Otherwise, life's not worth living.”

Emmi Kurowski: "I'm so happy, but so full of fear too." 

Ali:  "Fear no good. Fear eat soul up."

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They argued that black people, like children, were incapable of caring for themselves and that slavery was a benevolent institution that kept them fed, clothed, and occupied, and exposed them to Christianity.

Southerners

I was shocked to read that this was assumed to be a valid defense for slavery...unbelievable!

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The U.S.: 50 States

Do you know your 50 states? Play this fun US states game to find out - just click the blank map to answer the questions!

Quiz and then read about when the states were ratified. 13 colonies, Louisiana Purchase, Mexican American war etc.

Slave States vs. Free States

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Daily Musings -Bill of Rights

In addition to the Constitution which explains how the US gov’t is set up there are 27 amendments. The first 10 amendments are the Bill of Rights.

Bill of Rights (simple)

Drafted mostly by James Madison 1789

First Amendment protected freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition 

https://judiciallearningcenter.org/your-1st-amendment-rights/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater

Second Amendment right to bear arms 

Fourth Amendment bars the government from unreasonable search and seizure 

https://judiciallearningcenter.org/your-4th-amendment-rights/

Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury.

Eighth Amendment bars excessive bail and fines and cruel and unusual punishment.

There are a total of 27 amendments

Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, December 6, 1865.

Fifteenth Amendment gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race, but it would be 50 years until women gained the right to vote, February 3, 1870.

Nineteenth Amendment  gave women the right to vote, August 8, 1920.

The 18th amendment made alcoholic consumption illegal in 1919 during Prohibition. It was repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933.

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According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), if a law enforcement officer stops you for questioning, you have the right to ask, "Am I free to go?" If the officer says, "no", you have the right to ask why the officer is stopping you. You also have the right to make sure the officer knows you do not agree to a search and can say, "I do not consent to a search." It's important not to resist an officer if he or she still conducts a search, but make sure you audibly let the officer know you do not consent to a search.

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Rave apples pretty good. juicy sour, too light of texture,

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Vision Optional

He was hilarious, intelligent, successful and kind. And, it turns out, visually impaired — so visually impaired that future blindness is a possibility. I closed my laptop to consider, giving myself 24 hours to think, but I only needed two. 

Blindness wasn’t a choice for him; why should it be for me? Hearts required, vision optional. — Jennifer Haendel

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The Surgical Touch

At Alinea in Chicago, David Beran assembles the garnishes for a pork belly dish: black sea salt, cucumber, garlic chips, bananas with curry, lime, onion, coconut, cashews, pepper puree and a citrus marigold mix. (Video: Peter Thompson)

At Alinea in Chicago, David Beran assembles the garnishes for a pork belly dish: black sea salt, cucumber, garlic chips, bananas with curry, lime, onion, coconut, cashews, pepper puree and a citrus marigold mix. (Video: Peter Thompson)