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Because I'm okay, thanks for asking!

It's been making me crazy how little people know about socialism. First principles!

Join our kitten army! The kind of army we can get behind. Created in part to balance a dear friend's corgi marines.

Something I've found myself saying a lot, in 2019::. What have I accomplished, what have I achieved? I'm Still Here.

I made the mistake of reading Nextdoor, then couldn't get this phrase out of my head. May we all be "punks on bikes".

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is making me proud to be a democratic socialist again. Socialism brought you unions, the 40-hour workweek, sick time, weekends, child labor protections, Social Security, unemployment, and much more.

This was one of my revelations of 2018 - not just comprehending it, but understanding it, and taking control of it. Perhaps you are working to control it as well.

There has been a lot of anger in the past months; what better way to express it than as fierce compassion?

A reminder, a guiding principle, a path.

A reminder to myself, and perhaps to you, in these troubled times.