Mastodawn

"clearing your name is very hard to do when you're the [family/community] scapegoat because the word has gone out over the years about you, and it's gone beyond the family [or community], you don't know who's talking about you and it's hard to get yourself back."

This woman's story is my story, although I'm still living in the aftermath of a vicious and vile smear campaign that caused me to lose everything.

#scapegoat #family #dysfunction #tedtalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIlUJRabkNg

Family scapegoat, prized, needed and envied | Diane Collins | TEDxFederalHill

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Bruce MacDonald Dec 12

News from Greater Minnesota.

“It’s been going on for way too long,” said Pat Gavle, who served as city clerk years ago and has signed the petition. “And every time you think something can’t get any stupider, it has.”

Fed up with controversy, residents want to get rid of this Minnesota town entirely
By Trey Mewes
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/twin-lakes-minnesota-dissolve-city-township/601536850?utm_source=gift

#Minnesota #SmallTownLife #dysfunction

kctipton Nov 2

ICE’s Hiring Surge Is Attracting A Bunch Of People Who Are Too Unfit (Or Too Criminal) To Work At ICE | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/31/ices-hiring-surge-is-attracting-a-bunch-of-people-who-are-too-unfit-or-too-criminal-to-work-at-ice/. "It’s hard to imagine ICE being even worse than it already is, but given these early reports, the ICE we see now might be the best version of itself." #ICE #dysfunction #kakistocracy #fail

ICE’s Hiring Surge Is Attracting A Bunch Of People Who Are Too Unfit (Or Too Criminal) To Work At ICE

ICE can generate multiple horrible stories a day but it still can’t seem to find enough brown people to deport daily to satisfy White House advisor Stephen Miller’s demands for 3,000 ar…

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The OW Factor Nov 2

A jackass for a boss

#Advice #Dysfunction #ToxicWorkplaces

https://theowfactor.org/2025/11/02/a-jackass-for-a-boss/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

A jackass for a boss

We all encounter bosses who have obviously failed up, and they are relatively easy to spot. I’ve encountered many examples of this in my own career. The following list might be helpful to sha…

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jaimedavid327 Nov 1

The Spongebob Shutdown: How Both Parties Are Winning While America Burns

Let me just say this straight up — this is my opinion. My personal take. But I honestly believe that both Democrats and Republicans in Washington, D.C., are benefiting from this shutdown. Not the everyday Democrats and Republicans, not the people living paycheck to paycheck, not the single parents trying to stretch what little money they have left — no, I mean the ones sitting comfortably in Congress, the ones making decisions from their high offices. Those are the ones gaining something […]

https://theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2025/11/01/the-spongebob-shutdown-how-both-parties-are-winning-while-america-burns/

The OW Factor Nov 1

Looking for unicorns

#AcademicLibraries #Dysfunction #JobRetention #JobSearch #Libraries #ToxicWorkplaces

https://theowfactor.org/2025/11/01/looking-for-unicorns/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Adrian Segar Oct 28

Recognizing unhealthy dynamics in our family relationships is crucial. But have you ever paused to consider: could your relationship with your career also be unhealthy?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/personal-effectiveness/2024/02/relationship-with-career

#career #newcareer #life #job #relationship #dysfunction

Dave Volek Oct 25

Life Inside a Political Party

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=32&id=112

And we wonder why normal capable people won't run for public office.

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#politicalparty #dysfunction

AuthorLinda Oct 15

"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing." ~ THE GRAND DESIGN by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow https://lindahourihan.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/because-there-is-a-law-such-as-gravity-the-universe-can-and-will-create-itself-from-nothing-the-grand-design-by-stephen-hawking-and-leonard-mlodinow/ #Angels, #Animals, #BigBang, #Centrifugal, #Centripetal, #Consciousness, #Cosmos, #Creation, #Dysfunction, #Earth, #Electromagnetics, #Energy, #Evil, #FourForces, #Function, #Galaxies, #Galaxy, #God, #Good, #Gravity, #HowTheEarthWasFormed, #LeonardMlodnow, #NASA, #Nature, #Spirit, #Spirituality, #StephenHawking

“Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.” ~ THE GRAND DESIGN by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

Angel Nanael prompts me to ask my question to the late Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, which is, when, where, and how were the forces of gravity and anti-gravity, electricity, magnetics, cent…

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Pete Orrall (backup account)Sep 30

@flexghost This time the #GuardiansOfPedophiles are in #control of the #government (or what's left of it). It really shows the #pathological #dysfunction.

We are living in, unquestionably, the most fucked up #timeline.

#uspol #unitedstates #fascism #hellscape #wtf