Christopher Pickel, RN

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Husband, father, RN, brother, Uncle, Son, Grandson, Cousin, In-Law, Musician, and amateur astronomer and luthier. Pro-Democracy, proud Pennsylvanian.
Haven’t posted a build in a while. This one I played around with artificial aging techniques and a faux tiger striping.
The next guitar gets its neck built while I wait for the poly to dry on my “old timer” build.
My latest build is the best sounding one yet! I’ve settled on a wider neck, and the result looks more balanced. This makes my twelfth guitar!
Tomorrow the strings go on! (So excited!)
#WarInUkraine
Dniepr, Ukrainian oblast city, after russian attacks
Historic agreement between the Minnesota government and home care workers will raise their minimum wage to $20 by 2025, sets a wage scale for experienced workers, and includes retention bonuses https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/unionized-home-care-workers-win-31-raise-in-tentative-agreement-with-minnesota-officials/
Unionized home care workers win 31% raise in tentative agreement with Minnesota officials - Minnesota Reformer

Roughly 20,000 of Minnesota’s home care workers will see their biggest pay raise in history over the next two years, under a contract reached between the administration of Gov. Tim Walz and SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, the union representing the workers. The home care workers help elderly and disabled people with daily tasks such as bathing […]

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Discovery Alert! 📣
Just 16 light-years from Earth, two super-Earths orbit a small red star in a matter of days. They join 5,235 known worlds. https://go.nasa.gov/3vDSY9C
#NASAExoplanets
Eyes On Exoplanets – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System

Gaetz is dancing on McCarthy's grave and there's still a pulse.

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NEW: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has sent a letter to the Architect of the Capitol asking why Kevin McCarthy has been allowed to occupy the Speaker’s office.

“What is the basis… to allow someone who has placed second in three successive speaker elections to occupy [the office]?” https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1610466432248061953

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“NEW: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has sent a letter to the Architect of the Capitol asking why Kevin McCarthy has been allowed to occupy the Speaker’s office. “What is the basis… to allow someone who has placed second in three successive speaker elections to occupy [the office]?””

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Happy New Year! First of 2023! Tuned up at midnight!

May there be more compassionate and kind people defining our public life and body politic in 2023.

https://america.substack.com/p/kindness-is-a-show-of-strength-redux

Kindness is a Show of Strength (redux)

It’s the flip side of cruelty and hate, an act or way of being that can exude confidence and illuminate optimism. Showing kindness offers a bracing contrast to those who are always hitting back or punching down, grimly convinced that to do otherwise is an expression of weakness.

America, America