sparker 🥑

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Writer, artist, & dancer working in behavioral health. Former SW/HW QA engineer. Bird ex-pat. Central Coast, California, USA
#shiny #writing #dance #art #mentalhealth #democracy #politics
My First BookOur Year at the Fahm or, Blessed are the Cracked for They Shall Let in The Light https://www.amazon.com/Our-Year-Fahm-Blessed-Cracked/dp/1468150618
JD Vance can go fuck himself.
Zero faith in the US Supreme Court. ZERO.
Lynxsy lets me know she is hungry by picking up her big black dog Kong toy and flinging it around. #Catsofruby #catsofmastodon #catswhochew
How Did This Climber Get Away with So Much for So Long?

Federal prosecutors allege that Charles Barrett—a prominent member of the Northern California climbing community who goes to trial for aggravated sexual abuse next week—is a serial offender with a shocking history of violence, harassment, and intimidation. An exclusive investigation into his life and alleged actions raises troubling questions about the dangers women continue to face in the outdoors.

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Today I learned from a publicly accessible database that my direct supervisor, a psychiatrist, is ethically compromised to the tune of $150K per year, over the last several years, for receiving payments from drug companies. I nearly threw up in my trash can. #psychiatry #behavioralhealth #prescriptiondrugs #ethics #WTF #bigpharma
“When I get nervous, I tell the truth.” Jay Z #speakingtruthtopower #beyoncé #grammys #bias
To @pge4me: the entire contents of my refrigerator need to be disposed of now. With food prices being what they are, this is not a trivial loss. It will cost ~ $500 to replace what was in the refrigerator; this includes the time I wasted making two pans of delicious turkey meat loaf, two different recipes, one for Mom and one for me.
If I were in a post-apocalyptic scenario inside a library the first two books I would burn for warmth would be Mein Kampf and the Bible.