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roses's Profile
Location: Austin, TX
Groups: Cranky Users, IGTNT, Pink Clubhouse, IGTNT Advisory Group, PWB Peeps, TexKos - Takin' Back Texas!, Progressive Friends of the Library Newsletter, DK Fans of 90 for 90, Covid19 State by State
Diaries published: 53 (27 days since last diary on Sun Apr 25, 2021 at 12:00 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 11105 (0 days since last comment on Sat May 22, 2021 at 01:13 PM PDT)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 77784
Total Comment Ratings: 44293
Most Recommended Diary: IGTNT: Incalculable loss, 214 comments, 289 recommends
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Hi, everyone! This will be short and very, very sweet. I just wanted to let everyone who didn’t happen to see this info yesterday that my fundraising goal was met, and some people contributed ...
by roses
 43 comments
on Sun Apr 25, 2021 at 12:00 PM PDT
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Well, I used to be a person who helped others financially, but I've been living on the edge for a couple of years and now I have more or less of an emergency. I'm hoping my fellow Kossacks can help me now. I'm in such a $$ mess. I hope this doesn't...
by roses
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on Sat Apr 24, 2021 at 10:01 AM PDT
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I think we all could use a little levity in these awful times, and I’m finding some joy in @OperationMaga, a parody Twitter account run by @MeidasTouch. First, from the drumpf campaign’s website, dated 10/3/20: TRUMP CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES “OPERATION MAGA”...
by roses
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on Mon Oct 05, 2020 at 09:19 AM PDT
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So a friend forwarded me a text from a friend of hers about this $1000 grant available from the SBA for freelancers and independent contractors who have been financially impacted by the coronavirus. It had a link to a Forbes article, which in turn...
by roses
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on Tue Jul 14, 2020 at 10:30 AM PDT
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Welcome to our latest spam registrant? russell57chamber (uid 246500), the most recent of 189 in the preceding 24 hours. Yesterday 198 (?I didn’t check for duplicates) Kogs posted 198 ...
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on Fri Jun 11, 2010 at 07:26 AM PDT
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on Tue Feb 02, 2010 at 05:58 PM PST
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- If you have read Grim Determined Indolent’s schtick for a while, you get that I fancy myself decidedly not “woke” in the language of the day. I don’t use social media, but for Facebook, where I am “Harry Lime.” Harry Friends people who are Kansans, and...3 comments 4 Recs
- As Nature reports, there is some good news on the COVID-19 front. Scientists are close to identifying the factors that provide immunity from being infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and even a tiny amount of the right “neutralizing antibodies” appears...22 comments 74 Recs
- The Mar-a-Lago Blogger is having a hard time adjusting to his new role in the nation’s consciousness. According to an analysis of web traffic by The Washington Post, the worst American president in modern history just doesn’t matter as much as he used...37 comments 59 Recs
- Preamble: I love this place and the community that it built and that built it. I want to see it survive, and I think that survival of the community is integral to the survival of the site. That said, there seems to be a problem, and I came onto it by...262 comments 130 Recs
- Folks, you thought “injustice” was all about police brutality in the Black community, the abuse and torture of immigrants on our southern border, gross economic inequality that has seen wealth accumulate at the upper socio-economic strata, the...45 comments 84 Recs
- Somewhere in the distant past, far beyond the horizon of 2020, and mostly beyond the time defined by that guy who keeps interrupting weddings to talk about the last election, there used to be a Saturday feature known as “Science Roundup.” If it seems...58 comments 112 Recs
- last night Rachel Maddow led off with a story about how the Arizona vote fraud scam is starting to repeat itself in Georgia. By the end of her A-block, she sounded almost panicky about it, wanting to know why nobody is doing anything to fight back...102 comments 165 Recs
- “Freddie, I need to get ready for work.” “Okay,” he said, not moving from my lap. I sighed and petted him, not really wanting to get moving. He was a handy excuse. My laptop was open and I ...143 comments 93 Recs
- Despite playing a key role in handling the coronavirus pandemic on the front lines, Asian American healthcare workers have been consistent targets of hate. Despite risking their lives protecting ...4 comments 35 Recs
- We all know the stakes of the elections in 2022 — Republicans have fully bought into the authoritarian, lying, democracy hating element of their party. A Republican House and Senate would be terrible for our country. Republican control of states is...267 comments 196 Recs
