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I've been sober for 19 years today. If I hadn't quit when I did, I wouldn't be here. To anyone struggling, I send my love, my understanding, and my promise that, while sobriety isn't easy, it is absolutely worth it! You'll never regret the drink you didn't have. #soberlife

@go1dwing When I was at University in Sheffield, I randomly met 2 people who knew my brother. One had worked with him one summer in Kent, and one had a sibling who'd shared a house with mine in Wolverhampton. My bro got back in touch with two friends as a result!

tell me yours pls

@ama_a93 I thought about opening an Etsy shop to sell my bead work. Everything I read about it convinced me not to! Seems like it was a great concept initially, but the ethics of greed have crushed the goodness out of it.

dont open an etsy shop 😃 (1/4)

@RobertMSterling My son called dogs 'goggen goggens' when he was 18 months. He's 22 now, and all dogs are still 'goggens'.

The best random part about having small kids is how they mispronounce things and it’s so adorable that you not only don’t correct them, you start adopting it yourself. During Covid, our daughter couldn’t say “hand sanitizer” correctly. Three years later and we all still call it “hanzatizer.” When my son was two, he had a toy Elmo guitar that he called his “kintar.” My wife and I only stopped pronouncing it like that once he started real kintar lessons and we sounded dumb in front of the teacher. Our toddler is two and she calls her backpack a “pack pack.” Now the other kids talk about getting their pack packs ready for school every day. We’re having pasghetti for dinner tonight. It probably sounds stupid, but it’s little things like this that make parenthood—despite all the challenges—an irreplaceable joy.

@mmaher70 When I applied for PIP, I had to provide massive amounts of medical info. People really don't understand how invasive and extensive the process is. When I underwent a review 2 years later, I basically printed off my medical records for them. It can't get more bloody rigorous!

DWP to introduce 'more rigorous checks' for PIP claimants Labour are lying Zero fraud PIP April 2024 You've got to produce consultants, oncologist, psychiatrists support It's not given just by GP letters Fraud pandemic not mentioned anymore #newsnight manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-l…

@amandaknox It was obvious from the start that you were a scapegoat for the Italian legal system's deficiencies. When I read John Douglas's summary of the evidence and your fight for justice, I was shocked. You have my admiration, my sympathy, and my best wishes. Meredith has my prayers x

Welp, I pulled a Tony Soprano today and fainted. Wasn't looking at ducks, just staring down the verdict that’s coming my way from Italy’s highest court tomorrow morning. It doesn't get easier, no matter how many times I’ve been through this. /Thread

@paulybengali It's shameful. Fascism is back in full force, with the complicity of UK politicians.

This Jewish man exposes Israel so hard

@philscully My son and I are so upset. Such a vibrant and talented human being. My thoughts are with all those who loved them. Wishing you peace, Viv.

It can be hard to place feelings about a loss of somebody you don’t personally know, but the truth is whether through her her humour, talent or story, The Vivienne will have touched so many lives, and felt like a part of each persons story. RIP Viv. We celebrate & remember you

@KenSchleede @MalaakSafa "... women who got into situations that were scary" usually equals women doing things they're absolutely entitled to do, being harassed by men who don't know how to behave. Women shouldn't have to curtail their enjoyment of life to allow for men to be predatory narcissists.

Yep. Most men have helped dozens or hundreds of women who got into situations that were scary. Most men have stood between scary guys and women, quierly, just to make sure they took the trouble first. Most men have a pocket knife because weak people have made carrying a firearm illegal, expensive, impossible at work and likely to cause a freakout. Most men have lost pocker knives to the airport, museum, public building bans. Most men would like to be able to count on others to support them when they intervene but the Leftists who want sheep have taken over society. But most men will do their best. What kind of policies do you support and vote for? I am guessing pro-self-defense, pro-defense of 3rd party, pro 2A, pro stop and frisk, pro mandatory commitment.

@realDonaldTrump Everything Agent Orange says makes my skin crawl. It's all about himself, never the people he's supposed to be serving.

The resignation of Christopher Wray is a great day for America as it will end the Weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice. I just don’t know what happened to him. We will now restore the Rule of Law for all Americans. Under the leadership of Christopher Wray, the FBI illegally raided my home, without cause, worked diligently on illegally impeaching and indicting me, and has done everything else to interfere with the success and future of America. They have used their vast powers to threaten and destroy many innocent Americans, some of which will never be able to recover from what has been done to them. Kash Patel is the most qualified Nominee to lead the FBI in the Agency’s History, and is committed to helping ensure that Law, Order, and Justice will be brought back to our Country again, and soon. As everyone knows, I have great respect for the rank-and-file of the FBI, and they have great respect for me. They want to see these changes every bit as much as I do but, more importantly, the American People are demanding a strong, but fair, System of Justice. We want our FBI back, and that will now happen. I look forward to Kash Patel’s confirmation, so that the process of Making the FBI Great Again can begin. Thank you!

@RealJasonNelson @arenella1 The monarch is a figurehead and a symbol of the nation, as is your flag. In pledging fidelity to our symbolic head of state, we are, by implication, pledging to our nation. The King does the Government's bidding, not vice-versa. He is essentially an expensive tourist attraction!

@arenella1 Your friend is the subject of an unelected monarch. Conversation over.

I just got off the phone with a life-long Brit friend who works for their intelligence service. The Brits and the Israelis both believe Trump is doing Putin's bidding as his absurd cabinet appointments are all hostile to the agencies they might be heading. My friend concluded our

@owenjonesjourno You need proper investigation. I have a hiatus hernia, which was diagnosed because my severe acid reflux caused oesophagitis (burnt, eroded lining of the oesophagus). It was agony! I've been on omeprazole, now esomeprazole, for 30 years. Gaviscon always felt like it burnt more.

OK so, against my better judgement, I've developed some health issue and wanted to see if anyone else has gone through this in the hope you can help... First thing on Monday it felt like I had heartburn when I ate, so I started taking Gaviscon. Anyway, it got worse and worse. On Tuesday morning I got some Omeprazole (20mg). Throughout the day, a burning sensation in my stomach became a constant. In the evening, it got a lot worse, and got combined with a very bad headache. We called 111, they wanted to send an ambulance, but went to A&E on our own steam, they did an ECG which was all normal. They prescribed Lansoprazole 30mg and Dihydrocodeine 30mg. I saw my GP yesterday, and he ruled out e.g. stomach perforation or ulcer. He thought it oesophagitis, though pointed out that just meant my oesophagus was inflamed for an unknown reason. He did say he'd never come across such a severe case before and found that curious but didn't think necessarily meant cause for an alarm. But despite being on treatment, I had the worst night last night - thanks to severe burning pain in my stomach. I haven't had a meal since Tuesday afternoon, and eating even tiny amounts of food sets off hideous levels of stomach burning. Drinking water is a struggle - I can only get away with sipping, otherwise, again, it's unbelievably painful. I don't have any other symptoms at all. I don't feel nauseous in the slightest. I actually feel hungry and would love to eat a proper meal. My energy levels are pretty good given the circumstances. So basically what the fuck is going on here? I'm actually now clinging on to a Gaviscon allergy - that I did have mild heartburn and I've been drinking poison without realising it, and if I stop taking it, things will go back to normal. When I take it - e.g. before going to bed last night - it burned badly and seemed to set off the severe pain. But I don't know if that's just because anything I ingest sets it off. Sorry to throw this at you but I'm obviously a bit fed up about it all and would love to find out if anyone else has gone through this or there's any pointers...

@uadimwit2 @timjacobwise You're not 'We The People', though. You're 'Me, One Person', and can speak only for yourself. If you're offended by people being offended, you're part of your own problem.

@timjacobwise Your power is gone. I don't care what she said. She wasn't threatening the flight, she was just being offensive. WE, THE PEOPLE are done with you being offended.

Identify this racist who verbally assaulted a family on a United Airlines shuttle (link in thread). If she has a job, let's make sure she doesn't for long. I'm tired of giving people like this grace. It's one thing to make a stupid remark and regret it. She doesn't. Wreck her.

@POTUS An amazing tribute to those souls lost to this awful disease. Now, in their honour, pharmaceutical companies should make the drugs that enable people to live normal lives with the infection freely available to all who need them, wherever they are in the world.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt was created in 1985 to honor the memory of those we’ve lost to HIV/AIDS. It started with one name on one panel – four decades later, the quilt holds 110,000 names. Yesterday, for the first time, the Quilt was on display on the White House's South Lawn.

@Shrink_at_Large I've been in the mental health system as a patient for nearly 30 years. I've been diagnosed with mixed depression & anxiety disorder, and diagnoses such as borderline personality and bipolar disorders have been mooted several times. I was finally diagnosed with ADHD at 51.

Rejection sensitivity is central to ADHD, autism, and cPTSD. Mental health services rarely understand rejection sensitivity, which is why people in all three diagnostic categories are so often told there is something wrong with their personality. There isn’t. #HumanNotPD

@SPILLTH23179358 @LailaMickelwait @letshearthetru Being anti rape, paedophilia, and incest isn't specific to feminism. Just being a reasonable human being tends to be cause enough.

@LailaMickelwait @letshearthetru There's nothing heroic here just a girl who breached Dad's privacy to appease the feminist movement.

Teen discovered her father googling “real” “homemade” “teen” “rape” videos & “father daughter” incest abuse videos on the world’s largest porn tube sites. The kids of this generation are paying a devastating price for an unchecked Big Porn sex crime industry. #Traffickinghub

@ImaredothegameS @ask_aubry Nah. I live in a multicultural area and it's all good thanks 👍

So I bet he would agree that anyone convicted of r*pe should be executed then?

@OccupyDemocrats Elon Musk is what happens when a five year old is never told "No!". Trump is of the same psychologically flawed mould. They're either going to have a massive power struggle and destroy each other, or combine their narcissistic tendencies and embark on a 4 year folie a deux.

BREAKING: Alexander Vindman RESPONDS to Elon Musk’s threat that he will “pay” for his “treason”: “Elon, here you go again making false and completely unfounded accusations without providing any specifics. That’s the kind of response one would expect from a conspiracy theorist. What oligarch? What treason? Let me help you out with the facts: I don’t take/have never taken money from any money from oligarchs Ukrainian or other otherwise. I do run a nonprofit foundation. The HereRightMattersFoundatiom.org to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s unprovoked attack on Feb 24, 2022. I served in the military for nearly 22 years and my loyalty is to supporting the U.S. Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. That’s why I reported presidential corruption when I witnessed an effort to steal an election. That report was in classified channels and when called by Congress to testify about presidential corruption I did so, as required by law. You, Elon, appear to believe you can act with impunity and are attempting to silence your critics. I’m not intimidated.” Hit the ❤️, drop a comment with your opinion of Musk and Vindman, and pass this on to thank Alexander Vindman for setting Elon Musk straight!

@ImaredothegameS @ask_aubry Neither of those things are the subject of the comment.