Jane Springer

@vapelawguy @luxemiaa Love the Archie Bunker reference - would love to have seen that!

@luxemiaa Had that happen once in first. Delta moved me from the seat I chose to accommodate a Chinese couple. I went full Archie Bunker on the gate agent.

So Delta moved my seat without asking me. I'm standing in the airport and I get a notification that I've been reassigned to a different comfort plus seat. I paid for the seat I was in specifically so I could sit next to my boyfriend who also paid for his seat specifically so he could sit next to me. I walk up to the counter and the agent tells me they moved me because another couple wanted to sit together. I'm sorry what. I am also a couple. Who also wants to sit together. Move me back. There was a whole discussion about this but eventually she did it. Get on the plane and the couple in question is right in front of me. The gate agent looks at them and says loudly so sorry we couldn't get you seated together and then turns and gives ME a stink eye when I scan my boarding pass. Me. The person who simply asked to keep the seat I had already purchased. Then the guy........

@KTLA As a cyclist, these riders should be in single file as they are taking up the entire lane. Never cool to hit one, but also not cool to hold up traffic and force cars to cross the yellow line.

A driver in Canton, Georgia, was charged with aggravated assault after allegedly striking a bicyclist with his vehicle and knocking the rider off their bike in late April, according to Atlanta News First, citing authorities.

@LeahRemini Congratulations!! So proud of you for this and all you have overcome. And 20+ years ago I watched so many episodes of King of Queens while breastfeeding my baby and you are hilarious! Love you!

I graduated!!! I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a concentration in Psychology, summa cum laude! Five years ago, I started this journey with an eighth-grade education, and even that was from a Scientology school, where critical thinking was discouraged and the quality of instruction was subpar, to say the least. I did not get here alone. Thank you to @NYUSPS and @DeanKamath. Thank you to everyone who supported me, encouraged me, and believed in me, especially on the days I was not sure I could do this. And there were plenty of those days. To my therapist, who told me not to give up when I was told I likely would not be accepted into a prestigious program. To my tutor, without whom I likely would have given up at the harder points along the way. To all those here who have sent me loving messages on social media. And to everyone else who has cheered me on in person through the ups and the downs of it, it means more than I can put into words. It got me over this finish line of being a student again and graduating. That goal once seemed impossible. To those who have asked me, “Why this? Why now?” I pursued higher education to reclaim a piece of myself. When you come out of a high-control group like Scientology, or even a high-control family, there are parts of you that were never allowed to fully develop. Those parts include your curiosity and your ability and right to question. Education was discouraged because knowledge creates confidence in your ability to trust your own mind and navigate the world. That leads to true independence, and that would never be allowed. I wanted that back. But more than that, I needed to understand. I needed to understand how my mother could have us join Scientology when I was just eight years old, and how my family and I could be part of something like this and stay in it for so long. I needed to understand how these systems work, how they influence people, and how they take hold. Without education, access to real information, and support, people can fall into systems that work against their best interests. Some assume that because they are educated, even highly educated, they would never fall for something like this. But it turns out that is not necessarily true. What many of us are impacted by, but never quite understand, is how high-control groups operate. Many still do not understand how misinformation spreads, and how tribalism and radicalization shape what we think, what we believe, and who and what we trust. Without that awareness, none of us are immune. Today, we are seeing how these forces can influence good people and distort reality. History has shown us that this is not new; it just comes in a different form now. Social media connects us in ways we never imagined, but it also creates echo chambers that reinforce beliefs and justify behavior without question. Real critical thinking is hard when we are fed so much by algorithms designed to appeal to us. In learning and achieving this milestone in my own life, it has helped me take a good, hard look at my own beliefs and ideologies. This journey was about healing for me, but also about figuring out how to help others in whatever way I can in the future. So what is in my future? I am considering continuing my education and possibly pursuing a master’s degree, with the goal of contributing to advocacy and policies that protect people, not systems. For now, I am taking this moment in. I am proud of myself. And I am grateful. Thank you for being on this journey with me.

@mmpadellan As a teacher, we say the pledge every day. Less and less kids are standing as the year goes by. And I understand - it’s sad what our country has become but I’m staying hopeful for our future without 🍊

I'm so torn right now. Despite its problems, I still love America, my country of birth, the only country I have ever lived in. I'm torn because of the glee I feel as our Vice President, JD Vance, is drenched in thunderous boos at the Olympics. I really can't stand that lying sack of shit, but he's there sadly representing our country. JD Vance represents the absolute worst that America has to offer, he is an embarrassment. BTW -- that's why trump isn't going to the Super Bowl, he would be booed into oblivion. I remember, as a kid, learning the "Pledge of Allegiance" and "My Country Tis of Thee," and learning the words to the "Star Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America." I still have national pride. Just because I'm liberal, it doesn't make me any less patriotic. There's some kind of idiotic myth, pushed by morons on the right, that if you criticize America or you criticize the President, that means you hate America. These hypocrites have the audacity to say that, after spending 8 years criticizing President Obama, and another 4 years criticizing President Biden. I despise the way Vance has chosen to represent America, behind a wall of lies and hypocrisy used to justify the hateful actions taken against fellow Americans and anyone who looks like they might have been born in another country. If you are a patriot, you love our Constitution. If you're a patriotic elected official, you've sworn an OATH to defend the Constitution and all its amendments, even those that are inconveniently impeding your quest to remove as many Brown people as possible. And if you are a patriot, it is your DUTY to speak up when you see things aren't right, when you see people making us look bad, when you see others being hurt, oppressed, or treated with cruelty. When you love something or someone, you correct them when they're wrong, because you expect THE BEST from them. THAT is what it means to be American. So yeah, BOOOO to that lying hypocrite JD Vance, and his "Haitians are eating cats and dogs" and his smug, mascara eyes looking in the camera, and his refusal to apologize for lying about Alex Pretti and Renee Good. ALSO, hooray to our AMAZING American athletes, I will be rooting for you at the Olympics, hooray for all those people who told Vance to suck it. And hooray for America, which I still love but excuse our appearance while we are under shitty new management.🇺🇸

She was his everything.💔 RIP Renee Good.

@ProFootballDoc Merry Christm to you and your beautiful family!

#MerryChristmas No #HalftimeInjuryChat #DALvsWAS Maybe for later games

@marcelluswiley I got both replaced last year - it’s a game changer! Healing prayers - you are going to feel so much better!

Please keep me in your prayers as I head into my total hip replacement surgery — aiming for a healthy, smooth, and successful outcome. No, I’m not trying to pull a Philip Rivers comeback 😄 — but if I can get back to being “Big Usher” on the dance floor, I’ll take that as a major win. Grateful for the love, faith, and positive energy. 🙏🏿💪🏿❤️

@LibOrNormal God is good but you are a thief.

Someone dropped their receipt at Walmart so this lady picked it up and walked back in the store and got everything on it....

The Marshall Project asked incarcerated people what might have kept them out of prison. Their responses: Affordable housing, vocational programs, cheaper college classes, grief counseling, drug prevention programs, daycare vouchers and more. themarshallproject.org/2020/10/27/wha…

@donwinslow Life is Beautiful. Has it all.

What is your ONE favorite movie of ALL TIME?

@BethHeighw76004 @donwinslow Greatest love story! And Daniel Day Lewis in anything is gold

@hwinkler4real 33

38

@braves2430 2500 miles - Buffalo, NY to to CA with time in Chicago and NYC. I did my time in the cold!

How far away is it for You? 🚗⌛️

@billinformed Powerful stuff

The Noise Covers Everything he stands under the hot lights talking about patriotism, family values, god’s love for the nation— and all I can see are the locked doors in his mansion and the perfume that still hangs in the air like something dying slow. he jokes with the press while the lawyers shovel dirt over another box in the woods. tells the crowd we need “more law and order,” as if order ever lived in his hands. he throws parades, spends millions on fireworks, lets the army march through the streets, because nothing drowns out the sound of children telling their mothers what he did to them. and the people cheer because they’re drunk on the noise, and noise is easy— truth is hard, truth is a dead rat in the corner of the room you keep pretending you can’t smell.

@Georgebabs_ Brisn Ferry - Slave to Love. Seems like a good soundtrack

@JamesTate121 @CalltoActivism And everyone just stood around filming. 😔

This is assault. 🤬

@FamilyKabs I love your relationship - so loved seeing these clips over the years. All the best to your singing beauty!

I can’t believe our girl has officially started college! 📚😭❤️ you know we had to! 😂🤝🏾 Still on the same vibe 12 years later! 🎶 #TheKabsFamily #fatheranddaughter

@NicholasFerroni Thank you for all you do to advocate for teachers. Stay positive and I hope you have a great year. Your students are so fortunate to have you! #teacherstrong

This year feels heavier than most, uncertain and unsettling. But we can’t carry it alone. We must support each other and speak out for what matters.

@earth_tracker I never get tired of this video. Pharrell’s expressions..

4. Maggie Rogers, as an unknown music student at NYU, showing her unfinished song 'Alaska' to Pharrell (who can visibly tell it's going to be a massive hit within about 15 seconds)

All-time favorite type of videos: pre-fame bands playing their extremely famous songs to a tiny room of people, because they're not yet known. A thread of some examples 🧵 1. MGMT playing 'Kids' to a crowd of maybe 25 people on a college quad

@glenn_tunes We know 😔😔

AS A NORWEGIAN CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING TO ALL OF MY AMAZING FRIENDS IN AMERICA 👊 YOUR PRESIDENT IS EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING 🤡😂🤣