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from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free









Beirut, Lebanon




So this is me admitting to envy publicly, but also just feeling sad for missing out on … something. Might delete. At our church, we have a policy of letting small groups handle ministries like baby showers and meal trains and such. The small group I attend didn’t forget me or anything. They gave me a small diaper shower at one of our meetings and set up a meal train for four meals after we got home from the hospital. But it does hurt to see other ladies who were pregnant at the same time as me getting full-on showers with registry gifts (we needed actual baby things again, and $$ is tighter than it was w our 3yo) where the whole church was invited. Just now, the sister of a new mama posted her meal train for the whole church to participate in and it had a solid fourteen meal slots. We went to church with our baby for the first time this week, and one of the leaders of the women’s ministry told me she didn’t even know I was pregnant. Just feels like you have to be popular to get more support, and if you don’t have an advocate or want to toot your own horn, you aren’t as valued as other women. So now I’m midnight-nursing-ugly-crying over here. Don’t mind me. Most ppl don’t. *end self-pity vent* P.S. I had this same feeling with my last baby - the shower situation was exactly the same (our gap then was 5 years, so we had even less baby stuff then). We had more financial wiggle room, but I struggled postpartum and really could have used a robust meal train.




💢 REPORT | Opening Strikes in U.S.-Israeli Bombing Campaign Targeted Heart of Iran’s Pistachio Trade Iran was once the world’s leading pistachio producer. Today, USDA data show the U.S., led by California, accounts for roughly 65% of global output, while Iran’s share has fallen to about 18%. In the first week of the war, reports and geolocated satellite imagery indicated strikes in and around Rafsanjan, the heart of Iran’s pistachio sector, including apparent damage to pistachio warehouse facilities near the airport. The Resnick family, owners of The Wonderful Company and dominant players in California’s pistachio industry, have used political influence to secure vast water rights in drought-stricken regions, at the expense of local communities. The 2025 documentary Pistachio Wars examines their longstanding backing of pro-Israel lobbying groups, arguing that hawkish policies toward Iran align with their commercial interests, as weakening a key global competitor benefits their bottom line. 🎥 Pistachio Wars (2025) trailer.

Life comes fast One day you’re 28 and watching the Final Four at a bar with your boys Then you blink and you’re 41 arguing with the internet about diapers


When God was punishing humans for sining in the Garden of Eden, the curse unto women was: she will have pain in childbearing, and for man, he will labor to get food to feed himself and his wife. Now there’s one party that wants 50/50, Guys let everyone stick to their curse.



KAROLINE LEAVITT: “You can and you should do both because actually being a mom and having a family and having a job, it gives you the greatest perspective.” @PressSec live at the This Is the Turning Point Tour







