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"Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within." -James Baldwin
This definition of love isn't about the infantile version of happiness, it is a state of grace, strength, and renewal. To see someone's flaws is to finally see the person.
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"Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within." -James Baldwin
This definition of love isn't about the infantile version of happiness, it is a state of grace, strength, and renewal. To see someone's flaws is to finally see the person.
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CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day
Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.
I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."
Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.
Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.
Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.
Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.
I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.
Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.
I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.
#WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters
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CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day
Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.
I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."
Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.
Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.
Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.
Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.
I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.
Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.
I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.
#WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters
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CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day
Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.
I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."
Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.
Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.
Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.
Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.
I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.
Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.
I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.
#WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters
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CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day
Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.
I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."
Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.
Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.
Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.
Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.
I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.
Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.
I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.
#WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters
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CW: My Bipolar Journey | World Bipolar Day
Today is World Bipolar Day, so I thought I would share my journey to a diagnosis and beyond.
I grew up with the shadow of an absent, manic father. His condition was only ever brought up when I acted out of line, used as a way to explain what was "wrong" with me. By the time I was about ten, I was seeing psychiatric professionals and being told I had a "chemical imbalance."
Into my teen years, I knew something wasn't right. I had a lot of rage for no apparent reason. But my step-father decided there was nothing wrong with me and took me off my medication. That led to a dark spiral. I was thrown out of the house, experienced homelessness, and dropped out of school before eventually getting my GED and going to college. For a long time, I was just lost, drifting through a brief marriage and divorce by the time I was 20.
Everything shifted when I met my partner in my late 20s. Even when I was deeply upset and far from kind, she met me with patience and acceptance. She helped me advocate for myself, which led to a real diagnosis: Bipolar 1, characterized by extreme highs of mania and extreme lows. This period in my life I associate with learning empathy and kindness.
Having a name for what I was experiencing changed my life. For a long time, I carried a heavy shame about my diagnosis. It has taken me a decade to finally let that go. The diagnosis explained why I would obsess about some things and then drop them to move on to another subject. Because of my condition, I know a lot about a lot of things because at some point my attention latched on and would not let go of the subject for a while. For instance, I went to college for North American Indian History, but I can tell you a lot about Linux, computers, phones, and numerous other little things.
Since before Covid, I have been on numerous medications. Sometimes I would have to change because a medication was working ok, but I wasn't allowed to go past a limit. Other times, medications would give me terrible side effects, like psychosis.
I have been on my current medication, Seroquel, for about a year now, and it seems to be working well. I know that could change at any time, though, and this dance with different medications will probably go on for the rest of my life.
Typically, the thing that interrupts my mental health is a change to my insurance. It is hard enough for bipolar people to take medication regularly, but when you add interruptions to pharmacy and mental health benefits, it can make it extremely hard to get back into a habit after being knocked out of it. Some of my lowest moments have been when I have lost my healthcare because of an inability to keep a job (due to the illness) and not being able to afford refills or doctor visits.
I tell you all of this hoping that you understand that people aren't just "crazy" and bipolar is not an adjective. Good people are born with and develop these conditions in our brains. No one really completely understands it. The best thing you can ever do for another person is to show them kindness and love. And to anyone out there who is still lost in the dark or struggling with a new diagnosis: your life isn't over. It takes work, and it can be exhausting, but it is absolutely possible to build a beautiful, meaningful life.
#WorldBipolarDay #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Bipolar1 #MentalHealth #ActuallyBipolar #MentalIllness #MentalHealthMatters
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History lesson for y'all (MAGA) cheering on an overthrow of the Cuban government. The "independence" we promised was always wrapped in our own interests.
1854: The Ostend Manifesto. A secret document suggesting that if Spain wouldn't sell Cuba, the US should take it by force. Why? Southern expansionists wanted to turn Cuba into a new slave state.
1868–1878: The Ten Years War. Cubans fought for independence from Spain. The US refused to recognize them, preferring "stability" and trade over Cuban freedom.
1896–1897: The Reconcentración Horror. Spanish General Valeriano "The Butcher" Weyler forced the rural population into concentration camps. ~400,000 Cubans died of starvation and disease. The US used this tragedy as the moral "in" for the Spanish-American War.
April 1898: The Teller Amendment. To prove we weren't just land grabbing, Congress passed a pinky swear claiming the US had no intention of exercising sovereignty over Cuba and would leave once it was "pacified."
December 1898: The Treaty of Paris. Spain officially gave up Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. The U.S. began a military occupation of Cuba that lasted almost four years.
1901: The Platt Amendment. This is the betrayal. The US forced Cuba to write it into their own Constitution as a condition for the US military leaving. It gave the US the legal right to intervene in Cuban affairs at will and established the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
May 20, 1902: "Independence." The US withdrew its troops, but Cuba was left as a "protectorate," independent on paper, but tethered to U.S. policy until 1934.
1934: The Good Neighbor Policy. Under FDR, the US repealed the Platt Amendment, giving up its "legal" right to invade. The Catch? We kept the lease on Guantanamo Bay indefinitely and shifted from military control to economic dominance, backing "stable" dictators like Batista to protect U.S. sugar interests.
1952–1958: The US backed the brutal Batista dictatorship because he kept Cuba open for business for the Mafia and US sugar companies.
1960–Present: The Longest Embargo in History. After the 1959 Revolution nationalized US property, the U.S. shifted to "economic warfare."
2026: We are currently seeing an energy blockade so severe it has paralyzed the island's hospitals and schools. 120+ years after we "promised" independence, we are still using the island as a geopolitical chessboard.
When we talk about "independence" in this region, we have to look at the strings we've been pulling for 170 years.
#AntiWar #OffTheList #CubaBlockade #NoMasBloqueo #Cuba2026 #CubanHistory #USHistory #USImperialism #History #USPol #USA #Cuba #SpanishAmericanWar #ForeignPolicy
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History lesson for y'all (MAGA) cheering on an overthrow of the Cuban government. The "independence" we promised was always wrapped in our own interests.
1854: The Ostend Manifesto. A secret document suggesting that if Spain wouldn't sell Cuba, the US should take it by force. Why? Southern expansionists wanted to turn Cuba into a new slave state.
1868–1878: The Ten Years War. Cubans fought for independence from Spain. The US refused to recognize them, preferring "stability" and trade over Cuban freedom.
1896–1897: The Reconcentración Horror. Spanish General Valeriano "The Butcher" Weyler forced the rural population into concentration camps. ~400,000 Cubans died of starvation and disease. The US used this tragedy as the moral "in" for the Spanish-American War.
April 1898: The Teller Amendment. To prove we weren't just land grabbing, Congress passed a pinky swear claiming the US had no intention of exercising sovereignty over Cuba and would leave once it was "pacified."
December 1898: The Treaty of Paris. Spain officially gave up Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. The U.S. began a military occupation of Cuba that lasted almost four years.
1901: The Platt Amendment. This is the betrayal. The US forced Cuba to write it into their own Constitution as a condition for the US military leaving. It gave the US the legal right to intervene in Cuban affairs at will and established the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
May 20, 1902: "Independence." The US withdrew its troops, but Cuba was left as a "protectorate," independent on paper, but tethered to U.S. policy until 1934.
1934: The Good Neighbor Policy. Under FDR, the US repealed the Platt Amendment, giving up its "legal" right to invade. The Catch? We kept the lease on Guantanamo Bay indefinitely and shifted from military control to economic dominance, backing "stable" dictators like Batista to protect U.S. sugar interests.
1952–1958: The US backed the brutal Batista dictatorship because he kept Cuba open for business for the Mafia and US sugar companies.
1960–Present: The Longest Embargo in History. After the 1959 Revolution nationalized US property, the U.S. shifted to "economic warfare."
2026: We are currently seeing an energy blockade so severe it has paralyzed the island's hospitals and schools. 120+ years after we "promised" independence, we are still using the island as a geopolitical chessboard.
When we talk about "independence" in this region, we have to look at the strings we've been pulling for 170 years.
#AntiWar #OffTheList #CubaBlockade #NoMasBloqueo #Cuba2026 #CubanHistory #USHistory #USImperialism #History #USPol #USA #Cuba #SpanishAmericanWar #ForeignPolicy
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History lesson for y'all (MAGA) cheering on an overthrow of the Cuban government. The "independence" we promised was always wrapped in our own interests.
1854: The Ostend Manifesto. A secret document suggesting that if Spain wouldn't sell Cuba, the US should take it by force. Why? Southern expansionists wanted to turn Cuba into a new slave state.
1868–1878: The Ten Years War. Cubans fought for independence from Spain. The US refused to recognize them, preferring "stability" and trade over Cuban freedom.
1896–1897: The Reconcentración Horror. Spanish General Valeriano "The Butcher" Weyler forced the rural population into concentration camps. ~400,000 Cubans died of starvation and disease. The US used this tragedy as the moral "in" for the Spanish-American War.
April 1898: The Teller Amendment. To prove we weren't just land grabbing, Congress passed a pinky swear claiming the US had no intention of exercising sovereignty over Cuba and would leave once it was "pacified."
December 1898: The Treaty of Paris. Spain officially gave up Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. The U.S. began a military occupation of Cuba that lasted almost four years.
1901: The Platt Amendment. This is the betrayal. The US forced Cuba to write it into their own Constitution as a condition for the US military leaving. It gave the US the legal right to intervene in Cuban affairs at will and established the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
May 20, 1902: "Independence." The US withdrew its troops, but Cuba was left as a "protectorate," independent on paper, but tethered to U.S. policy until 1934.
1934: The Good Neighbor Policy. Under FDR, the US repealed the Platt Amendment, giving up its "legal" right to invade. The Catch? We kept the lease on Guantanamo Bay indefinitely and shifted from military control to economic dominance, backing "stable" dictators like Batista to protect U.S. sugar interests.
1952–1958: The US backed the brutal Batista dictatorship because he kept Cuba open for business for the Mafia and US sugar companies.
1960–Present: The Longest Embargo in History. After the 1959 Revolution nationalized US property, the U.S. shifted to "economic warfare."
2026: We are currently seeing an energy blockade so severe it has paralyzed the island's hospitals and schools. 120+ years after we "promised" independence, we are still using the island as a geopolitical chessboard.
When we talk about "independence" in this region, we have to look at the strings we've been pulling for 170 years.
#AntiWar #OffTheList #CubaBlockade #NoMasBloqueo #Cuba2026 #CubanHistory #USHistory #USImperialism #History #USPol #USA #Cuba #SpanishAmericanWar #ForeignPolicy
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History lesson for y'all (MAGA) cheering on an overthrow of the Cuban government. The "independence" we promised was always wrapped in our own interests.
1854: The Ostend Manifesto. A secret document suggesting that if Spain wouldn't sell Cuba, the US should take it by force. Why? Southern expansionists wanted to turn Cuba into a new slave state.
1868–1878: The Ten Years War. Cubans fought for independence from Spain. The US refused to recognize them, preferring "stability" and trade over Cuban freedom.
1896–1897: The Reconcentración Horror. Spanish General Valeriano "The Butcher" Weyler forced the rural population into concentration camps. ~400,000 Cubans died of starvation and disease. The US used this tragedy as the moral "in" for the Spanish-American War.
April 1898: The Teller Amendment. To prove we weren't just land grabbing, Congress passed a pinky swear claiming the US had no intention of exercising sovereignty over Cuba and would leave once it was "pacified."
December 1898: The Treaty of Paris. Spain officially gave up Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. The U.S. began a military occupation of Cuba that lasted almost four years.
1901: The Platt Amendment. This is the betrayal. The US forced Cuba to write it into their own Constitution as a condition for the US military leaving. It gave the US the legal right to intervene in Cuban affairs at will and established the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
May 20, 1902: "Independence." The US withdrew its troops, but Cuba was left as a "protectorate," independent on paper, but tethered to U.S. policy until 1934.
1934: The Good Neighbor Policy. Under FDR, the US repealed the Platt Amendment, giving up its "legal" right to invade. The Catch? We kept the lease on Guantanamo Bay indefinitely and shifted from military control to economic dominance, backing "stable" dictators like Batista to protect U.S. sugar interests.
1952–1958: The US backed the brutal Batista dictatorship because he kept Cuba open for business for the Mafia and US sugar companies.
1960–Present: The Longest Embargo in History. After the 1959 Revolution nationalized US property, the U.S. shifted to "economic warfare."
2026: We are currently seeing an energy blockade so severe it has paralyzed the island's hospitals and schools. 120+ years after we "promised" independence, we are still using the island as a geopolitical chessboard.
When we talk about "independence" in this region, we have to look at the strings we've been pulling for 170 years.
#AntiWar #OffTheList #CubaBlockade #NoMasBloqueo #Cuba2026 #CubanHistory #USHistory #USImperialism #History #USPol #USA #Cuba #SpanishAmericanWar #ForeignPolicy
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History lesson for y'all (MAGA) cheering on an overthrow of the Cuban government. The "independence" we promised was always wrapped in our own interests.
1854: The Ostend Manifesto. A secret document suggesting that if Spain wouldn't sell Cuba, the US should take it by force. Why? Southern expansionists wanted to turn Cuba into a new slave state.
1868–1878: The Ten Years War. Cubans fought for independence from Spain. The US refused to recognize them, preferring "stability" and trade over Cuban freedom.
1896–1897: The Reconcentración Horror. Spanish General Valeriano "The Butcher" Weyler forced the rural population into concentration camps. ~400,000 Cubans died of starvation and disease. The US used this tragedy as the moral "in" for the Spanish-American War.
April 1898: The Teller Amendment. To prove we weren't just land grabbing, Congress passed a pinky swear claiming the US had no intention of exercising sovereignty over Cuba and would leave once it was "pacified."
December 1898: The Treaty of Paris. Spain officially gave up Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. The U.S. began a military occupation of Cuba that lasted almost four years.
1901: The Platt Amendment. This is the betrayal. The US forced Cuba to write it into their own Constitution as a condition for the US military leaving. It gave the US the legal right to intervene in Cuban affairs at will and established the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
May 20, 1902: "Independence." The US withdrew its troops, but Cuba was left as a "protectorate," independent on paper, but tethered to U.S. policy until 1934.
1934: The Good Neighbor Policy. Under FDR, the US repealed the Platt Amendment, giving up its "legal" right to invade. The Catch? We kept the lease on Guantanamo Bay indefinitely and shifted from military control to economic dominance, backing "stable" dictators like Batista to protect U.S. sugar interests.
1952–1958: The US backed the brutal Batista dictatorship because he kept Cuba open for business for the Mafia and US sugar companies.
1960–Present: The Longest Embargo in History. After the 1959 Revolution nationalized US property, the U.S. shifted to "economic warfare."
2026: We are currently seeing an energy blockade so severe it has paralyzed the island's hospitals and schools. 120+ years after we "promised" independence, we are still using the island as a geopolitical chessboard.
When we talk about "independence" in this region, we have to look at the strings we've been pulling for 170 years.
#AntiWar #OffTheList #CubaBlockade #NoMasBloqueo #Cuba2026 #CubanHistory #USHistory #USImperialism #History #USPol #USA #Cuba #SpanishAmericanWar #ForeignPolicy
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CW: Racist White Person Saying Quiet Part Out Loud
She openly said the quiet part out loud.
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I admit it, I cannot tell AI-generated music from actual music at this point. I was just fooled and I am so sad and angry. It has killed my joy of discovering new bands.
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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All of this talk about having English as a national language is so unAmerican and enforcing it would be unconstitutional. These people do not care about the first amendment, or even the fourteenth. They don't even know the Bill of Rights or the Constitution. It is just another form of xenophobia and they are just upset because they heard someone say something in a language they don't like to hear.
#USA #Politics #FirstAmendment #1stAmendment #FreedomofSpeech #14thAmendment #Constitution #BillofRights #History #Xenophobia #USPol
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Deep take: Kroger's fried chicken (when fresh) is better than any fast food chain's.
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CW: Mental health / Chronic Illness / Burnout
Current status: Spoon debt is real. I’m at -13 and the spoon man is looking to collect.
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Don't you just love privatized healthcare? My doctor just left the practice that she was and went elsewhere in the same city. I called her old practice to ask for her new phone number so I could make an appointment. The man on the phone said: "We're not in the habit of giving out information for doctors who have left us."
Basically, if you aren't going to stay at our corporation, you can just "get sick and die."
#America #Healthcare #HealthcareIaHumanRight #BadExperience #USA
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The thing about losing 15% of your body weight is how things stop fitting. My wedding ring, which used to be snug, will randomly fall off while I’m just walking around!
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The thing about losing 15% of your body weight is how things stop fitting. My wedding ring, which used to be snug, will randomly fall off while I’m just walking around!
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CW: Personal journey: trauma, medical injustice, and poverty
I carry many traumas, religious conditioning, family abuse, and the weight of workplace injustice. For years, I feared my own queerness, trapped by a world that told me who to be.
It took a near fatal illness to break that shell. Facing death did not just change my health, it shifted my soul. It moved me from a world of self-concern to one of deep empathy. I went back to school, unlearned old patterns, and found my voice.
I have known the cruelty of a "wallet biopsy" and the sting of being judged by doctors who didn’t see my humanity. I have stood in line for expired food and felt the bone deep cold of poverty. I know that poverty is a trauma that kills, I have lived it.
But today, I am no longer afraid. I will shout in the face of the oppressors. I will continue to speak truth to power.
#Queer #Survivor #MutualAid #SocialJustice #PovertyAwareness #MedicalJustice #PovertyTrauma #SpeakTruthtoPower #ReligiousTrauma #QueerJoy #MedicalTrauma #PovertyTrauma #SocialJustice #Resilience #ClassWar #EatTheRich #EconomicJustice #LivedExperience #Deconstruction #Exvangelical #PostReligious #PoliticalEvolution #LateBloomerQueer #Pride #LGBT #LGBTQIA #UniversalHealthcare #HealthcareIaHumanRight
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CW: Personal journey: trauma, medical injustice, and poverty
I carry many traumas, religious conditioning, family abuse, and the weight of workplace injustice. For years, I feared my own queerness, trapped by a world that told me who to be.
It took a near fatal illness to break that shell. Facing death did not just change my health, it shifted my soul. It moved me from a world of self-concern to one of deep empathy. I went back to school, unlearned old patterns, and found my voice.
I have known the cruelty of a "wallet biopsy" and the sting of being judged by doctors who didn’t see my humanity. I have stood in line for expired food and felt the bone deep cold of poverty. I know that poverty is a trauma that kills, I have lived it.
But today, I am no longer afraid. I will shout in the face of the oppressors. I will continue to speak truth to power.
#Queer #Survivor #MutualAid #SocialJustice #PovertyAwareness #MedicalJustice #PovertyTrauma #SpeakTruthtoPower #ReligiousTrauma #QueerJoy #MedicalTrauma #PovertyTrauma #SocialJustice #Resilience #ClassWar #EatTheRich #EconomicJustice #LivedExperience #Deconstruction #Exvangelical #PostReligious #PoliticalEvolution #LateBloomerQueer #Pride #LGBT #LGBTQIA #UniversalHealthcare #HealthcareIaHumanRight
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CW: Personal journey: trauma, medical injustice, and poverty
I carry many traumas, religious conditioning, family abuse, and the weight of workplace injustice. For years, I feared my own queerness, trapped by a world that told me who to be.
It took a near fatal illness to break that shell. Facing death did not just change my health, it shifted my soul. It moved me from a world of self-concern to one of deep empathy. I went back to school, unlearned old patterns, and found my voice.
I have known the cruelty of a "wallet biopsy" and the sting of being judged by doctors who didn’t see my humanity. I have stood in line for expired food and felt the bone deep cold of poverty. I know that poverty is a trauma that kills, I have lived it.
But today, I am no longer afraid. I will shout in the face of the oppressors. I will continue to speak truth to power.
#Queer #Survivor #MutualAid #SocialJustice #PovertyAwareness #MedicalJustice #PovertyTrauma #SpeakTruthtoPower #ReligiousTrauma #QueerJoy #MedicalTrauma #PovertyTrauma #SocialJustice #Resilience #ClassWar #EatTheRich #EconomicJustice #LivedExperience #Deconstruction #Exvangelical #PostReligious #PoliticalEvolution #LateBloomerQueer #Pride #LGBT #LGBTQIA #UniversalHealthcare #HealthcareIaHumanRight
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CW: Personal journey: trauma, medical injustice, and poverty
I carry many traumas, religious conditioning, family abuse, and the weight of workplace injustice. For years, I feared my own queerness, trapped by a world that told me who to be.
It took a near fatal illness to break that shell. Facing death did not just change my health, it shifted my soul. It moved me from a world of self-concern to one of deep empathy. I went back to school, unlearned old patterns, and found my voice.
I have known the cruelty of a "wallet biopsy" and the sting of being judged by doctors who didn’t see my humanity. I have stood in line for expired food and felt the bone deep cold of poverty. I know that poverty is a trauma that kills, I have lived it.
But today, I am no longer afraid. I will shout in the face of the oppressors. I will continue to speak truth to power.
#Queer #Survivor #MutualAid #SocialJustice #PovertyAwareness #MedicalJustice #PovertyTrauma #SpeakTruthtoPower #ReligiousTrauma #QueerJoy #MedicalTrauma #PovertyTrauma #SocialJustice #Resilience #ClassWar #EatTheRich #EconomicJustice #LivedExperience #Deconstruction #Exvangelical #PostReligious #PoliticalEvolution #LateBloomerQueer #Pride #LGBT #LGBTQIA #UniversalHealthcare #HealthcareIaHumanRight