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  1. You're not #powerless. You don't have control, but you're not powerless. You are powerless in the moment, but you have a #mind that you can guide. You can tell it what to do and you can make it do things you don't know you can make it do. That mind is a #tool; it's not you. You are not #thinking.

  2. I'm currently reading #Powerless by #LaurenRoberts and it's the American equivalent of a #kdrama 😄

    I'm almost at the end of the first book and the #romance pace is slow, almost slower than a k-drama, the non-villain male characters are gentlemen and there are orphans.

    It's a compelling #fantasy plot and I'm totally hooked.

    #bookstodon

  3. The #DOJ seemed to frustrate Young on Thursday by arguing he as the judge is #powerless to enforce his ruling that the #Trump admin’s targeted #deportations were #unconstitutional.

    “All issues related to the initiation of removal proceedings…must be channeled into #immigration court,” DOJ atty Paul Stone said. “There isn’t any remedy that the court can offer.”

    “You’re telling me there is no remedy?” an astonished Young replied.

    “That’s what the statutes require,” Stone said.

    #law #judiciary

  4. It’s going to hell…

    ...and I feel so powerless, useless, worthless, and a bit scared... I can't go into all the details, but my male ex is not keeping his promises, he's not keeping up his obligations, and this now puts us into a situation that I feel terrible about. If it goes wrong all the way, it will end up causing me to be in debt, and I'll need to find a way to work through that... If that should happen. But, the way things have been going, I feel like it will happen, and I just don't understand why... There are better ways for my ex to deal with this, some of them could even end up making him some money instead of costing us, and causing me to get into serious financial troubles... And I don't understand why he won't "just" do that, I don't understand why he's taking the worst way possible... I feel so bad, as I'm bullied into a situation where I can only seem to lose big time. While all I've done is try to help him... For over 12 years already... I want this to end, and part of me even would welcome the bad ending, because I may be in a shitty place then for several years to come, at least then I know that there will be an end to it all. Finally... […]

    cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/

  5. It’s going to hell…

    ...and I feel so powerless, useless, worthless, and a bit scared... I can't go into all the details, but my male ex is not keeping his promises, he's not keeping up his obligations, and this now puts us into a situation that I feel terrible about. If it goes wrong all the way, it will end up causing me to be in debt, and I'll need to find a way to work through that... If that should happen. But, the way things have been going, I feel like it will happen, and I just don't understand why... There are better ways for my ex to deal with this, some of them could even end up making him some money instead of costing us, and causing me to get into serious financial troubles... And I don't understand why he won't "just" do that, I don't understand why he's taking the worst way possible... I feel so bad, as I'm bullied into a situation where I can only seem to lose big time. While all I've done is try to help him... For over 12 years already... I want this to end, and part of me even would welcome the bad ending, because I may be in a shitty place then for several years to come, at least then I know that there will be an end to it all. Finally... […]

    cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/

  6. It’s going to hell…

    ...and I feel so powerless, useless, worthless, and a bit scared... I can't go into all the details, but my male ex is not keeping his promises, he's not keeping up his obligations, and this now puts us into a situation that I feel terrible about. If it goes wrong all the way, it will end up causing me to be in debt, and I'll need to find a way to work through that... If that should happen. But, the way things have been going, I feel like it will happen, and I just don't understand why... There are better ways for my ex to deal with this, some of them could even end up making him some money instead of costing us, and causing me to get into serious financial troubles... And I don't understand why he won't "just" do that, I don't understand why he's taking the worst way possible... I feel so bad, as I'm bullied into a situation where I can only seem to lose big time. While all I've done is try to help him... For over 12 years already... I want this to end, and part of me even would welcome the bad ending, because I may be in a shitty place then for several years to come, at least then I know that there will be an end to it all. Finally... […]

    cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/

  7. It’s going to hell…

    ...and I feel so powerless, useless, worthless, and a bit scared... I can't go into all the details, but my male ex is not keeping his promises, he's not keeping up his obligations, and this now puts us into a situation that I feel terrible about. If it goes wrong all the way, it will end up causing me to be in debt, and I'll need to find a way to work through that... If that should happen. But, the way things have been going, I feel like it will happen, and I just don't understand why... There are better ways for my ex to deal with this, some of them could even end up making him some money instead of costing us, and causing me to get into serious financial troubles... And I don't understand why he won't "just" do that, I don't understand why he's taking the worst way possible... I feel so bad, as I'm bullied into a situation where I can only seem to lose big time. While all I've done is try to help him... For over 12 years already... I want this to end, and part of me even would welcome the bad ending, because I may be in a shitty place then for several years to come, at least then I know that there will be an end to it all. Finally... […]

    cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/

  8. It’s going to hell…

    ...and I feel so powerless, useless, worthless, and a bit scared... I can't go into all the details, but my male ex is not keeping his promises, he's not keeping up his obligations, and this now puts us into a situation that I feel terrible about. If it goes wrong all the way, it will end up causing me to be in debt, and I'll need to find a way to work through that... If that should happen. But, the way things have been going, I feel like it will happen, and I just don't understand why... There are better ways for my ex to deal with this, some of them could even end up making him some money instead of costing us, and causing me to get into serious financial troubles... And I don't understand why he won't "just" do that, I don't understand why he's taking the worst way possible... I feel so bad, as I'm bullied into a situation where I can only seem to lose big time. While all I've done is try to help him... For over 12 years already... I want this to end, and part of me even would welcome the bad ending, because I may be in a shitty place then for several years to come, at least then I know that there will be an end to it all. Finally... […]

    cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/

  9. The #House passed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" on May 22 by a 1-vote margin…. The bill is now heading to the #Senate, where #Republicans hold a 53-47 vote margin. Several Republicans said they will seek to modify the #bill.

    21 #Democrats from the House wrote to Speaker Mike Johnson on May 20 & urged him to strike the provision from the bill.

    "This provision would neutralize valid injunctions & leave #courts #powerless to act in the face of open defiance," it said.

    #law #authoritarianism

  10. Grumbling. The Last Refuge of the Powerless

    You all know the people I’m talking about. They are your family, neighbours, and friends. They are bloggers and YouTubers and TikTokers. They are anyone and everyone who feels disenfranchised.

    Complaining. Image via baird-group.com

    The older I get, the harder it gets to stay positive. I try really hard to be around uplifting people and to attend inspiring events, but no matter how hard I try I seem to come up against one or more negative people.

    I could be walking in a beautiful forest and another hiker will be grumbling about politics. I could be driving through town and someone in the car will be complaining about the ugliness of a building under construction. I could be enjoying lunch in a local restaurant and another diner will find a fault in their meal that they just have to talk about.

    Stop Complaining. Image via Alan Turkus at Flickr.

    One of my sisters lives in an assisted-living facility that has everything a person could ask for. A beautiful location, charming staff, friendly residents, lots of different community activities to participate in, and yet the residents often complain. They complain about the food, about noise, about individual staff members, and about many other personal grievances. When I wondered about this and asked my sister to avoid those people, she told me that would be hard to do because it is a characteristic of too many residents. It’s what they do.

    This all has me wondering if it is age-related or if something else is going on here. Maybe it has to do with being assigned to powerless roles and circumstances that deny older people the opportunity to use their life’s skills. Older people were all once positively contributing to society. They were accomplished professionals, talented artists, respected leaders, valued team members, beloved neighbours, honoured scientists, or appreciated community members of some kind, but now no-one knows any of that. They are reduced to their role as seniors without influence.

    Complaining. Image via Kevin Spencer at Flickr.

    We are all living longer, and we can all expect to be retired for more years than any previous generation. That means we have to make different financial plans than our parents did, and it also means that we have to rethink our roles in the world. We have to stop thinking of ourselves as teachers, or lawyers, or plumbers, or whatever it was we were in our working lives. We have to start reimagining our roles.

    All those skills are not lost, but they could be repurposed and they should be. There are lots of retired people who have a lot to contribute as thinkers, planners, volunteers, and creatives in society. These are not powerless people. They are power-deprived. If more organizations could find ways to utilize all those skills, we might all hear less grumbling.

    #complaints #disenfranchised #family #Friends #grumbling #lifeSkills #power #powerDeprived #powerless #Relationships #retirement #seniors #Society

  11. Lawrence O’Donnell pointed out the #power #plays that Elon Musk appeared to pull over President Donald Trump during their Oval Office press conference on Tuesday.

    Musk stood over Trump,
    “delivering a picture of presidential subservience the likes of which we have never seen,” said O’Donnell.

    It was “the most #powerless image of a President of the United States ever created by a camera,” said “The Last Word” host.

    Tech billionaire Musk, who Trump has tasked with slashing public spending via the non-official Department of Government Efficiency,
    🔥did “everything he possibly can to tell the world, without saying a word, that ‘Donald Trump is not the boss of me,’” said O’Donnell.

    Musk, the world’s richest person, also “violated” other White House norms by wearing casual attire, being present with his child and talking more than Trump.

    huffpost.com/entry/lawrence-od

  12. Vystopia - feeling of anguish suffered by ethical vegans when confronted with the attitudes of mainstream society towards animal suffering. Such a destructive feeling of powerlessness over animal suffering...
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    #vegan #vystopia #vystopie #animalsuffering #tierleid #sufrimientoanimal #powerless #machtlos #impotente

  13. @auschwitzmuseum You, We, Us... We must never surrender to this... ever... I mean even if you #Powerless, the flames in our eyes, hearts and minds... We must allow the winds of hatred to extinguish them.
    And.... Honestly I have never felt such instability and volitility in the air. I hope I am wrong... Am I wrong?
    I bore witness back in 1997 and I walked through the gates of #Dachau

  14. - 5! Mancano 5 giorni al lancio della Release @ufficiozero Minimal a 32/64bit. Stiamo facendo degli sforzi per rilasciare entrambe le iso insieme ad un breve video di installazione ed uno successivo di come utilizzare il software manager.

    ufficiozero.org/index.php?alia

    #UnoLinux #uzl #minimal #32bit #64bit #ufficiozero #ufficiozerolinuxos #linux #devuan #xfce #powerless

  15. Aging carries many double-edged swords. One of them is having the experience to know what comes next, in certain circumstances.

    Someone close to me told me they have a serious drinking problem. I've known this for a while and am relieved that this person has admitted it to themselves.

    But, I have lived this story before. This person says they want to stop, yet has taken no action. Therefore, things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. Buckling up now.

    #Powerless #redux

  16. #German government has 48 hours to resign. It's an #Ultimatum. After that, things get #Ugly #Uglier #Ugliest. Very fast. #Selfish #Powerless already, and #EU destructive.

  17. "If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold your whole life." — ​Rumi — — — #Rumi #quote #quotes #money #priorities #subservient #beholden #powerless

  18. Mike Johnson Has Already Run Out of Ideas—The new speaker's doomed, ridiculous plan to trade funding for Israel for IRS cuts suggests he is even more powerless than Kevin McCarthy.

    newrepublic.com/article/176571

    #MikeJohnson #IRS #Israel #House #KevinMcCarthy #powerless #Politics #News

  19. I feel #powerless in face of #ClimateChange. What do I do- go protest? I don't see protests having any effect. Fly less? The trains in Europe are stupid so in effect it means don't go on holiday anymore. Eat less meat? I do eat less meat, then I see Elon jet account and it makes me feel stupid and meek. Complain about it on social media? Feels good after seeing Elon jet, but has the same effect as protesting.

  20. #Biden is too #foolish, too #lazy, too #relaxed, too #old, too #rich, and too #disconnected from #ordinary people. Biden is #powerless to #protect the #US #middle class. Biden is doing nothing to ease the #economic #pain of #middleclass. Biden is #delusory; he believes that the US #economy will continue to grow. He believes his administration's crooks, who paint phony economic statistics with pink numbers. Biden must #resign. And with #Trump as well... They're both tired old fools.
    #election2024

  21. #Biden is too #foolish, too #lazy, too #relaxed, too #old, too #rich, and too #disconnected from #ordinary people. Biden is #powerless to #protect the #US #middle class. Biden is doing nothing to ease the #economic #pain of #middleclass. Biden is #delusory; he believes that the US #economy will continue to grow. He believes his administration's crooks, who paint phony economic statistics with pink numbers. Biden must #resign. And with #Trump as well... They're both tired old fools.
    #election2024

  22. #Biden is too #foolish, too #lazy, too #relaxed, too #old, too #rich, and too #disconnected from #ordinary people. Biden is #powerless to #protect the #US #middle class. Biden is doing nothing to ease the #economic #pain of #middleclass. Biden is #delusory; he believes that the US #economy will continue to grow. He believes his administration's crooks, who paint phony economic statistics with pink numbers. Biden must #resign. And with #Trump as well... They're both tired old fools.
    #election2024

  23. All of my clients #today are struggling with substance use, have struggled with substance use, and/or are affected by someone else's substance use.💔

    I have enough problematic day drinkers on my caseload I could start a small group.

    We could meet at 10 am and call it happy hour.

    Jk.

    Love my people. #Powerless.

    #AlcoholicsAnonymous
    #Powerless
    #AlAnon
    #Therapy
    #RecoveryPosse

  24. Do you feel trapped & #powerless in a #toxicworkplace? You aren't powerless. #Followme on #tiktok 4 this series.

    I'm a former #workplace #investigator & I know the secrets. I conducted the first study on #implicitbias in #workplace investigations-& if you trust that your… twitter.com/i/web/status/16239