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do something nice for yourself today, ideally MORE than one thing, but at least one.

it can be as small as making a cup of tea with a flavor you like or taking a second to sip on your coffee, really pay attention to how it tastes and the feeling of the warm cup in your hands.

take an extra break at work. take it in the bathroom if you have to, but give yourself that extra time. deep breaths.

get a little snack. something that you might not normally allow yourself.

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reblog if you need a hug

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Every day is a reason to celebrate 🥂🥳

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reblog to give the person you reblogged this from a fucking break

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Some snippets of good news (sorry for no sources, grabbing things from Twitter here)

• New York and Maryland have passed measures to protect abortion

• Ruben Gallego is projected to defeat Kari Lake for a much-needed Democratic Senate gain in Arizona (replacing Kysten Sinema, who had become an independent)

• Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first woman and first black person to represent Delaware in the Senate.

• Angela Alsobrooks will become the first black woman to represent Maryland in the Senate.

• ^This is the first time 2 black women have been elected to the US Senate at the same time. Only 3 black women have served in the Senate before them: Carol Moseley Braun, Kamala Harris, and Laphonza Butler, who is a current Senator (D-CA).

*Update:

• Sarah McBride (D-DE) will become the first transgender person in the US Senate.

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I keep seeing people say there's a difference of something like 15 million votes for the popular vote for kamala compared to biden in 2020. I can't fathom how it's possible. Either Trump was right about 2020 fraud or something is wrong in this election. There is no way 15 million people didn't vote who voted last time????

Trump wasn't right about 2020, and yes there are many ways that a lot of people didn't vote who voted last time.

The Republicans have been enacting (unfortunately perfectly legal) methods of voter suppression. Additionally, it's way easier to get people to vote against Trump when he's fresh in their minds than when he's a memory. Folks forgot how bad things were, and don't realize how bad things can get. That's just the truth of it.

Honestly this reminds me very much of what happened in 2004. Only, y'know, worse.

There isn't fowl play. Reality just sucks sometimes.

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i love all the predictions like "lol we're gonna find out through supernatural XD" and i wake up and TURNS OUT we're finding out because all my mutuals are reblogging and posting variations of "queer ppl do not kill yourself" which. jesus ok.

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Oh, fuck you

First of all, what stance on genocide? You mean her actual stance that the situation in Gaza is terrible and needs to stop? You mean that fucking stance, and not the one you probably made up or heard from a tumblr tankie?

Secondly, “I wish it were” yeah great job admitting you’re actually fine with Republicans winning as long as it’s for the Morally Pure reasons. But we knew that already.

Third—I’m not seeing Democrats blaming the pro-Palestine movement, but you cannot simultaneously say you wished Democrats lost because of your cause, announce that your movement is going to ratfuck an election against Democrats for a year straight, and then get mad if people blame you for Democrats losing! Again, I think I/P had little to do with this, but you can’t say “haha yes we’ll make you lose…..NOOO DON’T BLAME US!!!”

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I must not doomscroll. Doomscrolling is the mind killer. Doomscrolling is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will put down my phone. I will permit the US election to pass over me and through me. Where the doomscrolling has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain

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i want to give a refresher to my american friends ( and anxious non yanks ) of what happened in 2020 with swing states. they all ended blue because of mail ballots and recounts

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Reminder that capitalism is the death of art

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joining jewblr is insane why are the zionists upset about their diasporic ashkenazi last names.....

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the fact that so many people continue to back trump every year makes me nauseous. it doesn’t matter if he loses because too many fucking people have clearly become comfortable with and supportive of right wing extremism thanks to him. what do you mean you support fascism. what do you mean.

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I wonder from where so many Americans get the idea that voting is supposed to be some expression of your deepest, most beloved values and virtues rather than a pragmatic, political move meant to shift your country as much closer to your ideal as possible. This strikes me as another example of extreme individualism. Voting isn’t about *you*. It’s about your city, state, and/or country. It doesn’t have to feel transcendently good deep down in your bones. It just has to *do* as much good as you can do, in this particular moment in time.

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friendly reminder that “im worried about the election results because of the drastic impacts it will have not only worldwide, but also in my personal life”

and

“i should step offline and stop actively thinking about the election, because doomscrolling and worrying over the results will not change them, and instead will only cause me further pain and stress”

are two statements that CAN and SHOULD coexist.

i know that today is very stressful for everyone, both americans and non-americans (like myself), but worrying will NOT do any good. take care of yourself first and foremost. we can and will deal with the consequences of the election when the results are out.

step offline. get some water and a snack. watch a TV you like, or play a video game, or read a book. talk to someone you love. this is not going to be the end of the world. we cannot let this be the end of the world.

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watching abortion ballot measures perform better in certain states than kamala

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if i were non-americans, i wouldn't talk too loud about how stupid americans are because many of y'all are on record for telling americans that "both sides are bad" and to not "vote for genocide." none of you wanted to listen when people with functioning brains tried to tell you that voting third party/abstaining were not viable options, and that doing so would only harm kh's chances, so please do not fucking sit there acting shocked when you contributed to this narrative that leads to everyone in the world getting screwed. including palestine. fuck yourself.