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@kiminthewest

Social scientist. James Beard Award-winning author. Book: The Meth Lunches (St. Martin's Press.) Newsletter: KimFoster.substack.com. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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The right for autistic people with intellectual disabilities (and other disabled people) to live outside of institutions was only granted by the US Supreme Court in 1999.

13.04.2025 02:55 πŸ‘ 3184 πŸ” 1216 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 27
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Al Green is a NATIONAL TREASURE!!!!

Dear @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedem.bsky.social

WE WANT AN OPPOSITION PARTY!

05.03.2025 03:08 πŸ‘ 559 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 10

Do I understand this right? He had a Representative thrown out for booing a speech where he said, "Free speech is back?"

Did this actually happen?

05.03.2025 03:20 πŸ‘ 1958 πŸ” 338 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 9

As I know from writing Proof of Cruelty, Donald Trump gets an obvious thrill in describing the rape and murder of women, so he has exercised that rhetorical muscle repeatedly tonight

Because if this night is about anything at all (and it may not be), it is about Donald Trump taking a victory lap

05.03.2025 03:20 πŸ‘ 512 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 3

Hi! I'm never on here anymore. - sorry! But yes! I loved your book. Are you on substack by chance?

22.02.2025 06:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the wierdest thing I could write but I have mad respect for Michelle Obama and Karen Pence right now.

They are being true to themselves. More of this please.

20.01.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

9yo daughter walked in and said: Mom! Is tik tock being banned????

Me: yes, babe.

9yo: But mom! I have a CAREER on there!

People, she has 20 videos all set to private.

19.01.2025 02:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why You Should Spend the Holidays with Your Trump-Lovin' Uncle Bob. Or Your Lib Cousin Judy. And when you do: Ask the same questions, multiple ways.

I wrote a little thing about why you should spend this holiday with your Trump lovin' Uncle Bob (or your devoutly liberal cousin Judy) and why connection matters. Shout out to @podsaveamerica.bsky.social + @MGPforCongress for the inspo.

kimfoster.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...?

26.11.2024 18:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my, thank you so much for saying that, Tami. xo Kim

24.11.2024 17:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Tami!

24.11.2024 06:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Collective Loneliness. Will we be forever changed by the pandemic? Or is this the latest part of a grief cycle?

Another great post from @kiminthewest.bsky.social.
This resonates in many ways as I reflect on groups & gatherings I used to host & attend, traditions passed & transformed & friends who have traveled through chapters and those who remain, both familiar and evolved.
substack.com/home/post/p-...

24.11.2024 01:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was talking to my husband + telling him I didn't get "Hot Frosty" + couldn't suspend belief about snowman love. And my 9yo heard us + pipes up: I love Hot Frosty!!!

Clearly I do not have my finger on the pulse.

23.11.2024 07:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also: it assumes that I'm online because I have to be; that I've a civic responsibility to expose myself to bad-faith arguments, name-calling and willful ignorance. I don't; I really don't. I'm just here for the ideas and, really, the diminishing quantity ot dopamine

22.11.2024 17:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Collective Loneliness. Will we be forever changed by the pandemic? Or is this the latest part of a grief cycle?

My pal @kiminthewest.bsky.social Stacks some Sub this week on the topic of post-pandemic sociability fatigue, loneliness, and leaning into your agoraphobia as you age -- fewer freestyle dinner parties, more time with select friends and fam. (Includes research.)
open.substack.com/pub/kimfoste...

22.11.2024 15:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

There hasn't been a crime against women for them to react to. They are "afraid" that transwomen might hurt women in bathrooms.

I'd prefer my daughters have to pee around a transwoman, than be clothed in a room with Gaetz, Trump or Hegseth, who actually have hurt women.

How is this a position?

22.11.2024 16:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Scott! Thanks for the plug. I feel this one deeply. :)

22.11.2024 16:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Listening to true crime while prepping dinner. I've decided that if one of my friends doesn't return my texts, I'm probably not the one who will call the police. I'd be more like, "They are just busy. Stop stalking her, she'll call when she gets a chance." While my friend bleeds out on the floor.

20.11.2024 21:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I live in a legal state and defintely take edibles at night to sleep (menopuase) but I need to know more about mirco-dosing, if it gets to that. Thanks for the reminder!

20.11.2024 20:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. We know this is all probably true.

But we pretty much accept that men do this + bc men in power often do this, even w/kids, we have to assume that this w/not be a deal breaker bc we simply do not care that men do this kind of awful shit to women/children all the time.

There. I said it.

20.11.2024 18:16 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So I might be having a rheumatoid arthititis flare up. And in pursuit of some pain relief, I had my husband get me a topical tylenol cream.

I just used it and I now officially smell like old people.

20.11.2024 17:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I believe this is a thing.

20.11.2024 17:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so bummed!!!! I wanted to be there so badly.

20.11.2024 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was so bummed to miss this. I love his work around savirorism. How did it go?

20.11.2024 16:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah! Menopause!

I get it. LOL.

20.11.2024 16:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I took this photo a number of years ago and I have absolutely NO IDEA WHY.

20.11.2024 16:28 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

its very cool.

20.11.2024 16:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the thigs i love most is the intricate complexity between humans when they are trying to get it right.

This Thanksgiving Modern Love form last year, hits perfeclty. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/s...

20.11.2024 16:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tweet that says if your concern with trans women is that men might claim to self-ID as trans to gain access to women’s spaces and assault them, then your problem is actually with predatory men and not trans women.

Tweet that says if your concern with trans women is that men might claim to self-ID as trans to gain access to women’s spaces and assault them, then your problem is actually with predatory men and not trans women.

All of this.

19.11.2024 19:58 πŸ‘ 42466 πŸ” 8950 πŸ’¬ 615 πŸ“Œ 387

For New #Bluesky users, I just found the thing that will keep me here....

Deck.Blue. If you are missing tweedeck, this is going to make your day.

19.11.2024 05:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is a real push to have #PlannedParenthood defunded in the next admin.

My adult daughter was able to get an expensive birth control injection for $20 because of taxpayer subsidy. She is not in a position to be a parent, and that shot is going to prevent an abortion.

PP must be saved.

16.11.2024 17:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0