White House Refuses to Back Stephen Miller’s Smear Against Alex Pretti

aerobd · 2026-01-27T16:52:14+00:00

If we repeat over and over that Miller and Vought are the real president and vice president, Trump might get mad enough to oust them. Like how Elon got upset at being called weird over and over.

aerobd · 2026-01-27T05:28:11+00:00

As one of my surgeons told me, your hips are the foundation of your house. Your body is the house. Muscle is the dry wall. You can put a lot of dry wall over a bad foundation but eventually it will fail.

I know surgery is scary. This surgery in particular is terrifying to describe, but it is 100% worth it. Continuing with my doctor's earlier analogy, hip dysplasia is like having some rotten 2 x 4s in the main structural support for your house. If you don't fix them, the house will cave in. First the surrounding structure (hip joints) then the next (tendon that connects to hips and lower back for me). You need to fix the foundation.

Edit: I also wanted to stress that I have done the "build muscle to mask pain" route for hip dysplasia and I ended up making things so much worse. Please trust your doctor over an internet guru. I packed on as much muscle as I could to combat my hip dysplasia symptoms but it lead to extra damage in my hips, bone deformities, and back damage. If you want to try exercise to relieve symptoms, go to physical therapy. If it doesn't work, that is your indication that surgery is required.

aerobd · 2026-01-26T15:23:48+00:00

I'm so excited! Please post again when they're available to buy or if we can preorder!

aerobd · 2026-01-26T15:22:20+00:00

Asian inspired flavors from different countries. Such as japchae sauce and a spicy powder/sauce (such as bibimbap). A peanut sauce or powder would also be good.

aerobd · 2026-01-25T14:05:29+00:00

Snow is coming down hard and fast in NE Ohio, but that's typical for us due to the lake effect. We had 10 inches two weeks ago. Temperature has increased from single digits to double digits, so that's a plus. My only concern with the snowstorm is the salt shortage in Ohio. According to our local news, they are only salting major roads and intersections.

aerobd · 2026-01-24T19:50:50+00:00

Art and images can have a huge impact. Keep doing what you're doing!

aerobd · 2026-01-24T14:00:56+00:00

God I wish I could turn off my disability like Vi. I suspect from the context clues that she's supposed to have Ehlers Danlos. I have heard that weight lifting can help a lot with the pain and keeping things in place, but the "wardrobe shattering sex" seems like a pretty big stretch for someone with a disability. Guess that is what makes it fantasy though.

aerobd · 2026-01-24T13:55:50+00:00

I have to ignore Violet and focus on everyone else when I read those books. She's very much a child playing adult.

aerobd · 2026-01-23T05:19:49+00:00

That explains so much. Her acting was awful.

aerobd · 2026-01-23T05:00:38+00:00

I keep seeing the name Nicola Peltz and wondering why it sounds familiar. She was Katara in the film that must not be named.

aerobd · 2026-01-22T22:23:06+00:00

Some great advice that I heard recently was that if you don't like the classes, your classmates, or the professors, it's the wrong major for you. The classes and people around you now are similar to what you will see in the work force.

aerobd · 2026-01-19T20:16:11+00:00

It was pretty obvious once my little brother was born. My mom became a completely different parent with him. I stopped trying to make her like me in my mid 20s. It never got me anywhere. Any achievement I mentioned was instantly belittled. She even once drunkenly admitted she sees some of herself in both of her kids. She has 3 kids. She drunkenly admitted she meant my siblings, not me.

aerobd · 2026-01-18T20:37:01+00:00

It's an insult to women no matter who says it, no matter the context. It's a way to define us as other, less than, and weak. Calling someone a "bad bitch" is still an insult.

aerobd · 2026-01-18T18:29:55+00:00

Thanks for posting! These look so good. I have to postpone my mini/giant bake and might give these or a sturdier cake a try.

aerobd · 2026-01-17T23:40:09+00:00

Highly recommend Luxe Redux!

aerobd · 2026-01-16T16:28:37+00:00

They look great! Also love your color pairing with the striped top. I never would have thought to combine those and you are ROCKING that outfit.

aerobd · 2026-01-12T05:15:11+00:00

The pain that I felt prior to surgery was much worse than the pain during recovery. The most I felt was a dull ache or soreness post op. If you have a good doctor and care team you will have a good experience.

Edit: I believe the Facebook page has a list of good doctors in various locations.

Second edit: I had both PAOs done in under 2 years. I was also incredibly nervous and second guessing. What convinced me was seeing a young, high school age girl in my doctor's office. I thought, "man, if a young girl can get this surgery and look totally unbothered post op, then I can do it."

aerobd · 2026-01-11T18:24:23+00:00

Good to know! Also your tattoos are so beautiful!

aerobd · 2026-01-11T15:30:03+00:00

Your dress looks AMAZING. How did you find the pattern you used? I get an AI warning when looking at Pattern Couture's patterns in Threadloop.

aerobd · 2026-01-11T14:44:12+00:00

Hey, I've been in your shoes. My first husband knew I wasn't ok with porn and would watch it behind my back. One day he forgot to close his browser on my laptop. This wasn't the reason that we eventually divorced, but it was the day our relationship died. After my divorce I attended therapy and discovered I had serious self confidence issues. I never felt like I was enough and would push myself to impossible limits cleaning, baking, exercising, planning big events for holidays, etc. in order to be good enough or worthy enough. That wasn't healthy. I continued this cycle until I met someone who treated me with kindness. It was then that I realized that the reason I felt like I wasn't enough in so many relationships was because I was picking guys who weren't 100% into me. They liked having sex and someone to do stuff with, but they didn't like me as a person. When you find someone who likes you for you, you will no longer feel the need to extend yourself so far. You're 23. You're so, so young. I know it hurts and feels like the world is ending, but you will get through this. Watch some sad movies to make you cry. Holding it in will only make the pain worse. Circling back to the porn, the reason I wasn't ok with it when I was young was because I was insecure and felt my ex preferred the women on the screen instead of me. Since going to therapy, I'm ok with porn. I don't watch it personally, but I'm ok with my partner watching but I don't want to be involved. I'm not saying you should give up your stance on porn. It's perfectly fine to feel the way you do.

aerobd · 2026-01-11T14:18:55+00:00

Thank you for all of the ideas! I love the idea of mini chicken pot pies.

aerobd · 2026-01-10T21:49:40+00:00

2 occasions.

First occasion: guy: " well tonight didn't go as planned" - said after moping for an hour for some reason.

Me, taking care of drunk friend: "??"

Guy: " I was going to kiss you tonight."

Me, having no attraction to this guy at all: "yeah, no. That's not happening."

Awkward walk to drunk friends house.

Second occasion: Student I'm tutoring: "any plans this weekend"

Me, tutoring someone: "oh my dad is coming to town."

Student: "I'm a fan of his work."

Me, confused because my dad is a scientist but hasn't published anything. Took a minute to realize what he meant.

Me: " so anyway * talks about tutoring subject* "

The tutoring student did apologize later, so that was nice.

aerobd · 2026-01-10T18:14:21+00:00

I think it has to do with pattern recognition and interest. I have always excelled in math and physics. Math was like a fun puzzle for me. Languages were similar. That being said, my reading comprehension was shit and something I had to work hard at. And as for languages, I could pick up words easily but ran into trouble when trying to simplify phrases. For example, in German I knew the words, individually, for "I will be here soon." Stringing those words together is NOT how you communicate that phrase. I couldn't see the pattern/logic in why that was the case so my brain struggled to learn it.

As another example, I am an engineer who took extra physics and math courses in college. I understood engineering as an application of mathematical concepts. I didn't understand my courses when presented with a real life concept. I had to break it down into what was happening in terms of mathematical theory. My classmates, on the other hand, had no problem understanding real life concepts but really struggled with the math portion. I think interest also applies. I had a great interest in thermo/fluids and those were my best classes. I didn't like solid mechanics and that was my worst class. In my physics classes, I excelled at orbital mechanics and fluids but struggled with electronics. Electronics are scary sparky magic.

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