TedRogersLA

TedRogersLA

@tedrogerla.bsky.social

Editor of http://BikinginLA.com. Cyclist, Corgi parent, bike advocate, reformed Republican with diabetic amyotrophy. Not all who wander are lost. But I am.

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Rough day. Tazzy injured her back, not sure how. She's supposed to be on total rest for the next six weeks. No walks, no running, no playing, no stairs, no ramps, have to cart her in a wagon if we take her anywhere. And vet cost my wife $2k two weeks after she got laid off.

Two years ago, Tazzy and I started giving pet/human Easter baskets to the pet people on our floor. My wife tried to talk me out of it, saying it was a waste of money and no one would appreciate it. Last year, someone else gave Christmas bags. Now four people on our floor have Halloween baskets out.

I love how the right keeps bringing up the socialism Bogeyman by acquainting socialism with communism. Yet Medicare and Social Security are popular socialist programs, and the Nordic Democratic Socialist countries consistently rate as the world's happiest.

This is my country. I will fight to the death to make it the country my father fought for, and I believe it in my heart to be. A land of true liberty — not for privileged white men — but all Americans. And by all, I mean every last fucking one of us. And I will not rest until that day comes.