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Off Balance

28 August 2005 by Melissa

Mary Sheepshanks

Mary Sheepshanks usually writes manor house stories laced with humor. In Off Balance, however, the humor is sadly lacking, and it ends up being an unexceptional story of relationships (mainly dysfunctional) in a country house in Scotland. Lovely scenery, depressing story.

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@katherinefugate: You know, #HelenReddy died last night and she sang an iconic song that empowered women all over the world to stand up to their abusers and we haven't been able to talk about that because we are all too busy being abused by the President of the United States. #IAmWoman

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@HamillHimself: That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen & I was in The Star Wars Holiday Special.

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@Caitlineli1 @regalfungi @BrentSpiner You can donate to dem campaigns as Brent suggested up-thread, you can volunteer for those campaigns (I’m text-banking for candidates) or you can have @TrektheVote set you up to help with non-partisan voter outreach. Taking action helps you and others.

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@Caitlineli1 @regalfungi @BrentSpiner I feel concern for those people also. I worry so much about what will happen to my LGBTQQIAA+ friends, my BIPOC friends, and my neuro-diverse friends, especially. But while voting is a crucial step, taking action is important as well.

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@kathleen_belew: Re "stand back and standby," people who work in monitoring and de-radicalization and otherwise studying white power groups are sounding red alerts and sending emergency signals about increasing violence from now through the election, and after, regardless of winner.

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