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And to anyone in the UK I wanna say: these nurses are amazing, support their strike!!!

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Your May Day sounds scary, hard, and for sure, absolutely worth writing about, both to process where you are and let us know how you are. I’m holding you tightly in my thoughts and heart. Love, care, and solidarity, C 💔🖤

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Thanks so much. I'm starting to realize I was still a little delirious this morning, which is not a place I've written from in the past.

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Oh goodness, delirious in a hospital context doesn’t seem pleasant. I hope you’re getting good care and perhaps some good answers as to what’s going on.

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Ah so sorry to hear this. Thank you for sharing. Hope you are out soon. I see the nurses agreed the 5% pay rise. So little... Everything so tough over there right now.

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Ouch. I hope they can pick up their fight again soon. I've tried to be an easy patient and give them plenty of encouragement.

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Sounds like not all the nurses have agreed to this... so it carries on...

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The laugh track sounds almost too realistic played on double speed, and therefore loses the sarcastic zing a bit. Also, i wish you the best recovery possible. It probably isn't the worst place on earth for this to happen, even if the NHS has been decimated. Good series you could watch, if you have the nerve for it and haven't already done so: This Is Going To Hurt

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Thanks for the recommendation. Hoping to be able to watch that ***outside of the hospital

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I had to skip May day festivities myself as well. Instead I was on a grassy hill as storm clouds were rolling in, I thought of you and sent a cool gust your way.

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Thanks, can't wait to feel the breeze again

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Thinking of you, PG. Hoping for the best case scenario and a quick discharge from the hospital. Much love and solidarity!

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Thanks so much

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Please, keep us updated about your health status!

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Thanks for sharing with us. I wish I had comforting words, but nothing is coming to me. Take time for yourself, and rest. Solidarity!

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I appreciate that. I should definitely make an effort to find the time to rest, when I have a choice in that matter again, but I'm definitely at the point where I just want to take whatever results are coming down the pipe and walk out of here. Portentously? "Float On" just came up on the playlist...

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I'm very sorry to read this news. I wish you answers that are easier to face than the questions you're facing now.

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Why would 9/11 truthers have to pay attention to the story you are telling from Spain in "in the mix". (To explain why i comment here, i was able to listen to the recording but not comment on the post in question)

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Oh because the main argument about why the collapse of the WTC had to be an inside job, a controlled demolition, was based on seemingly commonsense arguments rather than a knowledge of the actual physics involved. E.g., okay, you know the melting point of steel and the burning temperature of jet fuel, but what's tensile strength of steel at half its melting point? What happens to the hat structure of the building if the central support columns are severed by a high speed impact? What is the result of the shockwave to the rest of the building's structure when one part of the building collapses? Stuff like that. Basically it was placing a large assumption on simplistic thinking and trying to get affirmation from a larger group of people rather than from a larger body of research.

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Thanks, makes total sense. For a moment there i was worried, if you thought what you said confirmed their bonkers assumptions.

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Oh no, if I ever join those types, that is a confirmation that I have abdicated my senses, not just lost my mind, which is par for my course. Now the JFK assassination on the other hand...

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No no no, the JFK assassination was legit. However the moon landing? How could it ever be reached from a flat earth, see sheeple?

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Dear Peter. I want to make a donation, but not via substack, sorry, i don't trust this company. Didn't you have another place where we could donate some money, i seem to remember that i sent you some a while ago, i wanna say something with coffee. I am again answering here, since i can't seem to comment on the other post.

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Hey, I appreciate this so much.

I have this site for recurring donations https://ko-fi.com/petergelderloos

Or just Paypal @PGelderloos

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