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Annie Tsai

@meannie

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coo @tryinteract | pre-seed @thehousevc | board @smfcedfund @techtonicaorg | San Mateo County Commissioner | writing @smdailyjournal

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@meannie
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4 months
@julcarm omfg NO. Do not put anything on your personal card. I am so sorry.
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1 year
@ProfessaJay I used to love inviting my guy friends to this one barre class I loved. 60 mins of micro pulsing, holds, and push-ups and they all collapse at the end
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2 years
Hold up the founder of Atari was also the founder of Chuck E Cheese
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1 year
@jdan Wait but the real question.
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1 year
In case anyone’s wondering it’s like there’s a tornado moving across the entire Bay Area at once
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2 years
@alexmeshkin A friend got covid last week and said he felt like he was on his deathbed, double vaxxed and double boosted. Begged for and got paxlovid and fever went under 103 after day 3, feeling better after day 6 but energy levels still low.
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4 years
From a friend. San Mateo #blm protest. Peaceful, powerful. #sanmateo
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8 years
@charliekirk11 The vision for women I want is the vision the woman wants for herself. Both are beautiful if that is their choice.
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1 year
It’s weird to have to write this kind of note to your team, explaining the boring back of house decisions I made a long time ago that seem cumbersome literally every day but on days like this you’re thankful to have made them.
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2 years
@Jack_Raines Stop it no one can take a joke on the internet anymore
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Annie Tsai
4 years
Universities moved to #remote some or all: UC Berkeley Stanford SJSU Academy of Art MIT Columbia SF State UC San Diego Santa Clara University THE Ohio State U Wash Columbia Cambridge NYU Rice Princeton Barnard Fordham Who else?
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Annie Tsai
3 years
I think this may be the first time I’ve seen a Chinese name on the radio. And lmly is GREAT. ❤️ @JacksonWang852 @997now
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1 year
Everybody is like “wow, your 2 year old is so articulate now” and I’m like “uh yeah she just spent 2 weeks on a cruise ship with 3,200 people who were all like over 50.” The case for daycares and senior community centers to share space.
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2 years
@destraynor @nytimes This article is intended to trigger. We need less of this in the world. Super disappointed @nytimes canceling my subscription.
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2 years
But now they're super pissed and organizing. Moms that are lawyers. Moms that are technologists. Moms that are nonprofit leaders. Moms that are holding their kids tighter every night than the night before. Moms that are running for office.
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Annie Tsai
1 year
@benedictevans 1) enterprise workflow automation for steady & more predictable return 2) index funds because AI will infiltrate everything just like software did 3) some fun ones because why not and you never know 4) and then whoever Jim Cramer says not to buy I guess
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2 years
@samuel_spitz The longer you live and work, the more you realize that surrounding yourself with people who are great at the things you suck at is a life skill that most people are bad at.
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Annie Tsai
2 years
Tiktok needs to disclose who is making the threats for prosecution. This is at best a ridiculous use of public resources. At worst, they are enabling gun violence in schools. ⁦ @tiktok_us
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Annie Tsai
3 years
Huge thank you to @shannonrwatts for sharing your story with us and inspiring future activists and public servants to take the leap. We look forward to welcoming you back to the Women in Public Service stage anytime! #clubhouse @gisellemarie
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Annie Tsai
2 years
I can say this because congress is overwhelmingly men. Moms are super pissed that congress doesn't have the balls to vote on gun reform. They were pissed after Sandy Hook. Moms like @shannonrwatts that are choosing yesterday and today to join @MomsDemand , donate to @Everytown
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1 year
One day as an employer you will realize that forcing your teams to commute to the office to work when they've been successfully hitting goals for 3 years remotely is more about you than them.
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2 years
@BrynnTannehill Here’s the trillion dollar question: How do we get back to bipartisan? There is so so so much that everyone benefits from, and yet the far left and far right spend almost all of their time dropping mics on trigger issues
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2 years
I hear the real estate market is tanking. These are all the pending deals around where we live in San Mateo County. Yes, those are a lot of properties above 2.5M
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4 years
We did a thing!
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4 years
People without children won’t understand until it’s their turn - going on a trip with your kids is not a vacation. It’s a trip. There’s no relaxing for the parents. Zero. There’s fun, sure. But relaxing and rejuvenating? Almost never. You come back more exhausted.
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1 year
@itsurboyevan Is exit the name of the game? Because the shopify c’s are pretty prolific on twitter and use it as an acquisition channel for their customers which is pretty damn cool
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Annie Tsai
7 years
@barstoolsports @barstoolsports needs to rethink its social content strategy. @espn @disney
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Annie Tsai
1 year
@joy No, thank goodness. People have been fighting for those eucalyptus trees to be protected for years but they are invasive, non-native, and have shallow roots. So this kind of stuff stuff happens whenever there’s too much rainfall. Don’t live near eucalyptus trees in the Bay Area…
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1 year
@_ali_taylor As a counter, single data point, our freshman intern is all hustle and smart as hell. Can’t wait for her to graduate so we can hire her full-time.
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Annie Tsai
1 year
@Ian_Schwartzman Is everyone glossing over the $50 a day in weed part
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Annie Tsai
8 years
#tellamericanitsgreat is a beacon of light in an emotionally exhausting #Election2016 Thanks Canada for the pep talk.
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As a Canadian living in the US, I have to agree 100% that America is already GREAT. #tellamericaitsgreat
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Annie Tsai
2 years
In this election cycle I've talked to a dozens of smart, ambitious, caring, and incredible women openly say that they won't run for office because of what they saw in AD21. That's the biggest loss IMO. Ppl work hard to "build the pipeline" & killed it over a few months. Shame.
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Annie Tsai
2 years
@StevenTDennis It boggles my mind that this happened AND this continues to happen yet nothing happens
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Annie Tsai
1 year
@kron4news My friend had her phone stolen twice on Bart. She drives in now. It’s not a great outcome.
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Annie Tsai
1 year
My comments to a coworker today re: recent flooding and rough weather i @packing the #bayarea
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Annie Tsai
7 years
Nothing says #bayarea more than this, man.
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Annie Tsai
2 years
@s_afiaziz It’s basically subscription based hostels with great Wi-Fi
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Annie Tsai
2 years
@nytimes Who wrote this article the literally hundreds of men who has have stepped down as CEO to be executive chairperson have questions for you.
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Annie Tsai
5 years
👏👏👏 @uber
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Zach Klein
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Opened Uber app to get a ride and to my surprise they showed me a bus route near my house that I could take instead. Never used this route before, straight shot to my destination. 😊
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5 years
Liking the platform @AndrewYangVFA
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Annie Tsai
3 years
My 100 yo grandmother, who contracted and recovered from covid in December at her nursing home, got her first vaccine shot today. We’ve been on eggshells terrified that we were going to lose her and are so so thankful that she was able to fight it.
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1 year
It's super weird waiting for the pending natural disaster to happen. Growing up on the west coast, we usually only deal with earthquakes and there's really no warning - it just happens and we deal with it. So now everyone just looking out the window waiting. #AtmosphericRiver
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Annie Tsai
6 years
@ShaunKing Hubris... is that BOTH the polar left & polar right refuse to see that there is an option other than theirs and draw impossible hard lines. Compromise does not exist on the ends of the political spectrum. That is not governing a democracy.
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1 year
I know several entrepreneurs who are looking for cofounders. Where is the best place to send them? Interested in health, climate, longevity, education
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Annie Tsai
4 years
Looks like a great turnout for the #SanMateo #blm protest. From a friend.
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1 year
Friend in Livermore sent this
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Annie Tsai
3 years
What a joy it’s been to live in a developing neighborhood for the past 6 years and watch it come to life. Walkable San Mateo just got even more walkable with a brand new @Caltrain station and underpass connecting east and west. Love it.
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@jowyang Yup good old eucalyptus I was so anti palm tree in suburbs but in Jan did research about their root systems and why they can live in such windy and moist areas. Just another tall grass. Am now palm tree neutral (also non-native tho).
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1 year
@jaycaspiankang I wonder what little Titan Invictis will go by when her teacher asks how she should be acknowledged when called on in class
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Annie Tsai
2 years
This sandwich generation thing is so so real. Not even talking about the emotional strain here. The astronomical cost of elder AND child care will break most families' budgets.
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Annie Tsai
4 years
@Jason You’ll have to make up for the pension they would need to walk away from too
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1 year
Apparently it snowed on the beach in Santa Cruz today pretty nuts
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1 year
@buccocapital years of pent up "the weather person on tv was wrong again" heh
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2 years
@megankao_ I could go on and on. So many “smaller” sub $100M acquisitions that no one talks about but founders and early teams walk away handsomely after building something great.
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Annie Tsai
2 years
My husband once asked me why I bought a toilet paper holder with a little table on it. Some think it’s for their phone but this is a much better use case after a week of managing covid in a house with two kids. Wente GSM, red blend. We got married there 11 years ago.
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#MuslimsReportStuff winning twitter tonight
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Hi, I'm Muslim & want 2 report a man in St. Louis butchering English by stringing adjectives & passing them as sentences #MuslimsReportStuff
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3 years
This Weds @ 8:30p PT on #clubhouse we help you answer the question: “I want to be the change but don’t know where to start.” @shannonrwatts , @mtnviewellen , @awasthiric are joining @gisellemarie and me on stage to talk about turning passion to action.
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1 year
@EricFrohnhoefer Sorry about what happened. Not a great outcome for anyone, including twitter uses.
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Annie Tsai
4 years
Installation complete and waiting for our passing protestors. Our family supports you. ❤️ #SanMateo
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8 months
@anothercohen heh i bought my own 2 and it's been pretty life changing
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7 years
@ARiquier @cheeseheadlucy @20committee @TheRickWilson @Twitter @Support @twitterapi @TwitterSafety @jack That depends on if @jack believes bots and algorithms are subject to the same levels of freedom of speech as their coders.
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2 years
@megankao_ Another friend sold for $8M but owned 84%. That’s still generational wealth. It is all a win. Another person I knew sold for $25M and owned 40% after 6 years. There is no “perfect” path, ever.
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2 years
@JoshuaOgundu I think I’m generation aging myself by still using Yelp
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4 years
Baby watch update. Target is 10/28 for baby day. That’ll get us to 35 weeks, hopefully she won’t have to spend much time in the NICU. Doc thinks I can make it. We can’t wait to meet her. ❤️
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2 years
How could this possibly be our reality
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1 year
@AdamSinger @freshyjmp Sociologically there’s a lot of residual and internalized anxiety around depression & war which most US residents (at least) living today have never had a drop of life experience with. And then coupled with the rise of social media and perceived obsession with things that frugal…
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2 years
@Finance_Weights @tedfrank Not true in all cases. We have unlimited PTO and people take it and we support it
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4 years
I asked my mom group today if anyone wanted to see three angel deals I had on my desk and over a hundred moms reached out in 2 hours. SO YEAH. Women are looking to invest in women and minorities. Let’s put our money to work. DM me if you are raising. #startups
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1 year
San Francisco is stunning today
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9 months
@s4m4rn0ld @jasonlk This is just about the worst take i've heard yet
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1 year
@ATXSarahLynn @ProfessaJay Oh yeah I still use 2 and 3 lb weights for all of the arm work and that is plenty
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7 years
@ABFalecbaldwin @Bourdain Hello. Election in a few days.
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3 years
Next week on Women in Public Service - Mayors Talk AAPI Hate Crimes Join @gisellemarie and me for an important and timely discussion. @mtnviewellen @MatesJulia @amourence1 @awasthiric #AAPI #StopAsianHate #StopAsianHateCrimes #StopAAPIHate
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@CaseyNewton @NikkiElizDemere Weird that a list of customer names turned into killing 360 reviews
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1 year
@ramahluwalia @MacroAlf Yes, but those prices were wholly too high and unsustainable. COL needs to come down further or living wage requirements and min wages will need to exceed $40/hr in metros
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Annie Tsai
4 years
Why aren’t more people demanding arrests for #BreonnaTaylor ’s murder?
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1 year
The farmers market guy today taught my kid how to negotiate for a bracelet. I gave him $20 to spend at the market (his bday was today) and he wanted this handmade bracelet. As B was pulling out $15 (asking price), the guy stopped him and said, "Son, you have to negotiate with me.…
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@chrishlad If there’s anything I’ve learned is that there are a lot of paths to success, and the definition of success is personal. I don’t know how old you are, but since you were an intern in 2020, maybe wait a few decades before judging others.
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4 years
I met an Annie Tsai who is a lawyer in SoCal at my friend’s wedding. They sat us at the same table on purpose. We now forward each other our mistaken emails regularly too
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Hunter Walker
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I developed an email friendship with former Santa Rosa County Administrator Hunter Walker due to all the mistaken emails we received. This also happens with me and @hunterwalk
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2 years
I got emails & texts today from moms asking which non-partisan org they should give to. Asking who they need to vote for. Asking who actually cares that kids are dying bc gov't can't make policy so a rando can't walk into a school and kill their kids with a semi.
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2 years
@joeDmarti double click on that
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2 years
@stephsmithio I went from a 2 hour r/t commute to in 2017 no commute and 100% increase in the amount of time I can spend with my kids every day before they go to sleep. The 2 hours were usually dinner, bath, reading, bed so this net new is super important. Not sure money can make up for that.
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7 years
@Goldfarb @damianpaletta @mikedebonis I feel like I’ve seen this tax proposal before. OH YEAH. IN THE 80’s. Trickle down economics doesn’t work.
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2 years
@burritojustice Face the fans outwards in front of windows. You’ll cool down super fast. You need to push the hot air out.
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2 years
20’s - a good night is seeing the sun rise after an amazing night of serendipitous conversations 30’s - a good night is a fantastic meal with incredible wine and great friends 40’s - a good night is being in bed at 8:30 and no one is asking you for anything
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2 years
Going from one kid to two is like going from a category 1 hurricane to cat 5
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4 years
From a friend - San Mateo #blm protest #SanMateo Proud of this city. ❤️
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1 year
Viruses have been on this planet for much, much longer than humans have. Humans as a species tend to think we are invincible - but are we? 50M chickens were recently culled in the US due to #h5n1 outbreak. Discussions re: vaccinating chickens now active.
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Worldwide, reports of wild #mammals affected by highly pathogenic avian #influenza #H5N1 continued. These reports involve 24 species of #carnivores , 4 species of #cetaceans , as well as domestic pigs and wild boar ( #artiodactyls ) and Virginia opossums ( #marsupials ). (7/11)
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@samanthaettus “Is this your way of saying that you want to write me a check for $500k?”
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1 year
Working parents are paying between $2-5+k PER MONTH for childcare.
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1 year
@alexandr_wang Some conversations are better done in person, but overwhelmingly all conversations and work do not need to happen in person. Butts in seats does not mean people love their work. A leader’s primary job is to understand what their team needs to perform at their optimal state and…
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7 years
@mbowerman71 @NBCNews I think we can all use a little brevity in our news feeds these days.
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1 year
you can't really say "your call is important to us" when I've been waiting for 2 hrs and 29 minutes to speak with someone
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Annie Tsai
3 years
How is it that the US has no federal maternity leave benefit. Baby has been attached to me for 50 days eating almost nonstop & I don’t know what I would do without the generous company leave I have. This country needs to support working mothers better. Way, way better.
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2 years
What’s the nicest way to tell your kids that on Mother’s Day you want to be alone in silence for 8 hours
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2 years
@latimes Can the changes include costing less than $850 for a family of 4 to go for one day?
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7 years
@adirado29 @Rosie @docrocktex26 The only agenda he plans on benefiting is his wallet's. if ppl don't get that by now, nothing can help them.
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Annie Tsai
4 years
@juliacarriew Also trying to amplify your message @juliacarriew
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