Paul Blest

@pblest

night moves , contributing writer . bylines and others. prjblest@gmail.com

Raleigh, NC
Joined March 2009
Born on April 19
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 17

    . and I wrote about yesterday's March for Students and Rally for Respect in North Carolina, what teachers in this state are up against, and why they're at a breaking point

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    Jun 7

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  3. 13 hours ago

    . is spot on here, as usual

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    15 hours ago

    I wrote about my pal Tony

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    15 hours ago

    I wrote about Bourdain.

    Anthony Bourdain stood up for women without making it about him.
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    21 hours ago

    ❤️A couple things I’ve written about my depression & how I’ve grappled with the urge to kill myself. 1. 2. In recovery suicide is often referred to as “a permanent solution to a temporary problem.” We beat it *together*❤️

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    15 hours ago

    Sandra Chica: "This is not fair. Children suffer a lot with this type of situation." She goes on to explicitly ask to make drivers licenses accessible to undocumented NYers.

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    VIDEO: Sandra Chica, wife of Pablo Villavicencio, calls on rogue to immediately free her husband as she submits an application for a stay w/ , , and our members. Sign petition to demand ICE !
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    17 hours ago

    if you’re putting off picking up your meds refill bc you can’t pay for it or you are behind in paying your sliding scale shrink and dodging them, tell me, we need you on this side of the ground

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    21 hours ago

    One of the sappiest things I'll always believe in the face of any evidence to the contrary is that the universality of eating can help bridge cultural gaps at the individual level. Bourdain was my prophet in the early 00s.

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    19 hours ago

    high deductible health insurance plans make mental health care a luxury for the well off

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    21 hours ago

    Thing about was he didn't look down on foreign places he visited & their ‘quaintness/backwardness/insert-usual-derogatory adjective.' He dived in, hungry to experience. His wasn’t the Orientalist gaze. He saw humanity (& food) everywhere, and connected with it. RIP

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    18 hours ago

    I have a very strange Anthony Bourdain story to share, one which though it involves no contact with him at all, I think speaks to the warm cosmic connections people seemed to feel around him.

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  13. 17 hours ago

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    Getting help for mental health is not like going to the corner store for a bag of chips, you can't just do it. I've tried finding a therapist, I still don't have one. I fortunately was able to get out of a dark hole through other means, but this doesn't work for everyone. A list:
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    18 hours ago

    reach out. make the effort to be there. don't put the onus on someone to ask you for help – meet them where they are, be present, and offer love and empathy.

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    Jun 7

    This.... is not a good thing

    More than half of Americans say employer-provided coverage is a reason they stay in their current role. Learn more about how employees value their health coverage:
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    Jun 7

    The next attack on our democracy is here. leaders say they will introduce a constitutional amendment requiring voter identification to cast a ballot in North Carolina. Our response:

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    Jun 7

    Scott Pruitt is a yuppie motherfucker

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    21 hours ago

    This didn't receive as much attention as it should have y'day: CDC says there's been a 30 percent rise in U.S. suicides since 1999

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    Feb 22
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    julian: johnson ricky: johnson bubbles: bernie lahey: trump randy: hillary cory: accidentally voted for trump trevor: got lost j roc: hillary T: bernie in the primary, hillary in the general barbara: hillary lucy: hillary sarah: monica moorehead sam: trump donny: wrote in dean

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    Feb 22

    "who would the simpsons vote for" twitter is dogshit. do something useful with your time, like speculating who the characters in the trailer park boys would vote for

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    Jun 6

    this is literally the funniest thing ive ever seen

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