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Rhiannon12866

(261,095 posts)
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:10 PM Jun 15

Tim Snyder, tyranny author, talks Trump, midterms, and 2028 - Brian Tyler Cohen News



Interview: Tim Snyder, tyranny author, talks Trump, midterms, and 2028. - 06/15/2026.


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Tim Snyder, tyranny author, talks Trump, midterms, and 2028 - Brian Tyler Cohen News (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 15 OP
oh dear Skittles Jun 16 #1
LOL! Rhiannon12866 Jun 16 #2
ooh Skittles Jun 16 #3
Oh, thanks so much for the reassuring words, I'm nervous as hell and dreading it. Rhiannon12866 Jun 16 #4
I wear glasses to drive, and I leave them in the car to remind me to wear them Skittles Jun 16 #5
I carry mine with me just in case I now need them anytime, but I learned they won't help with reading Rhiannon12866 Jun 16 #6

Rhiannon12866

(261,095 posts)
2. LOL!
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:51 AM
Jun 16

And here I thought my eyesight was compromised, I'm scheduled for cataract surgery in two weeks.

Skittles

(173,628 posts)
3. ooh
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 02:17 AM
Jun 16

I know a few people who have had cataract surgery and they all raved about the results!

Rhiannon12866

(261,095 posts)
4. Oh, thanks so much for the reassuring words, I'm nervous as hell and dreading it.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 02:26 AM
Jun 16

I now have glasses that I'm supposed to wear when I drive, but I keep forgetting.

Skittles

(173,628 posts)
5. I wear glasses to drive, and I leave them in the car to remind me to wear them
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 03:29 AM
Jun 16

I got used to it pretty quickly

Rhiannon12866

(261,095 posts)
6. I carry mine with me just in case I now need them anytime, but I learned they won't help with reading
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 03:36 AM
Jun 16

So I guess they're for distance. However, when I saw the ophthalmologist who's going to perform my surgery last week, he told me that the glasses were no longer right for me. I only got them a month ago.

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