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“Being well-meaning doesn’t shield you from being wrong…”
“…but being wrong doesn’t have to mark you as irredeemable. We can learn and grow.”
Yesterday, I deleted Threads from my phone. Again. Not because of anything major; if I can give it anything, it’s more chill than Xitter ever was. Except for two topics: JK Rowling and Harry Pott...
I'm just gonna leave this here...
The Contagion (survey-style!)
What size is your bed? Queen size, but when I moved to Burlington, my parents insisted on me getting a really thick mattress (they were paying for it). So it’s a queen size that’s, like, twelve i...
The cat's got the brain cell and the pigs are loose
To preface this: Since January 2022, I have lived in a tiny village (~1200 people total) in a rural part of Vermont. Up ‘til then, I’d lived either in large metro areas or near them. This is sign...
"Green Day went WOKE!" - The MAGA agenda
During a performance of “American Idiot” on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Billie Joe Armstrong changed the line “I’m not a part of the redneck agenda” to “I’m not a part of the MAGA agend...
And finding a Christmas tree
Yesterday, while I was getting my Christmas tree out of storage (read: the upstairs bedroom I don’t use for any other reason), I decided to let the bottom of it slide down my stairs, mainly becau...
Only the unloved hate
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We ...
Jean Twenge is a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad researcher.
ETA: Title change. And I, for one, am exhausted by the fact that she has designated herself The Voice Of Reason between Millennials and older generations. From the author of Generation Me: My Res...
Can someone be too old to hold office? That age-old question was front and center last week after awkward episodes from two of the oldest members of the U.S. Senate. On Wednesday, Sen. Mitch McCo...
Five (Plus) Songs Whenever: Patrotism? Don't know her.
As this post I shared on Facebook says: America was such bitch on Friday and now expects us to attend her birthday party on Tuesday? I don't think so, sweetie.— Sophie Vershbow (@svershbow) July ...
The Witch Trials of JK Rowling
The TL;DW version: “Convincing JK Rowling that trans people are valid/not dangerous perverts is non-productive. She is not the Main Character of Reality, whatever amount of main character energy...
I want to show you one of my favorite scene from the Indiana Jones series. Let me direct your attention to one particular bit of dialogue: Elsa: Is that what you think of me? I believe in the...
"Come Fly the (Occasionally) Friendly Skies."
Biden administration proposing rule changes to compensate passengers for flight delays By Maureen Groppe, published 5/9/23 WASHINGTON — The Biden administration wants to require airlines offer co...
Conservative Snowflakes
I mean, me? I love being called a snowflake by the same crowd that craps its collective drawers over beer, children’s media, breakfast cereals, and the skin color of mythical creatures.
Some people wait a lifetime for a brassiere that fits
And some people are fucking idiots. It’s me, I’m some people. So, around the beginning-ish of the pandemic, I became aware of A Bra That Fits, a calculator that’s supposed to give you your real b...
PSA for Discord users:
If you have a Discord account, go through your transactions on your checking accounts and credit cards. I saw four different charges for Discord Nitro on mine, even though I’ve never given any pa...
Right in the truth
Brought to you by Tennessee Republicans banning drag shows, because the crowd that likes to sneer about “liberal snowflakes” being offended by everything are so threatened by women, LGBTQIA+ peo...
From Vice: "How bad of a norovirus wave is the US in for? "
Things could get real shitty. By Keren Landman, Feb 17, 2023, 11:21am EST Keren Landman is a senior reporter covering public health, emerging infectious diseases, the health workforce, and health...
Section 230
I joined Nebula earlier this year, and most of the people I follow on YouTube are also on Nebula, which means there’s exclusive content there that isn’t on YouTube. One of them is a recent LegalE...
Millennials, Atemporality, and What Does "Adult" Even Mean Anymore?
Original Twitter thread here. Images from BoredPanda. This is from 2018, but I think it all still applies.
Buzzfeed doesn't always get it right...
But when it does, it’s a thing of nearly indescribable beauty. Posting because we all, myself included, need to hear these. 17 Pieces of Advice From Therapists that are Hard to Hear (not in the s...
Five (Plus) Songs Whenever: Election Day
Yup. I voted this morning. In-person, at the town hall in my teeny-tiny, rural Vermont town. There’s a lot I can say about this election, but most of what I want to say has already been said, mu...
From the Atlantic: "Why Quitting Is Underrated"
And grit is not always a virtue. By Annie Duke, published 9/27/2022 Siobhan O’Keeffe, one of tens of thousands of runners in the 2019 London Marathon, noticed that her ankle started hurting four ...
Yet Another Piece on How American Health "Care" is Awful
I went to the dentist two weeks ago, for the first time in over a year. What did the appointment include? Well, since my last dentist decided to only send over the records from 2014, claiming tha...
