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This is also how I feel about masking. Way better than being sick every time I travel.
January 7, 2026 at 4:09 AM
This is also how I feel about masking. Way better than being sick every time I travel.
I'm so curious what it would be like if the US joined the International Criminal Court. Which obviously doesn't address "narcoterrorism" but does create a framework for countries to address harm committed by world leaders...
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I'm so curious what it would be like if the US joined the International Criminal Court. Which obviously doesn't address "narcoterrorism" but does create a framework for countries to address harm committed by world leaders...
Seriously. This action was set in place a long time ago, both generally with the US invoking "regime change" to attack other countries for resources, and specifically with Venezuela since Chavez. (Do I think the Maduro government is fucked up? Yes. Doesn't make imperialism good, though).
January 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Seriously. This action was set in place a long time ago, both generally with the US invoking "regime change" to attack other countries for resources, and specifically with Venezuela since Chavez. (Do I think the Maduro government is fucked up? Yes. Doesn't make imperialism good, though).
I'm excited for the misplaced outrage when folks looking at the info fail to take into account that the SAT's total possible points has changed over time (I'm not nearly as familiar with the other standardized tests).
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I'm excited for the misplaced outrage when folks looking at the info fail to take into account that the SAT's total possible points has changed over time (I'm not nearly as familiar with the other standardized tests).
Maybe with enough years of hearing actual, informed analysis, the "average American" will be able to provide excellent explanations of current events.
January 2, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Maybe with enough years of hearing actual, informed analysis, the "average American" will be able to provide excellent explanations of current events.
And frankly, the "analysis" part is what academics (by definition!) can provide that the rest of us can't. I don't need to hear or see people like me talking about politics, I need to hear and see the people who actually study these things and who can provide context and help make meaning of it all!
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 AM
And frankly, the "analysis" part is what academics (by definition!) can provide that the rest of us can't. I don't need to hear or see people like me talking about politics, I need to hear and see the people who actually study these things and who can provide context and help make meaning of it all!
Seriously. And by elders, I mean everyone older than me.
December 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Seriously. And by elders, I mean everyone older than me.
I understand that AI is what will be reading my application. I don't like that either.
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I understand that AI is what will be reading my application. I don't like that either.
People keep telling me to use it to help with my cover letters. Including the resume counselor at the job center, who told me that he talks to Gemini all the time on his phone. I don't want to!
December 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
People keep telling me to use it to help with my cover letters. Including the resume counselor at the job center, who told me that he talks to Gemini all the time on his phone. I don't want to!
Note: they did not automatically unblind us. It was by request. In other words, they kept a control group going as long as possible. But it would not have been ethical to refuse to let us (I was in the control group, it turned out) to get vaccinated once a vaccine (not even theirs!) was available.
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Note: they did not automatically unblind us. It was by request. In other words, they kept a control group going as long as possible. But it would not have been ethical to refuse to let us (I was in the control group, it turned out) to get vaccinated once a vaccine (not even theirs!) was available.
I was in a COVID vaccine study in 2020-2021. It was a randomized and double blind study with a control group that received saline instead of a vaccine. When the first COVID vaccines were approved, we could request to be unblinded, and to get vaccinated if we were in the control group.
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I was in a COVID vaccine study in 2020-2021. It was a randomized and double blind study with a control group that received saline instead of a vaccine. When the first COVID vaccines were approved, we could request to be unblinded, and to get vaccinated if we were in the control group.
Oh, hi Edmund Fitzgerald
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Oh, hi Edmund Fitzgerald
Damn, that sucks. They opened a year or three before I left NYC and were one of my intros to radical spaces. I've only made it there a few times in the last 10+ years but have been truly happy to see it continuing. Until now..
September 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Damn, that sucks. They opened a year or three before I left NYC and were one of my intros to radical spaces. I've only made it there a few times in the last 10+ years but have been truly happy to see it continuing. Until now..
Yes, and also it creates the groundwork for going after individuals involved with those organizations and groups (broadly defined as "anyone to the left of MAGA").
September 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Yes, and also it creates the groundwork for going after individuals involved with those organizations and groups (broadly defined as "anyone to the left of MAGA").
Which is annoying not jut because of cost, but because I have a lot of recipes that are based on "one box of Mori-nu silken tofu". At my local stores, there's one or two brands of fresh(er) tofu that are 14 oz, but many are down to 12 oz, while my cookbooks still call for a pound of tofu.
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Which is annoying not jut because of cost, but because I have a lot of recipes that are based on "one box of Mori-nu silken tofu". At my local stores, there's one or two brands of fresh(er) tofu that are 14 oz, but many are down to 12 oz, while my cookbooks still call for a pound of tofu.
Have you checked your backpack?
September 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Have you checked your backpack?
Tbh, I would like the Dems to campaign for most of the things that the Republicans accuse them of supporting. I'm way more in support of the party that the GOP campaigns against than the actual Democrats.
August 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Tbh, I would like the Dems to campaign for most of the things that the Republicans accuse them of supporting. I'm way more in support of the party that the GOP campaigns against than the actual Democrats.
It's a lot like online dating. (Which is not to say I understand it. Just that it's similar)
July 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
It's a lot like online dating. (Which is not to say I understand it. Just that it's similar)
There's a whole information superhighway out there.
July 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
There's a whole information superhighway out there.
Yeah, the the internet is not just a big truck.
July 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Yeah, the the internet is not just a big truck.
Does that mean that you *can* lick a badger twice?
April 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Does that mean that you *can* lick a badger twice?