My son was suspended from school for giving another student a "pigjob" and now we're all sitting around the empty dinner table as a family with our palms flat on the surface staring at nothing in particular in silence. It is understood none of us will ever ask what the word means.
There’s this thing people do where they’re surprised that a rapper has read a book or knows any music theory or something else “intelligent”. Anyway, I hate it. Thank you.
growing up before the internet was just buckwild. all the permission slips and general structures were based around 'whose problem is this kid' instead of 'who is protecting this kid' like this isn't difficult to believe in the slightest. absolutely nobody gave a shit and it ruled
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.
www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Bluesky is like a classroom. And the mods are like the teacher! We are like classmates, some of us are friends now and maybe some of us will be friends later. And like school students, we're all growing up and learning. And that's why, to me, Bluesky is a lot like a classroom! Thanks for listening.
the good news with these indignities is that the more you experience them the more you are disabused of the notion that there is something wrong with you. you understand: they simply do what they like, all the time
people who constantly exalt in the pain of other human beings, monetizing their cruelty and bathing in gold accented ivory tubs filled with the blood of the innocent: hey man you shouldn't say that to the chatbot
People say the worst thing someone did shouldn’t define them. That’s probably true. But the worst things they did to me still define me. There’s no justice, restorative or otherwise. I am still left knowing that I was violated. That he tried to kill me. That my whole family still loves him.
I haven’t been this triggered in years and while that’s kind of evidence of healing, it is absolutely harder to deal with when you’ve grown accustomed to being okay.
“This doesn’t actually have anything to do with me” is such a powerful anti-posting mental device. Discourse I could jump in on? This doesn’t actually have anything to do with me. Other posters beefing? This doesn’t actually have anything to do with me. An internet personality exposed? Guess what
I don't know how people find these random old posts, but sometimes they find a winner. Yesterday someone liked this 2+ year old image and it let me see it again. Look at baby Colin Robinson.
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
0.08 milligrams of fluoride per litre of drinking water protects against cavities by remineralizing enamel on our teeth. some of the fluoride finds its way to our bones, the rest coats our teeth via our saliva. fluoride occurs naturally in soil, air, and in some water (yes, naturally), which is