I’ve worked mostly from home for several years prior to the pandemic, but now it’s 100%. And when I go out, I always wear a mask. Therefore I have no need to ever put on a stick of makeup, which has resulted in my having the best looking skin I’ve had in years. Of course now there’s no one who sees it besides myself…

I’ve been to several outdoor barbecues this summer (all according to guidelines!) and the fact that social distancing means I can greet and say goodbye to everyone without having to hug and/or kiss them has done wonders for my general aversion to social outings. It’s really helped me to realize that level of…

Take this with all the healthy skepticism you’d reserve for anyone talking research you haven’t done yourself, since I’m not a researcher in this field and only recently completed a Coursera course on it, but Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, one of the preeminent authorities (and founders, if we can say there was a…

Online echo chambers aren’t a matter of a lack of ‘normal’ socialization, they exist because ‘normal’ socialization i.e. face-to-face puts you in situations where you deal with people that you 1) probably don’t like or respect very much to begin with and 2) have nothing in common with aside from what put you both in…

The complete and total break from social obligations has been the one silver lining in all this mess for me. I have a big family (my mother is one of 11 kids) and there isn’t a week that goes by that doesn’t feature some kind of family event. My family for the most part has learned to live with my introvert ways and I…

I LOVE THIS TAKE.

I don’t know if he wants to be him, but he clearly craves the approval of Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and all the rest of the white folks he thinks are going to sign his report card.

He hates her mom I think that’s the main reason he doesn’t have Tiffany. She actually committed voter fraud by voting in two places.

I like how the fascists claim that Trump will rebuild the economy and conveniently omit that he was the one who trashed it with his pandemic incompetence. But hey, there’s at least 180K people who no longer have any economic anxiety!

Sued to keep a gay couple out of their neighborhood? No wonder the republicans like them so much. What legal standing did they think they would have for that? Destroying a bee sanctuary on someone else’s property? Even if this was a violation of the ordinance, the rules themselves probably say to turn them in. Did he…

Ain’t no hypocrite like an evangelical hypocrite coz an evangelical hypocrite don’t quit!

Is tuition cheaper if I watch from the corner of the room...

“Becki had an inappropriate personal relationship with this person, something in which I was not involved.”

“Trump increasingly starts saying the quiet parts out loud”

Because most Republicans know they won’t survive this.  Especially as Trump increasingly starts saying the quiet parts out loud, most know that none of this benefits them in the long run.  

the lincoln project is not a job.

this is what george conway wanted, and now that it’s here he realizes he doesnt want it. he’s trash.

The mom in me is really worried about that child because she is going through all kinds of things that she think are the end of the world but are not really. I don’t want to take away from the mental health aspect of things and she is clearly having a very public breakdown. It‘s great that her parents are in a…

This is going to be a 4 day shit show.

Well, they’re off to a rip-roaring start.  They’re airing the nominating delegates, and even Fox isn’t covering it.  This is in contrast to the DNC clever prime-time roll-call.  Bet the RNC doesn’t even have any calamari.

My goal for this week is to not watch any video from this convention unless it involves Trump slurring and twitching while his brain turns to mush.