I think balancing housing costs in cities one would actually want to live in (for instance, cities in which there are thriving job markets) against housing costs in cities that have had their economies cratered is disingenuous.

You can say housing is cheaper, but I could live in my city in 1985 on a beginning lab tech's salary, and now I can't as a mid-career scientist. I put myself through my last two years of college; kids these days don't have a hope of doing that.

You're ignoring that most of the big-ticket items have skyrocketed. Housing, college tuition, and health insurance are all far more expensive than 30 years ago.

When I was an undergrad and the drinking age was still 18, there was a big party on my campus. At the time, my drink of choice was Black Russians, and I knew my limit was 3, nursed carefully over the course of an evening. At that party, my clever plan to not get too drunk was thwarted by the bartenders making all…

Thankfully, no.

I was just at PubMed getting a paper, and saw this banner:

Given that every woman who volunteered was photographed, what are you proposing? That women of color and transwomen should have been pressured to volunteer? Wouldn't that be considerably more problematic?

The explanation is to make sure that the smile demander is now cringing away from my surly face. He's been confronted with the fact that I have an internal life.

My go-to was "My grandmother just died". It was true the first time.

And that was meant to be in reply to Twelves. How I hate the kinja commenting system!

My go-to was always "my grandmother just died". The first time it was true.

I've met her, and can confirm that she is indeed very nice.

As much as it galls me to read the lawyer's statements, I'm glad the lawyer is putting up a thorough and aggressive defense.

I'm finding the comments frustratingly hard to navigate on my iPad. It's really hard to hard to scroll down without accidentally scrolling right instead.

And still we can't be bothered to ban widespread use of antibiotics in livestock; used not to treat identified infections, but to make cattle gain weight faster.

Tortoise shell cats have patches of black and of yellow fur. Calico cats additionally have white spots. The pictured cat is calico.

Awesome! Now they can be tested on customers (mostly women) instead!