I mean, of all the misdirects, this is one I would be very happy with.

On one hand, I feel like so many of the media takes are from particular POVs, but on the other hand, GRRM, who provided the alternate perspectives, hasn’t had any sort of narrative say for quite a while, so maybe theirs will be borne out.

I first discovered Nicole Byer via this show and she seems to be popping up everywhere and I am here for it. Also: She and Jacques are A DREAM as she would say.

My point which I didn’t spell out: I’ve known a number of folks who grew up in India. Some have a far lower heat tolerance than I do, and some have a far higher one. Heat is very much tied to where one grew up and over-generalizations aren’t great or helpful. Heat tolerance assumptions based on phenotype are maybe not…

[W]hat does it mean to be somebody who went to high school when you were years younger than everybody else?

She’s a renaissance woman who works in all kinds of things at a very high level: comics, sociological ethnography of public ed in Chicago, poetry (she dropped a new collection)—highly recommended!

Just another white dude who isn’t doing the work of articulating his positions, hoping vague statements will resonate more.

The bralette revolution let my 44Gs curbside, but did provide a number of tank-dickies in its wake which I can’t regret.

“Indian-hot” can bite you—it’s an entire subcontinent and different regions have very different heat preferences.

AGREED. That side-eye she gives to Jaime being like, WHAT. And pretty much EVERY FUCKING SINGLE LOOK SHE’S GIVEN HIM.

I know it’s Martin and all but it seems a waste for her to getting knighted only to die. My guess: Jaime does heroically, she becomes First Lady Captain of the Kings/Queensguard.

I realized last night that she and Sansa sort of have opposite arcs. I started off being annoyed (but understanding) Sansa’s bad choices, but she’s learned from them and grown whereas Dany, also in a pitiable position in her youth, has become increasingly unlikeable. They both are making mistakes (all characters are),…

I would love to see them get together if only because such a big deal has been made (in the books at least) of no man wanting her and not being able to provide an heir for Tarth. It would also create a nice comeuppance for Cersei given how she ragged on B at the wedding.

She’s a great actress and I wish she got more quality work.

While I’m not in the ship (respect, though), that scene was super satisfying in a few ways: Theon taking responsibility for his past actions, Sansa getting another ally (with soldiers no less), and Dany getting another reminder that aside from Jon and Jorah, no one from Westeros is fighting for her cause for love (the…

I fully expected Brienne to prompt Jaime to tell his side during that exchange. That he didn’t and it all being very relevant makes me think at least one of them will survive the next episode because aside from Bran the All-Seeing and Ever-Creeping, it’s gonna come up. (I’d prefer B to survive if one’s going to go,…

I’m about halfway through reading Anthony Jack’s The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Their Disadvantaged Students and am cackling with glee that Becky’s finally waking up to the reality that she might actually have to face consequences.

RIP Red Vic movie theater on Haight Street, the first place I ever encountered it. Gone like so many other San Francisco staples.

1. It looks like it reads “Be Bet” so I see the First Family have yet again not met their literacy learning targets for this year.

One of the best things the show has given us is all the Stannis the Grammarian memes. If I were still teaching English, I would be milking that shit in class.