Not that I’m trying to fear-monger, but I don’t entirely trust this government to keep everyone’s information safe, all things considered.

I worked as a field representative for the Census, out of the Philadelphia regional office, for 3 years, doing the American Community Survey (even met that dude Fernando Armstrong quoted in the post). The SECOND Trump took office, doing my job got 1000x harder. I worked in an area with a lot of El Salvadorean…

Lauren Duca’s behavior at NYU is shameful but so is NYU’s hiring of Lauren Duca to teach a journalism class. Teaching is hard. Teaching a 3-hour college class is extremely hard. It takes practice and training. You can’t drag in a random working professional to teach their profession to college students. But…

same, sometimes.

This is a way to improve emotional intelligence. Identifying/naming specific emotions as they happen is necessary before any deeper examination of causes or ways to move forward. Reflecting on emotions and sitting with them is an important step forward. Jumping too far ahead in the process can be frustrating and…

Being able to get treatment for a UTI without having to see a doctor is an incredible idea. WE KNOW WHAT IT IS. Just make with the Cipro!

I think you miss a lot of how racism works. You don’t need to be actively “hurling slurs or attacking” people to be a racist. In fact most racists wouldn’t dream of doing either of those things. But knowing in your heart and soul that you are superior to your employee, that you don’t need to take their needs…

Ummm . . . I’m pretty sure old white racists have LOVED having non-white people tend to their needs since, more or less, forever.

Propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin are lung irritant (and not, as the vape bros tell you, in inhalers). In no way is deliberately inhaling unknown amounts of hot, toxic crap into your lungs a GOOD idea.

not uncommon. They just call it a 3 day wedding retreat to sound fancy, it the same things most weddings do. Friday night you have wedding rehearsal and small dinner afterward. Saturday is the wedding, Sunday is a brunch for the out of towners who stayed the night and are leaving later that day.  

There’s a term for it (well, at least there’s a term for it in one of my friend groups, wherein we had one such couple): dopplebangers.

I can’t speak much for the prequels, but the original trilogy is damn hot.

I feel really bad for Gillibrand. She’s been in the Senate for awhile and has been a pretty good Senator. In a normal race, she’d be seen as a contender. Instead she’s in the backhalf of 25 candidates as all the attention primarily went to some guy who lost a Senatorial race in Texas and a 37 year old Mayor who’s…

So, I thought the authors of the systematic review did a good job of reminding the reader of important considerations when discussing prevalence, which can restrict us from making any - even preliminary - claims regarding correlation. They also remind us that only incidence rates, not prevalence, can suggest…

Rates of autism go up with better awareness, reporting, and diagnosis. Full stop. Rates will probably continue to go up as we are realizing it presents differently in girls and many go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.

But what, exactly, are nursing parents supposed to do with this research. . . ?

Eh, fuck it. The best you can do is your best. Research has always shown that formula is fine if it's the best you can do. Not every parent is able to breastfeed, some are only able to get milk from other moms, and some have to rely on formula. One of these is marginally better, but we've always basically known that…

Yea careful with those algorithms ladies. An app miscalculating my safe days is why I have a 3 year old next to me. Unless you are backing up with basal body temp or other signs, don’t solely rely on an app.

Never mind that not all period-havers are women and not all women have periods—but I guess we’re supposed to be grateful to have periods acknowledged at all.

The tone of this is weirdly hostile.