Once bison makes it into this form, it’s generally safe. :)

I think people don’t often consider the impact their behavior has on the animal(s) in question. I often bring up “a fed bear is a dead bear” as an example. If a bear gets used to eating in campsites because you left your food there, it’s going to come back again. Eventually it becomes a problem bear, a hazard, and to…

Please, please, please keep your distance from bison. My partner sucks it up and becomes That Annoying Wyomingite all the time and scolds people at the park, because there is just so much idiocy on display around these animals. They are not tamed, they are huge, and they can move very, very quickly (which nobody seems…

Oh, friend. You know, when you have to resort to the hyperbolic tactic of painting your opponents as baby-killing monsters, you may want to reconsider the logic, compassion, and reality of your stance.

I completely agree. It’s so difficult to talk about because of the absolute brutality of what happened to the Dawsons. There are shades of victimhood and horror around Brooks, too, but it’s difficult to frame that unless you have a lot of context about the history of the city, you know? It’s always felt to me like one…

Oh yeah, that’s what I was kind of trying to get to in my earlier comment — thanks for adding further info. I have always understood the facts to be that he was coerced? His life had spiraled out of control, I think, and he was essentially the bottom of the hierarchy. The sacrificial lamb in no position to refuse the…

Maybe when I'm finished with this grad degree! I'm a big proponent of people getting involved in local politics, so at some point perhaps I'll put my money where my mouth is. :)

Props to your grandmother — that kind of work takes serious guts and chutzpah. But yeah, that moment was definitely a wake-up call on the state of the relationship between the drug trade, communities, and city authorities.

And there are so many levels and nuances that really capture that particular moment in Baltimore. The guy who wound up being responsible for the firebombing — with a pickle jar of gasoline — had had this sort of brutal and tragic life up to that point, with flashes of “maybe he’ll get out.” He worked at City Hall for…

DEF great at Gothic lily. I would just leave out the “consumptive” part for “Stoker.” She was a fucking perfect monster-hero in that glistering little beauty.

Yeah...remember how an entire family was firebombed and killed for snitching, a few months after he launched the “BELIEVE” campaign?

As a native Marylander, I will offer this:

Oh, I loved her in that! Petulant and flighty and vicious is a great combo on her.

I’ve had that experience in meetings myself. I’m not using “overprepared” as a negative here — just describing how women often go above and beyond (e.g. research beyond the material they’re given) in preparing for meetings.

Solid comment. Your point about why public officials ask questions is great. I also want to say, while we’re being anecdotal, that I’ve witnessed the absolute opposite gendered effect from what this idiot is describing — in my experience, women come in overprepared and having read everything, while men have skimmed or…

I want to die of the cuteness. Look at that smiling face!!!

Wedding-based structural collapses are a very special kind of YouTube comfort food. They’re perfect for the days when you’re feeling too misanthropic to watch videos of cats trying and failing to jump in boxes.

These are probably people who have never actually encountered a situation like this. That position is something that people will articulate in public and then double back on when it’s their life, or a loved one’s life, at stake.

At least he can probably bring a pretty fucking bombproof civil case?

Yes to all of this. Also worth noting that the markups on everything wedding-related drives the price up. Caterers will quote one price for a party and another for a wedding, etc. Not all of the price factor is in the control of the bride and groom.