Isn’t Roger Ailes deserving of a Trump-style descriptor when Jez writes about him or is that simply too exhausting a prospect to consider?

If she talks, they get possession of all the y’s in her name.

Maybe she will leave and write her own story about his harassment once she is free, or maybe there is something in her contract that prevents her from speaking critically of him. (can you sign an NDA promising not to talk about sexual harassment? hopefully not but still)

Sorry, it had to be done.

be a movie star and also have that kid at 23 and then you’ll be able to look a lot like your kid.

Agreed. This will stifle those conversations. Unfortunately people simply suck at nuance. These shootings give those who don’t want this conversation to happen a nice trench to hide in.

I’m not American so I’m not as up on the details as I could be so I’m sure you’re right about some elements of BLM being problematic - any movement of that size is going to have some people in it who are part of the problem. But the people I’m talking about aren’t saying that specific parts of the movement may be an…

It’s not a matter of deserving. No PD deserves to have officers killed. Many deserve to have officers tried in a somehow unbiased court of law. But no one deserves to be shot in the street.

I understand how you feel, but let’s show the same amount of sympathy that we show toward a person of color losing their life at the hands of LEOs. Those are fathers/mothers who will NEVER make it home to their children. Their kids will have to be raised by single parents, through more struggles. Even more, those…

Whew. I have found my people person.

Dear 2016,

Fuck the race of the attackers, this shit is just sad all around. Even if the attackers were Black, and purposefully killing cop, it won’t change my stand with BLM movement.

One protester was shot and is expected to survive, and it has been mentioned in every news article I have read and was also referenced in the press conference. Nice try.

I usually play Professor Plum (because purple is the best color) but I’m gonna have to get a set with Dr. Orchid, because I’m also a lady botany scientist (well, paleoethnobotanist but I’ll take what I can get).

I mean I actively enjoy Mass, don’t get me wrong. I’m a Good Catholic in that respect.

Brunch?

football?

I love Samantha Bee and her show. She is on point and angry. I like that about her.

Did you know she was also very interested in science and nature, and did wonderful, accurate, charming illustrations of lichen and plants and stuff? When her pet rabbits died she’d boil them down to examine their skeletons.