I was reading an article earlier that argued there was a degree of homophobia in the reaction to Spacey. Like everyone was quick to drop him (not wrongly) but it remains to be seen if straight men will face the same consequences. Anyone have any thoughts?

I am a graduate student who would be deeply affected by this. I make less than $25,000 a year (and to be clear, I am one of the better off graduate students because I am in engineering). This change would increase my taxes 391% per year and decrease my take home pay by 31%...even with the doubling of the standard…

re: Slurs. That’s the thing that I don’t understand about folks: when a person from a particular race/culture/religion says a certain word/term is offensive, then it is offensive. And honestly... I cannot say that its only white people, who don’t understand this. I’ve heard our very own called Asian women ‘Ling-Ling’.…

I will grant you half a pedantry point and correct the piece to say that the sibling and grandparent percentages are an average.

> You share half your DNA with each of your parents, and a quarter with each of your grandparents.

I’ve done academic research in genetics, and realize that non-paternity rates are surprisingly high in family studies. When some family members wanted to do 23andme, I just warned them that there might be some surprises. And there was, which turned out okay...a family member’s grandmother found a half-sibling she…

Whattt??? I always assumed chains were maybe a little safer than the some of the privately owned places because I’d assumed they’d have sticter corporate wide policies. Yikes.

One of the best parts of the video was seeing the larger extended Sanders family in the courtroom ready to welcome the children into their arms. I was initially worried about the idea that 11 kids would be more than any one nuclear family could or should handle, but you know they are going to have a ton of support and…

You know what? Good for Kim. It’s been time for her to champion black women, and I hope this is the start of her turning a new leaf. I ain’t gonna hold my breath, but it’s nice to read some good news about Kim K and I hope she keeps it up.

Over-treatment is indeed a big issue. However my (lay) understanding is that “over-treatment” doesn’t really exist in the context of “vaccination”, barring a strong contra-indication.

Still mad I don’t have this. Still mad that at the time this became a thing we talked about when I was 12 was still so poorly understood that my parents made the decision for me that I wasn’t getting it. Still mad that my pediatrician didn’t push harder. Still mad that no gynecologist ever brought it up again until…

This is a true life hack.

This is fantastic. I am so sick of people bringing shitty drug store wine that is seven times regifted because they think they have to bring something. If you are our guest the only thing we are expecting is you. However, if you feel the need to bring a gift please take at least 1/1000th the amount of time we are…

Fuck Trump.

I feel like when people accuse others of sexual misconduct they are expecting a Scooby Doo confession. “LIKE YEAH I MASTURBATED IN FRONT OF THOSE WOMEN AND I WOULDA GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT IF IT WASN’T FOR THOSE MEDDLING JOURNALISTS!”