This woman, my goodness. Total bad ass. And I say that not just because she survived the croc bite, and how she survived it, but in how she has maintained this attitude of total respect and compassion for these animals throughout and after the experience. That is really what makes her a bad ass to me.

100% re: Dellums. Plus, Oakland local government and law enforcement in general is a longstanding dumpster fire, and he... didn’t help.

Sparking joy doesn’t mean it makes you want to skip in sun-drenched meadows (though certainly if it gives you that feeling, that’s part of it). It means, amongst other things, that you’re happy to keep something. If you’re happy to keep tools and things because you use them and it keeps you from having to pay to fix…

But her exception is organizer/divider type boxes for your drawers, which is what these are.

Here’s a more reliable source (given that the Washington Times is notoriously unreliable), and looks at percentage of staff numbers, which paints a much different picture of retention rates. She’s still in the bottom 20, but there’s 18 more that have significantly worse retention rates than she does: https://www.propub…

Really? I’ve never heard this. Which is not to say it isn’t true, just that I’ve never heard it before, and would like some reasonable independent corroboration.

1 Timothy 4:3-4: “For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.”

Yes. Like, I’m glad people are doing this in face of the unjust system we have, but the lesson we should take from this isn’t “aww, isn’t this nice!?” but “how fucked up is this??”

I feel the same way about successful gofundme campaigns and the like. If you have to raise money so you don’t die because you can’t afford…

I’m so sorry this happened, and so glad you’re doing what you can to reclaim your body. I’ve got terrible eczema but not herpes, and I can’t imagine having them both together. 

Well, a decade older is pretty significant.

Keep in mind that the seasons cover 10-12 years at a stretch. So this season will see her go from her 40s to her 50s, and next season will take her from her 50s to her 60s, and so on. That’s why they chose different actors going forward.

So actually on the topic of Elon Musk, I saw this lovely story this morning: https://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Elon-Musk-calls-Thai-cave-rescuer-a-pedo-guy-13076699.php

One of the Thai cave rescuers criticized Musk’s plan to build a submarine as totally out of touch with the reality of the situation they were…

Alternatively, you could go to your local farmer’s market and chat up the farmers. You’ll be supporting local family farms and buying in season. Win win!

I think they might have meant that the monarchy itself is a dumb tradition?

And she’s especially the target of criticism because of her multiple outsider status - woman of color, American, actress, no royal blood, etc.  

My main issue with sous vide cooking is the use of plastic bags - the waste plus the chemicals leeching into the food, none of it seems good. But I was reading about these silicone bags recently, by a company called Stasher. They are apparently made in part to be used for sous vide cooking. Can you test them as part…

They have been raising a stink about it, but it hasn’t been covered very well.

Agreed. I’m in the same boat, and I wouldn’t have known this. 

This is a nice thing! Even if it was some kind of promotional stunt, it hardly matters - it was still really awesome for those kids.