Does anyone know why this seems to work from them? From the 1820s to 1960s the USA had “society papers” that wrote up this kind of information, as regular articles. Nearly all marriages, among the wealthy, were covered by the society papers, or pages. Self-publishing would have destroyed people’s reputations. And…

Everything about the current scene in the USA is weird, but what’s especially weird is how much these people love Putin:

>Any number of same-sex partners: 5 percent of men, 11 percent of women

I just got back from Germany, where the divorce rate is much lower. I noticed that there was less status competition of all kinds in Germany. Less “My kid is on the honor role, how is your kid doing in school?” And less “Of course we vacation in Africa every year, where do you vacation?” Everyone in Germany takes long…

I sincerely admire this level of fan-service, though I wish it was for better movies and books.

Um, the last 2 places I worked, some people were fired because management read the private messages that people were posting to Slack. Apparently some workers said bad things about management, in private, on Slack. Slack added the ability for managers to spy back in 2014, when Slack was getting serious about picking…

Suicide is twice as common as homicide (almost 6 out of a 100,000 people for homicide, but 11 out of 100,000 for suicide), so the “think horses” logic would tell a doctor to go with the more common form of death.

Both regarding USA citizens revering Trump, and Russian citizens revering Putin, it is interesting to watch the re-emergence of the Cult Of Personality. This style of politics had disappeared for awhile. I read about it in history books, but I didn’t totally get it. I had not personally met people who wanted to…

On the bright side, it is almost reassuring to remember that we are all flawed human beings. Anyone who ever thought pointless flamewars were an exclusively male thing can rest assured that all of humanity is equally crazy.

My Friend Cayla was a lot worse than Hitler with cause at least Hitler did not spy, he never spied on his, if you look at the historical record, the truth, the history books show, he never spied on his own people and My Friend Cayla is so much, she will spy on everything, and rebroadcast, none of the Internet toys are…

That’s not true. Republicans do have standards. Advocating for pedophilia, if you are gay, is currently beyond the limit of what Republicans allow. You can beat up your wife, assault endless number of women, and fuck men while passing laws against LBGTQ people, but if you advocate for pedophilia, while being gay, they…

The rise of neo-queerbaiting:

Terrible things happen when the police raid the wrong house. I wish more people knew about the case of Corey Maye:

If they raised wages, they would get lots of Americans who are interested. But they don’t want to raise wages.

I used to live in Charlottesville, Virginia. Back then the Trump Winery was still owned by the Kluge family, and it was my favorite place to go for an upscale lunch in the summer. Me and my friends would drive out there (it’s about 20 minutes outside of town) and sit at their lovely outdoor restaurant, and drink their…

Depends on the city, yes? Enclosed malls are still doing well in New York (especially Queens), Boston, London, Berlin, Krakow, etc. Basically any city that doesn’t entirely depend on automobiles for transportation.

“I’m concerned about national security” said one of the mothers. “I’m not concerned about foreign powers controlling our President. That’s a fake concern.”

Are the women required to wear the same outfit? For 3 of them, the only variation is color.

It’s worrisome that the right-wing trolls are so well organized. I wonder where they find the time? Do they have jobs? I wish progressive groups were as organized and active as the right-wing trolls, but I don’t think this (down rating videos and books) is a great way for anyone to invest their time, except in…