I’m a big fan, even though he’s not as left politically as I am. But, by governing from the centre I think he’s actually doing a good job representing the plurality of voices in the country.

I can’t even with this tweet. Also, isn’t it confirming that this is an intelligence report? Like saying yes, the FBI was worried enough to write this, but everything the FBI says is wrong? Wouldn’t it just be easier to say that this isn’t from the FBI at all?

Same! I have never been so attracted to a woman in my life.

Both extreme clean eating and being anti-vax require a fundamental lack of scientific knowledge, which I think is why they so often go together. These are often smart people with some huge misunderstandings about how the world/human body work and a deep distrust of the scientific community. As an engineer I find…

This comment is so exactly me I wondered if I had posted in my sleep under a different name.

A friend of mine actually did!

My kids discovered that Siri also gives a range of excellent answers to “What does the fox say?” and “Knock knock”

I've never heard of blanket training and for my own sanity I'm going to pretend you made it up. Because that is just fucking awful.

This was exactly my experience too. Prior to getting pregnant I saw abortion as a necessary evil, and supported it in terms of harm reduction. I thought there should be more emphasis on adoption, yeah, even in cases of rape. (I was naive!)

I kicked my sister in law out of our wedding party. We were only having family (sisters for me, brothers for him) and we found out a month before the wedding that she had just ended an affair and she and my older brother weren't sure if they were staying together. My brother really wanted to work it out but she wasn't…

Obviously one can, but why should women if there is no reason? I can also stop wearing black tights for a year, but it makes no fucking difference to the health of the baby. (just like drinking)

Reading some of the books on this list and then discussing how they relate do not relate to the story might be an innocuous was of addressing it. It's hard, but I think your response was good, not to dismiss it out of hand.
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Sometimes it just comes up.

I say "wow!" a lot. It's effectively neither here nor there.

I'm super friendly and say hi to lots of people strangers even) too (and chat with people at the grocery store, help old ladies cross the street...) . But first, I make eye contact and smile. You know - have some sensitivity to the people around me and their moods. That is not what was happening in this video - there…

I was coming here to say this. I have known people struggling with schizophrenia who make accusations just like this. Accusations that completely could not be possible. When these go out on Twitter or Facebook (which I've seen a couple of times now) it can have devastating effects, especially because they often lash…

I don't know about butter, but I definitely made cheese if I didn't shower for a couple of days while nursing.

I was thinking about it today, and I realized that I got most of my early feminism and much of my current parenting practice from the Cosby Show. I don't know what there is today that I could show my kids to send a comparable message.

Police officers WERE trained in restraint and subduing. I'm not sure that's actually true anymore.

I would really like to see one of these cases go all the way through the courts and have the prosecution try to make the case that kids need CONSTANT supervision. I think the moms would win, and we would have judicial precedent to stop these ridiculous arrests.