“What happened between then and the time that Jordan [died] is an imperfect defense to self-defense, and that’s the [second-degree] manslaughter.”

A Republican legislator in Nebraska recently complained that she had to miss her grandson’s “preschool graduation ceremony” in order to vote on a bill against trans people. My eyes rolled so far that they fell out of their sockets. She could have easily skipped the stupidly bigoted vote, or she could have skipped the…

No, that’s just stupidity. Anyone over age 10 or so should know how signs work. If you catch I-90 in Albany NY, the signs will say “West to Buffalo” or “East to Boston,” but that doesn’t mean that Buffalo and Boston are right next to each other. They’re not even in the same state. All road signs — in Kentucky and…

Who are the Democrats that you think are dying on a hill? The only loud voices are Republicans — they’re the ones creating the issue, they’re the ones doing the interviews, they’re the ones writing legislation.

This all fits. Consider how often biologists are discovering ways in which apes and other primates have certain reasoning/mental skills that are comparable to a very young human child. Neanderthals are even closer to us than modern great apes are. It makes perfect sense that our hominin relatives would have staggering…

You didn’t do a very good job at convincing people all over the internet that you’re smarter than NASA, so I’m gonna still stand by them. It’s also notable that you’re siding with the same congressional Republicans who claim that California’s wildfires are caused by Jewish people. Real scientists are the ones we…

Elon Musk once tweeted that the website has unnecessary, extra lines of code for a certain feature, and when one of his own engineers tweeted how that’s not true, he immediately fired the guy and then called him a pedophile. (The man is gay, but his husband is about the same age. They’re not pedophiles.) The ex-worker…

There’s also a fundamental weakness in the argument that things were easier “when you were growing up” (using her exact words here). Of course it’s easier to be a child than to be an adult. Eventually, there’s no one caring and providing for you, and you have to do the work yourself. That’s not a profound thing to…

I’ve posted screenshots of my experience on mobile... and I’m pretty sure nobody here could care any less. The ads take up the entire screen except for just one line, so I have to read only one sentence at a time. Sometimes I can see only about three words at a time. It’s pretty much impossible. You have to access on a…

“He doesn’t get greeting cards or happy birthday texts.”

It’s so much worse than that. The case that Republicans want to overturn is so old that it predates the invention of birth control pills. This is actually an issue of birth control, generally. Connecticut banned condoms, the court blocked that law, and that’s why condoms are legal today. It’s this pro-condom ruling…

This is so unnecessarily gimmicky that it will be an additional reason I refuse to pay $18 to see it at the theater on my street. I certainly will not pay $36 or $54. There’s no way this movie is worth more than $50. These writers and editors are shooting themselves in the foot — they’re making it so that most people…

“The four named plaintiffs represent thousands of potential victims from across the country.

“Now that the bill has received royal assent, the Department of Canadian Heritage will draft regulations specifying the application of the act and provide guidance on implementing it. It should take six months for Bill C-18 to come into force.”

Wouldn’t the “helicopter parents” be more concerned about their naive son accidentally impregnating someone? None of these characters feel anything close to real.

Why are so many legislators folding to the cops? Have they not watched any news in the last decade? Stop listening to their whining; they’re trash.

I heard an interview with a cisgender woman who has a short haircut. The problem is two-fold: (1) She lives in Texas, and (2) Hair grows very slowly.

“If evolution is real, then why are there still apes?”

“I stayed for three nights in a modest one-room unit at the King Salmon Lodge, which was a comfortable but rustic facility.”

You didn’t really hit the nail on the head with this random idea because people who enjoy musicals have largely been critical of these remakes. I’ve even heard Beyonce fans criticize her performance as Nala (her voice is way too deep, among other problems).