I don’t know how to feel about the deluge of labels showing up in the LGBTQ+ space. In my mind labels are designed to quickly convey information and labels that don’t explain anything or obfuscate are useless. For example, if you said to someone “Frank is a feminine male” we can all draw conclusions some of which may…

Nonbinary is just a fashion statement, at this point. All the cool kids are denouncing their biological gender! I wanna be cool, too! Obviously, I’m not talking about people that are inter-sexed or hermaphrodites, as that’s a physicality that some people are born with.  I totally understand that.  But, all this mental…

AvE makes the occasional amusing video, but I think he’s a little out of his depth here.

The bridge was already in place, so there was already risk of it collapsing anyway. A stress test is not destructive testing, so they didn’t expect to see the bridge break. At most, they expected to see if it would bend more (or less) then expected under a specific load. The testing is not at fault. It may have…

Second, how is better to have a dangerous, untested, unsecured structure dangling over traffic and the unsuspecting public below. That’s outrageous.

He doesn’t appear to be very familiar with pre-tension vs post-tension (both of which are prestressed systems). What he describes is a pre-tension system, where you pour concrete over tensioned cables and then release them. But you don’t come back and tighten pre-tension cables - you only tighten post-tension cables;…

Young people with bad social skills and no filter suddenly being cast into the Internet’s limelight for the whole world to see... what could go wrong?

there’s nothing wrong with not wanting to be a parent

They’ve been dating a few weeks...

The tone of this piece is....weird. I didn’t read Bacon’s article as looking for credit for recognizing he was wrong. I saw it as basically admitting he was wrong, and analyzing the fairly obvious signs he missed that led him to be wrong, which you seem to largely think he correctly identifies. It almost seems like,…

i’m less bothered by the headline than i’m bothered by the statement that gay people who ‘act straight’ are being insincere. it strikes the same note as referring to people ‘acting white’ or ‘not being dark enough’

Oh, you’re that guy...

h/t doorfliesopen.com

I have to be honest, and I’m sure I’ll receive flack for it, but I get what she’s saying. Yes, women should be able to walk into a business meeting (regardless of the unusual setting that it’s taking place in) and be safe.

26-14 or, as it’s known in Alabama, courtin’ ages.

Ok. In her defense, as someone who has been a network anchor (radio) and is still in broadcast news in a top 10 market, she likely DID have a hard break. You’re up against automation and you absolutely must hit that break (hit that post). If you don’t, the automation will cut you off. You have to backtime your way…

I never read The Handmaid’s Tale but I assume it takes place in present-day Edina.

The robber reportedly made off with 5,000 Czech Koruna, which is a little less than $200.