We’re really not going to stop until this planet is an uninhabitable rock.

I had to go back and look up what that meant.

Ya, I’m aware that the big three are not overly represented. I’m just saying (inelegantly I admit) that the Emmys (or the Oscars) can’t possibly represent “quality media” because of the sheer quantity of content that is out there.

I think it is important to remember that the Emmy awards given out say more about the Television Academy than anything (or anyone) else. Part of the problem is that we, the general consuming public, give these types of awards the kind of power to discriminate taste, or what is good, as opposed to making up our own…

So what type of person are these suggestions really for? Can a single mother raising two kids really just up and make a career change? What resources does she need to have to be able to do that? Traveling to broaden horizons sounds great, but who can afford to do that?

A “supposedly” feminist site.

I believe the cliche is, “A conservative is a liberal who got mugged.”

Like no time before, the years of the Trump presidency gave us a really good understanding of the degree to which American society was filled with horrible, deeply selfish people. The pandemic upped the stakes and showed just how much worse it really is.

an “assault on private businesses” (Texas’s governor)

Meh. I have little faith the people buying his products (Teslas, Powerwalls, Solar Roof, Starlink) care that deeply or that there are enough of the ones who do care to make a difference. Losing a NASA contract, that’d do it. But that’s not gonna happen. In fact, I bet he’ll even get approval to build his boring tunnel…

I’m not going to argue against the idea that better forest management could help to reduce the amount of forest fires. But do you know who the forest management policies are there to benefit? The logging and construction industries. This is mainly through fire suppression efforts. If we let the forests burn the way…

The rich don’t give a shit about things that don’t affect their money or themselves personally. The Elons of Texas will always have access to the abortions they may need.

I thought the Royals in general were universally disliked. I guess Harry and Meghan are even more disliked? I’m really curious specifically what it is about them that makes them more reprehensible than any of the others. I mean, they pretty much laid it out that the Royal Family is a toxic mess, I thought that’s what…

The people moving to Texas from California are not the blue ones. And anyway, most of them are moving to Austin which is so heavily jerrymandered any blues that move here won’t do squat if they even bother to vote.

When the ultimate goal is ever expanding profits, nothing else matters. The rich and powerful will always have access to the abortions they need and corporations don’t need them anyway. The both of them will continue to receive deferential treatment by the law, and anyway they have the resources to deal with that if…

Where the fuck are all those “my body my choice” anti-maskers, anti-vaxers now?

In a week and a half I have a flight on American departing from a central Texas city to get me to California. Other factors combined with the fact that I have zero confidence they will get me to my connecting flight on time and thus strand me in Phoenix, I’ve decided to drive for 3 days instead. I’m going to hold…

1. You are not afraid? Congrats. But this isn’t about you. If you live in a bubble, be a tough as you want. If you want to be a part of society you have to accept that there are things you need to do for the good of a healthy, functioning society (many things of which you already do). Nobody wants you to be afraid. If…

Something that is apparently impossible for anti-vaxxer like this to understand is that the vaccine doesn’t prevent one from getting infected and testing positive for the virus. What the vaccine is really, really good at is keeping one from getting so sick they need to go to the hospital and/or die. And this is amply…

They have no understanding that life is all about shades of gray and nothing is perfect or guaranteed.