I work for a non-profit organization that helps homeless people get housed. All of our buildings are designed with trauma informed care in mind to create *GASP* safe spaces for people so they don’t get retraumatized. This isn’t some abstract, academic concept: it’s used in a very specific, practical way. A safe place…

People don’t like the idea of a safe place on college campuses because it’s couched in an academic setting, which is seen as less-than and not the so-called “real world.” I’m sure if you tell them a VFW hall is a safe space you would be shouted out of the room.

It’s the same thing with sports. People who think there are no politics in athletics have never actually looked into the history of any sporting endeavour.

The difference is, I think, with a PR firm or advertising company you know that what you’re consuming is an advertisement. With a social media influencer like this woman, it’s couched as being a real review.

This is not a good faith request, though. She’s not asking for a gift in kind, she’s asking for payment (a free room for multiple nights, totalling hundreds of dollars) for a positive review. Despite being unethical, it’s also probably not worth the hotel’s time.

MATN holds a special place in my heart. When I was really down and out, I discovered his YOLO run of New Vegas and it got me through quite a few tough nights. When I play sports games I usually put it on as comforting background noise. There’s something oddly comforting about watching a guy meticulously pick through…

We also help with deposits/first months, back rent, and many other financial burdens that are barriers to housing. There is no one answer to battling homelessness, and you’re right that addiction and mental illness play a huge part. But having the means to afford, and keep, housing is also important.

First of all, you’re using the term “learned helplessness” wrong. Second of all, money is a huge issue. I also work with a homeless population, and our organization provides rental assistance to people about to evicted because the cost of reaquiring housing after losing it is astronomically higher than keeping…

Giannis is not LeBron. Comparing the two is unfair to both players.

If you do it right there should be very little broken glass and spillage. My step brother works for Henessy-Moet and uses it as a way to impress clients. You just gotta watch out for people who have had a few and decide to take a sword to a bottle. It can get messy.

The absolutely heartbreaking scene of Gretchen’s depression coming through full force in season 2 is what really sold the show for me. It’s such a braveau piece of acting and directing, and the slow build is amazing.

Jim is not a sweet goofball. He’s an amoral sociopath who believes his choice of victim (Dwight) somehow absolves him of his crimes.

That asshole Virgil still owes me 10 bucks!

I work at a homeless shelter, and every item that comes through our doors that can go through a washing machine and dryer does, and all items are put in trash bags before entering the building. The clients kind of roll their eyes at the whole thing, but we haven’t had a case of bed bugs in 35 years.

Correct. New Mexico has the only good Mexican food in the country. Everywhere else has shitty Tex-Mex or Mission style food that’s basically beans and beef smothered in melted cheese and “green sauce.”

I had to turn away from the TV. Basketball injuries, especially leg injuries, are somehow so much worse than anything else.

He played Senator Vreenak in the DS9 episode “In the Pale Moonlight.” Also, the lady who plays Sydney in Pontypool is actually his wife!

Stephen McHattie’s voice kind of makes the movie. He has such a drawling, sarcastic tone that slowly morphs into horror. He’s also in my favorite Trek episode of all time as an asshole Romulan.

I’m from ABQ, and the first thing people ask me is “is it like Breaking Bad?” I mean, yeah, it’s a crime ridden city with lots of problems, but let’s not add constant fan vandalism to that list. I used to work at the hotel next to billboard Jimmy climbed up in BCS, and I remember the film crews coming in and getting…

Breaking Bad used a local Albuquerque chain called Twisters for Pollos Hermanos. My grandparents live near the actual location they filmed at, and they have a big plaque and play Breaking Bad all day. Twisters genuinely has the best breakfast burritos in the country. Their chicken is also very good.