You know, I am 100% supportive of the President in his attempts to get even the dumbass Republicans who think of this as a Fox News Culture War They Must Win to get themselves vaccinated. Joe Biden is so much better than Voldemort that I’m willing to support anything he wants to do. He’s intelligent, knows how the…

It’s a mean-spirited and pointless article.

‘we haven’t yet gained “independence from the virus” in time for Independence Day, as the President has phrased it over and over.’

I dread the return of the Left Wing Purity Tests. Lets just focus on keeping the world from sliding into the gutter and worry less about word choice in a press release. 

You want Trump as president? Because this kind of complaining is how you get Trump as president.

As recently as the late 70s/early 80s I was in the car with my mother when we heard a report on the radio saying that doctors had proven that menstrual pain was real. We stared at each other in disbelief. Yes indeed, the majority of women through the majority of time, recorded and unrecorded (I think it’s safe to…

It doesn’t help that a) women are perceived as exaggerating their pain and b) there still persists a widespread sentiment that menstrual pain (along with the pain of childbirth) is essential to the experience of being a woman.

Is Rumsfeld burning in hell right now? That’s a known unknown. I kid, I don’t believe in hell, but a bad person has died, and that’s how I’m going to remember him, as an arrogant, evil shit.

Tell them when they do a good job?

Exactly. Back in the countryside, where I grew up, my mum keeps a really cool house in summer, without any AC, in part because the 2-storey house is surrounded by huge old trees. (Sometimes I even worry that all the shade slows my houseplant propagations’ root growth). The new-ish neighbours meanwhile cut down all the…

We don’t need AC at home, and I wish we could turn the ones at work OFF. You’re all hot and gross when you get there so the first ten minutes are great. Then slowly, you start to get cold...colder...your toes go numb (why did you wear sandals?)...your arms go goose bumpy, and soon your adorable summer outfit is…

Gosh, I couldn't sleep in hot weather without AC. It's simply miserable, and fans don't cut it in really hot weather. 

Air conditioning is the one thing I will fight for in the environmental apocalypse. I figure I have a low carbon footprint in other areas—I rarely travel (even pre-covid); I eat a vegetarian diet and am slowly cutting back on dairy; I have no children; I am buying only used clothing (almost only used—underwear, sports…

The idea that in 2021 a job could possibly pay someone $7.25 per hour is fucking ridiculous. And to think there are politicians against raising it. 

All these supposed Capitalists complaining about the law of supply and demand also applying to labor costs.

No, separation of church and state should absolutely be a thing, yet religious forces have infiltrated an entire party, a disturbing portion of the Supreme Court bench (though I must say I’ve been surprised about recent rulings, however I am waiting for the other shoe to drop) and are seeking to encode their…

Biden is doing exactly what he should: not allowing his beliefs, whatever they may be (and we have no idea about his personal stance ) to influence public policy of the government he was elected to run.

From what I hear, the pope is opposed to getting involved in politics this way. This is completely an American Catholic shitshow.

I generally disconnect completely during time off. But, I am a salaried employee, which to me means that I’m responsible for my projects at a certain level 24/7/365. I’m fortunate that this isn’t really something that comes up much for me, but the flexibility and certainty I get from a salaried position are the…

And empty all water buckets in the garden, empty all things containing still water in which they can lay their eggs.