Note that these days, in many jurisdictions, it’s considered appropriate that a child’s entire history is shared with them from the earliest age. (Possibly not where you tell the child that the previous family thought they were “sullen”, but you’d give a version of the truth.) A lot of the issues that have come from…

I’m an adoptive parent, our daughter came to us when she was less than a year old, and (as we talk openly and honestly, while age appropriately, about her history) even she clearly has some complex feelings about the fact that she is adopted. And she doesn’t even remember any time before being in our family.

Agreed, especially since his opening salvo was, “I’M TOM AUSTIN.” like that supposed to mean something to somebody.

I also love the shows with the weird sisters, specifically because they tend to be darker. I described the show to a friend as Harry Potter but with 1000% more devil worshiping. I’m not a big fan of the episodes with some creature that exists as a stand alone adversary separate from the overall plot, like the sleep…

I mean, the Space Force is gonna need some civilian spokespeople, right?

Oh, this one was pretty tame. He also tweeted that he was going to have the FEC investigate NBC after he watched a rerun of the SNL Christmas episode over the weekend.

I like “Downtown Dining and Entertainment District.”

I was like really, Megan, REALLY? More about these two? Right at the top? But then I read “Crisp Rat” which I don’t recall ever reading before and it KILLED me. Worth it!

Kudos for the timely recognition that Idris Elba is at least as important as math.

I mean, not to mention that this country was explicitly built using the land we stole from American Indian folks, and using the labor of Black slaves. You don’t get the freedom to, like, experiment with light bulb filaments if you have to go out and till the land for sustenance.

You’re right that the timing is off. It’s about 28 years too late to learn that workplace sexual harassment is wrong and TPTB need to put an effective stop to it.

I agree but that’s not what I was implying. Feldman was standing up and speaking out about being abused many years ago (back when NO male actor would even speak on the subject, and unfortunately to the detriment of his career) and even told the police the names of the people who did it, and they asked him directly…

Hmm, only white folks have made contributions? LOL this guy...apparently he doesn’t know about traffic lights, Carver’s contributions to agriculture, NUMBERS!!!!—I mean, seriously, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...—yoga, spices, silk, Jesus Christ, Idris Elba, I can go on and on...

I am so down the middle about it, I remember him hanging out with all those famous child stars and thinking it was so very weird, but literally none of them said anything happened. Corey Feldman is a huge advocate for victims of childhood abuse and would be the first one to step up and say something- and he’s said…

Honestly, it warmed my heart to read how well stars are treated when they work with him. I hope it’s all true. I say that because I’ve become rather jaded when it comes to the porn industry. It’s also fascinating that I just wrote those words in reference to the porn industry: “it warmed my heart”. But honestly, after…

She voted to fund DHS as a whole until February, not ICE in particular. There are thousands of DHS employees who are working without pay. I don’t think agreeing to short-term funding for an entire department is a show that she’s dropping a campaign promise. It just means she’s not willing to stick it to ICE at the…

The linked AOC tweet literally includes the sentence “The President is racist.”

This bothers me every day.

But we’ll see if the pressure helps to fix anything.

Holy shit I didn’t realize they had to go through a consent video before getting paid.  That’s revolting.