Hey, it was a legit tax cut. It just wasn’t a tax cut for *you.* (or anyone in the bottom 98% of earners.)

The predatory for-profit income tax industry remains one of the top ways to get me grumbling filth and foul like a man twice my age. And it’s completely unnecessary! It would be entirely feasible for the government to send you an already-tallied bill or refund on April 15!

The DAPL threatens the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation’s singular supply of water. Or did you not actually care?

Indigenous people have been treated inhumanely by the United States government, constantly, since the birth of the latter. From literal continental genocide centuries ago to the Dakota Access Pipeline today. If that’s not pure of heart enough, I don’t know what is.

This might be a bad idea, but I’d love to read a post on the nomenclature surrounding Indigenous Peoples. The language we (white people) have used to refer to those who lived in the Americas before us has been a problem from day 1.

Here’s what changed: The company succeeded. It doesn’t need to attain success (by taking risks), it needs to retain its success (by taking as little risk as possible). Just one more emergent disappointment brought to you by capitalism!

That’s fascinating! Thanks so much for taking the time to explain! :)

Glad to hear it’s a bacteria, because that “Myco” part really makes it sound like genital shrooms. Why... is that myco in the name, anyway?

One thing we don’t talk about enough is that individual behaviors are not going to save us.

I’ve been using Mastodon for a couple weeks, and it has me convinced that federated communities are the best possible future for online society. So Pillowfort sounds nice, but any centralized service is going to have problems like this.

I like the idea of a cashless society too, but it’s important to highlight that that idea would affect different populations in different ways. Some people are much more dependent on cash, particularly those who don’t have a checking or credit account.

I hope a little self-promotion isn’t out of order, but I’ve spent this year producing The Episodic Table of Elements, a sci-history podcast that looks at the incredible true stories behind each element on the periodic table.

I mean, we can pick nits over how that might be an imperfect choice of word, but I think it’s pretty clear that I mean “I would like to overcome the social momentum that’s working against that effort and perhaps even convince my friends to join me.”

I’m so sick of the inevitable decline of for-profit social media platforms.

For sure, some logistical complications, but I think that’s preferable over handing nude photographs of one’s self over to Facebook.

I hope you enjoy! :)

IMHO, they should allow the user to generate the hash without surrendering the sensitive material. Use an open standard that can’t be reversed. It’s utter insanity to give the most intimate photos you have to any company, but especially this company.

I hope you’ll forgive a little self-promotion: I write and host The Episodic Table of Elements at http://episodictable.com. Every other week, I dive into the cultural and scientific history behind each element on the periodic table.

Facebook said in a Hard Questions post in December that it’s working with experts and investing in research in order to figure out whether spending time on social media is actually good for us.

Might I shamelessly add to the list of resources here? I write and host a podcast called The Episodic Table of Elements that takes a look at the cultural history behind each element on the periodic table, and teaches some basic chemistry along the way.