A couple of oddball things to note: the for-profit bail industry is illegal in the entire world except for the US and Philippines. We think it’s normal, and it’s not. Solitary confinement is considered torture by the UN and it’s illegal in many countries (though not as widely banned as cash bail). It’s another thing…

We keep pushing kids into STEM programs, but instead we should tell them, “Unless you’re a sexy multi-millionaire, no one will care about you.”  Meanwhile, the kids can’t become multi-millionaires because they’re taking out loans to study science, which is worthless in this country.

...and humans were smaller then.  :-o

I will never understand the confidence behind and proliferation of the argument that goes, “He hasn’t raped all women, therefore he has raped zero women.” (This time, coming from a law professor!)

If he “frequently” uses hate speech, then surely you could provide us with at least 20 examples.

I think they wrote a mediocre script and then realized it would only resonate more if they changed the optics. They hired black actors for characters that could’ve been anyone. It’s a stretch to say they “explored” any new ground.

Jojo Siwa is the term for a bookshelf from Ikea. 

Sadly, this is a real thing. They swapped out recyclable packaging with a new tube that will need to go to a landfill. It’s a limited release, so the total environmental footprint will be small, but it was an unnecessary change. It’s real, it’s stupid, and it’s wasteful.

Trees fall in the forest even if you never go outside. News exists even if you don’t read it. They covered the Outlander thing here at Gawker, among many other sites. 

It’s a tough pig to fuck.

They knew they were going to dig out the tree and quarantine it until it died.

I would estimate it’s about 99 to 100% death.

I wanted to hear more about this too. There are already some lawsuits against states for sending prisoners far within their home state (like from Manhattan to the Canadian border). I never knew that states could legally deport their residents.

The rectangles never made sense anyway.  

He’s not “reflecting.”  It’s a PR strategy.  His statement was written by someone else.  It comes after several other speeches of his that were offensive and bigoted.

It’s definitely not sincere. The commissioner himself has repeatedly said (almost every year that he’s had the job) that there was nothing to apologize for. He rejects the idea of an apology every June. He can go fuck himself.

Nothing?  What about the intense radiation and months-long dust-storms?  Those are definitely things Mars has.

In the military community, which has a history of mishandling rape allegations,

We’ve had an awkward pivot from marriage rights to poop fights. Meanwhile, we can’t reliably get taxis, hotels, or apartments.

“Please don’t blame homophobia on people being secretly gay. This is a worn out old trope and it essentially blames gay people for our own problems. Love you, but no.”