I’ve had a very similar thought, but Asian communities have a respect for those around them and a sense of obligation to the group good that Americans just lack. Maybe ‘lack,’ is unfair, but prioritize WAY lower than self interest.

Thanks for this Beth. I’ve had to endure a weekend of armchair-epidemiologists on social media passing this around and I was looking forward to finding out how this was being misinterpreted (almost everyone sharing it was basically using the “let young, healthy people do whatever they want, this isn’t a deadly…

thank you for appreciating my work

Claire: Going where no one has gone before, then writing about it.

Because media of all kind are largely dominated by white voices and it’s good to learn about the experiences and perspectives of others.

Oh I will cry and complain because I am a baby.

I’ve been going to the movies since the age of six and the theatrical experience has been one of the most basic, joyful things in my life. I had the great fortune of going to college during the height of the film guild era and, for years, went to the movies two to three, sometimes four, nights a week. I love the…

Is there a Chrome extension that gets rid of the shitty slideshow on Kinja?

The USPS’s fiscal woes have been a long time coming and were largely out of their control. From the USA Today article:

One problem I keep running into, living in a deeply Democratic state/district - every time these “oppose Trump’s latest buffoonery/illegal action” calls come up - who am I supposed to call? Representatives that are already on the front line voting against him every step of the way? I need people from Florida, Ohio,…

I’m surprised the fucking asshole doesn’t say “everyone calm down, I promise I’ll give them some money right after the election.  Unless I lose, in which case I will use the rest of my presidency to destroy them, and fuck you if you’re one of my rural cultists who relied on them for your mail delivery.”

If you have the entire amount saved, and you are actively making offers on homes (I’m assuming it’s 20% down on a $1M house in a very expensive housing market), then that money should be liquid right now, interest rates be damned. Put it a money market or something. You’re going to have to wire the funds or present a…

I just keep my $200ks in little wads tucked into the pockets of my back-of-the-closet/don’t-know-when-I’ll-wear-these-again tuxedos for safe keeping.

Someone in my family was developing signs of dementia and we had her tested three times at the hospital only for the results to come back normal, even though she was often experiencing vivid delusions. We couldn’t get anyone to take it seriously until she pulled a knife on someone during one of them.

She’s now in an…

I think it would have to be Trump.

After 4 months of COVID lockdown, would still take my partner

makers have been creating thousands, ne millions of “ear savers” over the past few months and donating to front line workers. everything from 3D printed (which take longer and are more flexible) to laser cut, which cut much faster in volume but can be stiffer (although I’ve found using the rhin polypropelene cutting…

I’ve got buttons sewn onto a baseball cap. Bonus feature: you can dock them to the front of your cap instead of having the “chin beard” look.

One of my landlords actually MADE me do that many years and one cat ago and it was a total revelation. I had no idea why I hadn’t thought of that before. Now I take a mug shot, as well as closeups of any distinctive features.

I have a friend I would love to share this with, but 1 through 6 would run like this: