This piece is weirdly tortured by the inability to get past the fact that "effective altruism" is an ideology cooked up five minutes ago by broadly ignorant dumbasses (minoring in eugenics) and you can throw it all in the trash without giving up on the concept of making altruistic efforts effective

goooood morning it is cool and still kind of damp from yesterday, but the morning is fresh and the pooches are restless - same as it ever was, when Dogs Want Walks

Hello there! Trying out Bluesky for the first time!

Me in @thedailybeast.bsky.social with the many reasons why the Surgeon General's plan to put "warning labels" on social media is not even remotely backed up by the evidence (and, is unconstitutional, to boot). www.thedailybeast.com/the-surgeon-...

I'm Shirley, a Black/Korean woman who makes really cool art.

It's Juneteenth, and Black people still have yet to receive reparations. But here are some of the ways you can financially support me today! ✨💖

✨: paypal.com/paypalme/lioninthetrees
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i hate to have one of these at all but my big "WE DRANK FROM THE HOSE" opinion is that people younger than millennials really can't imagine what coming of age in a time of media scarcity meant - like, I would read about records and movies and not actually be able to see them for YEARS

Chemical Plant Zone (2020)

Troy is less than 600 nautical miles from Ithaca. Odysseus didn't need ten years to get there. Homer was just covering for a slacker.

Short Legs Squad!