In advance of the Oscars tonight: a lot of comedy heroes let you down. They become unfunny/bitter/closed minded. Conan is the exception. He has grown & evolved & is funnier than he’s ever been. He’s also an extremely kind and lovely human. Just a sincere post to say: Conan rules.

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Incredible look at the impact of bodies and our relationship to our bodies through the lens of weight loss drugs. So many important factors here whether or not you're on Ozempic. @nytimes.com Thanks, Lisa Miller.

How Weight-Loss Drugs Can Upend a Marriage www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/m...

Anna Lembke, the psychiatrist and author of “Dopamine Nation,” treats patients dealing with all sorts of addictions, including opioids, alcohol and what she calls “digital drugs.” She wants us to find balance in a world of temptation and abundance. Read or listen to The Interview. nyti.ms/4aHpJpQ

Anna Lembke's work on dopamine chasing, addiction, and how we avoid pain has got me in some deep inquiry.

Glad the @nytimes.com showed some interest.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/m...

Leaving Long Island and headed home. My life has changed so drastically in the last two months. Loving it all.

Doing a thing on hurt and harm on Thurs.

The funny thing about growing up in church and spending my childhood praying the gay away is that the more I unravel all the teachings of the church, the less gay I become.

Dissonance between someone’s words and actions is exhausting.

We get to choose to surround ourselves with people who can discern between what they want to give and what they can give.

I no longer endure relationships where I am afraid of being punished for asking for what I want.

One person is never going to fulfill all of your physical and emotional desires.

When you stop asking them to, relationships get a lot easier.

An open relationship is about creating a container that can honor the fullness of both of your desires.

Limiting the outcomes of an open relationship to sex and touch is, well, quite limiting.

Your life is not going to change until you start saying no to what you’re unwilling to give.

Are you saying no... or are you politely making an excuse so they don’t feel rejected?

Saying no is kind.

Making excuses seems nice, but it is confusing and unclear.

Kindness is (almost) always better than being nice.

You don’t have to understand why you want something in order to ask for it.

American Fiction was incredible. Both sharp and nuanced. Incredibly funny and sad. It's message about dominant culture were spot on and its caricatures of liberal whites were so spot on I think its hard for many of us to see ourselves in that reflection.

Are you saying what you like or asking for what you want?

They are very different.

One is a statement and the other holds the magical vibration of vulnerability that has the power to create worlds.