I could finish rewrites on my script or outline the next one or polish the earlier one but I could also watch the Sabrina TV movie so yeah

The whole "back when men were men" thing falls apart the second you read primary documentation like journal entries from the time (not intended for outside consumption). That's why like the Pepys journals are so insightful. The "hero" of the past is largely imaginary.

How can I be expected to go into work under these conditions?

- Me, under any conditions.

Lifehack: Want to find out if the baking stone you accidentally left in the oven is still hot? Put your hand right on it. Just right on there. The people at the hospital will tell you how hot it probably was.

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

They should maybe make a movie action scene where people fight to classical music instead of Drowning Pool someone write this down.

The world is such shit right now, and it could slightly worse by watching the car crash scene in Dead Calm. Jesus Christ, I understand trigger warnings even more now.

no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person