Informal social shaming raises the cost of bigotry and if the person is just parroting something they aren’t that invested in, they choose the easy thing. It’s not perfect, but it works?

Please help me interpret this augur.

My God, the mansplaining on display here. Lecturing you on your area of expertise! On the basis of what? He saw a definition in a magazine once? This is a great example of why a well-rounded liberal arts education is important.

And sodden, cheesy greetings to you!

I’m sorry. That’s awful — not even rice & yogurt! Yayla çorbası got me through 6 rounds of chemo when I couldn’t get myself to eat anything else. Hope it passes quickly.

Thank you very much! I see it as an accomplishment similar to finishing the Iron Man (cue the Iron Man people scoffing), except that your heart and lungs are in worse shape at the end.

You put it perfectly! I get such joy out of watching him strut around the apartment, confidently sticking his little face into everything.

Way to rock a wrap dress — they can be treacherous!

I conveyed this and he responded with a little squeak. Bluesky desperately needs video so the world can see this impossibly cute little gremlin in action!

In the meantime, I’m on a photo-posting spree:

He will be delighted to hear this, thank you.