Eric Stickland
@estickfigure.bsky.social
Maybe we should let our kids go outside...could work, hasn't been tried yet.
"Kidnapping in the United States is so rare that a child would have to be outside unsupervised for, on average, 750,000 years before being snatched by a stranger."
"Kidnapping in the United States is so rare that a child would have to be outside unsupervised for, on average, 750,000 years before being snatched by a stranger."
What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones
Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.
www.theatlantic.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Maybe we should let our kids go outside...could work, hasn't been tried yet.
"Kidnapping in the United States is so rare that a child would have to be outside unsupervised for, on average, 750,000 years before being snatched by a stranger."
"Kidnapping in the United States is so rare that a child would have to be outside unsupervised for, on average, 750,000 years before being snatched by a stranger."
Tribalistic people are the worst. They process the world in a more primitive, rigidly black-and-white way than my cohort, the anti-tribalists. In fact, I would go so far as to say none of them are to be trusted and we must take up arms to defend ourselves against them.
July 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tribalistic people are the worst. They process the world in a more primitive, rigidly black-and-white way than my cohort, the anti-tribalists. In fact, I would go so far as to say none of them are to be trusted and we must take up arms to defend ourselves against them.
"It is, obviously, pretty goofy to turn an extremely threadbare outline of knowledge about a two-thousand-year-old Jewish activist named Jesus into a set of rigid ideological claims to absolute truth."
If you don't really "believe" religion, don't be religious.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-are-no...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-are-no...
You Are Not Religious
Why would you be?
www.hamiltonnolan.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"It is, obviously, pretty goofy to turn an extremely threadbare outline of knowledge about a two-thousand-year-old Jewish activist named Jesus into a set of rigid ideological claims to absolute truth."
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Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]
Pedro Pascal calls out “vile and pathetic” transphobic trolls after defending trans rights
Pedro Pascal, whose sister Lux is a trans woman, is a prominent trans ally and he has no time for transphobia.
www.capitalfm.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]
First concert since reconstructive ACL surgery 13 days ago- Jack White at Roadrunner, Boston.
February 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
First concert since reconstructive ACL surgery 13 days ago- Jack White at Roadrunner, Boston.
Facebook is mostly useless to me now, but the Buy Nothing groups are still worthwhile and an occasional source of hilarity...
I *really* wanted to reply to this, but showed some restraint for once.
I *really* wanted to reply to this, but showed some restraint for once.
February 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Facebook is mostly useless to me now, but the Buy Nothing groups are still worthwhile and an occasional source of hilarity...
I *really* wanted to reply to this, but showed some restraint for once.
I *really* wanted to reply to this, but showed some restraint for once.
I love this. I found it years ago and like to come back and reread it every so often. Perspective.
The Elflord and the Mayfly
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I love this. I found it years ago and like to come back and reread it every so often. Perspective.
Vichada Province, Colombia, May 1998.
I was deployed there while serving in the USAF alongside Colombian AF personnel who had adopted these kittens.
After months of deployment, I was starved for physical affection, so I took great joy in being able to hold these two for a few minutes.
I was deployed there while serving in the USAF alongside Colombian AF personnel who had adopted these kittens.
After months of deployment, I was starved for physical affection, so I took great joy in being able to hold these two for a few minutes.
January 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Vichada Province, Colombia, May 1998.
I was deployed there while serving in the USAF alongside Colombian AF personnel who had adopted these kittens.
After months of deployment, I was starved for physical affection, so I took great joy in being able to hold these two for a few minutes.
I was deployed there while serving in the USAF alongside Colombian AF personnel who had adopted these kittens.
After months of deployment, I was starved for physical affection, so I took great joy in being able to hold these two for a few minutes.
Love this. Worth reading.
"And yes kindness and yes hope, but god damn it, you don’t wait for those things, you make them. A job to be done still needs to be done, regardless of the measurement of your hope. You feel hopeful. Make a call. Reach out. You don’t feel hopeful. Make a call. Reach out."
"And yes kindness and yes hope, but god damn it, you don’t wait for those things, you make them. A job to be done still needs to be done, regardless of the measurement of your hope. You feel hopeful. Make a call. Reach out. You don’t feel hopeful. Make a call. Reach out."
"Your job is to do something small but measurable every day that ensures you are not the one being moved off your norms, that ensures you are connecting to community around you."
Do I Dare Disturb My Doomscrolling?
Part of the feeling of helplessness right now is this idea that you don’t know some big thing you can do. But why would you expect that from yourself? Do something every day. That can be some…
basilmarinerchase.wordpress.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Love this. Worth reading.
"And yes kindness and yes hope, but god damn it, you don’t wait for those things, you make them. A job to be done still needs to be done, regardless of the measurement of your hope. You feel hopeful. Make a call. Reach out. You don’t feel hopeful. Make a call. Reach out."
"And yes kindness and yes hope, but god damn it, you don’t wait for those things, you make them. A job to be done still needs to be done, regardless of the measurement of your hope. You feel hopeful. Make a call. Reach out. You don’t feel hopeful. Make a call. Reach out."
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For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
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NEW: "There’s no time or purpose for fear. Previous generations defeated Hitler. Americans like you laid their bodies down for civil rights. They walked across beaches into machine gun nests. They crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridges into truncheons and horse hooves." open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
Goodbye Resistance, Hello Opposition
For those of us who refuse to get in line, to accommodate the rollback of civil and human rights, what is our choice? I think the answer is opposition.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:57 PM
NEW: "There’s no time or purpose for fear. Previous generations defeated Hitler. Americans like you laid their bodies down for civil rights. They walked across beaches into machine gun nests. They crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridges into truncheons and horse hooves." open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
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Study Finds Growing Gap Between America's Rich and Super Rich
Study Finds Growing Gap Between America's Rich and Super Rich
YouTube video by The Onion
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Study Finds Growing Gap Between America's Rich and Super Rich
Great idea, excellent execution. I just wish there was one personalized for me!
Your 2024 Therapy Wrapped
Your 2024 Therapy Wrapped
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 9, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Great idea, excellent execution. I just wish there was one personalized for me!
Please Spare Me All Hypocritical Outrage Over Hunter Biden's Pardon.
This is a man who pardoned his co-conspirators, including some of the vile, unrepentant individuals, such as Steve Bannon, Mike Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort.
Trump voters don’t care.
This is a man who pardoned his co-conspirators, including some of the vile, unrepentant individuals, such as Steve Bannon, Mike Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort.
Trump voters don’t care.
Please Spare Me All Hypocritical Outrage Over Hunter Biden's Pardon
The same movement that supports and celebrates a criminal, vulgarian insurrectionist who pardons his criminal friends now feigns outrage. Here's me playing the world's smallest violin.
thelefthook.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Please Spare Me All Hypocritical Outrage Over Hunter Biden's Pardon.
This is a man who pardoned his co-conspirators, including some of the vile, unrepentant individuals, such as Steve Bannon, Mike Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort.
Trump voters don’t care.
This is a man who pardoned his co-conspirators, including some of the vile, unrepentant individuals, such as Steve Bannon, Mike Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort.
Trump voters don’t care.
“I remember saying to myself, ‘I don’t know who they are or where they are, but I’ll find the people who are fighting this, and I’ll join them.’ ”
“The essential was not to give in. When you resisted, you were already a victor. You had already won.”
“The essential was not to give in. When you resisted, you were already a victor. You had already won.”
Madeleine Riffaud, ‘the Girl Who Saved Paris,’ Dies at 100
Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:28 PM
“I remember saying to myself, ‘I don’t know who they are or where they are, but I’ll find the people who are fighting this, and I’ll join them.’ ”
“The essential was not to give in. When you resisted, you were already a victor. You had already won.”
“The essential was not to give in. When you resisted, you were already a victor. You had already won.”
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BREAKING:
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
BREAKING:
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
When traveling abroad in tourist destinations, I've begun a practice of waking early to walk the city in the relative quiet and cool of the early morning. Watching Rome come alive in late June '22 was a highlight.
November 18, 2024 at 5:01 AM
When traveling abroad in tourist destinations, I've begun a practice of waking early to walk the city in the relative quiet and cool of the early morning. Watching Rome come alive in late June '22 was a highlight.
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Haymarket Books is giving away 10 free ebooks that meet this moment in US history, including titles by Rebecca Solnit, Angela Davis, Mariame Kaba, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. [haymarketbooks.org]
Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis At Haymarket, we
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 15, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Haymarket Books is giving away 10 free ebooks that meet this moment in US history, including titles by Rebecca Solnit, Angela Davis, Mariame Kaba, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. [haymarketbooks.org]
Everything is not as it appears.
November 15, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Everything is not as it appears.
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Put simply, we understand that The Onion is special, and Global Tetrahedron’s entire executive team is dedicated to extracting all the value we can from that specialness.
Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘The Onion’
Since Global Tetrahedron bought this publication several months ago, there has been significant chatter about who our company is and what it represents. Much has been made of my past as a tech entrepr...
theonion.com
August 20, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Put simply, we understand that The Onion is special, and Global Tetrahedron’s entire executive team is dedicated to extracting all the value we can from that specialness.
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11pm, November 5, 2024
They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I.
They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I.
November 12, 2024 at 2:33 AM
11pm, November 5, 2024
They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I.
They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I.