Janice M. Eisen
@janice-e.bsky.social
Nerd, freelance writer/editor in the ashes of Portland, politics junkie, SF/F fan, Sherlockian, feminist, mom of adults, lover of history and mysteries, gamer (TT, IF, video), Brewers fan. One-time Infocom beta tester. #TeamOxfordComma. She/her
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You will be shocked, shocked to hear that "The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong"! 🙄 Duh! OF COURSE IT'S WRONG. But now there's a cool article listing the biological and evidentiary reasons, along with nifty diagrams.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
October 21, 2023 at 1:22 AM
You will be shocked, shocked to hear that "The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong"! 🙄 Duh! OF COURSE IT'S WRONG. But now there's a cool article listing the biological and evidentiary reasons, along with nifty diagrams.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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"as a jazzman" - here West, the master improviser, seamlessly connects the suffering of Palestinians to Harlan Crow's political donations.
October 20, 2023 at 10:37 PM
"as a jazzman" - here West, the master improviser, seamlessly connects the suffering of Palestinians to Harlan Crow's political donations.
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I very much agree that it's important not to conflate Jewish people and Israel.
but also...there are definitely Jewish people and Jewish institutions that want to conflate all Jewish people and Israel. 1
but also...there are definitely Jewish people and Jewish institutions that want to conflate all Jewish people and Israel. 1
October 21, 2023 at 2:38 AM
I very much agree that it's important not to conflate Jewish people and Israel.
but also...there are definitely Jewish people and Jewish institutions that want to conflate all Jewish people and Israel. 1
but also...there are definitely Jewish people and Jewish institutions that want to conflate all Jewish people and Israel. 1
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If Shaun be White, you’re snowboarding all right
If Shaun be King, buddy it’s a whole fucking thing
If Shaun be King, buddy it’s a whole fucking thing
October 21, 2023 at 1:50 AM
If Shaun be White, you’re snowboarding all right
If Shaun be King, buddy it’s a whole fucking thing
If Shaun be King, buddy it’s a whole fucking thing
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Tibetan monk apologizes for Jimmy Eat World.
Czech village priest sorry for smashing pumpkins
Czech village priest sorry for smashing pumpkins
The parish priest said he would have acted differently had he known they were carved by children.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2023 at 2:21 AM
Tibetan monk apologizes for Jimmy Eat World.
Mood
October 21, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Mood
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I can't decide if this display means my library is very funny or has completely given up
October 19, 2023 at 9:42 PM
I can't decide if this display means my library is very funny or has completely given up
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i was nervous to publish this for so many reasons, but i did it anyway. as i write, it’s time to be brave.
i hope you’ll read it.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/we-can-cho...
i hope you’ll read it.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/we-can-cho...
October 19, 2023 at 4:29 PM
i was nervous to publish this for so many reasons, but i did it anyway. as i write, it’s time to be brave.
i hope you’ll read it.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/we-can-cho...
i hope you’ll read it.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/we-can-cho...
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It's also the exact argument conservatives made 85 years ago to oppose letting Jewish refugees settle here
Even by the abysmally-low standards set by Heritage this is deeply racist and disgusting
October 20, 2023 at 1:35 PM
It's also the exact argument conservatives made 85 years ago to oppose letting Jewish refugees settle here
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A lot of feigned hand-wringing over online and youth-led expressions of disapproval (so-called “cancel culture”) worked to overshadow actual successful censorship efforts that have now overtaken schools, college campuses, and the battle over the future of the internet
October 20, 2023 at 3:36 PM
A lot of feigned hand-wringing over online and youth-led expressions of disapproval (so-called “cancel culture”) worked to overshadow actual successful censorship efforts that have now overtaken schools, college campuses, and the battle over the future of the internet
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Five thousand dollars. That'll teach 'em.
Trump Fined $5,000 for Breaking Gag Order by Leaving Abusive Post Online
The former president used social media to attack a clerk for the judge in his civil fraud case, and left a copy of the post online for weeks.
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2023 at 7:49 PM
Five thousand dollars. That'll teach 'em.
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I don't know this guy, but this remains the funniest lede I've ever read in my life. It's been five years and I still think about it.
October 20, 2023 at 2:06 PM
I don't know this guy, but this remains the funniest lede I've ever read in my life. It's been five years and I still think about it.
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I can never leave the hellsite while it still has guys like this:
Dude starts with “I can certainly believe JFK Junior is a time traveler,” follows with: listen, buddy, I don’t just believe ANYTHING I read on the internet, & segues to “I used to be rich but now live in a shack. Honor my sacrifice.”
Dude starts with “I can certainly believe JFK Junior is a time traveler,” follows with: listen, buddy, I don’t just believe ANYTHING I read on the internet, & segues to “I used to be rich but now live in a shack. Honor my sacrifice.”
October 19, 2023 at 2:48 AM
I can never leave the hellsite while it still has guys like this:
Dude starts with “I can certainly believe JFK Junior is a time traveler,” follows with: listen, buddy, I don’t just believe ANYTHING I read on the internet, & segues to “I used to be rich but now live in a shack. Honor my sacrifice.”
Dude starts with “I can certainly believe JFK Junior is a time traveler,” follows with: listen, buddy, I don’t just believe ANYTHING I read on the internet, & segues to “I used to be rich but now live in a shack. Honor my sacrifice.”
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Exactly this. It's horrible, it's dysfunctional, it's proof that everything is completely broken, it's the culmination of two generations of the Republican Party trying to break government, and it is also absolutely fucking hilarious because if you can't laugh you'll start screaming
Look. That they can't elect a Speaker is simultaneously a crisis for both America and the world at large, a ploy for those members of the GOP who want the government to fail, and objectively fucking hilarious.
I'm very sorry that all of these are true but they are.
I'm very sorry that all of these are true but they are.
October 20, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Exactly this. It's horrible, it's dysfunctional, it's proof that everything is completely broken, it's the culmination of two generations of the Republican Party trying to break government, and it is also absolutely fucking hilarious because if you can't laugh you'll start screaming
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Full sequence of the annular solar eclipse at Shiprock, New Mexico. This was a dream composition of mine. So much time, energy, and money went into making it happen. I'm forever grateful to the Navajo for letting me shoot it from sacred ground. An experience I'll never forget.
October 19, 2023 at 2:50 AM
Full sequence of the annular solar eclipse at Shiprock, New Mexico. This was a dream composition of mine. So much time, energy, and money went into making it happen. I'm forever grateful to the Navajo for letting me shoot it from sacred ground. An experience I'll never forget.
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This guy sat in the Speaker Chair longer than Jim Jordan did.
October 20, 2023 at 10:42 PM
This guy sat in the Speaker Chair longer than Jim Jordan did.
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Tomorrow my baby, who is Jewish and Palestinian, turns one. I have too many thoughts and not enough words.
October 20, 2023 at 11:27 PM
Tomorrow my baby, who is Jewish and Palestinian, turns one. I have too many thoughts and not enough words.
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SpaceX successfully buffaloed federal agencies to permit a launch which failed to use standard technology in place since before Apollo, resulting in giant chunks of concrete being throw thousands of feet into wetlands.
Now the agencies are sort-of doing their jobs, so SpaceX is really mad.
Now the agencies are sort-of doing their jobs, so SpaceX is really mad.
elon petulantly overruled his engineers on flame deflectors obliterating his own launch facility and a wildlife refuge, but please notice how it's government and the "regulatory process" that's framed as the real enemy in press reports
SpaceX battles regulatory process that could hold up Starship test flight for months – Spaceflight...
spaceflightnow.com
October 19, 2023 at 3:07 PM
SpaceX successfully buffaloed federal agencies to permit a launch which failed to use standard technology in place since before Apollo, resulting in giant chunks of concrete being throw thousands of feet into wetlands.
Now the agencies are sort-of doing their jobs, so SpaceX is really mad.
Now the agencies are sort-of doing their jobs, so SpaceX is really mad.
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Thinking about this quote today.
October 20, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Thinking about this quote today.
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As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).
October 20, 2023 at 11:38 PM
As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).
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There are a lot of things one can fairly say about Jim Jordan. That his honesty is beyond reproach is not one of them.
Analysis | The perils of never questioning what Jim Jordan says
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) declared that Jim Jordan had absolute integrity and was inherently credible. He might want to be careful with those assumptions.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2023 at 3:24 AM
There are a lot of things one can fairly say about Jim Jordan. That his honesty is beyond reproach is not one of them.
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Even by the abysmally-low standards set by Heritage this is deeply racist and disgusting
October 20, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Even by the abysmally-low standards set by Heritage this is deeply racist and disgusting
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More and more Republicans turning their back on Jim Jordan like he’s a sexually assaulted college student.
STAUBER votes Bruce Westerman again. 24th defection.
October 20, 2023 at 3:46 PM
More and more Republicans turning their back on Jim Jordan like he’s a sexually assaulted college student.
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Look I know you have a lot on your plate right now and it’s stressing you out but I’m gonna need you to abandon it all to lie still and become unconscious for about eight hours and if you can’t relax enough to do that your brain will destroy itself and everything will be so much worse. Sweet dreams!
October 19, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Look I know you have a lot on your plate right now and it’s stressing you out but I’m gonna need you to abandon it all to lie still and become unconscious for about eight hours and if you can’t relax enough to do that your brain will destroy itself and everything will be so much worse. Sweet dreams!