You bought it for the stickers.

I’m worried for you—and us. Have you considered the possibility that he’s telling you the truth? So say we all.

You can actually be both simultaneously. They aren’t at odds with one another.

I love transit. I hate selfies. What to do? 😱 (Fine, I guess I’ll find a car.)

Audio clip from The Opinions podcast episode to provide full quote and context. The entire topic is interesting, but this bit about the co-opting of the body positivity movement is one of my soapboxes, so I was happy to see some discussion about it.

Some interesting context from the researcher who coined the term, via the @nytimes.com Instagram post about the article.

That seems valid to me, even if Israel’s response is wildly disproportionate and inhumane. October 7th was a clear provocation. Both can be true. Acknowledging there’s also a historical context and foundation here that’s not irrelevant.

I was just hoping to double dip. And, perhaps, get some relevant dating advice.

I love the characterization of ChatGPT as Bullshit as a Service. Though a close second is Mansplaining as a Service.

Spill it all out! We’re here to live vicariously.

Obligatory!

I’m happy someone—outside of domestic companies uninvolved in global trade—is making money off of this news!

Though, I suspect, the association of such rhetoric with Trump has just made it less fashionable to talk about on the Left, while making it more palatable in what was not long ago still referred to as the “Party of Free Trade”.

If there’s a silver lining: It seems the protectionist faction of the Left peaked during Bernie Sander’s primary campaign, and perhaps Trump’s blatant mercantilism has inoculated the Left from such zero sum thinking.