Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

Asking for faith in science is like asking for faith in rocks.

They exist. They have certain properties. You can use them to do helpful things. You can hit someone over the head with them.

We don't need faith in rocks. We need to be able to trust the people who wield them.

Science is the same.

They don't tell you this, but if you wait until middle age to transition, you unlock the Zoomer At Heart perk which gives you +3 CHR with people half your age

Doesn't make up for the lost time, but it's still nice

If Women are from Venus and Men are from Mars, then Non-Binary People must be from some inhabitable planet between Venus and Mars. Likely Earth.

I keep seeing long threads where people do complex math to justify unmasking, calculating their own risk of illness 🧮

But almost never, "Hey what's the risk to the person beside me at the pharmacy?"

We’ve individualized public health to death

I mean, the phrase, "What an asshole!" exists in English for a reason. Say it and mind your own business.

For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Baby got too big. Really big really fast. Not sure if we're doing something right or something wrong. This is a giant baby. They hardly ever wear shoes anyway.
- Ernest Hemingway

(anytime someone calls me on my phone, a device i voluntarily bought for this specific purpose) SON of a bitch,

I wanna meet the Susan that the lazy Susan was named after I bet she was fucking iconic

There’s unrealistic that takes you away from reality and unrealistic that reminds you that everybody’s afraid of you.

I hate how archaeologists and gravediggers have tricked us into thinking that digging has to have some sort of end game. Just dig, folks.

me: [nervously] you got any pronouns?
bodega guy: I got he/him and she/her, even a little they/them if you’re into that kind of thing
me: got any, uh… neopronouns?
bodega guy: [squinting] you a cop?