Same with my grandfather. We’d have to find a piece of paper to put in front of him for him to sign so he could “close the deal”

And we know that Epstein operated completely in the open, even after his first conviction. Secrecy was not one of the methods he used to protect himself.

Like finishing the thing of Oreos. It’s already open…

I agree and it’s really telling the low esteem these men hold for women and girls. Like if a man is a pedophile I understand what he’s getting from Epstein. It’s abhorrent but I get it. But the people who were willing to sign off on it in exchange for… a dinner? A little cash? Men are bought cheap

I’ve come to believe that the popularity of cruise ships is in large part because they actually represent walkable urbanism

Once one has realized that the organizing principle of urban design is “all our tax money should be spent to force everyone to own and operate expensive pieces of heavy machinery if they don’t want to be shut-ins”, it’s impossible to go back. I feel like I’m going insane every time I step outside

Yuuuup. My job is maintaining the pipes of email. I’m content with that and I think most of my coworkers are as well. But hoo boy our leadership is not.

philosophers are like “rights come from metaphysics” and rights do not come from fucking metaphysics, metaphysics is not real

I like Hobo! They’ve got a secondhand shop too

Shows up in trans men sometimes too, sadly

Certainly did for me!

I’ve started to think of cars as a sort of prisoners’ dilemma. If you’re the only person with a car, cars are fucking awesome. And if everyone else has a car you need a car to protect yourself and also to fully utilize the built environment. But everyone would be better off if there were no cars

I was talking to a boomer friend of my father’s recently and she glowingly shared that her daughter was using AI to help study in nursing school and also for personal therapy. I nearly passed out. Tried to explain my own position but was not successful

Maybe not what I should be focused on, but that is a stunning cover

Did my own googling and I guess he would have been 17 or so when he wrote this. This makes me sad.