I’m a family demographer studying rural/ urban differences. The stereotypes DOT may be relying on are out of date. In an article in Demography, my coauthors & I show that fertility rates have converged, while marriage is now slightly more common in urban areas.
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Just wanted to let you know i finished your lovely book. I thoroughly enjoyed the premise, characters, dialogs, and relationships. It got a little cute toward the end but I was already immersed and decided it was forgivable. It was an easy read with some very thoughtful introspection. Thank you!

I felt this.

I’m so glad you posted this! I didn’t know their last names and didn’t want to go on Xitter for my yearly update. Thank you!

Picked it up for holiday downtime!

Seven years! Don’t know why the picture won’t show, but it’s started curling on the edges 😞 I’m ordering a new one tomorrow, thank you!

YAY!!! I was relegated to following you on LinkedIn, which is cool and all (not this cool)

Hate to see it… well, not me. I love to see it.

He looks like Toothless

That’s actually when I need a draft the most, because sometimes my heart is unintelligible.

Small but important correction - 51% of people WHO VOTED. Lots of registered voters didn’t.

Then there’s those of us stuck here with all of them; many a conversation lately has started with business and ended with “what the hell just happened” and hugs/tears/solemn back slaps.

It’s been grim, thanks for asking

The person said that it was very, very simple logic that “wokeness” was responsible for the loss.

My favorite authors at @wonkettemedia.bsky.social put out the word that we were gathering here. I happened to find some of my favorite follows from Twitter and might have squeed in delight as I spammed that “follow” button. I’ve let others know, and I’m sure I’m not the only one.