The jeans, for me, are what really make this hilarious.

Throw in some prosperity Gospels and good old-fashioned gender roles and who even needs a government?

Feels like “What would it look like if we did?” might be a good way to ask the question.

I’m honestly really sad they no longer have a print edition. (Lots of things about the magazine business make me sad.)

do i roll my eyes at a lot of DEI stuff? yeah, i wrote a whole essay about why i thought it was bullshit back in 2020. but trump et al aren’t saying, “corporate DEI policies mainly exist to protect corporate interests from discrimination lawsuits.” they’re saying “get the blacks out”

Here they are (details in the essay, linked above):

1. Ask for help.
2. Put positivity into the universe.
3. Be generous.
4. Let go.
5. Build community.

What's on your mind this year? What energy are you bringing to 2025?

This isn't a list of resolutions or to-dos. It's five things that, if I do them semi-consistently, should help me to keep my nervous system calm. The goal is to stay focused on what I want to be doing so that I'm not constantly whipsawed by the news of the day.

I'm happy to be a political cynic, but I'm always first and foremost cynical about how employers treat workers.

Also: even without adjusting for COL the fact is that tech salaries were extremely high in 2018 through most of 2022. Firing a bunch of people hired during the post Great Recession boom and hiring a bunch of people in the post COVID bust is a great way to cut a bunch of costs.

it’s interesting that one flew over the cuckoos nest depicts psychiatry as a feminizing oppression of natural virility when in reality it was mostly used by (overwhelmingly male) psychiatrists to subdue female patients