the reading comprehension crisis is not limited to our undergrad students...

i don't get how you're reading "computers for the parents" as buying computers for the renters' parents. it's very clearly about the adults renting the apartment in this hypothetical 4-person family.

from bush v gore on out, the court majority is an active 25-year judicial coup against democracy and the constitution. like january 6th in black robes.

there is a fair amount of domestic criticism of foreign aid spending in china, actually. it would be hard for them to scale up to where they could replace the american aid trump has withdrawn, were the PRC govt interested in doing so.

people have been stupid and angry about every single good thing we have collectively done in my life, from seatbelts to banning smoking indoors. the consensus comes later, after we all get used to how nice it is without the stupid thing we banned.

unripe persimmons are worse.

i find i tend to get a sore mouth when i chew on the core.

Everyone will be busy cleaning up all of the BS mistakes the AI made. What progress!

not to get all conservative or anything as an inveterate homosexual stoner myself but the people in charge of American society are decadent, hedonistic demons motivated by their basest urges, their pettiest grievances, and their vilest bigotries