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Technologist, Artist, Feminist, Pacifist, World Traveler, Cats
Understand that when a man says, "I'm not a misogynist! I love women!", he means "love" in the sense that he also loves fish and fishing, sports and championships. He loves the chase, the contest, and the reward. He gets no pleasure from them when they aren't being served for his pleasure.
July 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Hegsdeth wants to offer testosterone to male service members. Because nothing says military readiness like an infantry with acne, stiff dicks and anger issues. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
DOD to screen testosterone of soldiers over 30, Hegseth says
The initiative comes after the Defense secretary last September rolled out a new set of standards for combat roles across the military.
www.politico.com
July 16, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I did not imagine that so many people think murder is an easy and valid diplomatic strategy.
April 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
When disaster looms, hide the children, the books and the art.
April 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The number of times I have heard the argument against trans-rights as "dicks don't belong in women's spaces"... It makes me think.

It makes me think that if dicks are the problem, why aren't we regulating dicks? Like there should be safety training.
March 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The number of times we have to go around renaming hospitals, streets and airports because the men they are supposed to honor have turned out to be not-honorable... It makes you think.

I mean, it makes me think that maybe it's not a good idea to name things after men at all.
March 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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And here's a secret of the past decade: a lot of the crucial organizing/resistance work is done by women who look like nice mom-type ladies, often suburban variety, sometimes through nice organizations like churches. Sorry if anyone needs it to look like Che Guevara.
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Also, demands like "stop war" / "defund police" / "melt ice" sound paternalistic which the child-mind resists. It also creates space for the child-mind to build false equivalences: stop war = accept invasion / defund police = permit crime / melt ice = allow foreign occupation.
January 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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The human brain is weird, and does not like inaction.

Telling a child to "stop hitting" leaves a mental space to fill. The child brain considers, "To stop hitting means? That biting is okay? Kicking? Screaming?"

So we say, "Be kind", "Listen", "Ask for permission".

Action, not inaction.
January 26, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The human brain is weird, and does not like inaction.

Telling a child to "stop hitting" leaves a mental space to fill. The child brain considers, "To stop hitting means? That biting is okay? Kicking? Screaming?"

So we say, "Be kind", "Listen", "Ask for permission".

Action, not inaction.
January 26, 2026 at 4:56 PM
ICE was forced to retreat from Chicago, LA, Portland & Memphis. They'll be forced to retreat from Mpls too. The American govt may be corrupt, complicit & fascist, but American people are not submissive.

Americans are loud, funny, creative, individualistic, independent & rebellious.
January 23, 2026 at 5:48 PM
It must be tough being an ICE thug when you're triggered so easily by costumes, cameras and sarcasm.
January 20, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I've heard that J Ross is hiding now. Probably afraid to answer the door or the phone. People are hunting him online and posting his social media posts and work history.

Just a few days ago he thought that the most threatening thing in the world was a lesbian mom in an SUV.
January 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
#notAllAI I like the AI that lives in my hearing aids and makes conversation possible. I like the AI that is being used in Africa to support conservation efforts. I like the AI that is being trained to help physicians find and diagnose cancer from imaging scans.
December 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Somebody has TDS, and it's not Rob Reiner.
December 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Any man that wants to wear pretty yet uncomfortable clothes, learn to apply expensive cosmetics, take a pay cut, accept condescending medical care, and deal with constant sexual harassment is a sister-in-arms.
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
There's something about having the means and the opportunity that turns men into murderers. www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...
Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela | CNN Politics
The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
www.cnn.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Some men are so afraid of being laughed at by women that they will kneel to an autocrat who promises to restore discrimination and encourage abuses of girls and women.
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is why the administration wants to eliminate autism
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@realjfairclough.bsky.social We do fostering for a local no-kill shelter. This kitten is Jackie. She has wandered too far, got lost, and can't find her mom.
July 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Your kid's in jail, your mom has cancer, the house is on fire, your credit card is cancelled, the basement is flooded, your car was stolen, your spouse has an std, you're naked and you have to give a presentation.

... what it feels like to read the news.
July 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Future generations will judge us like we judge our ancestors -- guilty of complicity with an immoral system that abuses the weak.

At least I hope so. Future generations should be better than us.
July 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"... to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it" -- Congress, July 4, 1776
July 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
One of the hardest things about being old is watching young people resolutely make the same stupid mistakes with their life that you did.
June 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Somebody at NPR forgot to check the photo caption.
June 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM