I’m also a parent of an autistic kid. It’s particularly chilling that our buddy here laments that autistic folks “will never pay taxes” as if that’s what makes a life valuable. This is a capitalism brain worm (sorry) that needs to be squashed. A person’s value is not tethered to their productivity.
I'm really gonna need folks to pay attention to the anti-disability language that Donald Trump used today. You can read @metrauxjulia.bsky.social for details. It is as central to what he's doing as the misogyny and racism and homophobia and ....
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Alcohol is only associated with domestic violence because it lowers inhibitions for men who want to be violent to women. It does not make men want to be violent to women. That’s inexcusable & pathologic, and it’s disturbing to me when people imply that domestic violence is “a disease” like addiction
The Justice Department is interviewing former UnitedHealth Group doctors after the health insurance giant allegedly pressured doctors “to apply lucrative diagnosis codes to patients” 👀
It's hard to imagine a more brutal illustration of climate injustice and a failed society than indentured teenage slaves being used to protect the homes of wealthy Americans.
Ktla news screencap reads palisades brush fire now 770+ acres, picture is a big red bulldozer about to plow through a Mercedes and the dozens of cars behind it
What stage of climate crisis is bulldozing abandoned luxury cars to make way for firetrucks?
Universal programs + progressive taxation is so much more efficient and equitable than means testing. www.vox.com/policy/39322...
Appliance makers, I beg you — please just make a fridge that lasts more than a decade. This is like two steps away from my kitchen appliances talking about me behind my back and forming their own Nextdoor communities.
Day 13 of winter break with the high-intensity 8 y/o: “25 whole degrees with clear sidewalks? Sounds like park weather to me! Grab your coat, kid.”
it’s really funny that maggie will spill more words pissing up a rope in somebody’s dm’s than she will on stories she’s been sitting on with her semi-permanent embed going on ten years now. she’s a third of the way to traditional retirement eating for free hanging out with a single dude
This is excellent.
Books at Walmart called “who was Jesus?” and “what is the story of Scooby Doo?”
I feel like even if you aren’t religious you could have moved these further apart
Grocery stores have grinders for coffee beans. I need them to also have stirring machines for “natural” nut butters. That Costco almond butter jar… whoo wee!
At my parents’ place, it’s just constantly, “who had the green mug? Did I?” and “whoever has the mug with the donkey on it forgot their coffee in the microwave! AGAIN.”
Sign says “those who forget about their coffee are doomed to reheat it”
Very weird to see a random sign taped to a store window that clearly articulates my particular familial curse…