'Escalate,' as in "tensions escalate," comes from the word 'escalator.'
It first appeared in print in 1944.
'Escalator' originated as a trademarked term for the Otis Elevator Company's moving staircase and was demonstrated at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
There’s about to be a whole lot of Troy McClures in Texas.
I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
Is it wrong that my brain immediately went to Back That Azz Up?
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
Merry Chrimmus!!
This is very AuDHD-coded.
That man is fine as frog hair.
Watching this Diddy documentary has me thinking this 🥷🏾is COINTELPRO.
You’d better have a slice of cloud cake in there for the kitty.
Hypertendernism!
You can try to rig the game, but you can’t fake influence.
A friend from college was a massive stoner and we nicknamed him Boo Berry. The resemblance was uncanny.
Florida about to be full of Troy McClures.
Right now, in my feed, I see that a lot of people have learned nothing about their internalized misogynoir since last fall.
Did you know that you can say you don’t want Kamala Harris to run for president again and still put some respect on her name?
what is "the people's property" on stolen land?
This feels like losing Prince.
Imma call the people for him if I have to.
At this point, Shonda Rhimes should sue to protect her intellectual property. Because this Temu version of Scandal is not it.
These YNs don’t understand the foundation of reality TV.
Ol skeebeedoodeeaheeeee ahh. A classic.
Who can do it till the day AND till the dawn? Unreasonable.
I was reading encyclopedias before age 3 and enrolled in my elementary school’s “Horizons” program at age 5. Back in the 80s, hyperlexia was a talent, not an indicator of neurodivergence.
Diagnosed AuDHD a few years after my son’s diagnosis.
Straight in the tear ducts.
Incredible focus, but that “gosh darn” is the most wholesome part.
I’ve got my digital copy, btw, and plan to buy a couple of hard copies for friends. 📕✊🏾
Most of the Black women I know have started their own businesses or freelance for this very reason: we were the canaries. We been knew.
