Jessica Polos

Pitch an unnecessary sequel

Love Supposedly

Received a sus call today supposedly from Census, claiming I haven’t responded to my ACS Survey (which of course I would have filled out!). They gave me the name and number of a real Census employee - but Census has no record of my household being in any survey! Scam? Mistake? A demography mystery!

It’s not just that elite unis look away. It’s that the decision makers and board members at elite universities all went to B school together and are in the same circles. They’re pals. This elite has captured academia.

Now they’re coming for Diet Coke moms.

The Brazil team just…won’t be able to participate?

Also, at what point do these countries stop processing US visas.

Austin Powers Steamroller YouTube video by Mac Barron

Had the same thought yesterday. This is the Austin Powers clip that came to mind with the steam roller in ultra slow motion posing no threat. The exaggeration in the comedy has sadly become our reality.

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Yeah it’s like folks don’t even know or remember this just happened twice in Chicago in strikingly similar incidents - but the victims were both Latino/a. A man died and a woman survived multiple gunshot wounds.

Apparently the wheat, oat, and rice industry did not donate enough to the campaign/inaug? But corn did?

All this food science and they can’t make protein powders and ‘isolates’ and nonsense taste anything but awful.

Those first borns though.

Exactly! It’s hard enough to sort out the trauma in your own mind while sleep deprived, recovering, and caring for a human - let alone try to take action to rectify it! I‘ve considered writing letters even now, years later...

I’m sorry you were treated that way. I also had terrible experiences with some nurses and doctors surrounding the births of my kids. I still wonder whether suing is the only way to get through to these institutions. But imo the statute of limitations is too short for new moms to take action.

Is there anything not bizarre that comes from Doubtthat?

Billionaire names other billionaires the Billionaire of the Year.

Divorce all the competitive sports from the university system please.

Yes but I was also always struck by the mythology->Christianity syncretism - in art, holidays, etc. If the early Isis/Horus sculptures aren’t Mary/Jesus I don’t know what. Christian holidays were superimposed on solstice holidays. In some ways I think Christians still practice mythology.

I had my wedding ring made of white gold with a center band of rose gold so that I did not have to choose.

As we swing into an era in which being a good mother now means having to “do your own research” and figure out on your own what is good for your children’s unique needs, it’s important to understand that this shift is part of a long arc of controlling women.

I have some optimism. I think things *could* change quickly with a little momentum - maybe some more progressive upsets. The bursting of AI and crypto bubbles could help advance that momentum.

Literally said all of this to a friend yesterday. But I am pessimistic there are enough folks running on a platform of accountability, sigh.

Yep! The equilibrium where a vast majority have played by the rules is broken and we tip toward chaos for a while. Until everyone realizes nothing actually works well for anyone unless there’s cooperation. Then we reimplement rules based orders. When we do so, hopefully we can create fairer rules.

There’s a full blown cheating crisis in just about every sector rn - politics, law, tech - and not too many ppl doing anything about it. And it’s not just driven by AI - it’s a push against rules based orders.

Grab some frozen berries. My kids love eating them semi thawed.

I remember 6 being highly cautioned against. I think failure rates went up when folks took 6 classes.

This makes me feel better about asking everyone at UW CDHA seminar ‘What is sociology?’. No one answered the question, so I thought I must be the clueless one, but I’m glad to hear none of us have any idea.

And if they win, Costco will cut all of its members a check, right?

Yes and the bizarrely packed schedules are driven by hyper competition to get into select colleges. 6 AP classes plus extra curriculars plus studying for SATs and ACTs is a recipe for burnout. I often tell people college was far easier than high school - you’d never take 6 college classes at once!

Technology is now so advanced that it has made technology useless. Back to analog surveys!

Interesting how they are also the ones constructing needed houses but are leading to a housing crisis.

Is studying AI even required? Sounds like just ‘applying’ it is enough? 😬