In 1983, Ruth Schwartz Cowan published a book called More Work for Mother where she argued that modern household tech (washing machines/vacuums) didn't reduce women's housework time, it just raised standards of domesticity. Household work is never shortened by tech & you can extrapolate that out.
This s almost certainly a long shot but one never knows who’s out there
Also if pigeons nest in or near the AC you can end up with legionaries disease and die
pharmaceutical ads:
Do I know anyone here who’s connected to Philly sports in a professional capacity? A friend’s lovely, hardworking son is looking for an entry-level gig: marketing, management, really anything sports-coded that isn’t actually playing hockey or basketball himself. 🏒
“Pleasant news? Here’s how it means you might die.”
This account is My Mom 💙
Listen, I’m not going to stand here and ‘define’ something I published a book about.
I’m not sure how to articulate this but I’m really looking forward to an extended period of sincere National Shame when these people are gone.
I think “You’ve Got Mail” is weirdly in this category for me
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Nothing bad ever happened after a government demanded a list like this, right?
This lunch includes all five of the main Dutch food groups: cheese, cucumber, geometry, boredom and sorrow, with most of the vitamin content provided by the soul-destroying view of endless flatness spilling off the far-flung horizon.
High of 77 today. CATS ON SILLS.
Every day of life under Trump is waking up to a headline like, “Wyoming is missing”
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other
I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.
Oh definitely Middle Atlantic. Older parents, prep school, etc.
Ehhh…same.
I’ve been accused of sounding like I’m “from Connecticut in the 1950s” and I wonder if this is why:
Defund billionaires. Seriously. We have a choice. Democracy or billionaires. Take their money.
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Extremely dad-coded to characterize waiting outside a restaurant for brunch as “loitering with intent”
According to @status.news, another senior journalist, reporter Scott Macfarlane, has quit CBS rather than head in the direction Bari Weiss wants to go. A big factor: the network's meek treatment of January 6th. www.status.news/p/scott-macf...
MacFarlane covered the Justice Department.
Here's a thread featuring clips of key moments from the DC Metropolitan Police body camera footage of the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that I obtained as a result of my FOIA lawsuit:
House cat Passant
This looks like an illustration you find in between the pages of a medieval book of hours.
Do you have lines anywhere on your face or body, including your T-shirt?
A. Bitch, this is a romper.
B. Yes, I have laughed at various points in my life.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/qui...
I just…I’m sorry man
A white and orange cat stretched out in a crescent shape on a red orange and black kilim rug
I interrupted rug-rolling time.
