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(Did you think I was kidding? I’m not kidding. This is just from where I’m sitting)
I own Action Philosophers in three formats. I have the original art for one of the trade covers on my wall. It is joyful and ridiculous and very smart and I will continue to support this comic in whatever format Fred and Ryan want to put it out in for as long as they want to do it.
taschen needs to publish a high-quality oversized book with every hostess cupcake comic book ad
I just backed Action Philosophers: Modernity Bites on @kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/roc...
The benefit cap is probably more feasible in Trenton than the income cap. Lots of folks will argue "$250K is middle class in Essex County!" but it's harder to justify a higher benefit cap ("and those people need an extra $2K, or they'll go to Florida!")
I would have lost money betting on a less than full payment to the teacher's pension fund. Have to imagine the cuts to the StayNJ program are going to be hard to get through the legislature, but they're targeted enoug that there's a chance.
The way this is going, y'all are getting about half of this book a year early.
Does it just underline every use of the word "expansive" and assume that you meant "expensive"? Yes, Word "Some words are similar, but used differently," because they're different words.
It's like the grammar check is high, and saying "You ever notice that, like, words can be similar?"
You got it. It should be "personalities traits" not "personality traits." What am I thinking?
Thanks to @interpretivemm.bsky.social for featuring my article in @pspolisci.bsky.social on patterns of gender and LGBTQIA+ research in top journals: alas, still a long way to go towards inclusion! Read the section's great new research digest here: us13.campaign-archive.com?u=481e9fba53....
If these price spikes come and go quickly, it won’t have much impact on the midterms: they’re eight months out! But long term price increases will be noted and further hurt the President’s party.
Gas prices are maybe the most visceral reminders of inflation, because they’re in big numbers staring you in the face. And it doesn’t help that Trump constantly talks about them, increasing their significance.
Some economic indicators, like unemployment, are mostly experienced indirectly, so it’s easy for people to use motivated reasoning to ignore them. But prices- at the grocery store or at the pump- are harder to ignore, because they’re directly experienced.
I spoke with the CBC about the importance of gas prices for US politics.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Prediction markets and AI are the next projects. It’s all bad.
This is all AI, right? I'm just going to blame AI.
They better say their prayers afterwards.
Greengrocer's apostrophes from the grammar check. JFC.
I don't even know where these are coming from anymore.
I have two books where I’ll make more money from the Anthropic lawsuit than I did from royalties.
Someday, I’ll make minimum wage on a book. But not today.
The follow-up question: “Is that *your* Maserati outside?”
Just so happens this is also the day when a student is bored/curious enough before class to Google me. They see my Wikipedia, and say, “You’ve written books? Like a lot of books!”
I proceed to tell them, yes, I’ve written books, and tell them what the next one is about.
Couple years ago, I’m teaching a section of Intro to American Government, and the students notice a Maserati parked outside. Real flashy; probably a pharma guy visiting administration.
“Where did the Baby Go?” has some sinister undertones.
Doing my last read through the next book, and this remains my favorite footnote.
I can see that; there's also a strong social element. If one of those events is poorly planned, the woman involved, rather than the man, is going to be blamed for it by others, giving her more of an incentive to do it well.
The traditional line is between quotidian time sensitive tasks (making dinner, getting the kids to school), and special events, which aren’t the same things.
People *love* inventing new kinds of labor. Invisible labor of women is a thing, but not if you’re doing something that’s supposed to be fun!
I think it’s been tried! Someone tracked down where they were printed, but the trail ends there.