There's no need to talk about climate to those immediately affected: like lecturing someone on their diet while loading them into the ambulance.
However, there is *every* need to talk about climate with everyone else, who will only pay attention for the duration of the disaster.
When we see narratives that blame the most vulnerable people for problems caused by the most powerful, I think it’s important to remember that this viral spread of misinfo is a more pervasive version of what the powerful have always done to defend themselves, with tech they steered in this direction
I honestly think we are experiencing the end of the internet as those of us born in the 20th c understand it. Smaller, siloed communities like discord servers and newsletters will persist, but the idea of the global public square is dead, as is “the information superhighway.” VCs killed it.
Help! I am halfway through a bottle of wine and the JonBenet Ramsey docuseries and am incredibly mad about the law enforcement and media landscapes of the 90’s!
Arrived back home and had every intention to start setting up Christmas decorations around my house, but got distracted by it being cold, being tired, and the new December offerings on Netflix.
I have been known to gesture broadly and throw out a “Oh, sure! By all means, go right ahead!” after seeing someone skip straight to their turn in a four-way stop when I had the right of way.
Whatever your opinion about the Hunter Biden pardon, if it gets more attention than the Kash Patel nomination, it is one more instance of a failure to distinguish between fundamental and trivial threats to the rule of law.
As they should.
Polis not getting enough heat here for using the term “pater familias” in an extremely stupid metaphor.
What will 2024 bring? We’ll just have to wait and see…
I finally cracked in 2023 and sent family and friends the highly requested Snape themed card.
2022’s card confused my parents as they had never seen Galaxy Quest before. (We then watched it that Christmas.)
In 2021, the term ‘Rickmas’ was officially minted with this classy little number.
And just like that, a holiday tradition was born. The Sheriff of Nottingham seemed fitting for 2020.
A little behind this year, but the annual Rickmas holiday cards have finally been ordered! It all started in 2019 when I was facing down turning thirty and realized I had never done the whole ‘custom Christmas card thing’ which seemed like the last barrier into true adulthood. So I made these…
Alright but this is two words
This has been the Democratic party's primary strategy my whole life: lean center and lose, Republicans trash the place so badly voters have no choice, Democrats take power again, pass modest reforms while praising bipartisanship, lean center and lose again, Republicans trash the place so badly...
Do not. Cross. A fucking. Picket line.
This is…such a weird take. Would you sing as an audience member at a live show? People can experience joy, be fully into what they are experiencing, and also be considerate of others who also spent their hard earned money for a ticket.
You better believe the beet pie I brought this year (and was a sleeper hit!) will make another appearance.
Another Friendsgiving in the books! Already planning next years as a themed event: “Oops All Pies” and I honestly cannot wait for it.
The dystopia keeps getting stupider and stupider.
The Across the Universe version of “Flying” has been my ringtone for years. 1000x better than the original.
November 2024 really cementing its legacy as being one of the worst months in American history.
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We protect each other. Social solidarity, not charity. 🧵
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Rest assured, I ended up finding a perfectly over-the-top Lisa Frank dress, and my niece was the belle of the preschool drop off when she wore it for the first time.
Even though all of my legal classes are online and I “technically” don’t “need” a backpack, being back in school for the first time in ten years necessitates a new backpack right? Right??
A couple weeks ago, I went down a Lisa Frank Google search rabbit hole trying to find a gift for my niece and instead found a gift for Aunt Steph.
