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US politics to an outsider is like walking in on an argument about how best to punch babies. People expect you to pick a side, but you just stood there wondering why we punching babies.

As we grow, we give ourselves permission to exit friendships and relationships that diminish us.

the industrial yield farm complex

Rumors of New York’s death have been greatly exaggerated

I love seeing #BreonnaTaylor highlighted on the cover of magazines. I just hope that America will love Black women just as much while we are living.

parent: and what do we say when we want something? child: sudo

We pretend cats are jerks when really they’re just good at putting up boundaries.

Ramona Quimby would be age 69 or 70 now? I wonder how her life turned out. Maybe she was a teacher or librarian. Stayed on the west coast, I think, Oregon or northern California. She gardens; she watches MSNBC. Has a sweatshirt of a cat holding a bone, "I found this humerous"

It’s fun to think about how much of crypto and the blockchain space has a direct dependency on Twitter.

The overscheduled life is not worth living.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had 91 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The entire nation of Scotland had 77.

Many people don't know this, but California relies heavily on incarcerated volunteer firefighters to battle its wildfire season each year, paying them a paltry $2-5 an hour. This should be a national scandal.

"Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor." H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Never underestimate the power of FU money. Whether it's a 6 mo runway, paying your loans off, househacking your rent/mortgage, etc. The ability to walk away because you don't NEED the money is life-changing.