Helena

Also, as an adult I understand why people drop big money on VIP experiences. A couple grand and my parking and entry experience is 1000x better? AND my food and beverages are taken care of? AND I can sit in an air conditioned suite? I get it.

Other questions I’ve asked: Do I have my earplugs? Did I charge my phone? Where do I park?

Me getting ready to go to warped tour as a teen: did I put on sunscreen before I left? Do I have 1 sealed water bottle to last me all day?
Me getting ready to see MCR in the latter half of my 20s: have I applied multiple layers of SPF 50? Did I drink 80oz of water and a sports drink before I left?

Let’s Ban More Nonexistent Things Some notes for the Clear Skies Act, which seeks to ban weather modification

Congressional Republicans have introduced the Clear Skies Act, a bill “to prohibit weather modification.” Alexandra Petri offers suggestions for other fictional threats the bill’s sponsors could ban while they’re at it:

Imposter syndrome in grad school is crazy because every time I think I’m good and I deserve to be there, I have another assignment due and I become completely incapable of putting a single thought on the page out of fear that it’s not any good

When I’m finally watching “Shiny Happy People” and @kkdumez.bsky.social shows up in ep 1 and I’m also reading “Jesus and John Wayne”

I found it incredibly interesting! I’m very excited to get a copy of the book and ready it for myself!

Just a casual day at work listening to @drmphillipsut.bsky.social talk about his new book about eugenics in Texas

The primary policy objective of the centrist political pundit is to keep making six to seven figures

“He hit that guy so hard his dad died” - my husband on Jamie Benn punching Mark Scheifele

Who is the woman commenting on the Stars-Jets game on ESPN? I feel like I’m listening to NPR

I’ve been obsessed w the JFK assassination since like the 3rd grade for some reason, and I can’t stop myself from learning about the AIDS crisis. And it’s just like normal.

I had another professor who wrote his dissertation on mediaeval torture devices.

Historians are crazy bc some of us will have the absolute wildest special interests. I had a professor in college who studied Nazi propaganda and at least once every class would be like “I just thought it was interesting, I didn’t agree with it”

“I thought you guys would want me to have kids here but I guess not ???” Is the tone of most of my phone calls and emails

Actually my favorite thing about being a married white woman pf childbearing age is leveraging that every time I call my elected officials on the stupid shit they’re doing in the state legislature

"...the goals of COVID normalizers intersect with the goals of anti-vaxxers; both want to manufacture broad consent to destroy collective belief in public health. And this is the point at which their tactics, explanations and justifications become nearly identical."

Updated my lock screen for the next few weeks to get me through the rest of the semester

Remember when this used to be part of my regular commute? Yee haw 🤠

“You’ll stop progress if it contradicts what you’re told to believe”

Today I was The Man

It’s my personal favorite holiday

Gonna start using “if you happen to believe that the earth is flat you will find every book on geography ‘controversial’” on a more regular basis (not her quote, but I’m glad she included it)

Currently reading @mariegriffith.bsky.social’s “Moral Combat”

To the Common. #Boston #HandsOff

A rare moment of both pups taking a nap

This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Uhhhhh what

Called it.