Miss Hap

One thing that was reported about both W Bush and Reagan was that they were incurious--they had no interest in experiences outside their own. I think that makes evil easier for a person who can otherwise be nice. They might have little sense they are committing evil acts,because they can't see it.

When I was looking to buy, back in 2021, the agents kept forgetting we weren't landlords. They'd show you the tiniest bedroom, and remark "of course, you could get a double bed in here" (you could not). The whole pitch was around rent.

No one is currently running on "free health care for children", but I find it hard to believe that if you told voters that was an option, they wouldn't support it.

It's the second time I've seen his wife brought up in an attempt to start a scandal, and I don't understand why anyone thinks "Look at this incredibly attractive couple and their happy marriage" is going to deter voters.

I mean, a lack of B12 can induce dementia. Bodies and brains are crazy.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Apart from the reading comprehension... Ah, yes, the origin of blood libel, claiming someone posted something to Reddit that they did not.

Especially in advocacy work. Implication and tone are everything. It's interesting, I have run some of my writing through Co-pilot, as a test, and it almost always reduces criticism of government, takes a more positive tone, and removes supporting facts.

In my office, Co-pilot has been promoted as a way to write more accessibly and ensure we're using "Plain English" (we do a lot of public facing advocacy work). And it's awful. And it wasn't even from Microsoft, one of the literacy charities that offers plain English training is pushing it.

I loved everything about Pyre except for the actual matches, which I was terrible at.

Watching Addams Family Values. Gotta say, "Strange Men & The Women who Avoid Them" could truly be a book for our times.

I am due to give birth to our second literally any day now, and I can safely say I am looking forward to getting him home. Birth? Not so much.

"sperm is magic" is a core tenet of many parts of the manosphere. It's never not stupid.

The really important question is where is Andrew's extensive collection of stuffed going to live now?

There is a movie called Billy the Kid vs. Dracula, that leaves in the cowboy, but does take out the Bowie knife. Dracula is defeated when a gun is thrown at his head.

But did he turn it into an argument about why you should vote for him?

Right, Microchimerism. It's super interesting and is the result of pregnancy, not sex. Then it leaked out into the manosphere as "women have DNA from all sexual partners". Which may be true for a sunset of women (who have been pregnant by every partner), but certainly not everyone.

You know, these immortality people should be natural allies of the train people (much safer than cars! Would actually lower death rates!), but instead they ball get caught up in just the stupidest ideas. Anyway I prefer train people.

Since about 35, my favorite part of any hotel stay is a good continental breakfast spread. Best one I ever had was in Sweden.

The Last Battle ruined Narnia for me, I could never go back to the books after that. So much horrible stuff.

Such a weird complaint: "People liked me, until they learned more facts that changed their opinion." That is a basic part of how life works, my friend.

He does also do plenty of normal interviews, so I assume everyone thinks they will be a normal one. It's just, if you're in a Chotiner interview and he starts asking you to clarify your position, it's time for some very quick thinking/self-reflection.

You can also it German measles. And it's a funny one because it is quite a mild illness, unless you get it during the first half a pregnancy, in which case it is terrifying. German measles parties were a thing, because parents wanted kids to get it as kids.

There's no point, voters "know" that Republicans are tough on immigration, and moving right isn't going to change that narrative. May as well be pro-immigration and go for those voters, and also be objectively right.

So, I don't follow sports, but I woke up in Ireland this morning to discover that apparently the entire United States had been driven mad by a game of baseball?

"As is typical for Mr. Trump, he has identified a real problem--a lack of Romanov style ballrooms in the White House--but responded with a destructive solution" Look, it makes just as much sense this way.

'Vast majority' of FF support Martin, says O'Brien Fianna Fáil TD Darragh O'Brien has said the "vast majority" of Fianna Fáil parliamentary party members support Micheál Martin and that the fallout from the Presidential Election does not signal the be...

My "there are no plans to replace Martin as party leader" t-shirt is raising a lot of questions that have already been answered by my t-shirt.

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A brown and white sighthound lies on pillows. She is not getting up any time soon.

Our lurcher is part Whippet, and definitely has some cat thoughts.

Wakefield pushed the idea when he was starting the modern antivax movement. It's kind of built in at this point.

3. In fairness, I emigrated to Ireland when I was 25, which definitely affected my US travel. Also, my entire US family lives in the Deep South, which is not well represented here.