Dr. Jacqueline E. Whitt

One of the dumbest times I went viral on Twitter was for a thread about this and there were creepy people in my mentions for days. So: fun fact, the average age of a bride on her first marriage in 18th-century England was 26.

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What an ass

This is truly something to behold.

Corollary: I don’t care if I report something you already “knew.”

My job isn’t to deduce things; it’s to prove them.

Some of the best investigative reporting is “just” doing the hard work to prove things that are open secrets.

This story I wrote about DOGE is imo an example of how journalism (and court records) can be used to “prove” something that’s an open secret.

When it published, people were like “but we already knew that.”

Ok, that wasn’t the point! The point was proving it.

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A weird yard display, of which the most prominent feature is a life size white buffalo.

A close up of the sculpture of DJT, which is now part of the weird lawn display. It is weird and creepy AF.

My weird neighbors yard display just went into the realm of What the ACTUAL Fuck?

Five pairs of sunglasses hanging in a sea foam green wall on small hooks, above a shelf with other stuff on it. The sunglasses are, left to right opaque mint green, sea glass green, opaque orange, royal blue, and frosted white

😎 sunglasses
Do I have the prescription sunglasses I need? No. Do I have the fun sunglasses I want. Yes.

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”

Hulk Hogan’s legacy isn’t complicated Professional wrestling star's career is no match for his racism

When you are a racist that is your legacy above anything else you will ever do. Hull Hogan is no different. Here’s what I wrote about him:

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"There is no amount of accomplishment that can erase racism. There isn’t enough nostalgia, memories or celebration to remove “I am a racist” from the way you are remembered, especially in the absence of any sort of true remorse."

The only take.

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

Unconscionable

Hey @peterlucier.bsky.social remember when we did all that work to help apply for emergency visas for women Afghan judges?

Yeah. Fuck these guys.

Sherman is occasionally on top of the china cabinet, when he is annoyed with the little orange one.

Or in their little cave.

Ok. Sometimes they are on my bed.

My cats ARE ON MY COUCH

The Death of Partying in the U.S.A.—and Why It Matters Young Americans today spend 70 percent less time attending or hosting parties than they did at the beginning of the 21st century. Why?

“The typical female pet owner spends more time actively engaged with her pet than she spends in face-to-face contact with friends of her own species.”

The pet lives in her house, DEREK.

Do you think that female pet owner has to text her cat, who is in her house, 15 times to make plans, DEREK

A small glass jar with basil oil

Four two-cup deli containers of purées corn soup, a light yellow liquid with labels

A plastic jar with salad dressing, which is a light yellow with green flecks of herbs

Basil oil, corn soup, and honey-garlic-thyme salad dressing

I swear by the air fryer!!!

A perfectly roasted chicken, golden brown and lovely on a white plate.

Behold, the chicken! (I ate the legs and wing flats for lunch. They were delicious!)

It is. I think I have the timing right to get it all done, but if the stock doesn’t get made, the bones will wait!

Working on my cooking plan for the day. On the docket:
- pork tenderloin (air fryer)
- roast chicken (air fryer)
- shaved steak and onion
- corn soup (instant pot)
- chicken stock (instant pot)
- salad dressing
- strain basil oil

Can this all be done and portioned and in the freezer by bedtime?

Parents insist their kids go to college to get business degrees. Administrators respond by defunding the humanities and social sciences, while hiring business profs at ~2X what historians get paid. Meanwhile, businesses say over and over that they want to hire humanities and social science majors.

SO MUCH THIS
THIS THIS THIS
OMG YES

An utter failure of PME that we already have incredible valor in a lineup of heroes like Harriet Tubman, GK Warren, Strong Vincent, Lucian Truscott, Dan Inouye, the Harlem Hellfighters. But, for some reason the most mediocre of us love ancient slavers bad at war.