Remembering the most jewish thing my grandfather ever did: he got taken to a fancy restaurant by someone and hated the food so much that he told the host to "give his regards to the can opener"
way back in my family tree i found a lady named "Roxy Jones" and I was struck by what a great name that is and then i found her full name and it was Roxilla. absolutely iconic
It's amazing how confidently the media asserted that Biden's post debate polling was disastrous (including Stephanopoulos having an extended on air argument with Biden about it during yesterday's interview!) with basically zero evidence
NEW: Biden has narrowed Trump’s lead in swing states despite a widely panned presidential debate performance, the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds
regardless of what you think of America there are a lot of good people here worth fighting for, and that’s what I’m going to hold onto regardless of what happens in November
and those people are worth celebrating
before you decide you don't want to vaccinate your children you should have to take a 4 hour cemetery tour with me where i point out every tiny little headstone of a child that died from a preventable disease and is buried with their parents who would have done anything to save them
You can look at a burnt down house and say it's pointless and everything is terrible and give up. Or you start gathering stones and bricks and tools.
And yeah, sometimes you can do both.
I will always turn to the Arthur Ashe quote for help: Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.
I watched the Fifth Element last night, and I know this is an annoying thing to say, but it is nice to see an expansive sci fi world which only exists in one movie. No spin offs, no sequels, no prequels, just one story.
honestly hate that every time there's an industry bad actor, lists of "works by marginalized authors to support instead" start circulating like it's a moral obligation to be done out of guilt, & it's crickets every other day of the year. my art is not to be taken in as a reactionary measure
Homeowners can't get insurance in certain states because climate change is making it prohibitively expensive, but there's SEXUAL ASSAULT INSURANCE for churches
10/10 do recommend. You can’t fix the SCOTUS on your own, but you can lift the heavy thing. And maybe lifting the heavy thing will help you lift your kids or carry groceries or tackle some tough yard work or ease your back pain (no really!). And maybe that’s enough!