I’m also going to think the absinence-only education plays a role. I know people in their 20s today who didn’t understand: lube, protection, HIV, pregnancy. Some of them were HIV+ before they knew what happened. People are confused and uneducated. Thanks Christians!

My mom had a spinal fusion in the 90s which she got in debt for.

About 15 years ago my lung spontaneously collapsed. Several surgeries later, the bill was $315,000. I was on Obamacare because of the mandate, thank god. I paid $19.

My mom found out and told me I “deserved to go bankrupt” because people like her had struggled for so long with their medical bills.

I don’t speak to her anymore

One of the first things I did with my 3D printer was create wood screws - as in, screw made out of wood plastic. Fun pocket giveaway.

This is how I always was.

Then I sat down in Vegas at a machine and pulled a few times, while my husband sat next to me.

Every time he lost, I won.

A half hour later, I’m up $80 and vowing never to do this again, cause it suddenly makes sense.

Now I can’t hear the “Kroger Top-of-the-Hour Conditioning” noise without getting a slight dopamine rush.

This is interesting. I’ve been setting up our non-profit’s new grant-funded Azure VM, then Wordpress site, then CiviCRM, then hardening it all, and I’m hoping to offer this as a (volunteer) turnkey service to a few other nonprofits in town. And it’s amazing to me how many hours this still takes, and how out of reach it is for the average nonprofit.

Just a reminder y’all can easily put both Mangione and Itsa Me Luigi stickers on your cars, depending on your need for plausible deniability. People do know what it means, keeps it fresh in their minds.

Even Apple lets you do that… one imagines Google being less restrictive than Apple

The GOP spent 40 years building a Big Tent Coalition. Their message was simple - if you share some of our values, you’re one of us.

The Dems have spent the past 10 years building a Shrinking Tent. Their message is now simple - unless you share every single value, down to a specific level of support for each community, you’re not one of us.

And look who’s winning.

Floating bridges. especially the big one over Lake Washington, just don’t feel… super fucking safe. I get that they are, with constant maintenance. But seeing a wave generated by your car driving is not confidence inspiring.

I am the donor for a lesbian couple. I’m pretty involved in my son’s life. I took him for his third haircut. Midway through, he was bored, and shooting me one of the angriest looks I’ve ever gotten from him. I took a pic and sent it to his mom.

“Oh god look how mad he is, give him your phone!”

What? He’s being quiet and learning how to be patient while a haircut happens. Some parents think reality is a BAD substitute for devices, it seems.

At least one night a week, he comes to my house and plays without any screens. We talk and explore the world.