Tomatoes are bad. They’re slimy and icky and taste weird. Stop putting them in things.

once, I was writing a book, and I wrote the sentence 'Why do people do mathematics?'

what ensued was six weeks of existential dread and soul searching, as I tried to decide why anyone does anything

A reminder that any form of offering violence to police in Georgia is felony obstruction which has a ruinously long sentence.

I've seen people get charged for taking a 'fighting stance.'

You can't rely on privilege here don't fuck up your life.

Random thought. How much does the lack of EV charging infrastructure in poor and/or developing countries contribute to their rapid decline in resale value. Not having that same export market as used ICE vehicles.

Another one for the negativity files — how many people have heard that opioid overdoses peaked and are now falling?

slowboring.com/p/were-living-…

The most fascinating thing in the world is people changing their minds

Getting a lot of interesting takes about crushes today so here’s a boring one

Having a shouldn’t-be-acted-on crush is usually, at worst, wonderful then somewhat painful then over.

If it’s much more than that it’s not a crush!

One of the wildest shifts in American culture is the evolution of what people mean by 'evangelical.'

The University of Texas, which mass arrested protesters, has a video promoting free speech saying that anybody from the public can come to campus and engage in protest.

They delisted the video from YouTube and turned off the comments but I'm posting the whole thing here.

Anyone doing good research on how phones are affecting low-income kids? Seems like not that big a part of the public conversation. I'm honestly not sure whether I'd expect the problems to be worse or not as bad for them vs. middle-class kids.

It is fucking raining again btw

i am most myself when i am On About Some Shit

I’m kinda surprised by how many college kids own tents

I've seen no credible reporting of actual antisemitic incidents at the UT Austin protest. What I can tell you is that I've reported on numerous neo-Nazi events and Greg Abbott never once tried to put any of them in jail.

honestly repulsed that people can’t foresee the consequences of criminalizing “hate speech” lol bc it’s funny to see leftist zoomers get arrested

Guys. What are we doing here? I really do not think a student protest of ~100 people warrants the Speaker of the House sending status reports to the President.

We are making a generational mistake of continuing to feed into Columbia University's sense of importance.