We got major Professor Umbridge undertones from the "White Women: Answer the Call 2024" Zoom-busting event. Between that and the top of the Republican ticket being labeled as "weird", we're like: Whoah, since when were progressives for confirmity?

We've gotten knee deep into reading #AmericanNations by Colin Woodard and it's already spurring really fun internal conversations. Highly recommend it.

I (Simone) was recently asked in a campaign survey whether teachers should be allowed to be armed & got to imagining what it'd be like if students were armed too. I NEED to watch the parallel world Disney TV series about a wholesome school where everyone is armed to the teeth.

It's weird how little folks are talking about China going off the rails. I mean... execution vans, people. DEATH VANS. Also, we heartily recommend the work of Winston Sterzel and Matthew Tye (C-Milk) on YouTube: The China Show / ADVChina / laowhy86. Years of content gold.

And let's be honest, the vast majority of meetings can be held walking. We probably wouldn't be as anti -office as we are if: (1) They were more child friendly (e.g. fine, being your infant! Sure, let's do a nanny pool for the office toddlers!) (2) They were less sedentary

Thoroughly enjoyed this conversation!

While families must take ownership of their kids' education, we're for letting kids choose how they approach schooling. Most homeschoolers we admire take dynamic, hybrid approaches (e.g. home-based education + occasional school for fun & friends). Excited to try this ourselves.

Parenting culture in wealthy, developed countries is unsustainable. Let's nuke it. Tell the kids to play outside & come back for dinner. Not saying we must "return to the old ways"—maybe put trackers on them, monitor their vitals, set up cameras, etc. But let's back off.

This article by arctotherium on Aporia Magazine was so fascinating, we ended up talking about it for over an hour on our podcast. Good read. aporiamagazine.com/p/murder-as-me…