Art Nouveau is when stuff looks like it was made by Elves. Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
the “He’s not hurting the people he needs to be” quote is really the whole thing boiled down to one line.
The ultimate deal: do what you want or I will kill you. I have always thought that the people who lined up behind Trump did so because they thought he'd cut them in, but I sense at some level most of them know that's not happening. They are happy to settle for watching it happen to someone else.
It is very much not for me, but the idea of being a sadistic/invincible boss is a core American fantasy, and was long before Trump came along; I learned that from writing about sports. I think that helps explain his rise to some extent. Anyway, this is how and where that would always end up.
seems obvious to me but haven't seen anyone else bring it up yet: a big reason that the GOP is running so many anti-trans ads despite their (apparent) ineffectiveness is because the top GOP megadonor is elon musk who is obsessed with attacking trans people because he hates his own trans daughter.
Who needs to be scared of PRC when Silicon Valley oligarchs want to have similar surveillance infrastructure to them
Cops to citizens will be 'on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting'
related to something I say during my social media trainings:. f you hire influencers/spox of marginalized identities, protecting them in case of backlash *must* be part of your plan. do not put Black, trans, queer, etc. creators in the forefront if you're not willing to fight for them.
As the saying goes, "You are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic."
"The other day there was a story about people not being able to get to the airport because they were stuck behind other people waiting to get into the new mall... Why were there too many cars? Because there’s almost no other way to get to the airport or the mall."
'Please help. I don’t know how to explain this. I have written so many articles.'
Do you think he's crazy enough to change his first name to Mayor? I think he could be
Google's wonderful AI believes that the Canada Goose, which was described by Linnaeus, was named after a random dude named John Canada.
