Anyone else ever have a sudden flashback to a thing you ate as a kid and you can’t recall what it was, just where you were while you ate it and how it tasted?
When you see anyone, but especially a woman or a non-binary person, trying to make their social media platform a business (influencer, advocate, activist, content creator) and you think anything other than “good for them!” - it might be A You Problem.
The 18 yo who jumped off a cruise on a dare and is now dead, I can’t stop thinking about him and his parents. EVERY teenager is thisclose to doing something that dumb for laughs. My son said “don’t worry Mother, I will not jump off a cruise,” ok son but WHAT ELSE would you do?
You know that thing where you work out how much sleep you're going to get by when you go to bed? I'm working out how long it is until I can come back to bed and I can tell you the results are disappointing
I just saw a woman turn down an upgrade to an exit row seat on a plane because the responsibilities in an emergency would stress her out. Legitimately congratulations to her on being the most honest person on the planet.
@oldenoughtosay We have only ever had a babysitter coming for evening gigs, so it’s standard practice that I order them pizza while I do my makeup so I can be like “enjoy byeeeeee”. Pizza is such a good distraction when your child is having a melty d.
A misconception about Australian public life is that a platform will grant you some kind of immunity from racism. This could not be further from the truth.
As the treatment of Stan Grant shows, sometimes the larger your platform, the larger the target that's on your back.
My hot take is that Ch*tGPT is free right now because it needs you to feed it your stories, essays, and poems for free, and when it’s done taking all you have, they’ll put it all behind a paywall.
Hey @UberEats it’s impossible to get help for the scenario where my delivery driver pretended they tried to contact me and didn’t bring my order into the ground floor hotel reception so it could be brought to my room (for which the room number was supplied).
Dr. Yeo explains “jealousy is a normal emotional reaction to the fear of losing someone we have grown attached to, although possessiveness is an unhealthy method of managing it.”
I am begging folks:
If a workshop is providing and asking folks to use a mic, please do not refuse to use the mic and ask "can everyone hear me without this?" Just use the mic. Being heard is not just about the volume but also about the clarity of being able to hear the words.
I have incels in my DMs complaining about how Lizzo is unhealthy, for some reason, and I would like to reiterate my original challenge: Do one of her dance routines and play any wind instrument. You can even do it in flats. Show her up