Former science reporter at The Washington Post and elsewhere. Disabled by complex chronic post-viral illness. Living on #Kauai#Hawaii. Grew up in Wisconsin. Occasional SCUBA diver.
I hate questions in surveys that ask about brand loyalty or trust. no, I don't fucking trust a brand or company. Wendy's is not my fucking bro. who the hell has a hard-on for their power company? no, I don't have a positive attitude towards the capitalist fuckers who take all my money. I'm complicit in the system but I'm not fuckin' HAPPY about it
@KimPerales That's fair though it's bizarre to me that so many people think Biden can end the war in Gaza by blinking his eyes or snapping his fingers or something.
@cakeisnotalie@KimPerales You're asking for the US to abandon 70 years of foreign policy, ending an alliance with our only ally in the region, and letting fundamentalist Islamists like Hamas & Iran run the region with their goal of murdering all the Jews.
Carl Zimmer is probably our most accomplished science reporter. And yet in his two-year anniversary of omicron story, no mention that this variant has disabled millions of people.
So, I've had this air purifier in my bedroom for a while now. It broke, and now the SILENCE at night is like a drill bit skewering my brain. Does anyone else require white noise to sleep?
Remember the reduction of shows and movies were going to happen anyway, since studios were spending like drunken sailors on projects they mismanaged long before these strikes.
People blaming this on new WGA or SAG rates should be given the side-eye. Many will use this as an excuse, just like the companies that raised prices during the pandemic because they could, not needed to.
@virtualbri I have a friend who does sound design, in the past for film and TV, now mostly for video games, and he has said stuff like, "You would enjoy these shows less if you knew the pain involved in making them."
