#JoanDidion on the #SantaAnaWinds. #LosAngeles #ClimateChange image
The poison of #ToxicMasculinity: "Whether it's radical Islam or #MAGA vitriol, the appeal is obvious. They allow the troubled man to blame others, especially women and "woke" culture, rather than look to themselves. They offer a false promise that their ideologies will transform followers from losers to heroes. What they actually sell them is more of the same poison that led to their problems in the first place: toxic masculinity." #AmandaMarcotte
Salon.com
Whether MAGA or ISIS, online misogyny fuels terrorism
Bitter men of all stripes are targeted by influencers telling them to double down on toxic masculinity
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump." You might want to cancel your #WashingtonPost subscription after reading this most recent attack on free speech.
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
 AnnTelnaes is a hero. #WashingtonPost #MAGA #Bezos
Amanda Marcotte on MAGA's obsession with manhood and its chaotic attempts at definition (which she correctly asserts is not a bad thing because of human complexity): "the self-described freedom-defenders of #MAGA run as hard as they can to their never-ending list of "thou shalt nots" to define manhood, from drinking Bud to eating ice cream." How about thou shalt be as much like #JimmyCarter as possible: loving, empathic, & powerful?
Salon.com
MAGA was all about "masculinity" in 2024 β€” too bad they have no idea what that word means
Republicans can't decide if gender is "natural" or manhood is a status one must earn
 #ToxicMasculinity
A sequel to the Raw and the Cooked: We're Cooked "#Pasteurization began in the United States in the 1890s after the discovery of germ theory to control the hazards of highly contagious bacterial diseases which could be easily transmitted to humans through raw milk. It played an important role in decreasing infant mortality at the time. Once pasteurization became more common, infectious diseases with high infant mortality rates decreased by 50%."
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Why conservatives are now obsessed with raw milk - Salon.com
Raw milk represents being anti-establishment, which both far-left and conservative health types have in common
"If you value the importance of a free press, please do not forget that I and my colleagues are fellow human beings, doing our best under extraordinarily difficult conditions to expose those forces who want to compromise our democracy and want to spread hate. If you appreciate my work β€” or the work of other journalists β€” please show your gratitude by publicly defending those of us who are engaged in this effort." Phil Williams, hero.
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Phil Williams: In reporting on hate and extremism, 'while the attacks are personal, so is the cause'
Rarely in my nearly 40-year career as a journalist have I felt the target on my back as continuously and intensely as I have in the last 15 months.
 #Journalism
The "the" in post-menopausal and the phrase "post-menopausal" make my blood pressure rise every time I hear this baleful phrase of #JDVance (I do wonder what his mother-in-law thinks, a successful scientist and administrator at #UCSD), but/and this meme is so good: "The whole purpose of the post-menopausal woman is to prevent the rise of generative AI." Thank you @Dan Hon #AI image
I will gladly take my chances with this perfect, delicious (the article leaves that out) substance.
Salon.com
Caffeine is everywhere. Is it actually harmless?
More than 80% of the world’s population uses caffeine, but its impact on health isn’t black-and-white
 #Coffee