nooses (72)in #patriarchy • last yearI'm having a hard time talking about the Enoch murders.It's absolutely horrible and so triggering. Basically an LDS father of 5, shot and killed his wife, his kids, his mother-in-law, and himself earlier this week. I'm also not…nooses (72)in #house • last yearGroundhog Day style house.The media is all in a tizzy about the inability of Kevin McCarthy to get a majority, saying it represents a failure of democracy. Well, no. It faithfully represents the pattern…nooses (72)in #obituary • last yearRest in Peace, lefty pitcher Curt Simmons.The last surviving member of the 1950 Phillies "Whiz Kids," and a member of the Cardinals 1964 World Series Champs. Several guys from that team are still around: Mike Shannon…nooses (72)in #billiards • last yearPointless diversion feat Pool.Yesterday, armed with a heavy pool cue that a friend got for me as a Christmas present a couple of years ago, I had runs of 32, 25, 25, and 22 consecutive balls pocketed. Not…nooses (72)in #euthanasia • last yearWe've gotta address Canada's euthanasia policy.Parameters as preface, I do think that these united States are a bit behind when it comes to assisted suicide. If you're an elderly person in chronic pain from a terminal…nooses (72)in #ny • last yearI'm pretty excited about 2023.Now, I'm quite sure there's much more awful, stupid stuff that's going to come our way as a result of what's happening in China and how few lessons our own political class have…nooses (72)in #nfl • last yearEconomics is everywhere. Here is Alabama coach Nick Saban demonstrating that he doesn't understand marginal analysis. This is a very self-serving statement he makes, and his players are showing that…nooses (72)in #economic • last yearDealing with people who’s help you need.Sometimes people are helpful because they are nice, sometimes they are helpful because it is in their interest to be helpful. If they work for a company motivated by profit they…nooses (72)in #lincoln • last yearI've never been in favor of vandalism.I think I've been in favor of irreverence, in general, through most of my adult life. So, the whole issue of people tearing down statues, built with tax money, and placed on the…nooses (72)in #musk • last yearThe CEO of Twitter would like you to know that you are brainwashed if you believe or participate in any of the following things:Gay people are people, with full human and constitutional rights. Trans people are people with full human and constitutional rights. Muslims are people with full human…nooses (72)in #books • last yearSome of my reading this year. Enjoyment can't help but praise. I hit another goldmine of wisdom and amusement in 2022, and the book/reading list below was a large part of that. Sir Gawain and the Green…nooses (72)in #food • last yearHere's how I use a diet-tracking app for fun and weight lossI started tracking my food about a month ago because in the past I've always hit a plateau with weight loss, and I need data to break through it. I use CarbManager because it…nooses (72)in #christmas • last yearMerry Christmas!We just finished my favourite musical, and one of my all time favourite movies: Fiddler on the Roof. It is heart breakingly beautiful. There is, of course, no overt Christmas…nooses (72)in #twitter • last yearTwitter and other government agencies.The FBI's non-rebuttal - parroted by the same people who have done nothing but run cover for flagrant abuses of power by both the government and a giant corporation, and who are…nooses (72)in #female • last yearTo all the "over-educated" women reading this:Outside of a handful of hateful boomers and misogynist dullards... we love and appreciate you. We appreciate the times you've been our mentors, we appreciate your contributions…nooses (72)in #elon • last yearI suspect the state/social media alliance is currently implementing a psyop and encouraging people to say negative things about Elon.We can disagree about, you know... tax policy or cultural issues or whatever the latest decision from the fed happens to be and all that. But if you hear about US intelligence…nooses (72)in #language • last yearWhat is "Hurtful"?John McWhorter wrote an excellent column that appeared in today's NY Times. I highly recommend reading it: My one quibble with McWhorter is about the use of the word…nooses (72)in #performing • last yearI've never been a woman, a Jew, or a Spartan; but, I've played them all on stage.Believe it or not, I have some experience in this area. It's been more than a decade and a half since my last performance on stage. It's also been a while since I've performed on…nooses (72)in #children • last yearKids intuitively play together better than adults. When I was a kid, I loved that playing with a lightsaber meant that it made you invulnerable to any of kind of toy gun. There wasn't any debate about that. It was just…nooses (72)in #politics • last yearIt is impossible to tell the truth about demographics in this country without being branded as a bigot. A typical liberal despises Trump for silly things that were made artificially important by the press; making fun of journalists, naming people like "low energy Jeb" as childish…