erinksaunders.bsky.social
Slow runner, fast walker, bean counter, servant of the felines.
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There is a vocal fringe hell-bent on proving horseshoe theory to be true. We gotta stop tolerating their crap on the left.
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My husband and I were at the morning protest across town, and we saw a guy raving about “pizzagate” and “it’s both parties! It’s all of them!” at the top of his lungs. This is the kind of ranting the brandisher posted on socmed.
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3. There seems to be an inverse correlation between people eager to be “a good guy with a gun” and people who understand the Trolley Problem.
I don’t know what to make of any of it.
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2. The bullet that killed an innocent bystander didn’t come from the brandishing tankie. It came from the weapon of a “peacekeeper” aiming at the tankie, who had charged into the crowd.
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Lee is more educated than he acts, but not the genius he imagines he is. Identifying and exploiting marks is a form of “cleverness,” I guess? But that’s his whole toolkit.
Utah boasts above-average educational attainment, but it’s hollow; any member of the “right” demographic can get a sheepskin.
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Poor thing! Maybe an antidote?
open.spotify.com/track/5soayH...
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Are some of us jerks? Sure, just like lots of people with literally every other diagnosis.
Funny how people only defend abusers this way, never their targets.
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Folks who think institutional budgeting is just grade school arithmetic are grossly underqualified to assess the value of higher ed accounting. People credulous enough to be impressed by that kind of hubris are likewise grossly underqualified to report on it.
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It’s really demoralizing to put in 10-hour days fighting fires while various arsonists sit on the sidelines, grinning. Bad enough when anti-intellectuals come after us because they don’t value expertise. Worse when students, certain faculty, and the press line up to throw us under the bus.
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All this kvetching over how society is screwing up young men while a loud group of Trump louts rewards the worst behavior of young men.
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I was scrupulously avoiding it, but this makes me terribly curious!
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I think the takeaway here is, some of them want to use this administration; some of them want to “get used by” this administration.
With apologies to the Eurhythmics, that is
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First couple LPs were solid, but then they went corporate with that dance craze 🙄
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(I grew up with one upper-middle-class parent and one blue-collar one, so I acknowledge that I might be inconsistent in applying my standards, here.)
I do think it’s telling that as a country our biggest common thread is, “No new-money geriatric white dude except MY new-money geriatric white dude.”
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I mean, I suppose he was born working class, and “new money” isn’t a label most public figures adopt willingly. But as much as his loudest “capitalism is the ONLY REAL oppression” Stans get to me, he’s way low on my list of “Class Drag” performers.
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The only thing this country likes more than a broke guy pretending to be a billionaire is a rich guy cosplaying as poor.
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SLC is finally in the young adulthood it thought it was in during the Olympics. This is as likable as I think it’s ever been!
It’s been months — MONTHS — since I watched a grown adult throw a temper tantrum over someone else getting a parking spot. And the tantrum was so CONCISE!
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“That’s not my experience at ALL!” Awesome! Seriously!
Quick question though, does your favorite influencer wear full makeup with a t-shirt under a sundress? Just curious
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The Utahification of the broader society is less encouraging. More pyramid schemes, more snake oil, more gender essentialism, more righteous indignation, more gerontocracy, more main character syndrome, higher horses, less oxygen.
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SLC becoming a city of transplants has been good for SLC. The culture is improving. The food scene is improving. The manners are shifting: I see more people being considerate, and fewer people expecting strangers to be cheerful conversational hostages.
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Thank you! That made my blood boil.
A Lysistrata gambit only works in a utopia where all men care about consent. “Just say no” is useless advice when the oppressor won’t take no for an answer. Telling women to fix things by staying “virtuous” only reinforces the double standard.
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THANK YOU. Lazy misogyny is what GOT us here, but a certain breed of “lefty” dude apparently still doesn’t get it. 🙄🙄
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Best so far:
“Hey, baby. Are you a kite? Because I hope you’ll get entangled in my limbs!”
I came up with several worse examples, trust me. Yours?
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And he’s married to the second-worst* cast member from the inflection-point season (San Francisco)!
*I will not invoke the name of the first-worst guy. Suffice to say it’s something dense that hockey players hit with a stick. I’m sure this administration would find a use for him 🤢
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Cornholio Flash Mob is my new hardcore punk band name
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Just go back to the exurbs. I hope nothing ever does chase you, because you’re COOKED. Cooked like you like your steaks, Cletus.
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You smoke/vape on the street so we get to breathe it in. You stand around open-mouthed in the thoroughfare. You insist female athletes couldn’t possibly be iron-deficiency-anemic unless we’re DOA. You break into tantrums when you have to park more than spitting distance from anything
NO SHIT CLETUS
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I needed this more than you know
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DC in the original “That Darn Cat” was also multiple-cast. Not easy to match a clowder of Meezers, because their coats darken over time with exposure to cold.
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(Majority of my bosses have been competent, ethical, and had no noticeable hygiene issues. One long-ago boss smelled like little decorative seashell soaps and basically saved my life. Current boss is wise, gracious, and has very little hair. Again, acknowledging good fortune is important.)
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Shall I instead post a bunch of rants about martinis with too much vermouth, or about getting blisters from wearing my Sperry Topsiders with no socks? (I have also experienced these things)