Since this piece about contemporary manifestations of eugenics, including “fertility crisis“ narratives, mentions evolutionary psychology, it’s worth noting that evolutionary psychologists are now actively promoting those “fertility crisis” claims in their journals
Tesla has been making wildly non-credible safety claims for its driving automation since 2016, amazing to see it so formally called out
All we ask is that you listen to us about the people we are and the bodies we have. For example, I am a woman with a prostate. When I turn 50, book me for a PSA and a mammogram, or be prepared to be accused of malpractice.
Rebecca Sear
Hell, one of my clanmembers known for trolling us by fucking with the difficulty settings picked that shit back up and it was almost like I was back in the past again, taking a break from my dissertation and teaching to chill with old friends.
Gonna pick this up and mine it for content for my Phil of Tech syllabus.
"If need be, she would hold this line until the end of time."
- Lore text, Ursa Furiosa Titan Gauntlets, Destiny 2
One of the wild things about the end of Destiny 2 is the fact that almost 60% of my previous clan picked the game back up and rejoined the clan.
I was transported immediately back to when my roommate and I would party up with some of our far flung friends and shoot the shit while running strikes.
"Well, I too have a will, and I will not prostrate myself before something capable of such evil."
- Alexei, lore tab, "Hoarfrost-Z" exotic titan chestplate, Destiny 2
"No great wonder can stand forever if it is constructed on a lie."
- Alexei, "Hoarfrost-Z" Titan Exotic Chestplate, Destiny 2
Datto and Byf were absolutely right about the nature of Destiny as a community space, a "third space," in which folks came together, formed lasting bonds, and found community that they could not otherwise.
e.w. niedermeyer
'It was not a huge surprise to find myself in the Epstein files...'
My investigation into the scientists bewitched by money and the dilettante superficiality of Jeffrey Epstein's need to be near clever men.
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