‘OK Broomer’: Seattle’s bike lane sweeper gets a name
SEATTLE — Seattle’s new protected bike lane sweeper will be named “OK Broomer.” More than 1,500 people voted on twitter polls to name the sweeper. “OK Broomer” received 57.3% of…
“A Clockwork Orange” Made Me Long to Be a Monster, But It Only Saw Me as a Victim
In the epic battle between good and evil for the fate of the soul, I had never been the soul in question; I had always been the stumbling block on…
Commuting is psychological torture
“People worried about recouping their corporate real estate expenses are gonna use every lie and find every ‘expert’ possible to tell us why we don’t actually enjoy the new model,…
Harassment Isn’t a Social-Media Problem—It’s a Strategy
The internet is not an unflawed arbiter of justice, and it should be okay to admit that without invalidating what it has afforded in terms of a platform for the…
Chronically Ill People Face an Old New Post-Pandemic World
chronically ill and disabled people are hoping that the accommodations they were able to access during COVID don’t disappear. {read}
Sexing up history: how to study and tell the history of sex
Cultural historian Dr Fern Riddell appears regularly on tv and radio as an expert in Victorian sex and suffrage, and if anyone knows their history in this area, it’s Fern.…
Why Do We Still Pretend Diets Work?
Everyone sort of knows that diets peter out. Eventually you stop following them, and the weight comes back. What most people don’t know is that they often lead to weight…
Why have you never heard of Kavumu? Because media is broken.
If journalists believe readers don’t care about places like Congo, they’re not going to cover it. But if outlets don’t write about places that are “hard” to cover, then readers…
Michigan mask rule change: Many questions. Some answers. What to know.
“CDC guidance informs individual behavior, and does not have the force of law,” Boyd wrote. Even if you’re vaccinated, you should still wear a mask in all health care settings,…
Mother’s Day Proclamation
Just a reminder that mother’s day started as a war protest