The right-wingers who say that homosexuality is a choice are probably† outing themselves as bisexual. Who else sees their sexuality as a choice? Bi people are the ones who have options.

† Or just flat-out denying their true sexuality by hoping that if they make the “right” choices, it will work itself out. “Pray away the gay” and such.

Eurasia counts as one continent for my students.

But in some places, apparently they don’t count Antarctica because it isn’t populated by a permanent human civilization.

It’s an excellent show.

But don’t be mad at Netflix. It aired on ABC, and they cancelled it (presumably because it had lower ratings than the network’s other comedies). Netflix just picked up streaming rights after the fact.

If you ask South Americans, at least some of them will tell you that America is one continent.

The day I told my 3rd graders in Colombia that there were 7 continents, it sparked a conversation I was not expecting (because that is what every social studies textbook said when I was in school in the US). Here, they only count five. That was the day I learned there is not an international consensus about what constitutes a continent.

You just described basically my mom’s entire family.

It was a piece-by-piece deconstruction that took nearly a decade. I started with, “Maybe it’s the divinity of Jesus that’s my problem,” and it snowballed from there. I did a lot of research and visited a lot of different religious groups during that decade.

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Hegseth said:

“[Christ’s] mission was to divide truth from lies, the things of the world from the things of God, light from darkness, good from evil."

That tells me that either he hasn’t actually read the Bible or he needs to work on his reading comprehension.

Jesus described his mission in this way:

"For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)

…he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose.” (Luke 4:43)

“I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:32)

“For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10)

"All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:37-40)

I’m an atheist, but I was raised by evangelicals who emphasized following Christ’s example as portrayed in the Gospels. I can’t believe that the rabbi who commanded his followers to “turn the other cheek” and “bless those who curse you” could inspire the nationalist bullshit that is quoted from Hegseth in this article.

I’m concerned for the future of Christianity in a country that believes Hegseth and other Republican figureheads instead of their own Bible. And I’m worried about what that will mean for non-Christians in the American military and, eventually, in the rest of the country.

Thanks for sharing.

I have a disappointingly large number of LGBTQ+ friends and family members who eat there regularly.

The Satanic Temple has done some good political work in the name of religious freedom, but its leadership has kind of a dodgy past. So maybe look into that a bit before you decide to throw in with them.

I agree that joining affinity groups certainly helps to build community. Knowing that you already have something in common with everyone in the room is a great ice breaker.

They learned it by watching Amazon.

The job I referred to as “my best job” was also the lowest-paying. Great work environment, awesome hours, decent benefits.

But I would not have continued going there to do my job if they stopped paying me.

Why do HR people seem to think that anyone’s primary motivation for working is something other than the paycheck?

I have absolutely loved my last three jobs. Some days at my best job didn’t even feel like work at all. But I would not keep going back if they stopped paying me.

Yeah. If that’s their response, then Gavin dodged a bullet.

Have friends who are just starting out as tattoo artists who need the practice and will do the work super cheap.

If “Mar-a-Lago face” is any indicator, they also want them to look interchangeable and non-human.

The number of adults I know who ask ChatGPT for recipes is non-zero.

Teenagers use it like it’s a search engine. They don’t understand the difference.

AI is the only “product” that I’ve ever seen where the sales pitch is, “We made it and now you should want it, but you have to figure out why you want it.”

I remember a lot of kids getting spanked at school in the '80s. Most were more worried about the additional spanking they would get at home as punishment for misbehaving enough to get spanked at school.

You don’t have to lay hands (or belts, or whatever) on your child to set and enforce strong boundaries and expectations. Kids need those guardrails to help them learn to navigate the world.