There Are Many Benefits To Being A Marine Biologist

“jesus died for you” well i didn’t ask him to do that and my therapist says i am not responsible for other peoples actions

and it's not even about keeping people “dumb” as it is about keeping people functionally illiterate. if they can barely read, they won't read those naughty books that might make them question the reality handed down to them. they won't have any historical context for the situation they are in or any knowledge of the struggles and victories that followed.

they won't read those books that cause the reader to feel empathy for somebody living a different walk of life from them. they won't read the policies of their chosen political parties or the statistical results of those policies or even the religious scripture in which they believe they're basing their decisions.

and if they can barely write, they will find it harder to transmit their own thoughts and ideas—even orally.

less literacy means people watch and listen to short sound bites and slogans and video clips over anything with depth or anything that brings context or nuance into the discussion. less literacy means creating a society of easy marks ready to be fooled, ready to be misled. less literacy means less ability to understand the scientific knowledge humanity has amassed and less ability to realize when they are being abused. less literacy means less imagination, lower attention spans, and lacking awareness.

Michael Rosenbaum has a phenomenal podcast that I have been on once before when I was promoting Still Just A Geek. He was one of the people I hoped I could talk to about It's Storytime With Wil Wheaton, because I knew he'd get it, but mostly because I just really enjoy his company, his energy, and how safe he made me feel when I was there.

I am his guest this week. We taped this the day after my podcast released, which feels like a lifetime ago, but was really just a month or so.

We talked a lot about my recovery from child abuse and exploitation, how I show up for myself whenever I am able, and how I'm doing the best I can to be the parent I never had.

We also talked about my new podcast, and a lot of stuff that isn't in this big old bag of trauma I'm lugging around.

Here are some quick links for you to check us out

YouTube

Spotify

Apple Podcasts Website

Anyone who has ever worked for a company that was bought out by PE firms knows just how disastrous it is.  

it’s always a good day to complain about English speakers

The US having an entire city in the middle of the desert dedicated entirely to gambling sounds like a thing other countries would make up about the US as a joke but its real and no one bats an eye at it

Thinking about how I could probably convince people that guns for Australian and South American markets have anticlockwise rifling because of the Coriolis effect in the same way that a toilet's flushing action spins in the opposite direction south of the Equator