I just made the best gnocchi in my life without a recipe… is this what being a passable cook feels like? It’s amazing

To anyone hyped about the Department of Education being supposedly shuttered, I release the following statement: don’t worry, you guys meddling with initiatives you don’t understand will result in failures to our nations children. I have sympathy for those who are frustrated, but this is not the way

I know I'll probably just shout this into the void, but I just want to say to all black professionals or black people in higher ed or training out there, men, women or siblings otherwise, is it just accepted that we're treated like wallpaper sometimes? 1/?

for anyone looking for some resources to help out folks in their area, my partner showed me this link for mutual aid funds and networks across the country (USA). could be worth a look!

www.mutualaidhub.org

Oh I suppose I should Introduce myself. Good day, Y'all! I'm Matt! I'm 24, and I'm working on my doctorate in school psychology. In my spare time I write, shitpost, take walks and focus on zen and meditation! also video games, baking, cooking and reading if there's any time left.

Fuck it, I need this

The last of us Part I is just liberal girl-dad propaganda and Its working on me.
With some PRETTY glaring exceptions, Joel is father of the year on basis of effort alone.
It also shows me the power of old-man strength.
I love this game.

Man could I read one detective book that doesn’t call a black suspect “the negro”? Just one?! Like I get it it was the forties but you don’t read black literature that describes a white dude as “the honky”. Wait… it’s ideas like these that make me glad to be a passable at best writer

From here: a.co/d/fEoclND

I want it to be known that I am a pacifist, but if anyone attacks the public library or postal service, I’ll go full John Brown just to have access to little letters and schlocky romance books.

For all of those who feel doomed, it’s super understandable, take time to grieve, but we can’t give up hope. We can’t turn on eachother just to spite ourselves, we can’t sell eachother up the river because that’s what authoritarians want. By all means grieve, but don’t give up just yet.

I needed this today.
You may too.