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On the latest dose of political stupidity.Open in app or onlineSo Wearing a Mask Makes You a Criminal Now.On the latest dose of political stupidity.Jessica WildfireMar 9SaveListenAdobeThe mayor of New York has said some pretty dumb things over the last couple of years, but hes really been on fire th

Open in app or onlineWe're in a Behavioral SinkCan we climb out.Jessica WildfireMar 3SaveListenGrandfailureIts already been a weird year.Politicians in Iowa want to make it legal for 14-year-olds to work in meat packing plants.They also want 16-year-olds serving beer at football games.Health experts

Open in app or onlineMartyrs Won't Save The WorldPeople will.Jessica WildfireMar 1SaveListenGrandfailureSometimes, we get caught up in this story.Actually, it happens a lot.Heres how it goes:Saving the world takes enormous amounts of work.You have to sacrifice all of your time and energy.You have to

But we always have a choice.Open in app or onlineThese Violent Delights Have Violent EndsBut we always have a choice.Jessica WildfireFeb 28SaveListenAwesomextraI dont know about you, but Ive felt something strange recently.Ive had to slow down to figure out what exactly.For some reason, Ive also fel

It's way bigger than sexual hangups.Open in app or onlineIncels at The End of The WorldIt's way bigger than sexual hangups.Jessica WildfireFeb 24SaveListenGrandfailureThe other week, I came across a long post from a guy in his 20s who got violently upset at work when a girl he had a crush on mention

Open in app or onlineYou Can See the Future in East PalestineIt's not pretty.Jessica WildfireFeb 18SaveListenGrandfailureIn my late teens, I read a novel called White Noise.It changed my life forever.If youre unfamiliar, Don DeLillo conducts a relatively savage critique of American values.The stoic,

Notes on disaster capitalism.Open in app or onlineThe Billionaires Just Can't WaitNotes on disaster capitalism.Jessica WildfireJan 31SaveListengrandfailureRecently, Ive started digging back through Naomi Kleins The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.Its come up a few times.Klein describ

Preparing isn't panicking.Open in app or onlineWe're Sitting Ducks for Bird FluPreparing isn't panicking.Jessica WildfireJan 30SaveListengrandfailureIm just going to say it:Human outbreaks of avian flu are inevitable.Ten years ago, it was a remote possibility that preppers talked about on discussion

Now I can finally forgive her.Open in app or onlineA Virus Killed My Mom.Nobody Knew What Was Wrong.Now I can finally forgive her.Jessica WildfireJan 28SaveListenGborIt started sometime around my fourteenth birthday.My mom began acting stranger than usual.She said things that didnt make sense.She di

Open in app or onlineThis is Your Permission to Be AngryYou have every right.Jessica WildfireJan 27SaveListengrandfailureLast night we got a text message.One of my daughters friends at school tested positive for Covid.Were keeping her home and watching for symptoms.We decided to spend yet more money

Open in app or onlineGet Ready for the PandemiceneIt's already here.Jessica WildfireJan 26SaveListenGborThe world keeps talking about the next pandemic, like its some distant and remote possibilitysomething for the next generation.Organizations like the WHO and CDC talk about Disease X, the next pat

How to deal with the doom.Open in app or onlineA Few Thoughts on Guarding Your Mental Health These DaysHow to deal with the doom.Jessica WildfireJan 25SaveListengrandfailureBy now, many of us have endured something along the lines of a Covid intervention.Friends or relatives try to convince us that

The global elite know how dangerous Covid is.Open in app or onlineClean Air for Them, None for YouThe global elite know how dangerous Covid is.Jessica WildfireJan 20SaveListengrandfailureThe global elite gathered in the alpine resort town of Davos this week to attend the World Economic Forums annual

Open in app or onlineHere's 150+ Sources on Covid to Share with Everyone You KnowAn ongoing project.Jessica WildfireJan 18SaveListenAdobeTwo things seem clear at this point.First, the general public vastly underestimates the threat Covid poses to them, nor do they grasp the depth of the governments

Open in app or onlineWe're Never Getting Back to Normal.You Don't Have to Pretend Anymore.Jessica WildfireJan 18SaveListengrandfailureA woman walks down a road in China.Shes recording hundreds of dead crows on her phone.It looks like something out of an M.Night Shyamalan movie.The comments are worse

A philosophical play date.Open in app or onlineYou Don't Need Hope.You Need Courage, and You Might Already Have It.A philosophical play date.Jessica WildfireJan 15SaveListengrandfailureYouve probably heard of Pandora.Most people dont know the whole story.They think its a tale about women as the root

Our governments are guilty of malice.Open in app or onlineThings Are Worse Than Ever, and You're Not Wrong for Saying ItOur governments are guilty of malice.Jessica WildfireJan 15SaveListenGrandfailureA man walks into an urgent care center.He asks for a Covid test.The staff tell him that a test cost

Open in app or onlineWe Convinced Our School to Bring Back MasksHere's how we did it.Jessica WildfireJan 14SaveListenAdobe StockMy 4-year-old started preschool last year.A few weeks later, they dropped their mask policy.It made me nervous, but my spouse said it would probably be okay.They spend most

On the delusions of normal.Open in app or onlineWe're Living through The End of Civilization, and We Should Be Acting Like ItOn the delusions of normal.Jessica WildfireJan 12SaveListenAdobe StockTheres no question anymore.This civilization is ending.Its not up for debate.Its not a question of hope v

Eggs are just the beginning.Open in app or onlineYou Don't Want to Imagine a World Without Birds.Eggs are just the beginning.Jessica WildfireJan 10SaveListenPhoto by Nick Kwan on UnsplashTheres an outcry over egg shortages right now, and libertarians are blaming laws banning cages.Thats a tiny part

Kraken changes everything.Open in app or onlineWe Don't Have The Tools.Kraken changes everything.Jessica WildfireJan 9SaveListenAdobe StockThe XBB.5 variant (Kraken) has finally hit the mainstream media cycle.While it might feel like a sudden development for the general public, waiting for them to c

On the goal to keep us less informed.Open in app or onlineKnow Nothing, Be HappyOn the goal to keep us less informed.Jessica WildfireJan 5SaveListenPhoto by Karan Singh on UnsplashWell, here we go again.Theres a pattern with minimizers, especially the professional kind who tout prestigious credentia

Let's talk about them.Open in app or onlineWe Don't Really Know Covid's True Death Toll, So I Made a Few Little ChartsLet's talk about them.Jessica WildfireJan 4SaveListenCDC Data/ExcelSince about February of 2022, American politicians and health officials have been touting low death numbers as a si

Britain has collapsed.Open in app or onlineNobody's Coming to Save Us: The Future of Public Health in The WestBritain has collapsed.Jessica WildfireJan 3SaveListenAdobeTheres a popular motivational slogan out there, Nobodys coming to save you.Of course, the early birds and go-getters who live by thi

Someone has to say it.Open in app or onlineStay Home if You Can: A Street Smart Take on The State of ThingsSomeone has to say it.Jessica WildfireJan 1SaveListenAdobe StockTheres a new variant spreading, called XBB.Experts have nicknamed it the Kraken.Technically, its still classified as a subvariant