we are merely dust and shadows

obsessed with how all you need to do is throw money at public education and eliminate most standardized testing and you will start getting smarter, more engaged, kinder adults. obsessed with how giving people safe housing, reliable access to good food, and decent wages dramatically reduces drug overdoses and gun violence. obsessed with how much people actually want to get together and fix infrastructure, invent new ways of helping each other, and create global ways of living sustainably once you give them livable pay to do so. obsessed with how tracking diseases, developing medicines, and improving public health becomes so much easier when you just make healthcare free at point of use.

Can't sit down for a 2-hour study session? Same. Try four 15-minute focus blocks instead.

Each block runs a simple cycle:

3 min prep — clear your space, write one goal, set a timer.

10 min focus — one task only, phone away.

2 min wrap-up — log what you did, note what's next.

Four of them add up to one solid focused hour, and it's so much easier to actually start. Momentum beats motivation.

when he’s strong and fast and also fresh from the fight 🫦

everything I’ve ever written has been about you

love everyone contributing to the absolute hoard of dice for emily to roll

+ bonus: some delighted emily faces

nothing would have happened if it weren't for you

❤️💙💛GRACEFUL💛💙❤️

"Oh I don't normally use AI, I just wanted it to plan my trip"

You lived on this planet for decades, you know what you like, there are hundreds of websites where you can type into any search engine " things to do in [area]" and have at least a hundred different options.

"Oh I only use it so I can figure out what to make during the week with what I have"

The most popular website as you type in "recipes" into google have sections where you click dinner- quick and easy and those usually rely on staples + 1 or 2 items. I found 30 recipes on chicken alone.

"I had a writing idea, so I typed a few sentences into Chat GPT and I was able to write 20 pages with it."