i sincerely wish more people understood how much of “willpower” is actually just dopamine regulation. That our in/ability to do everything we need to is almost exclusively brain chemistry and has nothing to do with moral character.
the person parked in their car next to mine this morning was smoking a joint WINDOWS UP blasting Taylor Swift at 7:30 am. I wish that person the best wednesday.
Wait a fucking second — you're telling me that a detective is wrestling with their personal demons??? While investigating a crime in a small town where nobody is quite what they seem???
this tweet is not relatable at all but If you are teaching kids to say “yu” for the u sound for the love of god please stop it’s so hard to undo and they can’t sound out anything
the word you're looking for is punishment. the system is punitive. meaning it can only dole out violence. it cannot restore. it cannot transform. it cannot hold to account. but it can punish.
The military mobilizing and police dressing up in military assault gear across the country because of a jury verdict is not a sign of a healthy, functioning democracy.
Imagine thinking the people who care about the murder of a child are radicals and that the people who argue for impunity for the murderer are the moral ones.
When 13 year-old Adam Toledo was shot in Chicago, the prosecutor immediately said he had a gun. Now, with video coming out today, the state’s attorney’s office says that was 'inaccurate.' They really lied about a kid having a gun to justify his murder.