This sounds like a joke but it's not: Do I have some degree of face blindness if I can't tell Al Pacino from Robert DeNiro (unless they're next to each other) and various other pairs of actors. This happens to me all the time IRL, too.

@jfschroeder.bsky.social and I are thrilled to introduce our new book, TALK TO YOUR BOYS. Read all about it, and find out why we really really want you to preorder it today: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...

This 100%

They’re basically creating ‘illegals’ by stripping people of visa’s without telling anybody, least of all, the visa holder. www.bridgemi.com/talent-educa...

I'm glad other people are paying attention to this! We need to be intervening before kids are indoctrinated by these ideological predators thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

The 80/20 Rule is actually a myth. Today I wrote about Netflix's Adolescence, the 80/20 Myth, and how the manosphere turned random in-app data from one dating app into yet another excuse to blame women for men's unhappiness. joannaschroeder.substack.com/p/watching-a...

If you've got a Toni Box and a kid over 5, I highly recommend the Tiny Chef bedtime character - RuPaul reads one of the books and it's so soothing. Tiny Chef leads a little meditation about smelling cinnamon rolls and does hilarious ASMR.

This is the incident I was talking about a week or so ago. Literal men stormed into the bathroom stalls to make sure this woman wasn’t trans. Fucking insane.

The difference between smart and vast is absolutely key here

Car owners are missing their monthly payments at the highest rate in 30+ years, driving a surge of repossessions. ⚠️ Well people - the canary in the coal mine just dropped dead. You either lost your job cause you lost your car (or) you lost your car cause you lost your job. Recession incoming.

What's weird is that I got the alert, but there was no link to see what he looks like or where he went missing from.... I even googled all the details. Does anyone have any info?

This is so cool, @allieevolpe.bsky.social! @jfschroeder.bsky.social and I have a book ("Talk To Your Boys") coming out in September where we write about friendships a lot. I also talked about friendships in this Vox interview: www.vox.com/even-better/... Let us know if you ever need a source!

@badnewsdaily.bsky.social idk how to get ahold of you anymore

Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order. TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)

seeing some people share this but i need you to know gillibrand was talking about senate republicans. not democrats. www.wnyc.org/story/call-y...

What do you need in order to rebuild a home lost in a hurricane (73,000 in 2024) or a wildfire (16,000 in 2025 so far)? Steel. Where does our steel come from? Canada, Mexico, China. Guess who will buy the properties homeowners cannot afford to rebuild? Developers & large corporations.

This is one of my favorite fun movies of all time.... Feels weird to call it fun because it's actually beautiful and very profound for a love story. Don't miss Plus One on Netflix. Don't miss and need more people to talk about it with! www.tomsguide.com/entertainmen...

I'm obsessed with Stick Nation and fell in love with Dermot Mulroney after he made a video with a stick lol

Wilhelmina is on fire watch with these hot, wild winds

This is a brilliant way to do custom merch without adding trash to the environment and while supporting small business. Absolutely obsessed with this.

I had the honor of contributing to @dansavage.bsky.social's Savage Love column this week with a really challenging question about a teenager who is deep into homophobic, hateful MAGA culture ... and his mom is a lesbian. Do you kick him out or call him in? savage.love/savagelove/2...

Looking for non-Tin Foil Hat reasons why there are suddenly SO many arsonists setting fires in Los Angeles County? Do big non-arson fires cause people with a fire compulsion to come here? Or does it activate triggers for pyromania? It's not unhoused folks cooking/staying warm - it's intentional.

Could've sworn I just felt an earthquake...

Yesterday at work I told my colleagues in social media that all tiktok has to do is flatter Trump and they'll be back And now this is their alert of being offline Honestly, it's pure marketing genius. Whoever acquired this company/is running it knows what they're doing (cough, Meta)

this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

"You deserve good things" A colleague just said this to me in response to some very fun news and it almost made me cry Will be saving this sentiment for special moments and special people - it's more meaningful than I could've imagined

@lois35.bsky.social Happy Tuesday Lois!

“To all those folks out there who don't think our formerly incarcerated brothers and sister should not be able to vote or live in your neighbourhoods, just remember who was up on your hill saving your home…” www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

The Palisades and E. Malibu employed 100s of domestic workers before the Palisades Fire Now live-in employees are losing homes and others are losing income while 9000+ people try to relocate to rentals This GoFundMe was set up by a dear friend to help these folks. gofund.me/dfb02189

Even if it mattered what way an entire state (or district, even) voted, you would never know the party or voting habits of the people who live there. Trust me, there are PLENTY of republicans in Pali and Malibu. But also WTF. Who thinks this way?! You'll only help YOUR voters? People are sick.

I took Claire under my wing a few years ago when I met her in Urgent Care. She'd been hit in the head with falling product in the grocery store and was clearly concussed. I was there with my teen son and asked if she needed an extra mom for the day. She started crying. gofund.me/ec4d3d90

Want more for yourself than persistent sadness of your own choosing

Worst part about the history of Sally Hemings is that some weirdos have reduced her story to her being a side mistress he was we “actually in love with” when that was not the case at all.

I talked to the Black residents of Altadena who say they’ve lost everything but hope. “When you escape tragedy, you say, ‘it could have got me.’ It didn’t. So I’m going to keep on going,” said 83-year-old Walt Butler.

If you're looking for someone to support through the Palisades Fire, Claire is a first generation college student who paid her on way thru college with Pell, etc. She is very dear to me and has zero family support - she left with only a small bag and lost her car, too. gofund.me/ec4d3d90

Amazing local biz in Malibu

If your kid has a Tonie Box I highly, highly recommend the Eloise figurine ... Bernadette Peters as Eloise! An absolute dream.

Ok so Goodnight 2024 is funny. Sometimes I like Andy and Anderson.

Lemme get my membership back

I'm thankful for Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill. Celebrate moral courage. Listen to whistle blowers. Take action on their words.

I hate how Boxing Day has gotten so commercial. This year I'm trying to get back in touch with the true meaning of the day: The boxes.

Purchased a few things from the Tonies shop for a Tonie Box my daughter received for Christmas and am mildly blown away by the sales tax breakdown in the receipt ... have you ever seen this before?

Perimenopause summarized in just a few words

I don't know why but this made me choke up a little when I saw it

Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978? 100%? 500%? Try 1,085% Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

when you have anti-DEI proponents openly going after black military officers for recruiting from HBCUs and suing schools for their black and Hispanic enrollment *even after the schools ended any racial preferences* then the only honest label for these people is "segregationist"

Heterosexual man green flag: My husband walked in while I was binging Downton Abbey over the weekend and said, "She's so beautiful" ... about Edith! When I said, "She's supposed to be the homely sister" he said "Well, that's stupid."

Fun travel tip: forced perspective and a few plastic dinosaurs can make all your travel photos more interesting.