1/ I just finished @nkjemisin's _Broken Earth_ trilogy. It was really good. Also, I have some thoughts. 2/ One of the comments I made frequently while reading it was, "It's weird... this is super dark, which is usually not my thing; but somehow this is working for me this time."

It's getting hard to keep track of which states are competing hardest for the Your Uterus Belong To The State prize, so I tried to make a summary. 1/ Multiple states have passed or are passing so-called "heartbeat laws," which outlaw abortions once a "fetal heartbeat" can be detected. Two things about that: (a) this is usually around six weeks, by which time most people aren't yet aware they're pregnant; ... 2/

1/ "It's not fair that someone should get a better deal than I did."

This argument underlies a LOT of conservative thinking. "I work hard to earn what I have; why should some deadbeat get free groceries while I'm busting my butt?"

https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1120343808837935105

2/ Remember TARP? The big bank bail-out after the mortgage bubble popped and all those banks were holding mortgages that people couldn't pay?

There were basically two ways we could have bailed out the banks: we could have paid off the bad mortgages...