Opinions
Halloween
Embracing the ‘crazy ex-girlfriend’
Feelings don’t just disappear after a breakup, and there shouldn’t be a time limit on their acceptability. Read More
Environment
Save the planet: Repurpose your Halloween costume
I have a proposal: Normalize wearing Halloween costumes year round. Read More
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Other people’s bodies are none of your business
These are women whose adult bullying takes the form of “concern.” Read More
COVID-19
Make a mask a part of your Halloween costume
We’re doing so well keeping our campus open and free from outbreaks, but we’re one unmasked party away from shutting everything down. Read More
ai
Disaster prevention lessons from AI
Leading AI experts say there’s a 5% chance that artificial general intelligence, or AGI, will cause a human extinction-level disaster. Read More
Halloween
Morbid curiosity: What’s so interesting about true crime?
Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction is obliged to stick to believable possibilities, and truth isn’t. Read More
nobel prize
Nobel by blood
For a prize that’s considered to be the pinnacle of achievement in any field, there’s a conservative distribution among extremely similar looking people. Read More
motivation
What is success?
Success is the ability to keep persevering, not letting material gains or losses define you. Read More
2020 Election
What’s in a euphemism?
Since Reagan, the American right wing has used euphemisms to disguise cruelty under nonsense phrases, shift public discourse, and couch unacceptable actions in a kind of abstract political mystique. Read More
2020 Election
Everyone needs a break right now
We 100% support the decision to cancel fall break, but there has to be something to replace it. Read More
