Michael Hobbes

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19 October 2026 16:44

Every article has the same premise: Young people are characterizing their normal, happy childhoods as abusive and going "no contact" with their parents over minor disagreements. Every article also, late in the text, blithely acknowledges that this premise is false. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/h...

Michael Hobbes

michaelhobbes.bsky.social

19 October 2026 16:44

Another one. The premise: Young people are cutting off their parents for minor mistakes and misunderstandings. The lead anecdote: A woman severs ties with her family for refusing to get vaccinated before her wedding — to a man who *lost his mother and brother to COVID*

Emily Herring

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18 October 2026 14:04

This is what being a continental philosopher feels like and that’s why the analytics hate us

Gwen Pearson

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18 October 2026 14:03

This isn't a fly, a wasp, or a mantis. It's a mantisfly, a close relative of lacewings (Mantispidae, Neuroptera). Their grabby front legs are similar to a mantis, an example of convergent evolution. The colors are mimicry of wasps. www.flickr.com/photos/nicka...

Beth Skwarecki

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16 October 2026 15:44

I get that the idea is to offer something unexpected, but last year my daughter uno reversed it. She was offered candy or a potato, and had not heard of this trend, so she said “can I have your garland instead?” And came home with a string of plastic pumpkins from their porch.