The Book of Job addresses this. Basically, it is God's prerogative to do whatever He wants with us. You don't have to like it, but He is still in charge.

"just as easily" — hmm, no, I think not

> It is a very deeply embedded assumption that women are primary parents.

Because this is typically true, even in cases where both parents work.

it's true by biological necessity. parenting starts already while the child is still growing in the womb. the way the mother lives, experiences stress, what she consumes, all affect the child. breastfeeding is equally important and is much more than just feeding the child with milk.

Not true. The major rallying cry in my home state is "no more surveillance data centers!"

Which proves they don't know anything because the surveillance is barely related to the data centers.

I mean... Ken Paxton?

> treat anyone who comes through the door for anything

nitpick, but it's anything imminently life-threatening (mas o menos), not anything

like if you show up in the ER with burgeoning cancer they won't provision chemo

I echo this. It is not clear to me what the actual difference is.

Yes, as the article says:

> This should be very familiar because agents do exactly the same thing in code and plans. They love belt-and-suspenders, wrapping an extra try-catch or re-implementing the same utility over and over.

Yeah that one got my hackles up. The idea that America should not be run for the benefit of its citizens is uhhhh saying the quiet part out loud, I guess.

Thank you for sharing his memory with us.

Huh. I wish this was the norm in my area, so I didn't have to wait around for the check once I finish eating.