Notices by Jesse (yetanotherjesse@mastodon.social)

@jackmjenkins Hoping to knock out Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction today. Not sure what'll be after that. How about you?

@w7voa they had an opportunity to take pictures of CBP agents all kitted out and looking tough over a bunch of dead butterflies, like they do for the drug and contraband bust photos. AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO

I have seen the license plate CUBMAGS more than once on my drive home and every time I have to do a triple take

#Duolingo dropping some practical content in #Korean.

@clacke oh no, it's just the evangelicals in my extended family's orbit are almost all invested in nutrition, alternative health, natural...everything and anti-vax way before the pandemic. I'm sure there's a nexus of bodily and spiritual purity that I'm not quite wrapping my head around, but MSG is definitely verboten.

Weirdly, dispelling the myth that Chik-fil-A uses pickle brine to make their chicken taste good (it's MSG) has been more effective at making my crunchy evangelical friends/family weird on CfA than anything about their moral positioning.

I would also accept them softening their stance on MSG as a win.