Amelia Wirts
@awirts.bsky.social
Philosopher, tree-lover, obnoxious celtics fan (is there any other kind)
we’re about to spend a day or two arguing about whether the thing he did that perfectly mimicked a Nazi salute was in fact a Nazi salute, but I can’t get past what a complete fucking dork freak he looks like when doing it
onion person@junlper.beer · 2y agohe wants to be hitler
It’s almost as if they designed 2-factor authentication to derail adhders from finishing any administrative task
the irony of me (dehydrated) killing my plants by overwatering
I just published this paper that argues that, in the US, criminal law cannot carry feminist messages. This is a reason against using criminal law responses to combat gender-based violence. Please check it out! philpapers.org/rec/WIRMMH
Amelia M. Wirts, Mixed Messages: How Criminal Law Fails to Express Feminist Values - PhilPapers
Criminal law practices in the US, including policing and incarceration, have drawn heavy criticism for their disproportionate impact on black people, particularly black men. At the same time, some fem...
philpapers.org
When Albuquerque made their bus system—including their bus rapid transit lines—free, not only did ridership jump it was actually found to be more cost effective.
The Case for Free Public Transit - OtherWords
Cities across the U.S. have been embracing a bold new transit policy: zero fares. The results are promising.
otherwords.org
Cheers to the gen z coffee shop workers who correctly calculated that playing “Closing Time” would rouse the last few elder millennial customers to leave.
Finally got medicated for ADHD. So when I lay down to sleep, I just tell my brain it’s time to stop and it just does? It just lets me sleep? IS THIS HOW THE REST OF YOU HAVE BEEN LIVING?
My apartment has only two temperatures in the winter: double wool socks or college dance bar on thirsty thursday in may
Idea for a map-based app where users upload bathroom codes from local businesses. Free public bathrooms should be a human right!
Kyrie: I didn’t realize that the Celtics were going to expect me to come in and be a decent person. I didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to diss my teammates to the media when we we lost but take credit as a great leader whenever we won. Be warned. It’s a cult.
I fucking love dogs, but Seattle dog owners are the worst people. If your dog “doesn’t really like other dogs” you probably should not take him for walks through densely populated areas. There will be other dogs.
Having trained against hawks in Boston, I win the dove/hawk game of getting a table at a coffee shop in Seattle every time.
Low key love watching a coffee shop full of millennials silently nod along with “the real slim shady” without taking their eyes off their laptops
Why is most of writing realizing that most what I wrote is irrelevant.
I got bumped to first class for a very short flight, and it’s incredible how much of a kind humanitarian I am when not packed like into a tin can like sardine with other cranky humans.
I love woo woo fortune telling stuff because whether you accept or reject the “answer” you’re accidentally doing introspection which is so so funny to me, tricking yourself into emotional reflection using the aesthetic of a spirit halloween
The feeling of putting on a pair of glasses whose frame has just been properly readjusted by the person at the frame shop is under appreciated
Phases of trying to write this paper: 😏I have a good paper idea! 😌This is a very smart take 😕This is so obvious that it has probably been written before. 😣This is obvious to me because it is ~the same as a paper I already wrote. 😫Shit that means it is not good, smart, obvious,or original.
I can’t help but wonder what policies, laws, and cultural norms culminated in so many Seattle apartment buildings having central ac but only in the lobbies and shared hallways, not the actual apartments.
Using “whilst” in writing makes you an asshole unless you are British, right? Or is it more like using “whilst” as an American makes you an asshole? Real Q: can I, born and raised in the US with American English as my only fluent language, use “whilst” without being an asshole?
Wait, am I wrong that I cannot save multiple drafts of half-baked posts on this app?
