hard-bo̾il̾e̾d̾Gardner

@kgardner.bsky.social

USAF vet. ♀ RN. Lived, worked, studied in 3 countries. Programmer. At pointy end of Maslow's Hierarchy. Hero in tiny emergencies. Living in NZ

People talk a lot about the causes of declining birth rates, but it's really simple. People used to need enough kids to put on a touring Shakespeare production - maybe six, even eight. But with the rising popularity of Samuel Beckett? Two is sufficient.

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

I, genuinely, don't care if Luxon is an affable, inoffensive, conversationalist, I do care that he's a toxic, weak, and callous Prime Minister. Remember the wise words of Drunk Bloke in The Toad Rock Retreat pub, Rusthall, April 2022, "just because he's a nice person doesn't mean he's not a cunt"

Phang: "The fact that it's taking France and England and other foreign countries to be able to launch investigations, and yet our American DOJ is sitting on it doing absolutely nothing, including not cooperating with those foreign nations, is such a big red flag."

Person in my doorway: Hey! Me: *not looking up* I finished 10 minutes ago and emailed it to you Person: Thanks! Um. Just one more thing-- Me: *looks up slowly, sky begins to darken outside, lightning strikes in the distance*

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.