I hate how “modern design” has become the excuse for making everything ugly. Cars used to look like they were designed by sculptors, now they look like household appliances.

Such great news! WiFi is notoriously awful to completely nonexistent, on flights to and from Hawaii. After using Starlink, every other inflight connection feels like dial-up.

Before I had my first baby, I was determined to breastfeed. I went to a lactation consultant expecting guidance and encouragement. Instead, every appointment became a long list of everything that could go wrong, low supply, pain, failure to latch, exhaustion, mastitis, all of it. I left feeling anxious and almost convinced I wouldn’t be able to nurse my baby. Then I went to prenatal breastfeeding classes taught by an older woman with a completely different approach. She was honest about the challenges, but she also kept saying: “You can do this. Your body was made for this. Most problems can be worked through.” She also constantly stressed all the benefits of breastfeeding over formula. That changed everything for me and I went on to nurse all 4 of my children. I’m seeing the same contrast in conversations from medical professionals on X about type 2 diabetes. So many physicians online seem determined to convince people that reversal is nearly impossible, diet won’t work, genetics doom you, and medication is inevitable forever. Patients absolutely deserve honesty. But they also deserve encouragement, hope, and physicians who actually believe lifestyle changes can matter. There is a huge difference between a doctor telling you “This is hard” and “This is impossible.” Some doctors want to empower you to get healthy while others want to create lifelong patients. Choose your healthcare provider accordingly.

He should go with the nuclear option now.

This is an incredible promotion! If you have premier status on another airline, United will match it for 120 days if you fly just one flight with them.

Looks like “data center” is the new scary buzzword of 2026. People in the comments are acting like Oahu secretly approved six brand new nuclear plants overnight. Most of these facilities have been here for over 20 years.They’re tied to telecommunications, internet infrastructure, cloud services, and trans-Pacific fiber networks, not some sudden AI surveillance takeover. Funny how they’re posting this stuff to Facebook while streaming Netflix, using Google Maps, and backing up their iPhones to the cloud.

We rented a bike and rode from Santa Monica to Marina Del Rey on Saturday. Great bike trail, gorgeous day with perfect weather and we got to smell crack cocaine for the first time along the way 😔

The Bows are headed to the National Championship! 🤙 🤙 *Yes that is me howling at the end.

Popped into LA for tomorrow’s University of Hawaii men’s volleyball match against Long Beach and took a drive up the Pacific Coast Highway. A few thoughts from an outsider: • The California coast is absolutely beautiful. • The PCH is in pretty rough shape. Is that mostly from the fires, or has it been neglected for a while? If so, how has this been allowed to happen to one of the most scenic drives in the country? •The air pollution/air quality is bad. Worse smog than on our recent trip to Shanghai. • Seeing the destruction in Malibu and the Pacific Palisades firsthand is heartbreaking. What somehow makes it hit even harder are the endless “For Sale” signs sitting in front of burned out homes along the beach. • The anti–Karen Bass signs are a common sight. I honestly can’t remember seeing that with any political candidate before. How is she the leading candidate for mayor? • One positive surprise, despite everything I’ve read online claiming rebuilding in the Palisades isn’t happening, it doesn’t match what we saw. There’s active construction all over parts of Pacific Palisades. Crews working, homes being rebuilt, lots in different stages of progress. Malibu not so much, but in the Palisades you can at least see people fighting to bring a community back to life.

Today on the island- overcast with a chance of birdies

Spirit going bankrupt is bad for the market. We need budget airlines whether we like them or not. That said… I won’t miss it. My last Spirit flight out of Vegas started with a drunk guy projectile vomiting all over the place before takeoff and a hazmat crew cleaning it up. Anyone else have Spirit Air war stories?

When I went into labor with my daughter, by the time I got to the hospital they told me it was too late for an epidural because it wouldn’t take effect in time since I’d be delivering within an hour to two. I said, “That’s fine, I’d like to be numb after I deliver.”They pushed back, I pushed back harder, and a few minutes later the anesthesiologist walked in. I got the epidural and had a very comfortable delivery. Fast forward years later, my uncle was in hospice at the VA with pancreatic cancer. What made my tough as nails uncle the most miserable wasn’t even the cancer, it was his ascites. His stomach would balloon up so much it looked like he was nine months pregnant with twins and it was causing the skin to crack on his emaciated body. They were draining it every few days via catheter. I asked why they couldn’t just leave a drain in so he wouldn’t have to keep going through that and they said it was an infection risk 😡 He had less than 10 days to live and they were more worried about infection than comfort for a dying Marine, so I pushed. A lot. A drain was placed the next day. When my daughter was 16, we were in the ER over and over for severe abdominal pain and vomiting. I think we went five times. Every time it was the same answer….ultrasound is clear, it was possibly constipation and to follow up with a GI specialist. On our final ER visit, they were once again trying to discharge us after finding nothing. I sent out an SOS on social media. Someone suggested asking for an abdominal CT. The ER refused saying it was not indicated, she was too young for gallbladder issues and insurance wouldn’t cover it. I basically went full on Terms of Endearment. I screamed I wasn’t leaving, I’d pay right then for the damn CT and they could call security on me. They finally did the CT and a couple hours later, my daughter was in surgery getting her severely diseased gallbladder out. I’m not sharing this because I think I’m some hero or because I enjoy being difficult; I actually hate it. But doctors are human, systems are rigid, and things get missed. If something doesn’t feel right, say something, ask again, push back. Doctors are not infallible or all knowing gods. Advocating for yourself or your family isn’t being a problem. Sometimes you might be the only difference between a misdiagnosis and appropriate, compassionate medical treatment.

Koreans don’t take well to being disrespected. Holy sh!t

Lmao. I think the “victim” has been reading too much brown adult fantasy fiction. I have never even heard the term fish head or a woman refer to her boobs as cannons.

Liberals love socialism until it impacts them personally.

Study hard, kids! Grind for years and get into the hardest college in America, CalTech and maybe one day you too can become a part-time SAT tutor.

So Democrats are organized enough to fund racist hate groups, then posture as heroes for fighting them, but Republicans, with majorities in the Senate and House plus a Republican president, still can’t pass the SAVE Act, which has majority voter support?!

This was a fun conversation. For anyone who is bi (bitcoin) curious, you might enjoy it 🤗

Virginia politics has a weird affinity for for electing politicians with violent instincts

Good. Why was the U.S. government funding a tax exempt church’s charity in the first place?