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ALT As we wrap up Coming Out Day 2026: I am quoted by Annie M. Lowrey, staff writer at The Atlantic, in her new book The Time Tax published August 25, 2026 by HarperCollins. To the best of my knowledge I was not contacted by the author or publisher, or any representatives of either, for fact checking. The book refers to me as “he” — I’m nonbinary, use they/them, and have been openly out since 2022. Matthew Cortland, they/them, nonbinary now more than ever.
Love to be misgendered in a book - it's my favorite goddamn thing
So apparently we're doing this again, on coming out day:
Matthew Cortland - they/them
You should get all the vaccines.
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Trying to convince the American electorate that ‘Medicaid work requirements’ are bad is like trying to convince a toddler that 'bedtime' is good.
It's going to fail until you change the frame.
I'm sharing this because if you're ever in the position of having to decide whether to accept hospice care for a loved one with dementia (and I sincerely hope you never find yourself in this position), I hope you don't balk.
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Taylor Lorenz has spent the last days of August in a fight over because she harasses women of color. In June she attacked @maysoonzayid over an unmasked video. In 2023 she led a hate-mob at @the_tattooedjew for pulling his mask down in a photo.
In 1908, Jersey City became the first American city to routinely chlorinate its drinking water. Within a decade, nearly every large city had followed. Clean water infrastructure accounted for ~1/2 of the entire decline in urban death rates in the early 1900s
We do have a name for making individuals responsible for their own water: a boil-water advisory. It is, by definition, an emergency measure. It exists because the system failed.
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