AJ Kay

One of my four teen daughters just got over a head cold and sore throat. She stayed at home while feeling crappy because she didn’t feel like going out. Might it have been Covid? Maybe. But who cares? She shares a bedroom with one sister and a bathroom with another. None…

No. Ignore this. You are capable of reading books again. The brain is highly malleable and you only need a few screen-free weeks to recover your focus. You will be amazed how quickly the hunger for reading returns. You will be inhaling words

Sometimes I miss who my kids were when they were little... not because of their age, but because I wish I could go back and hug them tighter, fix my mistakes, and relive every laugh, smile, and hug.

I went into academia to search for truth. I left learning how to write safe grants, avoid controversy, and serve bureaucrats.

Based on all the "gotcha" videos over the recent years, is everyone is A-OK with being on camera all the time? Being surveilled all the time? That we should never expect a private moment at all when out of the house? Or in the house? From what Teslas and Waymos are recording…

Talking to a group of pleasant, clever socialists last night, it hit me that the defining characteristic of the Left is not compassion; rather, it is the conviction that compassion is unique to their side, leading to a grotesque misunderstanding of what the other side thinks.

Schadenfreude 😏

What a privilege to be tired from work you once begged the universe for. what a privilege to feel overwhelmed by growth you used to dream about. what a privilege to be challenged by a life you created on purpose. what a privilege to outgrow things you used to settle for.

Interesting … What about 3D Tetris? 🤔 Because I can pack a 2-bedroom apartment into the trunk of a mid-sized sedan.

Nobody wants to talk about how vulnerable highly agreeable women are, especially between the ages of about 18 to 25. Literally out there trying to be good people and fit in and get led down every kind of dark alley.

I communicate with my children solely by leaving cryptic origami around the household

Excellent piece. Tinkling bricks, all the way down. 🎹🧱👏 “Once mental illness stops being a diagnosis and starts being an identity … Psychiatrists will … start being counter staff at cosmetic psychiatry boutiques, selling psychoactive accessories to wealthy neurotics.”

Evergreen post. 🥰 May we never be coercively isolated again. We have far too much to lose.

I left a successful academic career in STEM after publishing 200+ papers. I believed in science and truth but learned the system valued optics over integrity, conformity over courage. In academia, bureaucracy replaced discovery, egos replaced expertise, and silence replaced…

Honestly, I feel sad for people who deliberately choose not to have kids, especially because they think it’ll ruin their lives. It’s incredibly hard but it’s also by far the most incredible life experience. Nothing comes close to raising your own kids and watching them turn into…

The out-of-town, overpriced bachelorette party is one of the worst trends in modern weddings. Not everything has to bankrupt your friends to be meaningful.

The public health experts are not trustworthy nor do they have your best interests in mind. They barely even understand their own field of study.

Hanging out on the National Mall yesterday and I didn’t see one park ranger the entire time. Not one. Even at the actual monuments. Kind of unsettling, honestly. There was, however, one bathroom attendant sitting by the entrance with her shoes off, eating nuts, and staring…