One very important note on the immense value of the Internet Archive that I haven’t seen mentioned yet:
It crawls major newspapers like the New York Times multiple times per day.
For anything other than one of those scrolling updates breaking news pages, you can access it from the Archive usually within an hour or two of it being published. No paywall. You want international news? You got it. Opinion? That too. Recipes? It’s all here. Page not yet archived? There’s a button for that and now you got it.
There are various paywall-evading extensions and tricks out there, but they don’t always work. This does.
If you are taking the car to Chicago, can you even call yourself a feminist. There are Women on that train who want to have gay sex with you but can’t because you are taking a fucking car to Chicago
Right now there is a very buff Butch woman all alone in the Cafe car and she could be having steamy gay sex with you and be moving into your apartment if you were just willing to take the train to Chicago
I’m busy trying to get more lesbians to ride the train instead of taking their Subarus to Chicago
imo. if you’re an adult and are afraid of becoming an older adult out of some worry that you will lose your joy and sense of self . it is a good idea to make friends with/follow/generally be around people in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and up. nothing quells the reflexive “oh god i’m going to be getting older” thing more than hanging out with people who are older and are just as weird as you, have just as much fun, and are often very happy and fulfilled
