Collected Over Spread @collectedoverspread@qoto.org

"I do not mean that words can be violence, in the way some progressives have claimed for the past 15 years. I mean that if we fail to distinguish between productive and unproductive speech, we’re missing a huge part of why the internet generations are losing faith in words to begin with."

"Do not lionize debate theater" by Andrew Doris in Exasperated Alien https://exasperatedalien.substack.com/p/do-not-lionize-debate-theater

#CharlieKirk

"If I'm forced to name a silver lining, it’s that liberalism is countercultural again. Donald Trump and the populist, postliberal Right are in power. An illiberal hostility to basic liberties and a cynicism toward progress flourish, albeit in a less coordinated fashion, on the left — this is the moment to strike back."

"How do we live with each other" by Jerusalem Demsas in The Argument https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/how-do-we-live-with-each-other

This piece in Slow Boring about Denver restaurants (unsurprisingly) sparked a debate about American #tipping norms: https://www.slowboring.com/p/denver-piece

There was one tidbit raised in the comments that surprised me: Noodles & Company, a Denver-based chain, has a "no tips" policy. Well, I just happened to be in Denver and ate there (location on the 16th Street Mall downtown, for reference), and I never saw anything to that effect. The payment terminal prompted me to select a tip before providing my card, and I did leave a tip there.

I think restaurants adopting a no-tip model voluntarily is the way to go here, but if that's the way they want to go they should try to ensure that the tip option doesn't appear on the terminal.