Ben Freeman 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Next we can try going up against a Sicilian when death is on the line

Iraq war: in college, must drive four hrs home w gas prices skyrocketing

Katrina: on vacation, must get home w gas prices skyrocketing

Arab Spring: family emergency, have to drive six hrs w gas prices skyrocketing

This nonsense: mid move, have to drive a Uhaul w gas etc

I should just stay home

Can’t wait to wake up tomorrow and see if we’re still just bombing or going full tilt into the classic blunder of a land war in Asia

I’m currently rereading it now! I was listening to the audiobook when I moved up north, tomorrow is the last drive of the move back south, I’m listening to it again so nature can heal

The Lord of the Rings is one book, right? The Red Book of Westmarch?

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow would be up there too, though

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I’m very curious to know what you think of this one

This is perfect, thank you, it lets me just skim headlines in between boxes 🤦🏻‍♂️

I’m moving and can’t monitor all the news, can somebody give me a TLDR on Iran? Or a link to a good summary

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And. This is the second move in 5 years. State A was looking sketchy in anti-trans stuff, moved to state B, state B went red and started making concerning changes, now I'm in state C. So *how many times* should we move? Since I see people talking about moving in my mentions 🤦🏻‍♂️

And this is my second time. Moved from state A which was making extremely concerning anti-trans moves, to state B, which was fine, state B started going backward, we are now in state C *within five years* so how many times should I have to?

And ANYONE who has ever moved between states - or done ANY of those things, knows that you need a valid license. So if you're still saying "just move," well, that was never acceptable but now it just sounds like "fuck you" because all it tells me is you can't be bothered

I'm sure there's more

OH. Transfer healthcare and start with a new practice

Not to mention MY JOB REQUIRES DRIVING TO OUTREACH

1) send to my new employer in my new state to document legal residency
2) rent a UHaul
3) drive same
4) give to the new apartment to verify identity
5) will automatically grant me a drivers license in the new state
6) used to start a new bank account

The things that gets buried talking about the Kansas thing is... everyone says "just move" every time something like this comes up. And to loose your license? You can't move.

I am currently moving from one state to another right now. Thus far I have used my old state license to:

This is basically right, but there’s variations (a darker stout has finer bubbles and thicker liquid, etc). But basically - imagine a fountain soda but the carbon is off juuuuust enough that you get lots of foam on top and that’s beer

A recorded statement with zero pressure and unlimited takes to be played at the ceremony comes to mind, I'm sure there are others. Instead the attitude was "we know this could happen and you're just going yo have to deal with it" and THAT is the major problem

... there's just no way for everyone's needs to be met. And that's a failure on a planning level where "that word hurts people and so we're going to protect people however we need to while taking steps toward disability inclusion" didn't happen. There were ways around this...

... prioritize others' needs in a decision to attend. At *best*.

There's a concept in disability work where two people's needs are just incompatible - think about someone who needs a guide dog and someone who's allergic to dogs. Sometimes you can take steps (meeting outdoors) and sometimes...

The other thing that's wrong here is that there's no meaningful mention of the depth of harm that was done, let alone centering that harm or any kind of reparations (if possible). So... I don't think we can blame all this on a condition. At best, this is someone who didn't sufficiently...

... and in that explanation is no mention of what was done or factors in the decision to participate (eg: I thought I could get through the ceremony without saying something inappropriate). I would probably have accepted that. You can do everything right and just... be wrong about your capabilities

... unless it's a new diagnosis, someone with Tourette's should know some level of steps to make sure that the chances of this happening was as close to zero as possible. That might not be very low! But the problem I see in this statement is twofold: it explains, it doesn't apologize...

... factors that are within my control. So if I needed to give a presentation like this, I would try to schedule extra time to settle in, communicate with the organization about maybe needing a place to step aside to. I don't know what managing Tourette's involves. I DO know that...

... celebrating you specifically. I'm just saying that sometimes things do come out. That said, I know that in a high energy environment, or if I'm out of my routine, or frustrated, those things are more likely to slip out. So it's my responsibility to do everything possible to control those...

I've been holding off to see how the episode was handled before getting into this.

For background, I'm autistic. I sometimes say things that other people don't consider to be normal or polite. IN NO WAY is this to diminish the nature of having to hear slurs of what's supposed to be...

I regret to inform you it is less fun the Foucault thought it would be

I liked Judah but did not want to be BJ (or AJ, my first choice of first name started with A). And I had recently read a sweetly beautiful book that I knew was going to be imprinted on my soul and the hero had exactly the sort of nontoxic masculinity I wanted for myself. So that's the name

Really interesting article about UVA’s approach to preserving provenance and archival control for institutions investigating potential use of AI to speed up digitization.

You are correct, reports were consistent and I declined the opportunity 🤣