I haven't really come out at work, those who know know.
So the engineer who just asked for their name to change is very pleasantly surprised that their VP is making it happen instantly and without friction.
Now I get to be the leader I wish I had in prior roles, not the one that rolls their eyes and walks away (I see you, prior CTO), but the one who embraces every person fully for who they are.
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I had a day yesterday. Stressful, but I seem to be okay. They sent me home from the ER, so I was not admitted. (Prolonged #Afib episode with symptoms)
Now that the stress of that day is over? Of course, I have a #MigraineWithAura starting. I took two Extra Strength Tylenol. Pain may (or may not) arrive later.
I realized long ago that relief of stress (for me) is a #migraine trigger. Taking something during the aura will usually stave off the pain.
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I've come to pet at you again
Because a feeling made me needing
Want your beans on me and kneading
And the feeling that was planted with your purrs
Still occurs
Within the meow of silence
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Mensch in Chief👇🏼
Statement from President #Biden:
"As I said last week, I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today … As I also said last week, I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal. Jill and I will always be there for Hunter and the rest of our family with our love and support. Nothing will ever change that."
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2024 is a mega election year and the EU elections are taking place this week. This is the 2nd largest election in the world - around 350 million people are eligible to vote.
Just like the elections in India and the USA this year - this one is very important for coexistence on our planet. Therefore, we want to use our reach and call on all those who are entitled to vote to make their voice heard.
We must not leave the EU to the far-right parties and must defend our democracies. Please vote.
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We realise, acknowledge, and accept that there are many of our friends and found siblings whom we cannot help right now
We just want you to know that we and others will be there to support you to the best of our respective abilities
In the meantime, please let us reiterate that:
- You are not a failure.
- You are not a burden.
- You do matter.
We are limiting what we do individually to support folks right now for our own mental wellbeing, but you are in our heart and mind right now, and you have not been forgotten
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On being a spoonie, and life in IT
I was up until 1am this morning, handling a customer data recovery issue. I slept until just past 8am (with about an hour total of intermittent wakefulness). I’m really short of spoons today. Just a shower and getting dressed took everything I had. So today will likely be a “do nothing” kind of day.
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I understand your discomfort about attacks on personal appearance.
Sadly, our society reduces women/girls into pretty objects. Just look at the media. And this makes it more difficult for us (older) #trans women. In order to be accepted as "real" women, we have to play into the attractiveness game (passing).
[I encountered a trans influencer who viewed passing as a distraction from self image. But, hypocritically, she was young and pretty.]
You are very right. That's definitely part of where I see an issue. But as I noted, I really want to believe I'd still find this deeply troubling, even if I were not trans, or for that matter, a woman.
Of course, I can't know that for certain. I've always been trans, and a woman, even while I deluded myself otherwise.
I appreciate your thoughts. Thank you Richelle. 💜
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⚠️Yet another #recall 🐶
Mars Petcare Recalls Bags of Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition Due To Potential Loose Metal Contamination https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-recalls/mars-petcare-recalls-pedigree-adult-complete/
Dog Food Recalls | Dog Food Advisor
Mars recalls one lot of Pedigree dry food. See a complete list of all dog food recalls and FDA warnings since 2009, by Dog Food Advisor.Dog Food Advisor
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It must have something to do with them being convinced that proximity/appeasement will save them.
It's co-dependency, like the mother telling her kids 'not to bother your father, he's had a long day' when he's drunk and prone to beating them and her.
It's one of the things that drives me nuts about the Democrats: the endless Scoot-to-the-Reich. We're in the endgame, now, with the choice between a nominal democracy and an authoritarian state obsessed with women's yayas, pronouns, and immigrants.
This is horrible and all, truly awful.
But am I the only one that sees a golden retriever wearing glasses?
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/09/1250135938/deadly-tornadoes-southeast-storms
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More people regret having children than having gender-affirming care, study finds
Transition-related regret is considerably lower than that which follows having children, abortions and even knee surgery – despite what some right-wing pundits would have you believe.
#trans #transgender #RegretRates #transition
More people regret having children than having gender-affirming care, study finds
More people reportedly regret having children than those who regret undergoing gender-affirming surgery and care, a study has found.Amelia Hansford (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)
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Just Voted ✅
In the always amusing twist, my ID looks absolutely nothing like me, and is of course waved through.
#VoterID does absolutely nothing to stop fraud, it just disenfranchises people.
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I would like to be a practicing witch, but no tradition of which I've heard rings true for me. But this may be because I have only heard of things as echoes down hallways.
(Sharing a brain with someone consumed by the mathematical tradition hasn't helped. We are agreed on many things, but ways of seeking and practicing have not been among them.)
I wish foremost to be able to calm or to empower others, and to disrupt dark ruminations, through ritual, symbols, and goods. Though I expect that learning from a teacher would be best, I seek sources from which to learn, if anyone knows of any.
— Rowena
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I cannot say for certain that Nellie and I are wholly reconciled, on our views of the world. She is certainly a materialist, and prefers methods of the sort that she would call 'engineering'. But she also concedes the limits in scope and the existence of mysteries, among which are our own existence. And, even in her own discipline, she has come to recognise the wisdom of a multiplicity of interpretations of signs.
And for my part, I do not seek to escape from the world that is. I seek ways to navigate it, yet unexplored by us here, with more joy and resolve for us and ours, by learning tried ways to weave meaning from its threads.
— Rowena
-- Desiderata
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They will write books about the demonization and scapegoating of trans people.
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How Anti-Trans Efforts Misuse and Distort Science
Anti-Trans Efforts Use Misinformation, Epistemological Violence and Gender Essentialism
Three types of misinformation are being used against transgender people: oversimplifying scientific knowledge, fabricating and misinterpreting research and promoting false equivalencesCorey S. Powell (Scientific American)
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My wife just shared the same warning with me from a Twitter post by WhatTheTrans.
https://twitter.com/WhatTheTrans/status/1781294511907385434
I trust WhatTheTrans, so I'd say this is worth taking seriously.
Stay extra cautious folks
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