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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • Work is going crazy because 1 project got behind schedule and then another project got behind schedule as a consequence of the first project going off. Waterfall workflows, man.

    But it’s looking ok. As long as I keep lifting afterwork and vibing out when I’m too tired, I think I’ll be ok lol

    Thank goodness for flex hours and wfh though. I don’t know how I’d survive without being able to take a massive break away from it when it gets to be too much


  • My biggest take away was:

    Ableism is not a list of bad words. Language is one tool of an oppressive system. Being aware of language – for those of us who have the privilege of being able to change our language – can help us understand how pervasive ableism is. Ableism is systematic, institutional devaluing of bodies and minds deemed deviant, abnormal, defective, subhuman, less than. Ableism is violence.

    So the language itself isn’t ableist, technically, according to this, but abilism is when the person using the language thinks of the negative stereotypes associated and uses that to justify some shitty position or action.

    So in other words, while lame is acknowledged as a problematic word, it’s not inherently abilist to use it, which is not a takeaway I was expecting to get.

    Let me know if I misread it, but thank you for posting! It was an informative read!












  • Is it? It’s not like the bug would ever know, he’d just think he’s metamorphasizing and then it’d all fade to… Well whatever death’s version of black is. It’s a pretty nice end given that he’s going willingly… I guess this hinges on my assumption that most people don’t die of old age nor do they tend to die peacefully…

    Then again, maybe I just have some death anxiety to work out :)