Powerful article on self-silencing. I am so incredibly careful before I publish anything on this blog or social media, and while it’s good practice as a journalist, it’s frustrating as a citizen with an opinion. Food for thought—should I be more candid on this blog? Would it harm me professionally? This clip is incomprehensible… NO…
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Am I Going to Facebook Jail? | Checklist 57
I dipped a toe in the counter-opinion post waters of facebook, and did not get sent to facebook jail (yet). Why did I feel so compelled to speak out? Censorship. I’ve heard the complaints that big tech (social media) is controlling the narrative, but I didn’t want to believe it—until my nurse practitioner aka medical…
Dammit I Have to Be Feminist Today | Checklist 56
Or, equalist. But either way, what the actual eff is going on with these stories? There are so many women with so many un-funded entrepreneurial ideas (2.8% of VC funding goes to women). AND YET: A pink tampon removal glove got 30,000 euros. These women-in-tech stories are still happening. “Fixing Bias, Not Women”. OMG. Goodbye…
Convo 51: The Mask and Personal Responsibility
Governor Abbott’s opening of Texas 100% and removal of mask mandate has caused a lot of reaction and opinion across the country. Hell, probably the world. Here’s the official summary of the announcement, and the PDF of the Executive Order. “… Today’s announcement does not abandon safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past…
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I spent too long writing Convo 51, reacting to everyone’s reactions to Texas lifting the mask mandate and occupancy restrictions. No surprise here, I’m in favor of freedom in life and nuance in perspective, which isn’t easily captured in a quip. Entertainment The drunk pandy blizzy ep of Sacks and the City podcast is live!…
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Uh oh, I’m back over here on my own blog writing about Covid again, peep the Convo if you’re into that sort of thing. If not, back to your regularly-scheduled, what-do-I-do-with-myself programming … Entertainment Definitely listen to Sacks and the City podcast episode 22. Cognitive biases. 520 new words made it into the dictionary! Cool list.…
Week 46: The Convo is Back
Y’all. I deep dove this week into analysis on the big three Covid things: lockdowns, masks, and the vaccine. We’ll start with the latter: I’m not categorically against vaccines, so what’s bothering me so much about this one? This question led me to Dr. Sebastian Rushworth’s blog. He’s a young Swedish doctor with an incredible…
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Better late than never! Workout Need a 30-minute yoga class? Aditi Shah’s Peloton classes are great—creative flows, fun postures, quick and dirty. I took this one on a hectic morning and loved how it reset my day. Work It In the land of Zoom fatigue and back-to-back-to-back meetings, we’re missing out on Cognitive Transitions—walking from…
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Flu #s are down—way down. Explore the charts in this twitter thread. “Skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.” Wayne Gretzky Workouts Yaaaaas Top 10 Hardest CrossFit Football workouts! I know y’all are tired of hearing about it but I just friggin’ LOVE lifting. I love my barbell. I love…
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Some weeks you got it … and some weeks you just don’t. Nonetheless, we persist, and on to the list! Workouts The best coaches in the gayum (duh, deez guys over at Power Athlete) support an organization every year called Wade’s Army, and in turn, I support them every year. Read about the fight against…