I think I'm having one of the biggest aha moments I've had all year, which is that in many ways folks who belong to the "woke" left & those who belong to the "reactionary" right want the same things; & in this context, I mean it not as a critique, but an opportunity for hope.

Ladies and gents I sense a thread coming along. ;)

If you ignore the toxic impulse some folks on the left have to label certain things as "whiteness," what they claim to want is to actually create the conditions that fight against alienation and isolation.

If you look at some of the documents floating around in DEI circles, they define "equitable cultures" as those that value "interdependence & collaboration," "seeing discomfort as growth," & "seventh generation thinking" which is a philosophy that comes from the Iroquois tribe.

If you boil down much of it (& again, view the weird "whiteness" piece as a bug & not a feature), what is actually being requested is a deviation from the factory-oriented/central planning styles of work and a more communal oriented way of work life.

White supremacist thinking became nearly extinct as society moved beyond the idea of race and encouraged race neutrality.

The reality is white racism, which was a specific and cultural mindset, inspired a reactionary black identity movement in the 60's and 70's.

This article is a perfect example of how the obsessive anti-trans cult recruit unsuspecting women into their ideology under the guise of “feminism” and a narrative of “woman as victim”.

It’s deeply insidious, manipulative gaslighting...

Let’s pick it apart...

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To understand the article, you need to know the context.

Stella O’Malley is a well known anti-trans campaigner. She fronted the “Trans Kids: It’s Time To Talk” documentary in 2018, which was just one big dump on trans kids, and has been a committed transphobe ever since...

As a result of Stella, and her ‘gender critical’ cohorts, relentless, obsessive, and often deeply offensive campaigning against trans people and their equality, she has received push-back and criticism.

MUCH of that criticism has come from trans-inclusive cis women like me...

However, Stella and her trans-hostile ‘gender critical’ cult (which are predominantly privileged, white, cis women) constantly ignore the MANY cis women speaking out against them and in support of trans rights - in favour of claiming they’re being “silenced” by “misogynistic men”

This is where the first insidious dig comes in...

When Stella talks about “men” here, what she’s actually referring to is trans women’. When she mentions “women” - This is a particularly nasty dogwhistle that transphobes use to put down trans women in plain sight...

A short reflection on the connection between personal psychology and "conspiracy theory."

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The liberty and mobility granted to average people by cheap gasoline and home energy is absolutely infuriating to socialist central planners. They need you people to stop moving around so much. You keep scuttling their glorious five-year plans.

https://t.co/8olbAV8azB - Tamara Bell said she wants those who misrepresent their identity to face fines and even prison time. What nation would claim Louis Riel? @CBCIndigenous

" is primarily French Canadian, Irish and Scottish." -- so are most Metis people. There is no blood quantum, per the Powley case in the Supreme Court of Canada.

Rotten to the core - The Politics of the MMF - Sheila Jones Morrison ©1995 - Michif French was kept alive by in St Boniface by the Methis who identified themselves publicly as French-Canadians. @CBCIndigenous

Rotten To The Core- The MNC said the Metis were impossible to define anyway. We defy definitions of race-Our blood can be many origins. @CBCIndigenous

Supreme Court of Canada - Powley - blood quantum . So @CBCIndigenous may I ask why a Haida is policing the identity of a Metis person? As you well know Metis is a complex issue and there are several definitions of a Metis person, which whether you are a nonStatus person or

I have interviewed a lot of #designers and #researchers this year. This is my round up of some of the issues I have seen in the industry in 2020:

1. Roughly 80% of the designers I speak to say something like “I haven’t had much opportunity to think about accessibility”...

Many organisations have cultural issues meaning they don’t prioritise accessibility. As a single designer, you can’t fix everything. But you always have the opportunity to make something more accessible than it otherwise would be if you don’t educate yourself or try at all.

2. About 40% of designers I speak to say “I don’t have a specific methodology I use”. In general, this is fine.

Except when it comes to research and problem framing. You don’t need a *single* approach or methodology, but you do need to be able to describe...

how you learn in a structured and reliable way.

You need to be able to describe how you frame a problem so the team can understand and get on board with it.

Design has to be a team sport when you’re working in multidisciplinary teams, and the problem needs to be shared.

NB: I include research here because lots of designers do it. But I rarely hear a researcher say “I don’t have a specific approach or methodology”.

Researchers work in a structured way to learn and communicate findings. There is a lot of good for designers to learn from here.

How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be While Gaining EVERYTHING You've Ever Wanted To Gain...

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Kanye has MAGNETIC charisma

People are DRAWN to him

He says, does, and acts, however, he wants.

Everyone WISHES they could act like Kanye, but few can.

In this thread, I'll break down his ULTIMATE persuasion secret, and share with you how to use it in your own life to win

Most people have two selves: I once heard it being called the shell identity.

("I'm Bob the banker".)

This is what everyone knows you as.

A simple shell to mask your SECOND identity...

Your second identity is the person you’ve ALWAYS wanted to be…

When Bob is doing banking stuff he's daydreaming about living on a beach, working online, and banging big booty hoes.

I believe that's who he really is, his true identity.

So I'd call this his TRUE identity.

We all have pictures in our head, movies we run through of who we'd like to be, what we'd like to do and this is who we REALLY are.

Things like social conditioning often imprisoning one's TRUE identity.

Result?

Few ever pull the damn trigger and make it a reality.

I don’t have the emotional energy right now to get into this with the detail & nuance I would like to, but I see so many lies & misconceptions being spread about myself & other outspoken survivors daily. I am speaking solely for myself here, but I wanted to clear up some things.

I am not anti porn, anti sex work or anti sex worker. Anyone who actually knows me (not just thinks they do because I’m visible online) knows this. But I feel it needs to be said. I do not see sex workers & survivors as two opposing groups, but more often than not one in the same

I have legitimate criticisms of the industry that I was forced into as a child. Many trafficking victims & consenting sex workers & those who are both are also vocal about their issues with the industry as a whole or in parts. That’s our right.

I’ve been openly grateful of EVERYONE, both individuals & groups, who has supported me because almost no one supported my family & I at all for over a decade. I’ve been helped by & also felt used by both pro sex work groups & abolitionists alike. It’s extremely nuanced.

There are so many people who see any survivor, including active sex workers, being critical about the industry or sharing our own experiences & see it as open season to call us swerfs & paint us as bigots to justify their abuse of us.

Hello everyone! Hope you brought your packed lunch and some money for the gift shop!

Please indulge me: I want to chat about something I’m really passionate about… museums!
What is a museum?
Where do they come from?
How have they changed?
And what might their future be? 1/

To understand something, it can help to start with the words we use. Understand the origin of a word and you can learn a little bit about the thing.

So Museum originates from a Greek words Μουσεῖον ‘Mooze-eon’ meaning a place devoted to ‘the muses’.
So what are the Muses? 2/

NEW info about vaccines in #Arizona. Please keep in mind when you hear about new sites opening it doesn't mean they have enough vaccines to meet demand. I'm copying news release almost in its entirety in this thread but first highlighting a key supply point:

"The biggest limiting factor on appointments is the limited supply of vaccine doses. Arizona receives weekly allocations from the federal government, which determines how many vaccine doses the state has and how many appointments can be offered.
Now, the full info from @AZDHS:

"In a major step forward as the state increases the pace of COVID-19 vaccination, prioritized Arizonans will be able to register starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, for February appointments at two state-run sites.

Initial appointments are limited based on vaccine supply, with appointments opening up depending on distribution of the vaccine by the federal government.

More than 281,000 doses of the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far to 243,593 Arizonans, including 32,269 who have received both doses.

Historic Detroit

While he was best known for his movie palaces, his work wasn't limited to theaters. He also designed Detroit's Olympia Stadium, the former home of the Detroit Red Wings (1927-1987) that sat more than 12,000, as well as the Lafayette

Data drop! Some numbers, nuggets and trends for bowl season which I find interesting...

Miami has lost 9 of its last 10 bowl games and is 2-10 ATS in its last 12 bowl games. Oklahoma State has covered each of its last four bowl games, three coming as an underdog.

This is the first time since 2011 Texas is favored in a bowl game...

Wisconsin has won five of their last six bowl games with the only loss in that span a one-point loss to Oregon last year in the Rose Bowl. Each of Wake Forest’s last five bowl games have been one-possession games (6, 3, 3, 8, 6)...

Mike Leach coached teams are 1-9 ATS in their last ten bowl games (4-6 SU). Included in those ten games are four outright losses and a 1-7 ATS mark as a favorite. In the last five years, Leach’s teams have averaged 19.6 PPG in bowl games (28 is the high in that span)...