Renaissance Grrrl
@wrengr.org
Researcher and educator in linguistics, mathematics, computer sci., cognitive sci., gender/sexuality, philosophy
https://wrengr.org
she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴♿️🦓🥄☸️🪷
https://wrengr.org
she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴♿️🦓🥄☸️🪷
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The abandonment of font hinting is a HUGE problem for 1-2 bit medium resolution display technologies like this that are now _extremely_ common: There can be tens of thousands of these in one retail store.
Font hinting needs to come back, like optical sizes had to come back for print.
#typography
Font hinting needs to come back, like optical sizes had to come back for print.
#typography
It's a kinda cathartic feeling to improve the UI on a device.
This doesn't impact how the thing functions whatsoever, but it's super important to how it operates (that is, with a human).
low-res epaper still limiting, but makes my eyes happier! Thanks @wellreadpanda.bsky.social for her help!
This doesn't impact how the thing functions whatsoever, but it's super important to how it operates (that is, with a human).
low-res epaper still limiting, but makes my eyes happier! Thanks @wellreadpanda.bsky.social for her help!
January 8, 2026 at 12:36 AM
The abandonment of font hinting is a HUGE problem for 1-2 bit medium resolution display technologies like this that are now _extremely_ common: There can be tens of thousands of these in one retail store.
Font hinting needs to come back, like optical sizes had to come back for print.
#typography
Font hinting needs to come back, like optical sizes had to come back for print.
#typography
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Any 400 year old book easily beats current e-reader software #typography by a mile.
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Any 400 year old book easily beats current e-reader software #typography by a mile.
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The #typography is the standard Terrible, unfortunately.
Why is it that makers of these devices, unlike,say, print publishers historically (less so today) cannot consult experts on typography? This has been a big issue from the first ebook readers. &"reading modes" in browsers have the same issues.
Why is it that makers of these devices, unlike,say, print publishers historically (less so today) cannot consult experts on typography? This has been a big issue from the first ebook readers. &"reading modes" in browsers have the same issues.
February 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The #typography is the standard Terrible, unfortunately.
Why is it that makers of these devices, unlike,say, print publishers historically (less so today) cannot consult experts on typography? This has been a big issue from the first ebook readers. &"reading modes" in browsers have the same issues.
Why is it that makers of these devices, unlike,say, print publishers historically (less so today) cannot consult experts on typography? This has been a big issue from the first ebook readers. &"reading modes" in browsers have the same issues.
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I didn't want to be happy. I wanted to write books.
What if we just refuse to die? Just say no thanks, I'm going to be a Literary Writer and live forever. I didn't want to be happy. I wanted to write books.
February 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I didn't want to be happy. I wanted to write books.
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Gunmetal Olympus is now available on Bookshop[.]org as DRM-free ebooks! Get our series of futuristic Greek myth, lesbian cannibalism, giant robots--while supporting independent bookstores! Pretty great deal: be frightened, discover new kinks, AND shop ethically.
bookshop.org/lists/gunmet...
bookshop.org/lists/gunmet...
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Gunmetal Olympus is now available on Bookshop[.]org as DRM-free ebooks! Get our series of futuristic Greek myth, lesbian cannibalism, giant robots--while supporting independent bookstores! Pretty great deal: be frightened, discover new kinks, AND shop ethically.
bookshop.org/lists/gunmet...
bookshop.org/lists/gunmet...
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Last time I checked the American Community Survey the estimate was 11% of Minneapolis & 8% of St Paul households don't have a vehicle (meaning car or truck)
This website says that fully **1/3** of Black Minneapolis households don't have a car
The people who bear the cost of freeways don't benefit
This website says that fully **1/3** of Black Minneapolis households don't have a car
The people who bear the cost of freeways don't benefit
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Last time I checked the American Community Survey the estimate was 11% of Minneapolis & 8% of St Paul households don't have a vehicle (meaning car or truck)
This website says that fully **1/3** of Black Minneapolis households don't have a car
The people who bear the cost of freeways don't benefit
This website says that fully **1/3** of Black Minneapolis households don't have a car
The people who bear the cost of freeways don't benefit
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Have never forgotten going to the monthly meeting of a Section 8 housing tower literally next to I-94, which @mndot.mn.gov hopes to expand (they don't call it that, but adding a lane to big sections to have an EZ Pass lane is def expansion!)
30 residents present; I asked who has a car; 2 raise hand
30 residents present; I asked who has a car; 2 raise hand
This related article states: "The researchers estimate that nearly 104 million U.S. residents can't reliably use a personal automobile to get around"
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/r...
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/r...
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Have never forgotten going to the monthly meeting of a Section 8 housing tower literally next to I-94, which @mndot.mn.gov hopes to expand (they don't call it that, but adding a lane to big sections to have an EZ Pass lane is def expansion!)
30 residents present; I asked who has a car; 2 raise hand
30 residents present; I asked who has a car; 2 raise hand
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I've mentioned this before: think about food. Food culture permeates across all borders, survives the worst atrocities. It is damn near impossible to kill a recipe.
Now think of how many Native American *recipes*, not ingredients, there are
That is how thorough the genocide of manifest destiny was
Now think of how many Native American *recipes*, not ingredients, there are
That is how thorough the genocide of manifest destiny was
Because again, just fucking look at art.
Art has survived *genocides*.
What genAI promises is the ability to cast creative expression into the void in a way that *not even genocide* has been able to do.
Art has survived *genocides*.
What genAI promises is the ability to cast creative expression into the void in a way that *not even genocide* has been able to do.
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I've mentioned this before: think about food. Food culture permeates across all borders, survives the worst atrocities. It is damn near impossible to kill a recipe.
Now think of how many Native American *recipes*, not ingredients, there are
That is how thorough the genocide of manifest destiny was
Now think of how many Native American *recipes*, not ingredients, there are
That is how thorough the genocide of manifest destiny was
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Some small good news in the world!
February 6, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Some small good news in the world!
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It's healing to see good things done by people who actually like their jobs (and have pushed through everything to be able to define their jobs as "making things better [not worse]").
This is The Way. 🖤
This is The Way. 🖤
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 6:22 AM
It's healing to see good things done by people who actually like their jobs (and have pushed through everything to be able to define their jobs as "making things better [not worse]").
This is The Way. 🖤
This is The Way. 🖤
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Announcing Localization Lore, a new series dedicated to learning more about the history of video game localization! 🎉Featuring new interviews personally conducted by me, this first entry is on Ys 1 and the people behind its first three English translations. lizbushouse.com/localization...
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Announcing Localization Lore, a new series dedicated to learning more about the history of video game localization! 🎉Featuring new interviews personally conducted by me, this first entry is on Ys 1 and the people behind its first three English translations. lizbushouse.com/localization...
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NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
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If you don't have the time, patience or sufficient will to live to watch 15 different adaptations... I did it for you!
The workshop will navigate everything from bad 60s wigs, to incest narratives, to Medieval Japanese retellings, to the lost 1920 film, to Laurence Olivier's brooding turn, & more!
The workshop will navigate everything from bad 60s wigs, to incest narratives, to Medieval Japanese retellings, to the lost 1920 film, to Laurence Olivier's brooding turn, & more!
Wuthering Heights is not a romance.
Obviously.
But why do people think it is?
So many reasons but... I'm going to be exploring how we got here through adaptation history in a workshop so come join me!
www.eventbrite.com/cc/romancing...
Obviously.
But why do people think it is?
So many reasons but... I'm going to be exploring how we got here through adaptation history in a workshop so come join me!
www.eventbrite.com/cc/romancing...
Romancing Wuthering Heights
An interactive workshop with two different times to choose from
www.eventbrite.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
If you don't have the time, patience or sufficient will to live to watch 15 different adaptations... I did it for you!
The workshop will navigate everything from bad 60s wigs, to incest narratives, to Medieval Japanese retellings, to the lost 1920 film, to Laurence Olivier's brooding turn, & more!
The workshop will navigate everything from bad 60s wigs, to incest narratives, to Medieval Japanese retellings, to the lost 1920 film, to Laurence Olivier's brooding turn, & more!
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“A part of a healthy conscience is being able to confront consciencelessness. When you teach your daughter,… that she must ignore her outrage, …, you are NOT strengthening her prosocial sense, you are damaging it--and the first person she will stop protecting is herself. -Dr Martha Stout
“They feel bad”
No they don’t .
That makes you feel better .
They feel and it’s harming THEM
No they don’t .
That makes you feel better .
They feel and it’s harming THEM
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
“A part of a healthy conscience is being able to confront consciencelessness. When you teach your daughter,… that she must ignore her outrage, …, you are NOT strengthening her prosocial sense, you are damaging it--and the first person she will stop protecting is herself. -Dr Martha Stout
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ICE concentration camp will be built in Newport, Oregon. This is inside the original boundaries of the Oregon Coast Indian Reservation. About half the people starved to death the first year of the reservation, concentrating over 32 tribes/bands in one spot.
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ICE planning to build holding facility in Newport, court filing says
ICE is planning to build a temporary holding and processing facility in Newport, but won’t start until at least May.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
ICE concentration camp will be built in Newport, Oregon. This is inside the original boundaries of the Oregon Coast Indian Reservation. About half the people starved to death the first year of the reservation, concentrating over 32 tribes/bands in one spot.
share.google/irOgb1wpVvWJ...
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In today's installment of Old Lady Yells At Clouds:
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
In today's installment of Old Lady Yells At Clouds:
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Good that theyre backtracking but at the same time this whole fiasco is a great example of why its probably best to start working your way out of the adobe ecosystem sooner rather than later
Adobe appears to have reversed course on this. Animate is safe, at least for the immediate future.
www.reddit.com/r/adobeanima...
www.reddit.com/r/adobeanima...
February 3, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Good that theyre backtracking but at the same time this whole fiasco is a great example of why its probably best to start working your way out of the adobe ecosystem sooner rather than later
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a critical piece of combadge infrastructure is openldap
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
a critical piece of combadge infrastructure is openldap
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One of the reasons why there are the horrific transporter accidents in Star Trek is because you know deep down part of the transporter software has regexes in it.
February 3, 2026 at 11:02 PM
One of the reasons why there are the horrific transporter accidents in Star Trek is because you know deep down part of the transporter software has regexes in it.
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The coordinates of Epstein's island are about 18.300, -64.821.
JK Rowling has owned the yacht Samsara (MMSI #319068100) since sometime in 2023. The table below shows when her yacht visited the area.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and remember:
There's always another secret :)
JK Rowling has owned the yacht Samsara (MMSI #319068100) since sometime in 2023. The table below shows when her yacht visited the area.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and remember:
There's always another secret :)
February 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The coordinates of Epstein's island are about 18.300, -64.821.
JK Rowling has owned the yacht Samsara (MMSI #319068100) since sometime in 2023. The table below shows when her yacht visited the area.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and remember:
There's always another secret :)
JK Rowling has owned the yacht Samsara (MMSI #319068100) since sometime in 2023. The table below shows when her yacht visited the area.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and remember:
There's always another secret :)
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This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Every tranarchist I was friends with (no fallings-out; time just Happened) was abused by someone in their communities. Every one of them either left or or was ostracized by their communities, while their abusers remained in good standing. When anarchism has that figured out, it can get back to me.
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Every tranarchist I was friends with (no fallings-out; time just Happened) was abused by someone in their communities. Every one of them either left or or was ostracized by their communities, while their abusers remained in good standing. When anarchism has that figured out, it can get back to me.
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Whole lot of you following Neil Gaiman, and I assume it's because you forgot you did so and he stopped posting when it was revealed he is a rapist.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
February 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Whole lot of you following Neil Gaiman, and I assume it's because you forgot you did so and he stopped posting when it was revealed he is a rapist.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
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Scientists analyzed how a biological battle played out between a strain of E. coli and a T7 bacteriophage, both on Earth and aboard the International Space Station. buff.ly/RzoC8m5
Scientists Just Watched These Entities Rapidly Evolve In Space. They Could Save Your Life.
In a new study, scientists analyzed how a biological battle played out between a strain of E. coli and a T7 bacteriophage, both on Earth and aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
www.popularmechanics.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Scientists analyzed how a biological battle played out between a strain of E. coli and a T7 bacteriophage, both on Earth and aboard the International Space Station. buff.ly/RzoC8m5