Renaissance Grrrl
@wrengr.org
Researcher and educator in linguistics, mathematics, computer sci., cognitive sci., gender/sexuality, philosophy
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My greatest worry with dismissing Musk et al as misunderstanding the source material is that it ignores the actual connections and parallels between DnD's construction of race and the history of race science. They are not inventing racism where there is none, they can see the game for what it is.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My greatest worry with dismissing Musk et al as misunderstanding the source material is that it ignores the actual connections and parallels between DnD's construction of race and the history of race science. They are not inventing racism where there is none, they can see the game for what it is.
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Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
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More formal post soon, but early share into the magic internet clouds:
Open to work! Prefer contract. Share any leads if you got ‘em. 💌
Specialize in web accessibility, design systems, developer experience.
Bachelors in software engineering, 10+ years experience, thorough, persistent, curious.
Open to work! Prefer contract. Share any leads if you got ‘em. 💌
Specialize in web accessibility, design systems, developer experience.
Bachelors in software engineering, 10+ years experience, thorough, persistent, curious.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
More formal post soon, but early share into the magic internet clouds:
Open to work! Prefer contract. Share any leads if you got ‘em. 💌
Specialize in web accessibility, design systems, developer experience.
Bachelors in software engineering, 10+ years experience, thorough, persistent, curious.
Open to work! Prefer contract. Share any leads if you got ‘em. 💌
Specialize in web accessibility, design systems, developer experience.
Bachelors in software engineering, 10+ years experience, thorough, persistent, curious.
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this is an extremely common and well understood surgery, obviously this was not a real number, but what the fuck
healthcare costs are an absurd kabuki theater between insurance and providers and no human being can possibly be expected to manage this shit
anyone who says otherwise is lying to you
healthcare costs are an absurd kabuki theater between insurance and providers and no human being can possibly be expected to manage this shit
anyone who says otherwise is lying to you
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
this is an extremely common and well understood surgery, obviously this was not a real number, but what the fuck
healthcare costs are an absurd kabuki theater between insurance and providers and no human being can possibly be expected to manage this shit
anyone who says otherwise is lying to you
healthcare costs are an absurd kabuki theater between insurance and providers and no human being can possibly be expected to manage this shit
anyone who says otherwise is lying to you
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It is flattering and since 3 languages means you will be retain intellect longer my brain may be immortal with my 5 (spoken and written) and 12 (capable of understanding a conversation). What it really means is two things:
-We evolved to speak multiple languages.
-Being amateur is good for you.
-We evolved to speak multiple languages.
-Being amateur is good for you.
Being bilingual delays ageing, but being multilingual is even better - study
But being multilingual is even better, because the more languages spoken, the greater the effect.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It is flattering and since 3 languages means you will be retain intellect longer my brain may be immortal with my 5 (spoken and written) and 12 (capable of understanding a conversation). What it really means is two things:
-We evolved to speak multiple languages.
-Being amateur is good for you.
-We evolved to speak multiple languages.
-Being amateur is good for you.
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The closer a person is to the seat of power the fewer languages they speak.
Americans, the British and French speak 1 or 2 languages. Fascists openly push for a monoculture.
Spain (and France) have spent centuries trying to destroy Catalan and Basque.
Americans, the British and French speak 1 or 2 languages. Fascists openly push for a monoculture.
Spain (and France) have spent centuries trying to destroy Catalan and Basque.
It is also a bit of a relief because I cannot think of anyone in my family that speaks only one language. Most speak at least 3. My mother and I have used 4 with each other today.
More politically. Speaking one language is one of the greatest privileges empire can offer.
More politically. Speaking one language is one of the greatest privileges empire can offer.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The closer a person is to the seat of power the fewer languages they speak.
Americans, the British and French speak 1 or 2 languages. Fascists openly push for a monoculture.
Spain (and France) have spent centuries trying to destroy Catalan and Basque.
Americans, the British and French speak 1 or 2 languages. Fascists openly push for a monoculture.
Spain (and France) have spent centuries trying to destroy Catalan and Basque.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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speaking of maritime disasters ICE is going to drown a bunch of fishermen here in oregon
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
speaking of maritime disasters ICE is going to drown a bunch of fishermen here in oregon
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Remember — the vote still needs to be finalized.
Here are the names, phone numbers, & a sample script to call the 8 Senate Dems who folded to Trump, to demand they reverse course and side with the American people.
Call now! And share!
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
Here are the names, phone numbers, & a sample script to call the 8 Senate Dems who folded to Trump, to demand they reverse course and side with the American people.
Call now! And share!
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
8 Senate Dems Fold on Trump Shutdown
Chuck Schumer must resign and we must elect new leadership, because the American people deserve fighters, not folders
www.qasimrashid.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Remember — the vote still needs to be finalized.
Here are the names, phone numbers, & a sample script to call the 8 Senate Dems who folded to Trump, to demand they reverse course and side with the American people.
Call now! And share!
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
Here are the names, phone numbers, & a sample script to call the 8 Senate Dems who folded to Trump, to demand they reverse course and side with the American people.
Call now! And share!
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
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Contact your lawmakers:
Democratic, to tell them to hold the line;
and, yes, Republican, to stress that this budget will have grievous consequences for the entire country, including financial ruin for many of their largest donors
www.congress.gov/members/find...
Democratic, to tell them to hold the line;
and, yes, Republican, to stress that this budget will have grievous consequences for the entire country, including financial ruin for many of their largest donors
www.congress.gov/members/find...
If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Contact your lawmakers:
Democratic, to tell them to hold the line;
and, yes, Republican, to stress that this budget will have grievous consequences for the entire country, including financial ruin for many of their largest donors
www.congress.gov/members/find...
Democratic, to tell them to hold the line;
and, yes, Republican, to stress that this budget will have grievous consequences for the entire country, including financial ruin for many of their largest donors
www.congress.gov/members/find...
This is an excellent post for unpacking the various ways that (modern) people misinterpret statistics, especially when they're presented out of context
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social did a fantastic series on that reality recently.
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part I: Households
This is the first post in a series discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. Prior to the industria…
acoup.blog
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is an excellent post for unpacking the various ways that (modern) people misinterpret statistics, especially when they're presented out of context
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@bretdevereaux.bsky.social did a fantastic series on that reality recently.
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part I: Households
This is the first post in a series discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. Prior to the industria…
acoup.blog
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social did a fantastic series on that reality recently.
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
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New proposal for the Modern Pentathlon just dropped...
Midwifery should be taught in the same course with fencing and boxing, riding and rowing.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New proposal for the Modern Pentathlon just dropped...
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We're extremely dishonest about the realities of aging in this country. The older I get, the more this becomes apparent to me.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We're extremely dishonest about the realities of aging in this country. The older I get, the more this becomes apparent to me.
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and once again, for those who don't realize, the nuremberg trials were the moderate position back then too.
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
and once again, for those who don't realize, the nuremberg trials were the moderate position back then too.
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been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
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The European Reading Room, Library of Congress, is another one I’ve been in before. It can take your breath away, the beauty of the democratic ideal of general public education
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The European Reading Room, Library of Congress, is another one I’ve been in before. It can take your breath away, the beauty of the democratic ideal of general public education
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Yes! The thing abt public libraries that is so beautiful & crucial is the idea that *anybody* could do this — you need no credential, there’s no gatekeeping, literally any person can be an intellectual. You can come from absolutely nothing & yet, by means of curiosity + work, create real knowledge
I wrote a significant chunk of my first book at a Chicago Public Library, an amazing public space where people could read books and newspapers, access the internet, or just keep warm for a while on a cold day. This is appalling.
CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Yes! The thing abt public libraries that is so beautiful & crucial is the idea that *anybody* could do this — you need no credential, there’s no gatekeeping, literally any person can be an intellectual. You can come from absolutely nothing & yet, by means of curiosity + work, create real knowledge
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Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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14/ Professor Kees Ribbens, senior researcher at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, says that the removal appears to be the result of a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation, which is currently the focus of controversy over anti-Semitism.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
14/ Professor Kees Ribbens, senior researcher at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, says that the removal appears to be the result of a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation, which is currently the focus of controversy over anti-Semitism.
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12/ He calls the lack of attention paid to Black liberators "truly insufficient," and notes: "Approximately 12.5 percent of the American liberators were of African-American descent." His organisation had campaigned for their recognition, which had been lacking for decades.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
12/ He calls the lack of attention paid to Black liberators "truly insufficient," and notes: "Approximately 12.5 percent of the American liberators were of African-American descent." His organisation had campaigned for their recognition, which had been lacking for decades.
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9/ "So, there we were. A group of Black Americans confronted with all these dead white Americans… When they were alive, we couldn’t sit in the same room."
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
9/ "So, there we were. A group of Black Americans confronted with all these dead white Americans… When they were alive, we couldn’t sit in the same room."
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8/ Wiggins says that the gravedigging was so traumatising that no one talked during the day, except for the few who would pray over the graves and some who quietly cried.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
8/ Wiggins says that the gravedigging was so traumatising that no one talked during the day, except for the few who would pray over the graves and some who quietly cried.
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7/ The diggers had to cope with the smell of decomposing bodies, rain, snow, wind, mud and flooding. The ground was so sodden that machinery couldn't be used.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
7/ The diggers had to cope with the smell of decomposing bodies, rain, snow, wind, mud and flooding. The ground was so sodden that machinery couldn't be used.