"Emergency Mission: Hasidic Women Battle Male EMS for an Ambulance of Their Own," by Carson Kessler, in THE CITY, published August 6th, 2020. So, there's a particular kind of response I imagine some of my …
I attended the fan convention CON.TXT yesterday and found or shared some interesting links on many varied topics! My own stuff: my vid "Pipeline" about sexism in the tech industry, and my technothriller book review …
In March or April I learned of friends -- generally those with children -- who were temporarily leaving New York City to stay with relatives in other places. Now I'm hearing of more of them …
From the time that I was a child, my parents wanted me to learn and be fluent in Kannada. My interest has waxed and waned. Yesterday I saw this tweet, which starts generalizing (in English) …
I'm performing or speaking at, participating in or attending four different conferences/conventions online between July 24th and 26th. You can join me at no cost for all of them! Going chronologically: GUADEC: Friday, July 24th, …
In a contentious thread on MetaFilter about race and racism on the site, one user lauds the bit of Recurse Center's manual about how if you are corrected for breaking one of the four Social …
A couple of stories about black women's lives. One fictional but based on fact, and one nonfiction. Right now, till 7pm British time on Thursday June 25th, you can watch the drama Small Island on …
A few timely book recommendations. To repeat my 2013 review of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson: SO GOOD. READ THIS. Ta-Nehisi Coates agrees with me. …
I saw this tweet by Julia Evans, advertising the newest in her questions to help people learn things series: questions about git branches https://questions.wizardzines.com/git-branches.html and I was able to notice that my heart briefly sank. …
