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Hollaback! is offering training webinars for bystander intervention in harassment: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hollaback-bystander-intervention-webinar-tickets-29417789400. They've offered several already and keep adding more, but who knows how long they'll go on, so register if you want to ( Read more... )

Is anybody going to Escapade this year? I have a membership, but no other travel plans so far, and I've heard virtually no buzz about it.

(It feels weird posting something that doesn't speak to the ongoing horror of US politics, but life does go on in other ways. Still, I kind of want to end every post from now on with Trumpism delenda est.)

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that I mentioned in my previous post. It's gained six thousand signatures since I got her message three hours ago. ( This is the text of the email explaining it, which was forwarded to me by a friend. )

I've been hoping to be able to write a coherent journal post, but clearly that's not going to happen, so. Have a rambly one ( Read more... )

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( Sad pet news. )

( talk of serious, possibly terminal, pet illness herein )

Last night I watched my Twitter feed go from people posting joyous pictures of Susan B. Anthony's gravestone covered in "I Voted" stickers, to posting the numbers of suicide hotlines ( Read more... )

I mentioned a while ago that I keep a list of upcoming dinners in my shopping list in Dropbox. Right now it looks like this:

Mon:
baked bean casserole

Tue:
FINGERNAILS

I'm definitely staying up until the results are in, and I've already warned Geoff that I'll probably be waking him up whatever they are. I wish I had someone to watch with, ( Read more... )

I walked down the hill to the local strip mall just now, to pick up some new kibble for my girl cat (whose blood tests have just come back indicating early-stage kidney disease, sigh) and also some groceries for us. The mall has an inner corridor that's shops on the inside and all windows and a few glass doors on the outer wall, looking out into ( Read more... )