Notices by Blake C. Stacey (bstacey@icosahedron.website), page 16

*Advances to next slide*

Me: So as you can see, a swan is just a feather dragon

*Next slide*

Me: Here's a video of an otter, which is a kind of water puppy

Doctoral thesis committee: You will ... defend ... your thesis today, won't you?

Me: Hmm?

*Next slide; it has a baby otter on it*

Committee: Oh nothing—please continue

#netflix

Not to be a tinfoil hat, but was "Bright" Netflix's secret attempt at a soft "Theodore Rex" reboot🤨 ?

Wow, this one is well over a million and climbing fast. :o

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#Brexit

there are an extraordinary amount of mythic creatures that lure men to their death merely by looking like a woman and standing on a street corner, including scottish vampires. you start to wonder if women were trying to ward off street harassment via deep investment in fiction

Hey, this is a long shot, but if you're in the Seattle area and want to work construction I can virtually guarantee my company has openings, with health insurance and above min wage pay.

I will also happily dish any and all dirt related to the day to day operations so you can make an informed decision.

#seattle #jobs #construction

You have been visited by margaret hamilton. Fast code and moon landings will come to you but only if you boost this toot

The Political Compass model is based on a right wing premise: that authoritarianism and libertarianism are opposed, that what it calls the "Economic-Right" can sometimes oppose authoritarianism.

The most extreme advocates of right-wing libertarianism are in fact just advocates for authoritarianism of a slightly different kind.

To classify one's own beliefs according to the Political Compass is to classify oneself according to a right-wing model of politics.

Transgender Studies were banned in Hungary earlier this year: https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Hungary-Gender-Studies-Ban-Draws-University-Anger-20181016-0018.html

With the new memo about codifying gender into strict given-at-birth binaries, I don’t think I’m being alarmist when I point out that as academics/scholars we all have a responsibility to protect trans people and transgender studies, regardless of discipline.