#2026

My mom was the first female journeyman carpenter in the State of #Wisconsin - Dan

Up First from NPR: #Women in the #Skilled #Trades Face New Hurdles

Episode webpage: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/01/nx-s1-5647684/women-in-skilled-trades-face-hurdles

Media file: https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510318/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR2291320092.mp3?t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5647684&p=510318&d=1554&size=24877854

“It was easy to feel insignificant, here in this grand room built by a long-lost civilization, with a mysterious and deadly adversary commanding em to vanish, but Horace had not chosen this adventure to abandon it. E may not be skilled, but e was stubborn and dedicated, and not so easy to get rid of.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/12/02/it-was-easy-to-feel-insignificant-here-in-this-grand-room-built-by-a-long-lost-civilization-with-a-mysterious-and-deadly-adversary-commanding-em-to-vanish-but-horace-had-not-chosen-this-adventure/

#abandon #actionAdventureFantasy #actionAndAdventureFiction #adventure #adversary #amitieRomansNouvellesEtc #appartenancePsychologieSocialeRomansNouvellesEtc #apprenticesFiction #aromantic #aromanticPeopleFiction #asexual #asexualFiction #asexualiteOrientationSexuelleRomansNouvellesEtc #asexualitySexualOrientationFiction #belongingSocialPsychologyFiction #book #builtBy #butHorace #civilization #claudieArseneault #commanding #cozy #deadly #dedicated #easy #elfesRomansNouvellesEtc #elvesFiction #fantasy #fantasyFiction #feel #friendshipFiction #genderNonconformingPeopleFiction #getRidOf #grandRoom #imaginaryPlacesFiction #insignificant #lgbtqFantasy #lgbtqFantasyFiction #lgbtqFiction #lieuxImaginairesRomansNouvellesEtc #literaryFictionLgbtq #longLost #magicFiction #mayNotBe #mysterious #nonBinary #notChosen #notSoEasy #novels #queerFiction #questsExpeditionsFiction #queCc82teRomansNouvellesEtc #quote #romans #shortReads #skilled #stubborn #theChroniclesOfNerezia #transgender #vanish

Girls can do anything.

#girl #skilled #baseball #batter

→ #Esports stars have shorter #careers than NFL players. Here’s why.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/esports/2022/04/19/esports-age-retirement/

“With so many #skilled players capable of entering the pro ranks, […] the current professionals push themselves to stay on top of their #game […] accelerating the pace at which pros reach their breaking point, retire and are replaced […]”

“The inaccurate #belief that #players peak in their early #20s — despite the lack of actual #medical research — thus becomes a self-fulfilling #prophecy.”

#pro