Today I’m grateful for the beautiful Puget Sound. I had the privilege of floating around on it with a few dozen prospective Ph.D. students and very much enjoyed waving to an orca family and talking about the future of computing. Thanks to the Allen School staff for organizing a great visit day!
Today I'm grateful for every trans Idahoan doing their best to live life under Idaho's hostility, bigotry, and cruelty. You are strong, you deserve far better, and if you reach your hand across the Washington border, we will welcome you with open arms.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/idaho-house-passes-trans-bathroom
Idaho House Passes Trans Bathroom Ban With 5 Year Prison Sentence
The bill is one of the harshest bills criminalizing trans people in the nation, and it will now move to the Senate.
Today I’m grateful for clever, hilarious, cunning, and kind trans kids. Despite all the forces denying their existence, they very much exist and are amazing.
My winter reflection diary entry, in case you’re into that sort of thing
https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/winter-wondering-de0165291534
Winter wondering
A somber reflection forward
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Today was a fatigued Friday full of faculty governance. It's far from the easiest way to end a week, especially amidst continued chaos, uncertainty, and civic decline. But my many thoughtful, sharp, and proactive colleagues make the medicine go down and I'm grateful for that.
Today I’m proud of keeping a hundred things on track at a sustainable pace without burning out while living my values. It took a few decades to learn how to do this, but I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!
Today I’m proud of this quarter’s Wordplay contributors. You’re kind, you’re great learners, you’re thoughtful and persistent. Keep up the great work as we barrel towards the end of the quarter!
Tonight I’m grateful for the amazing St. Vincent for her transfixing show at the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall in Portland. She was somehow engrossing, hilarious, irreverent, and more, all while transforming her music into jazz, in the spirit of the Portland jazz Festival. Incredible!
Today I’m grateful for being part of such a vibrant community of Information School scholars! Our breadth is astounding, deep, impactful, and led by so many wonderful humans. This was tonight’s Research Fair.
