Michael Hanscom

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Enthusiastic ambivert. Geeky, liberal, friendly, curious, hopepunk; trying to be a good person. (he/him) 🖖

Primary fandoms: #StarTrek #Norwescon #PhilipKDickAward

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Michael HanscomNov 20, 2022
Announcement: I’m in the process of moving to @djwudi. Anyone following me should get automatically pointed to the new account. If something goes wonky, find me over there!
Michael HanscomNov 20, 2022
rick Nov 20, 2022

You might have seen somebody using the proverb Vox Populi, Vox Dei. What was missing was the context in which it was used:

Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.

In case you do not speak Latin, it means in English:

And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.

Michael HanscomNov 19, 2022
Sorry (not sorry) Denver, but what I could see of the Colorado Rockies had _nothing_ on the gorgeous view I’m getting of Mt. Rainier on the drive home from SeaTac.
Michael HanscomNov 19, 2022
Mehdi HasanNov 16, 2022

That Donald Trump feels able to run for president *again* after everything, after *everything*, is a massive indictment of both the American political and legal systems, as well as much of the American media.

A massive, massive indictment.

Michael HanscomNov 19, 2022
Levi KornelsenNov 18, 2022

People who are just-just joining us, two primary culture notes:

1. Alt text for pictures is extremely strongly encouraged here.

2. CW is "Content Wrapper" as much as "Content Warning"; content that is loooooong, has a sharply limited audience, or is upsetting is a strong candidate for a CW; use your judgement.

-EDIT-

If someone's policing CWs to protect their white/straight/etc fragility? Tell them to get bent.

But! See this comment and followups:

https://mastodon.social/@daskeit/109374498580521167

Michael HanscomNov 19, 2022
John EricksonNov 19, 2022
His eyes uncovered!
Michael HanscomNov 19, 2022

On this last day of the 2022 Accessing Higher Ground accessibility in higher education conference, I put together a thread about the week. Originally posted on Mastodon, this is a lightly edited version for this blog. Be warned, this isn't short. :)

High-level thoughts from a first-time attendee: This is a really good conference. I haven't seen much in the way of glitches or issues (

Full post on Eclecticism: https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2022/11/18/accessing-higher-ground-2022/

Eclecticism: Accessing Higher Ground 2022

On this last day of the 2022 Accessing Higher Ground accessibility in higher education conference, I put together a thread about the week. Originally posted on Mastodon, this is a lightly edited ve…

Eclecticism
Show threadMichael HanscomNov 19, 2022
Oh, also: The keynote speaker, Elsa Sjunneson, was excellent, speaking about her experiences as a Deafblind person, student, parent, and author. Her statement that "disability is a multiverse" resonated with a lot of people. Plus, it was a treat to see her speak here, as I know of her from her paneling at Norwescon and her Hugo nominations and wins.
Show threadMichael HanscomNov 19, 2022
So that wraps up my week at #ahg22! It was well worth coming, and I'm very glad I was able to come. If I only get to go to one conference next year, it will probably be the big AHEAD conference (along with ATHEN, one of the two parent organizations for AHG), as they'll be in Portland, but if we have the resources to send me to two conferences, I definitely hope to come back to AHG again. Thanks to the organizers and all the presenters and attendees for such a good conference week!
Show threadMichael HanscomNov 19, 2022
Integrating Tech in Communication: Through no fault of the presenters, this ended up being the least directly useful to me, as while it was about ways to use tech to communicate with students, it was presented by people on a Microsoft-focused campus, and was essentially a rundown of many of the features built into Microsoft's applications and how they're using them on their campus. Not bad info at all, just not as useful for me as it obviously was for others in attendance.