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History professor getting close to retirement: digital history; science, technology and society; gender issues. Widow, Episcopalian/United Church of Christ, COVID cautious. She/hers at present--I have lived my life so far as a butch straight cis woman but am thinking about gender nonconformity and neurodivergence. Following St. Louis accounts because my daughter has moved there. Tootfinder.
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Sharing a reflection I wrote on Transfiguration, Darwin, and my own journey: http://deeplanguage.blogspot.com/2024/02/darwin-day-sermon.html
Darwin Day sermon

 I haven't posted here in a long time, but it is the easy place to post the sermon I gave at Peace Church 2/11/2024. God is Still Speaking ...

By analogy to Didymos / Didymoon, I propose we refer to #Dinkinesh's little friend as Dinkimoon

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-lucy-spacecraft-discovers-2nd-asteroid-during-dinkinesh-flyby/

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Discovers 2nd Asteroid During Dinkinesh Flyby - NASA

On Nov. 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair.

NASA

Gender dysphoria is one of the most poorly-understood parts of being trans, despite a century of research and the heroic efforts of trans activists.

This week on #StainedGlassWoman, we're going to look at a new model for understanding gender dysphoria--one that offers hope for healing in transition, and not just *from* transition, in Shattered, the first article of Grinding Glass, a series on trans trauma and post-traumatic healing.

#Trans #MtF #FtM #Nonbinary

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/shattered

Shattered

Grinding Glass: Understanding dysphoria

Stained Glass Woman
My students talked me into teaching in costume today, since I don't have classes tomorrow. I am either Tom Bombadil or Piers Plowman

Reminder that people who have seemed to be the most resilient over the past decade of upheaval are likely people who have developed coping skills through surviving past trauma. They’re also the least likely to be getting the necessary support because they’re givers of support and lots of their circle just assumes “oh they’re strong, they’re fine”

Check on the caretakers. Don’t just do so casually, because they’re used to having to say “I’m fine”. They need to be seen, appreciated, and given care just like the rest of us

#SolarEclipse2023Oct
Partial eclipse projected onto paper using binoculars. Maybe 1/4 eclipsed at maximum here in western South Carolina.