Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden

And I had a (co-written) article acceptance this week, that counts as a good research week.

I'm so tired and I realise that what I've mostly been doing today is the digital equivalent of shifting paper from one pile to another and not actually advancing my cause in any direction.

Oh well. I've got another piece of my mid-century sociology puzzle figured out.

It's here!

Autonomy is a hill I will die on, because law is a lie. Autonomy is what we do, together, to listen to each other, not what killer robots do & other thoughts on genAI, international law, and how we survive this moment. Plus: Nemesis! Not what you think!

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Colloquial phrase updated for modern usage

Also ugh: this article is a MESS, I need to write it again, but good.

GNU Terry Pratchett, gone far far too soon.

I haven't reread Snuff since it came out because I remember being really shocked and saddened by the prose in it and how it had such big ideas but couldn't quite reach the heights of earlier work.

No big point to these posts. It's just sad.

In my spare time recently I've been rereading the Discworld City Watch series, and now I've gotten to the last one (Snuff; also the 3rd last Discworld overall) I am saddened again by the obvious decline visible in the prose. Pratchett was always a 'show, don't tell' master; Snuff is all tell.

On the WI, trans members and discrimination in associations Introduction

New piece up! Looking at some of the legal issues raised by the @womensinstitute.bsky.social announcements about trans members. medium.com/@crash.wigle...

Capybaras are the forest's philosophers.

They are pondering deep thoughts, and also fruit.

Ugh, unbidden 'what if I'm just a really bad writer' flash thought.

One of them worked with racehorses, and I'm not sure about the other as he died when my dad was very young. My Nanny was so proud that I kept up the horsey tradition in the family.

Someone should found the Journal of Comparative & Crirical Capybara Studies. They’d be overwhelmed with submissions!

I would like to write about capybaras in my day job (instead of transphobia).

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

I have marking to do today but I think I can allow myself a bit of writing this morning.

Related.

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This is a surprisingly big question re: this evening's current events.

The next time you look at a potato, remember: inside that humble tuber is a microscopic storehouse of plant energy and a hidden rainbow waiting under the microscope.

Thank you!!

All down to Cal's hard work I assure you!

Aw yeah, @fiercemum.bsky.social and I have just had an article accepted with minor revisions 😄

went to this community organizing thing a bit ago and ended up on a variety of signal chats and like. wow. how does one keep up with all this while being employed? i’m glad there are folks who can do all that, but man. i burn all my energy just getting through the day. there is nothing left.

Don't go searching for OP, leave them alone. I just think that what they uplift is important and explains why many people simply cannot engage in activism and organizing regularly. And the truth is that it's hard to figure out actual ways around this because organizing in fact a labor.

Btw, I got the first testimonial for my book back from a very kind colleague and I am so delighted with it 🥰

Child’s drawing of Keir Starmer. He looks like a square headed robot in a blue suit, with massive feet.

My son’s class were drawing Keir Starmer yesterday and the photos on Dojo are HILARIOUS. I kid you not - they ALL drew him with a square head. Wish I could share the others, but here’s my son’s depiction of our robot overlord.

A small book with limbs made of rolled-up paper held between the covers and a crudely drawn face sticking out from the top

I don't have kids so I dressed up my book as a child for world book day

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

One of our amazing volunteer team @fruitypy.bsky.social is in this piece talking about how injustice and fear spurred her into action 🏳️‍⚧️❤️