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Veteran. Instructional Designer. Illustrator. Penguin petter. HHN Rumor Monger. Missed my calling as a jingle writer.📚 #amwriting ⚽️ (He/Him/His)

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Hannah Vardit@hannahvardit.bsky.social · 3d ago

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · 4d ago

When the federal government pushed buyouts and early retirements to its workforce last year, remote military bases struggled to staff critical services for service members and families, according to a government report released Thursday. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

Last year’s workforce reductions made it harder for remote military bases to staff critical services, GAO finds

When the government reduced the workforce last year, remote military bases struggled to staff critical services for service members and families.

stripes.com

Charlie Thomas@cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 4d ago

Academia and the military have had to face up to this- that creating "social" spaces that feature blurring of power dynamics, sex, and access that are intrinsically interwoven with professional relationships is abusive and predatory. For smart people to say they don't understand it is disingenuous.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 4d ago

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

Ann Pierce @itsannpierce 20h I am disheartened by this as well. I already lost a bunch of followers for agreeing with @tautologer, but it's saddening to see local nerdy women being caricatured as Karen-like outsiders and getting pushed out of the scene. This is exactly why you hear so few concrete, names-attached stories of sexual harrassment and assault. I'm told there is a history of discrediting these because the "slut normalization" thing is top priority and these stories get inconveniently in the way of spreading this ideology. I got roped into attending last year's Saturday Slutcon party because so many local and out-of-town friends were there (to echo sentiments @tautologer expressed about "slut events becoming central to the larger scenes). Mostly I hung out with people I knew and that was great. But in the course of my 3-ish hours there, there were 2 times my "no" was not accepted by a man I didn't know, and I was physically pushing a huge guy off of me who was rubbing his penis on me, who continued to do it despite my physical force against him, and after I finally wriggled away from him, told him I wanted to dance alone etc., he came back and did it again. This was scary and bad, but it didn't even cross my mind to report this because one of the other people who didn't accept my "no" earlier in the night was the bartender (an officially sanctioned authority at the event), and I knew the event was organized exclusively by women into CNC (who are vocal about how rapey behavior turns them on), so I figured this sort of thing would just get me laughed at. And anyway, I heard there were a lot of other incidents like it. Later though, someone encouraged me to report this story to the organizers, and despite my embarrassment I did, so *they know* that this and other incidents happened. This is why they cut the Saturday night party this year and created a larger training program for the flirt girls - *because* of things like this last year. Yet the narrative bein…
Legacy@vaden-black.bsky.social · last wk.

The ultimate winner, I’m pretty sure, is coming from this match-up. And I have to go with the Disney anthem. The full song is short, impactful, and timeless. It embodies the “bolt out of the blue.” Part of Your World is great, but works best in context. That matters, but doesn’t make it better.

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · last wk.

The Final Four of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket is set! When You Wish Upon A Star vs. Part of Your World Friend Like Me vs. I’ll Make a Man Out of You Today, it’s a cricket vs. a mermaid. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Legacy@vaden-black.bsky.social · 2w ago

Screw it. I’m tired and feeling magnanimous. Here’s a second #clue for #hhn 2027: A namesake visited the forester field Of battle between pigeons and snakes An avian victory did not matter As the stars finished their seis race.

Legacy@vaden-black.bsky.social · 2w ago

Done with #HHN 36. It’s a super strong year, where the floor is (largely) pretty high. With that? The first #clue for 2027: A first among giants, records where his And he forever remains in the ring An all-time pro, an umbrella man And a hero from his livesaving

Legacy@vaden-black.bsky.social · 3w ago

My god… they’re the same song! I was going to give it Be Our Guest because I prefer the movie, but voted Under the Sea because its bridge is better than Guest’s bridge. We’re splitting hairs now…

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today in the Sweet Sixteen of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket, you have to choose between an Ashman/Menken showstopper and…an Ashman/Menken showstopper. Eep. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Daniel Radosh@radosh.bsky.social · 3w ago

In case you're wondering what the twist in the Nathan Fielder doc everyone keeps talking about is I'm pretty sure it's the thing that comes up about halfway through this review

‘You Can See Everything’ Review: Nathan Fielder’s Documentary About Elizabeth Holmes Is a Shameless, Fascinating, Reality-TV-Eats-Its-Tale Look at Entitled Duplicity

It's a reality-TV-as-hangout-movie portrait of the Theranos fraudster, which is Fielder's way to ask: What makes someone like Elizabeth Holmes tick?

variety.com

Legacy@vaden-black.bsky.social · 4w ago

“I Won’t Say” is an S-Tier song. In a better received movie, it would get properly get recognized as one of the top 5 songs of the Renaissance. It’s somehow at once subversive and genuine, modern and timeless. Sorry, Tiana… Almost There.

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today in the third round of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket, a great modern “I Want” song goes up against a twist on a love ballad. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...