</molly> (2024/10/14)
My cat is dead, and the world continues to move on, and this seems somehow unfair.
On January 16th, 2008, my previous cat, Graystoke, died. On January 17th, I went to the local shelter and picked up a cat. They had two cats at the time, one with claws and one without; I took the one with claws, sight unseen. They had her listed under the name “Molly” and said she was probably 1-2 years old, and already spayed. [read more...]
Consultancygate: An Overview (2014/08/10)
UPDATE: New data showed up, and I’ve changed my conclusions on some aspects of this. Most noticably, Mandy Morbid has accused Zak of abusing her, and I have posted some initial thoughts on that, but suffice it to say, I do at this point think I have credible evidence that Zak is in fact abusive in serious and important ways.
So, I wrote a really long thing about this, but it is as noted really long. This article is intended to be a better-structured guide to what happened, and why I think that the attacks on Zak and Pundit are basically dishonest and without merit. This article does not attempt to include all, or even many, of the examples. I am not implying that the things I don’t address are true, or even plausible; I’m just picking the examples I think are the clearest and easiest to understand without a ton of extra research. I looked into a lot more of them, and kept reaching the same conclusions.
[read more...]Things to do if you think someone has been or may be outed: (2014/08/06)
(CAVEAT: This is a draft. It may get updated. Feel free to suggest improvements.)
[read more...]D&D Hatchet Job, Part 2 (2014/08/06)
UPDATE: New data showed up, and I've changed my conclusions on some aspects of this. Most noticably, Mandy Morbid has accused Zak of abusing her, and I have [posted some initial thoughts on that](/log/post/2019/02/14/the-zak-update/), but suffice it to say, I do at this point think I have credible evidence that Zak is in fact abusive in serious and important ways.
Okay, this is where it gets funny. Remember the allegations about Zak's supporters attacking people? I defended Zak, so... One of the charming idiots is now accusing me of being transphobic. The number of problems with this is difficult to articulate, but it's a positive number. [read more...]
How Dungeons and Dragons is actually not endorsing the darkest parts of the RPG community (2014/08/03)
UPDATE: New data showed up, and I've changed my conclusions on some aspects of this. Most noticably, Mandy Morbid has accused Zak of abusing her, and I have [posted some initial thoughts on that](/log/post/2019/02/14/the-zak-update/), but suffice it to say, I do at this point think I have credible evidence that Zak is in fact abusive in serious and important ways.
So, I’m revisiting this, because the more I look into it, the more impressed I am with the many layers of sleaze. Of particular note, the use of a “Read More” makes it surprisingly hard to quote the full text. [read more...]
The future is here. (2014/07/12)
This is a world that I could not have anticipated, or really even comprehended, when I was 18.
[read more...]Failing to understand the word "disability" (2014/07/08)
I know a number of people who have disabilities, ranging from fairly mild to fairly severe. Most of them have some amount of interaction with social services of one sort or another, whether in the US or elsewhere. And everywhere, there is a single constant theme:
[read more...]Why terminology is hard... (2014/06/08)
One of the joys of the Internet era is having teenagers explain things to me. Teenagers explain to me what gender is, and what sexual orientation is, and why it matters whether or not gay people are discriminated against. And this is, by and large, mostly just sort of charming.
[read more...]Some thoughts about living with depression (2014/05/07)
A fair number of people I know have long-term depression, and it can be hard to deal with. For them, obviously, but also for me. And of course, then they feel bad because it’s hard for me and that makes them feel horrible and worthless (see also: depression). And I want to try to help.
[read more...]The simplest autism diagnostic test. (2014/03/26)
So, I have stumbled across a lovely test for autism, which … well, I’ve now lost count. But so far, I have never once gotten a confirmed-false-positive from it, and I’ve confirmed well over half a dozen positives.
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