PEOPLE ARE BEING WRONG ON THE INTERNET!!!!

Now on the train back to DC. I cried, just a little bit, and so did a lot of other people. I got to see a lot of people I used to work with, and made a date to have lunch with the person taking over the library there, who I only knew from email.

I got a ton of paperwork done on the way up here, but I think I'm going to read Cog on the way home. Also, 95 is all backed up going south so I'm glad I didn't drive.

PEOPLE ARE BEING WRONG ON THE INTERNET!!!!

Man, a friend made a soooooooper shitty comment about people who eat gluten-free (the usual shade implying that we're making it up, we're special snowflakes, it's all we ever talk about, and we're soooooooo annoying when we order at restaurants). I objected and said sorry if it's annoying when I try to make sure my food won't make me shit my guts out, and by the way, please never cook for me. He replied with "You're not like the people I'm thinking of." NOPE. NOPE SON NOPE. You don't get to pull the "You're an exception to the rest of those shitty gluten-free people" card. I *am* those shitty gluten-free people. Fuuuuuuuuuck yooooooooou.

(I actually just replied. "Huh. Wow.")

PEOPLE ARE BEING WRONG ON THE INTERNET!!!!

I hear that happens sometimes.

but I think I'm going to read Cog on the way home.

I approve of this plan.

"There is no such thing as s transgender child because you can't have the surgery until 18"

I hate ppl. This guy things someone is going to force his daughter to shower with boys.

For anyone fascinated by statistics, sports debates, and centuries of sumo wrestling:

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538 is full of interesting stuff.

Oh! You know what I'm especially pissed off about? The disingenuous talking point that it's about "privacy." You know who gets no privacy? People who have to "prove" their gender all the fucking time! For fuck's sake.

I got a ton of paperwork done on the way up here, but I think I'm going to read Cog on the way home.

Both excellent plans

I just went to the library and checked out way more books than I can possibly read at once. Because Not Teaching, so I have time to read for pleasure. I also have Updraft at home, which I plan on savoring.

Oh! You know what I'm especially pissed off about? The disingenuous talking point that it's about "privacy." You know who gets no privacy? People who have to "prove" their gender all the fucking time! For fuck's sake.

Yup

Basically I hate the Gender Police and am so glad that I live in weirdo LA where anything goes and the only people who ever make snide comments about my kids and the way they do gender are their RELATIVES. (I don't usually complain about it here because getting mad about it makes it more annoying than just eyerolling it off.)

In other bigoted news, the Black Lives Matter sign at my mother's church was really badly vandalized the other night. In Harvard Square! The most liberal zip code anywhere. Sad. Thanks to the smart thinking of the building administrator, they had a backup on hand.