This is the rallying point for all of those people who are upset about their infringed upon Freedom of Speech. This is an individual who has been punished for her very legal protest efforts by a government official. While not technically illegal, Frelinghuysen’s actions come perilously close.

Wait... what’s this about me not being able to wear shorts in public?

Reminder that this is absolutely true and occurred during the trial of a black man killed by Klansmen that Sessions tried to get the prosecution to drop until a second FBI investigation:

First off, you absolutely need to know that airlines have the legal right to stop any passenger from flying at any time, even if the passenger doesn’t want to give up their seat.

This me!

We’ll be fine — as long as nothing is written on post-it notes!

Pedestrian and cyclist safety is important. But, like many other aspects of our lives, how we perceive cyclists is also exceedingly racist. We generally think of young, city-dwelling, well-off white people cycling for pleasure or workout, but many people within cities who are not white may ride bikes as a mode of…

If you assume that everything that you encounter in game is considered lore, then swearing crabs likely wouldn’t break immersion! There’s the merchant crab in The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind who is capable of speech.

Actual quote from 45:

If anyone is looking for an autistic, femme-presenting, woman-loving person, I volunteer! I’ll even paint my skin green so I can be more like my favorite smol gem.

Ever since then I’ve avoided the area of Brooklyn where it happened and I get nervous about drinking coffee and walking in hot weather.

Not entirely related, but there’s a similar discussion going on in the developmental disability community, particularly in regards to autistics. Many of us feel that it’s asinine to cajole us to behave like “normal” people when our brains are just entirely different in ways that affect interpersonal communication and…

I’ve seen similar advice from therapists for negative or self-harm thoughts. They’re advised to consider that niggling voice an active speaker, who they can then choose to disregard.

Because I think what’s interesting is there’s more research actually showing that anxiety is a kind of gateway almost; researchers are realizing that things like depression, bipolar disorder, various anxiety disorders—they often start as anxiety.

I really enjoyed Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. I had played the original three games and was getting tired of the series.

One of my PMs was attending a meeting with some higher up folks at our company. I don’t know if it was entirely about the game, but somehow a lot of the serious discussion centered on South Park: The Fractured But Whole and its expected launch last year.

Are you me? This was my exact experience with the show. I even managed to survive three episodes before cancelling all future recordings.

“Hal Niedzveicki (a former Write editor) stridently defends the practice of cultural appropriation: “In my opinion, anyone, anywhere, should be encouraged to imagine other peoples, other cultures, other identities.”

There were a handful last year, including California, South Carolina, and I believe at least one in New York. I’d point out, however, that the people killed in those incidents were overwhelmingly disabled (in many cases, mentally ill).

Eww, eww, eww.