Trying to pick a pathway through forty years of the ugliest conflict in feminism.

Tendril perversion is a geometric phenomenon sometimes observed in helical structures in which the direction of the helix transitions between left-handed and right-handed. Such a reversal of chirality is commonly seen in helical plant tendrils and telephone handset cords.

Law school is quite mid, apparently. Will not go LOL.

A method of writing proofs is described that makes it harder to prove things that are not true. The method, based on hierarchical structuring, is simple and practical. The author’s twenty years of experience writing such proofs is discussed.

Simple laws for building cost-aware, sustainable, and modern architectures

Written by Amazon’s CTO. What I always like about stuff like this is taking it out of its current context and applying the philosophy more generally to systems.

Being trans is not a controversial idea but a lived reality. A new zine released today collects 22 first-personal accounts of what it is actually like to be trans or have trans kids as a philosopher.

Very much pulled at my heartstrings. So much to learn and do.

Shorten and lengthen a song, making it the perfect length to match a video or performance. or find a perfect loop for your next project! Very useful tool for sampling.

• incrementalism is necessary for change-making in democracy; sorry that it sucks
• some minority issues are more important than others in this current moment (e.g. trans health care, trans civil rights > trans athletes, pronoun usage); incrementalism requires us to have priorities
• the Overton window is not overrated, everybody