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Erinn O'Dear
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Redhead. Texan. Vagabond.

Expect typos she/her
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Remembering when I asked for accommodations and the response was basically “aren’t you a little old for that?”

We are not welcome.
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I'm most of the engineering buildings in Purdue campus, there are only women's restrooms on every other floor or in the basement because they all had to be added after the original construction. I heard multiple professors opine that this was unnecessary and unfair to men to lose a bathroom.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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When I went to college in 1974, there was a building on campus where there was no elevator, but the second and third floors had classrooms. So students in wheelchairs or on crutches couldn’t take those classes. I bet they have opinions about accommodations going too far.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Something I think people (such as reporters) might underestimate is the likelihood of a kid with a deficit lying to their peers and saying they're gaming the system.

Having deficits carries a lot of stigma and kids may think saying they're just gaming the system will play better with peers.
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You cannot be a scapegoat if you did the thing. A scapegoat is unfairly thrown under the bus. He is just as complicit as Hegseth.
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Yes there is. You don't need more data centers for storage right now. All of the ones built recently and planned for construction are about AI processing. They started as a crypto project then the grift shifted.

Here's another source on energy use and tracking.
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The issue is using Claude, not training it. It takes less energy to program than run. I cited sources. Particularly about the use of municipal water.

Also, two wrongs don't make a right. This other terrible thing does not justify another. Address both.
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Are you disputing the guests I listed, or obsessed with dates because you thought they accusation was that she started the panic and not fueled it at every opportunity? Both local and national.
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Earlier than that. Her show started in the early 80s. She featured the author and subject of Michelle Remembers and had several shows with LEOs and other frauds teaching about "satanic rituals."
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM