Activity from Gorgik

Yesterday I had a great conversation with a domestic violence victim who was trying to understand their situation. I gave them the power and control wheel (well, mentioned it and they looked it up while we were on the phone). They were quiet for a… [more]
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Like a lot of my tastes from college, I started listening to I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got because of someone I was crushing on, but revisiting it more recently what a great album (or disc, back then). I always loved her voice. [more]
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Eagles-adjacent cats! [more]
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"bennies" lol [more]
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Two long take drone shots for music video for Adios by Jawny
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Kiese Laymon, on MetaFilter Long Division How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America [more]
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I liked the story. But I especially liked the one immediately after, Kiese Laymon (one of my favorite authors, Long Division and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, among others) interviewing Darryl Lennox, about how Darryl's… [more]
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Did I see someone using some sort of posture alarm while running?
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The whole "shut down 9 blocks of downtown" feels a little braggy Counterpoint: the first thing my spouse said was "did they block off the streets?!?!!" [more]
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We absolutely make the world. It feels to me a lot like there aren't enough people fighting for the kind of world I want, but that isn't a reason to stop, it's a reason to fight harder, even if it feels bleak. [more]
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I don't even know who I am in this life, much less past lives. In other news, I am on my way to Chicago for work, I think my eighth flight this year (none by choice). In-flight vodka is not a good substitute for gin, but its functional, as… [more]
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I sold my daughter on a trip to London Jesus Christ that is expensive [more]
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I'm in Seattle, and might be able to help you network with people in marketing in a few different industries. Memail me if you want, and I'll send you my contact info. [more]
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Similarly I don't eat sandwiches much, certainly not that I make. My current favorite to go buy is the Steak Tartare Club from Mean Sandwich. Flying back to CA again (7th time this year) to deal with my parents' illness. Not looking forward to… [more]
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Sleater Kinney, Courtney Barnett and Fred Armisen in a very physical cover of "Physical". [more]
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Suicidal people can get through suicidal ideation without killing themselves. The way through it won't look the same for everyone. I will say that in my case, focusing on the good things to come was of absolutely no help. I don't have a lot else… [more]
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Not the most recent, but last year I was hospitalized, and had to have both an endoscopy and colonoscopy. The GI doc did this little pantomime about the tests, which I conveyed to a friend though a text message as ☝️👇 [more]
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We have voted for the new Steering Committee and which we are excited about and hopeful In closing Good luck we are all counting on you. [more]
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The Victor Tavern at the Qualtrics Building (nee 2+U) (map, site) has an outdoor patio with ~20 seats. Google says it's a 16 minute walk from convention center. It's in the middle of a large outdoor atrium underneath a hi-rise, and will be… [more]
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I meant to add, the website has pictures. This one shows the patio (behind the tree). This one, from the building's site, shows the patio (without tables) and gives you an idea of the coverage. [more]
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Humongous in a Girl Scout uniform: "Walk away"
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For Fulu everything can be recovered and re-enchanted.
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Apropos of nothing, I present Spanish with a fascinating accent [more]
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"Because if I wear it anywhere else, it chafes." [more]
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I'll say a little about my experience with it, and what I thought was important that I tried to keep in mind. I don't know much about books or professional help for this, but I think reading other peoples' experiences was useful, and you might… [more]
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Does anyone enjoy being sweaty? I paid to sit in a sauna yesterday, and was like, well, this isn't great. Then after ~15 min the sweating began, and I was like oh yeah that's the stuff. [more]
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I'm gonna use this tonight in the anti-gender-based violence group I facilitate, because a lot of the attendees don't think men have more power and privilege than women. Then she showed a sample of affluent men who visit galleries – the… [more]
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I'm always fascinated by how we choose where to stand in an elevator. My second favorite elevator thing is how people rearrange themselves in the car as people get off at different floors, almost unconsciously moving away from each other… [more]
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My dad was Granny. Isn't that the plot of All You Zombies? [more]
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You all have reminded me...in 7th grade I went to a new school, where kids started calling me "Peabody" as in "Peabody and Sherman '. For reasons I never understood apart from kids being kids this turned into "pee in your… [more]
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I just watched Plato's Stepchildren on my hotel tv yesterday. . [more]
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I have been called, variously, "blueberry" and "moosie", for reasons that are shrouded in the mists of time. I finally released the first real "I'm proud of this" dashboard for my new role at work. Now just waiting… [more]
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Thanks for doing all this work. I love this site, and seeing so many people engaged in this survey (both taking it and reviewing it) is heartening. [more]
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George and Martha's son in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". I mean, the death is shocking, but the reveal after is mind-boggling. [Click for spoiler]He's not real, and turns out to have been made up in response to the couple's… [more]
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This is simultaneously both the stupidest and the greatest thing I've ever seen. [more]
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I have Axiom panniers, and I love them. Insides are always dry (and I commute in Seattle), and the front pocket is super-useful for wallet/cell phone so you don't have to open the bag and dig around. They don't make my model anymore, but the… [more]
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The Church Play Cinematic Universe
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I can't answer your question, but I wanted to say kudos to you for the things that you did. The vast majority of people would have just walked on by. Even if you didn't get her what she "needed", you cared at a time when she was in… [more]
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In the late 90's, some friends and I were engaged in a series of consciousness-hacking experiments (no drugs, things like meditation, breathing exercises, etc). The premise was that we were being controlled by aliens, and we were trying to break… [more]
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The real friends are the potatoes we made along the way. [more]
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I've done it on and off over the last 10 years, and at first I was using MyFitnessPal but last year switched to Cronometer. The trick for me in not making myself obsess was to accept that some of it was going to be approximate, and then figure out… [more]
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Wave your hands in the air, like you don't care (very short SLYT)
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Beyond being a moral obligation, promoting diversity and inclusion directly benefits all of STEMM. Diversity fosters novel ideas, effective problem-solving, and creative solutions. Given a set of problems to solve, groups that are diverse in… [more]
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Cell Tower, a word search game
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triple j's Like A Version, a collection of in-studio covers
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That bass at 3:18! (several YTL)
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...children can grow up in the same house and have profoundly different experiences with their parents. QFT My mother, while not abusive in the traditional sense, was a narcissist and knowingly made personal choices that had profound… [more]
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Upon reflection I think the first one I saw was flamin' hot Cheetos. I remember the walking tacos thread, and didn't connect them because it was a fruit stand. Thanks for the info, MeFites! [more]
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I'm working on using 5-HTP to make seratonin, which I will the use to make brighter days. [more]
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