M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:15:06 +0000 (07:15 -0700)]
check in for clean staging area before writing day
My last full day in Cambridge—if I wasn't lying about this being a
writing vacation, I need to make a lot of progress today! No
distractions or excuses!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 15 Sep 2021 21:02:43 +0000 (14:02 -0700)]
drafting "Challenges to Yudkowsky's Pronoun Reform Proposal"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:50:57 +0000 (11:50 -0700)]
poke at Closetspace/Lease Bound joint review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:49:47 +0000 (11:49 -0700)]
fill gap in "I Don't Do Policy" draft
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:41:40 +0000 (06:41 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:05:58 +0000 (13:05 -0700)]
drafting "Facing Reality" review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 11 Sep 2021 22:29:30 +0000 (15:29 -0700)]
poke at stuff
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 9 Sep 2021 15:34:22 +0000 (08:34 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 8 Sep 2021 02:37:35 +0000 (19:37 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 6 Sep 2021 17:26:52 +0000 (10:26 -0700)]
drafting Lease Bound plot summary
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 6 Sep 2021 05:10:23 +0000 (22:10 -0700)]
drafting joint Closetspace/Lease Bound review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 4 Sep 2021 19:47:09 +0000 (12:47 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:36:15 +0000 (11:36 -0700)]
tap closet
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 29 Aug 2021 00:59:13 +0000 (17:59 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:30:43 +0000 (17:30 -0700)]
Closetspace summary/commentary
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 22 Aug 2021 21:17:40 +0000 (14:17 -0700)]
check back in
I've been sad and lazy for a few months, but life goes on; I can't
pause time by being sad and lazy. Maybe today will be the start of
getting back into the practice of writing.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 22 Aug 2021 17:29:01 +0000 (10:29 -0700)]
finish Closetspace readthrough
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 19 Aug 2021 03:07:29 +0000 (20:07 -0700)]
check out
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:11:17 +0000 (23:11 -0700)]
"Happy Meal"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 14 Aug 2021 19:49:39 +0000 (12:49 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:13:48 +0000 (13:13 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 8 Jul 2021 19:23:37 +0000 (12:23 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 3 Jul 2021 16:19:19 +0000 (09:19 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:08:55 +0000 (21:08 -0700)]
two typos in the recent megapost
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:59:57 +0000 (08:59 -0700)]
Monday morning drafting "Facing Reality" review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:10:32 +0000 (23:10 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 28 Jun 2021 05:27:21 +0000 (22:27 -0700)]
drafting "Facing Reality" review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:19:12 +0000 (12:19 -0700)]
drafting "Facing Reality" review—something stirring
This is going to need a lot of editing/rewriting to hit the tone and
content I want: so far, I've been feeling frame-locked to Murray's
world of statistics (that Vassar and co. would not buy), and
remembering what it was like to be on the other side is stirring up
some passions that contain information that didn't make it into the
statistics—but I'm also not saying the statistics are fake! Everything
is multicausal!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 27 Jun 2021 02:50:20 +0000 (19:50 -0700)]
drafting "Facing Reality" review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 26 Jun 2021 20:22:42 +0000 (13:22 -0700)]
Closetspace/Lease Bound summary notes
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:48:53 +0000 (08:48 -0700)]
"Human Diversity" individualism anchor
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:03:43 +0000 (08:03 -0700)]
check in (start of a glorious Saturday return to normalcy/productivity)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 24 Jun 2021 04:19:11 +0000 (21:19 -0700)]
check in
I got distracted from this blog/project by a Dolphin War and was crazy
for a while. Clean the slate.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 9 Jun 2021 19:36:44 +0000 (12:36 -0700)]
drafting "Reply to Nate Soares"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 8 Jun 2021 20:29:23 +0000 (13:29 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 7 Jun 2021 19:14:30 +0000 (12:14 -0700)]
check in, incl. CAH notes (this textbook is gr9)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 7 Jun 2021 02:02:35 +0000 (19:02 -0700)]
check in, including textbook notes and trilogy shoveling
The already-written content for "Blanchard's Dangerous Idea" and "Hill
of Validity" are such a mess that I want them in different files:
start the draft clean from the begining, and shovel in prewritten
content as it fits into the narrative.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 7 Jun 2021 01:28:52 +0000 (18:28 -0700)]
drafting "Subspatial Distribution Overlap"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 7 Jun 2021 00:46:34 +0000 (17:46 -0700)]
drafting "Student Dysphoria"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 7 Jun 2021 00:03:41 +0000 (17:03 -0700)]
pre-poke at "Facing Reality" review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 6 Jun 2021 05:31:18 +0000 (22:31 -0700)]
check in, including notes from Gender Development textbook
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 6 Jun 2021 05:27:58 +0000 (22:27 -0700)]
drafting "Subspatial Overlap"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 6 Jun 2021 05:25:37 +0000 (22:25 -0700)]
pre-poke at "Facing Reality" review
The book hasn't come out yet (and the publisher never responded to my
email asking for a review copy), but I can get started on the things I
want to say that don't intimately depend on the actual book
performance.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 4 Jun 2021 15:50:37 +0000 (08:50 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 3 Jun 2021 01:59:19 +0000 (18:59 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 31 May 2021 23:56:21 +0000 (16:56 -0700)]
make "Interlude XX" funnier by adding one word
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 31 May 2021 05:28:44 +0000 (22:28 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 31 May 2021 05:28:16 +0000 (22:28 -0700)]
drafting "Subspatial Distribution Overlap"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 30 May 2021 21:07:37 +0000 (14:07 -0700)]
drafting "Subspatial Distribution Overlap and Cancellable Stereotypes"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 30 May 2021 04:04:55 +0000 (21:04 -0700)]
drafting "... as Cognitive Illusion"
Not totally settled on which title/slug I want, but I at least figured
out how to start the prose.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 29 May 2021 16:23:42 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 27 May 2021 06:12:08 +0000 (23:12 -0700)]
drafting "Student Dysphoria"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 27 May 2021 00:29:56 +0000 (17:29 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 24 May 2021 03:04:44 +0000 (20:04 -0700)]
outline sketch for "Gender Identity as Cognitive Illusion"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 24 May 2021 03:04:28 +0000 (20:04 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 24 May 2021 03:03:26 +0000 (20:03 -0700)]
drafting "I Don't Do Policy"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 23 May 2021 23:01:45 +0000 (16:01 -0700)]
re-slug "Student Dysphoria, and ..."
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 23 May 2021 05:53:43 +0000 (22:53 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 23 May 2021 05:46:05 +0000 (22:46 -0700)]
drafting "I Don't Do Policy"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 23 May 2021 05:44:23 +0000 (22:44 -0700)]
enqueue "Amulet"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 23 May 2021 05:28:10 +0000 (22:28 -0700)]
"Interlude XXI"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 22 May 2021 19:56:21 +0000 (12:56 -0700)]
shovel
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 22 May 2021 02:48:28 +0000 (19:48 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 20 May 2021 06:01:27 +0000 (23:01 -0700)]
outlining, shoveling
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 20 May 2021 00:06:23 +0000 (17:06 -0700)]
extra word, missing word
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 19 May 2021 03:37:54 +0000 (20:37 -0700)]
fun link-compiler script
This might not be quite right—it looks like it only found two of the
links to "Changing Emotions", when I had specifically counted 5 in
"Sexual Dimorphism"? But, I can debug later if I really care; this was
just something to peek at quickly.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 15 May 2021 13:53:05 +0000 (06:53 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 9 May 2021 21:12:55 +0000 (14:12 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 3 May 2021 04:26:29 +0000 (21:26 -0700)]
publish "Sexual Dimorphism in Yudkowsky's Sequences"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 3 May 2021 04:23:44 +0000 (21:23 -0700)]
some up-to-the-wire edits
I mean, I could imagine wanting to edit a little more after
publication, but I think I'm ready to shove this out the door?
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 3 May 2021 04:18:43 +0000 (21:18 -0700)]
"Sexual Dimorphism": drop in "Should Bad Boys Win?" tussle anecdote
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 3 May 2021 03:06:44 +0000 (20:06 -0700)]
"Dimorphism": edit/readthrough/ispell pass
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 2 May 2021 06:06:14 +0000 (23:06 -0700)]
Saturday night
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 2 May 2021 04:27:45 +0000 (21:27 -0700)]
"Dimorphism": drop ending block in place
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 2 May 2021 01:26:04 +0000 (18:26 -0700)]
stub out Material Girls book review intro
The book isn't out yet, but I know what to expect and know how I want
to open.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 1 May 2021 22:57:25 +0000 (15:57 -0700)]
import ancillary Diary entry 141 to cite anti-xrossdressing remark
Just over the threshold of "too on-point not to include"?
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 1 May 2021 19:08:59 +0000 (12:08 -0700)]
"Dimorphism": incohate refinement of ending
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 1 May 2021 03:11:41 +0000 (20:11 -0700)]
poking towards the finish ...
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:10:07 +0000 (09:10 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:28:16 +0000 (17:28 -0700)]
"Sexual Dimorphism" home stretch (honestly)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:27:44 +0000 (17:27 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 25 Apr 2021 01:58:33 +0000 (18:58 -0700)]
"Sexual Dimorphism" final-scraps push continues ...
Why is this taking forever?
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:09:17 +0000 (16:09 -0700)]
literature notes on sex differences in childhood
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 20 Apr 2021 03:16:39 +0000 (20:16 -0700)]
squashed check ins/trilogy shoveling
Individual "check in" commits can be squashed before they get sent to
the server—a stunning innovation.
The vision is a "loose" trilogy (three related posts, but that can be
read independently): "Sexual Dimorphism" about my experiences,
"Blanchard's Dangerous Idea" on why it seems plausible that a lot of
trans women are "like me" even if I don't have direct access to their
experiences, and "A Hill of Validity in Defense of Meaning", about my
remaining grudge against the "rationalist" "community".
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 17 Apr 2021 16:36:41 +0000 (09:36 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 10 Apr 2021 20:49:46 +0000 (13:49 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 8 Apr 2021 19:14:28 +0000 (12:14 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:13:41 +0000 (23:13 -0700)]
Sunday haul
Not the best day. But, not the worst.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:43:37 +0000 (15:43 -0700)]
yank function-of-pronouns exposition to new draft
This was originally part of "Point Man", but got cut for space.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:34:07 +0000 (09:34 -0700)]
"Sexual Dimorphism" drafting and shoveling
Momentum is the key! After showering, I made sure to do a block of
Mnemonsyne reviews (I'm so far behind!) and then two writing
blocks—and even if it wasn't very much net text, I think it's set the
psychological context for the day, such that I'm allowed to reward
myself with Starbucks now (rather than foolishly putting that first).
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Mar 2021 02:03:33 +0000 (19:03 -0700)]
gearing towards finishing it already ...
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:45:37 +0000 (17:45 -0700)]
check in notes (a Substack adversary for later and an old Facebook post)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 27 Mar 2021 06:46:14 +0000 (23:46 -0700)]
check in with an eye to finishing "Sexual Dimorphism" this weekend?
This can't just sit in development purgatory forver—every work is
necessary bound to a point in time. (The everything-is-a-vector-space
thing is already obsolete thanks to Swentworth!) I think I've cut my
TODO list down to five items—and anything I missed can be booted to
Part 2—for which I realized I can finally use the "Dangerous Idea
... Lucid Crossdreamer" title that I've had stockpiled for four years.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:09:13 +0000 (23:09 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:18:44 +0000 (08:18 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 16 Mar 2021 05:26:09 +0000 (22:26 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 13 Mar 2021 23:01:04 +0000 (15:01 -0800)]
perverted → paraphilic
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:53:54 +0000 (13:53 -0800)]
draft "Amulet"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:22:02 +0000 (11:22 -0800)]
... have I been misspelling his name this whole time??
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:03:20 +0000 (11:03 -0800)]
megapost part 2/3 split
projects / Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git / log