From 435c0371409c8ff478a8ccbc1b95d45e5fb97f5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:51:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] check in --- content/drafts/the-nadir-of-reading-comprehension.md | 3 ++- notes/tech_tasks.txt | 2 ++ post_ideas.txt | 1 + 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/drafts/the-nadir-of-reading-comprehension.md b/content/drafts/the-nadir-of-reading-comprehension.md index 1cf85c8..0942bdd 100644 --- a/content/drafts/the-nadir-of-reading-comprehension.md +++ b/content/drafts/the-nadir-of-reading-comprehension.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Title: The Nadir of Reading Comprehension Date: 2017-08-23 Category: commentary Tags: discourse, sex differences +Status: draft ["Against Discrimination"](http://www.nature.com/news/against-discrimination-1.22459), _Nature_ [(hat tip /u/PellegoIllud2 and /u/TheCid)](https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/6up9fw/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_following_august/dlytq28/?context=1): @@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ But if you _actually read it_, the Google employee's memo [agrees completely](ht The distressing thing about this whole affair (and others like it—I am old enough to remember the Larry Summers imbroglio back in 'aught-five) is the extent to which the vast majority of the outrage over Damore's document fails to engage with _what he actually said_. Damore is _very explicit_ about how he's making an argument about distributions. (I liked [Diana Fleischman‏'s take](https://twitter.com/sentientist/status/894959693822558209).) Whether you agree or disagree with his arguments and whether you approve or disapprove of his being fired, one would hope for people to be judged for the content of what they _actually said_, rather than a perceived tribal aura of sexism or anti-sexism. (One wonders exactly what hypothesized value of Cohen's _d_ separates good and evil.) -It would be one thing if it were just the middlebrow, the Twitter mobs and _Gizmodo_s of the world getting this wrong. But _Nature_! Perhaps the flagship publication of our civilization's scientific endeavors! +It would be one thing if it were just the middlebrow, the Twitter mobs and _Gizmodo_s of the world getting this wrong. But _Nature_! reason to _solve problems_ (including social problems). diff --git a/notes/tech_tasks.txt b/notes/tech_tasks.txt index 1061824..3ae85c1 100644 --- a/notes/tech_tasks.txt +++ b/notes/tech_tasks.txt @@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ self-promotion: Reddit, Crossdreamers, Third Way Trans Pelican bug report or patch re spacing in file favicon CSS size (my browser things look better at 90%) +"Read more" breaks +paginate main site diff --git a/post_ideas.txt b/post_ideas.txt index 97b12c2..a67f32d 100644 --- a/post_ideas.txt +++ b/post_ideas.txt @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ The Categories Were Made for Man in Order to Make Predictions * Mary's Room Q The Hand I Was Dealt Q Review of Nevada +Review of Whipping Girl O Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us; Or, the Identity Dysphoria Trap (school dysphoria) -- 2.17.1