@twweaver I wonder if you could do an A-Z ABC of all the CBT's and DBT's and ACT'S with missing a letter. It would be like a Borge's story.

Thanks for putting me on to the last. That might be just the trick up the sleeve that's been missing.

I don't know if I ever named my Randy-ED, perhaps because it feels like there's more than one. But I too am partial to a swift expletive-off rather than an "oh thanks". Or sometimes opt for a mere "Ah, its you."

I've really been enjoying your blog for the past week now.

I'm conflicted in that I felt kinship going through your Reading List and spotting a good 40-50٪ similarities. The conflict coming from the difference being you've actually read the said twin 40٪ whereas my OBP (obsessive book purchasing) takes up the time that would otherwise be allotted for reading of the twin 40%.

Anyway, keep posting. XYZ.

@frostedechoes I never actually saw it first-hand, I heard it referenced on a podcast which was luckily how I could quote it closely. When I checked her twitter, naturally saw it was gone. It seems she has deleted all tweets from before two days ago. Is that new or did she always? I, regrettably, share your concern good Sir.

@mistercritter Thank you so much. It's perfect. Do you off-hand know what I would need to change so I could have it not show my profile picture when on mobile and instead, clicking my blog's title would return you to the home page? (Happy to throw some dollars your way if you have venmo or something of the sort?).

@bix Thats fair.

Let's reconvene some time in the future and reasses how ridiculous the concern is based on how many more ridiculous incidents we have?

More like the data analyst social‐democrat-progressive who tweeted a single tweet summary of Princeton University's Omar Wasau's research done in the 60's that found violent protest tended to hurt the democratic cause and Black people, which subsequently led to the data analyst being fired from his job for doing so, and labelled racist for deigning to tweet the work of a Black Professor whose conclusions they didn't like.. Oh, nevermind that he also apologised for tweeting it either. (remember that line I keep tweeting about disdaining forgiveness?)

Oh, which was followed up, let's add, by white [Nathan Robinson(https://twitter.com/owasow/status/1273642987185147904?s=19) writing an article telling professor of said research why he was essentially "anti-black", for having done said research albeit without having actually read said research in question; the baying cries for cancelling him are eerily silent however.

@bix I don't decide whether I deem something to be, or have the potential to be, out of control based on whether the Atlantic say it is or isn't. Nor do I think anyone should. Nor do I think anyone should come to their conclusions based on the stance of any media organisation, public figure, random internet stranger, or the neighbourhood stray cat, and I don't mention the cat to be mocking, but merely to highlight the folly of guiding ourselves by the opinions and thoughts of others -- whoever they be.

@esjewett I can see that, to an extent, except for me to accept it as a justified end would be to see the victims being only whites, which isn't the case. Everyone and anyone is fair-game, except when a rival mob turns the cancelling on one its own, when suddenly rules and bounds are now introduced. I also fail to see how a "see we ruined your life, it's not very nice is it?" can be the most efficacious tract to take towards a unifying of cause. The mob eats its own, directing its ire redundantly at those who were already on board. The criteria of admission to the "good-side" becomes increasingly small. Deviation from the line is tantamount to Dissent; dissent then tantamount to herecy; the punishment; exile.

@esjewett Yes, but when the oppressor becomes simply anyone at all that is other than the one/group that calls out the oppressing, you've lost sight of the actual villain:


@bix @esjewett @frostedechoes Oh, absolutely, I agree. Just because something becomes (or looks liable to become) a runaway train does not mean it didn't have a (worthy and necessary) destination to begin with.

However it simply feels reckless to dismiss the potential ramifications and clumsy-negative habits formed from allowing something such as this to go unchecked, granted immunity and impunity to moonlight as progressive, protected from any inquiry or criticism by virtue of its virtuous beginning.

Things build from the bottom up, and because there is, and was, good in the beginning does not mean there is no room for misuse and when misuse becomes the norm the damage is done and must be unpicked in reluctant bashful hindsight.

@bix I'd echo what @frostedechoes said (pun accidentally-intended). The Washington Post running a 3000 word major piece dragging up an incident of a non-public figure from two years ago leading to the loss of job/career would say differently. Among numerous other incidences.

Cancel culture is junk-food dopamine where the crowd gets to feel like they're dismantling racism whilst conveniently missing the bigger picture. It's hobby-politics.

"There's something unsustainable about an environment that demands constant atonement but actively disdains forgiveness."

@jsonbecker I just tried it out and think it might be what I was looking for—Thanks. Even though I'm actually trying to spend less time in email since (graudally) porting all my newsletters to feedbin.

@MDonaldson Oh, I'll keep any eye for that. I use the username+growth@gmail.com trick. Then I only have to set up one rule for +growth@gmail.com and I always sign up for newsletters with that variation. I wouldn't mind having a bit more distinction between them all though. Really I'd love a client or RSS that felt like it was made only for newsletters but haven't seemed to come across any such thing.

P.S. I listened to Kate NV as per your recommendation: very good.