Older trans woman, academic, teacher, researcher. Former engineer, former analyst, former administrator. Avid cyclist. Occasional woodworker and leatherworker and coffee roaster and beer and mead brewer. Trying to be a writer, both academic and non. Love sci-fi and fantasy.
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Last Notes npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ I noticed this rather interestingly when it came to the 2024 presidential election. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ The problem is that it’s so hard to represent higher-dimensional spaces on a 2-dimensional surface. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ oh, yeah. Even the toilets are amazing, as we saw yesterday: npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ A quick note to my #trans siblings. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Seriously. Lucy absolutely wore me out. I thought I had insane-energy after my bottom surgery; Lucy's running rings around me. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Realizing today just how broken the concept of heaven and hell makes people. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Community is what helps us. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Honi soit qui mal y pense. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Note to self: Next time evangelicals start claiming the Rapture is coming soon, buy a bunch of human-sized balloons and a canister of helium. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Tacos. Of course. Good to know you're well versed on tradition. 😉 npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Small update; heard from Lucy's spouse. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Congratulations, Lucy. :QueerCatHeart_Trans: npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Quite aware as to how intense things are for you right now. 😁 npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ I am reminded of a quote I heard, oddly enough from a former football player: npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ You made it, Lucy. Cherish that. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Oh, I am so for that! Sign me up! npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ They know their history - at least, a whitewashed version of it. The whitewashed version of it had the Nazis taking away people's weapons as part of the process of seizing power. And, frankly, given this administration, if it succeeds with us, the NRA knows what's coming next. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Oh, wow! This sounds fun! npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ That to me is the interesting thing about this. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ In my time in the queer community, I’ve been to a few Prides. I’ve been to some of the smallest and some of the largest; I’ve nearly collapsed from exhaustion at Nyack, NY #Pride, I’ve partied with Equality Texas in Austin, and I’ve marched to massive crowds down the streets of Washington D.C. during #WorldPride this year. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Kind of felt like that for me for months, to be honest. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ There is an orchard in Upstate New York, near Medina, that I love to go to in the fall. The orchard has a pick-your-own area, where you can go and pick straight from the tree. Part of this is composed of varietals that will never see a supermarket: varietals that for whatever reason never caught on, or were once popular but then nearly vanished. I love to pick from these areas, to experience all the different ways this little fruit - this apple - can exist. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ A thought, with regard to neurospicy hobbies and how they relate to capitalism. (A friend of mine bought a lathe a couple of days ago, and I got to geek out with her.) npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ A random thought. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ First, congratulations! npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Glad the operation was done; hope you start feeling better. :QueerCatHeart_Trans: npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ My message to you, on this day. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ I think the latter would apply. We don't know. And when we do look, it ends up being discouraging. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ I love something you said here. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ That reminds me of the fun story how the WarGandhi came into being. Basically, in Civ1, Gandhi's initial aggression was set at a bare minimum because, well, it's Gandhi. Problem is, over the course of the game as various political and social discoveries were made, aggression would decrease - which, given that it was represented as a 0-to-255 number, would loop around to 255, leading to WarGandhi. It became such an institution in Civ that they kept it. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Love the look, Lucy! ❤️ npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ :QueerCatHeart_Trans: Happy #transdayofvisibility , everyone! npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ And, just as an aside and so that you all know who your mod team is, I'm @npub124l…p555 . npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Nah, that’s not the part that got me hot and bothered… the line that said “Trans persons can have the warrior ethos” had me imagining an army of trans people on a plain of battle, dressed in hoplite armor… 😳 npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Feeling you on this. Okay but not okay. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ When the people in charge are batshit crazy, satire is dead. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ The perfect cup of coffee. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Wow. I’ve never been cursed by a fortune cookie before. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ If it's not, it should be! npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Dissociating… yeah, a lot of us did that. Or, perhaps, a lot of us had other things to worry about. We learned what many of our friends and family really were like, how cheaply they would sell us off, and by extension how cheaply they would sell themselves. It’s meant living months and years in the span of a few weeks. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Yesterday, November 23, is Doctor Who Day. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ As #TDoR begins to fade, and as my energy and consciousness begins to fade, a few thoughts. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Never have I rooted so hard for a seagull in my life. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ I knew this weekend would be a mess with regard to the upcoming election and all, so I decided it was a good weekend to travel. Went to various parts of New England, and got a chance to visit with some beautiful and awesome people for a bit, first with @npub1kgh…yzv8 (who I unfortunately didn't get a selfie with) and then with @npub1psr…ufr4 (who I did get a selfie with! Here's the two of us having a little fun on the beach.) Was a beautiful time all around, and I'm glad I got a chance to finally meet you all in person. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ My drops: npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ As someone who once claimed to be "Pro-Life" and who recently saw a very silly post regarding abortion, some words I think are in order. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Mourning happens. In some ways, mourning has happened. When you went no-contact, that meant mourning the relationship broken. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ The management professor in the room is left to ask: npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Happy Birthday! npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ One of the problems with growing up in a Christian household is that there's this tendency to want to see now as The End Times, with Someone Not Liked Politically as the Antichrist. Even after walking away from the church, It's a tendency I have to actively fight against, because the walk to that rabbit hole is already a well-worn path. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Better Living Through Chemistry. npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ Hot girl day - literally! (Though I really should do something about those eyebrows…) npub12hhrt3ueyhvnhp6undjqh5zhzfpdu2zngjxqz4jyhzpltwdrdvus6v2ukk Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️ New #introduction.
