This is a personal weblog.
20+ things to know about me in no particular order:
- Hardcore GenX-er who first typed something to the Internet on a VT220 in 1990.
- Born/raised in the U.S.
- Adult convert [sic #iykyk] to UUism (with some reservations).
- Cishet woman, probably demi/sapiosexual, married more than 20 years, parent to teenager, love my bougie doodle doggo.
- Reader, researcher, writer, manager, leader, and tech policy nerd.
- Daily podcast listener.
- Grammar pet peeve: “impact” as a verb. No, people; no.
- Secret pandemic-spawned reading habit: MM romance novels.
- Inadvertently collects: throw blankets and other hygge-supporting accoutrements, small notebooks and journals, and Sephora samples.
- First-generation college & grad school student – ever in class #limbo.
- Top (as in worst, not favorite) three global crises: climate, wealth inequality, information manipulation.
- Love working in good faith on important challenges with people smarter and/or more skilled than me.
- Huge fan of and expert at never-ending, online, occasionally asymmetric, text-based, real conversation – come chat!
- Jaded observer of patterns in the world without patience for mansplaining or privileged grievance whining.
- Comfortable (and constantly) finding myself betwixt and between – drama club & math club; liberal arts & engineering; science & religion; policy & technology; anti-capitalist & institutionalist; the list goes on…
- Things I know I should probably ban from my diet but don’t: wine, animal protein.
- Learning to recognize and resist #whiteness and its maleficence.
- Enjoys low-key multi-handed card games like Hearts and Aggravation at my dining table. They make room for conversation.
- Grateful for all the people in my life who have taught me so much.
- #Hashtags are not my native language (genX, remember), but I do try. Also, I’ve now been informed that even #Hashtags are passé. Oops.