Aug 8, 2022Decaf diariesGoing in In an attempt to resensitize myself to caffeine, I’ve decided to go without it for a while. I also hope that this can help me improve my sleep quality, which has been consistently shit for the past few years. I don’t have a specific time period in mind — it…Coffee17 min readCoffee17 min read
Jun 7, 2021Lifting up women: Life and press appearances of Ivy RussellIntro I want to tell you about Ivy Russell, an amazingly strong and muscular weightlifter, wrestler, and all-around athlete, who managed to be all that while being an English woman in the first half of the 20th century. …Ivy Russell35 min readIvy Russell35 min read
Jul 7, 2020On Steven Pinker and Heather Mac Donald [repost from Facebook, July 6, 2020][This is a repost of my Facebook post from July 6, 2020 for easier sharing. The post was written as part of the discussion in the linguistics community sparked by the open letter to the Linguistic Society of America regarding Steven Pinker’s public statements. It was meant to be a…Steven Pinker8 min readSteven Pinker8 min read
Jul 7, 2020On Steven Pinker’s tweet about Lawrence Bobo’s interview [repost from Facebook, June 5, 2020][This is a repost of my Facebook post from June 5, 2020 for easier sharing. I have not edited it, except for layout. The edit note below was an edit of the Facebook post.] Many of you have already seen or will see the Twitter post by Steven Pinker in…Steven Pinker5 min readSteven Pinker5 min read