Anyone familiar enough with the books in question should know why.
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In science Twitter, thereās this thing where people will be like āI barely follow any women! Tell me some women scientists!ā And then I get tagged in.
With a bunch of female personnel from the lab of a man who assaulted me, and allowed his staff to harass me.
Every notification I get is a reminder, and muting is often buggy. Ugh. Donāt put peopleās handle in big threads of people without checking if itās OK first!
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Not to mention that of you want to follow women scientists, just freaking Google. Donāt make other tweeps do the work for you.
Sorry you keep getting pulled in like that.
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Between that and snitch-tagging, thereās a reason my account is private.
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Itās a minor annoyance, butā¦ after not having logged in for a while, I go to my library website to see if I can check out an ebook. They donāt have it (typical.) When I try to Recommend it for purchase, the site says I need to sign in again. Okay, itās been a few months, maybe the cookie expired or got cleared from the cache. Then the site tells me thereās a problem with my card and I need to contact my library.
On Sunday???
Grrrrr.
Itās not the phone, the Kindle does the same thing. I havenāt checked out any physical items in over a year, so I canāt be overdue. I thought library cards didnāt expire?
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In the Toronto system cards donāt really expire, but must be renewed annually. Itās a matter of going to the library and showing the card and some ID (no charge). I suppose itās to make sure the card is still in the possession of the registered user.
If you visit the library regularly you barely notice, but like you I go there less and less these days.
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my local library apparently has cards that expire every three years ā i only know because i just got a notice about it. the great thing is, i just needed to call in to renew it, and the woman who helped me was super sweet and helpful. gotta love librarians.
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Eek. My card needs to be renewed by the start of December. Iād forgotten all about it.
I am so grateful you mentioned this.
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Yup, apparently our cards go two years and need renewal. I was able to do it over the phone with another sweet librarianās help. Yay libraries!
Edited to add: now that I think about it, my cardās over two years old. Maybe itās the Overdrive account that needed authorization? Doesnāt matter, since it works now. 
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Flickr. They just propositioned me.
And I feel dirty.
Iāve been putting my pictures there since circa 2004 and now they seriously expect Iām going to pay them? Why would they assume that?
Despite the genius of my photography, I never received the overwhelming approbation that I so richly deserved. To me, Flickr was like a photo album. It holds a record of where I have been, the cameras I used and the mood I was in. Thatās all, really.
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These are really good! It would be a shame to lose all these.
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Thank you.
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There is a Groundhog Day musical.
It has finished its Broadway run, and its national tour was cancelled.
There is therefore no way for me to watch the Groundhog Day musical.
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Must add that to list of things to do in the statesā¦
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Iām trying to find out about Medicaid accessibility.
In order to get any answers about about whether Medicaid is accessible, I have to complete my application.
In order to complete my application, I have to create an account on the appropriate web site. In order to create an account on the appropriate web site, I have to provide a contact phone number. If I have any problems, such as not being able to use phones, I have to call a certain phone number.
Okay, thereās another state web site that may helpā¦ gets punched with pain/animation on the front page. Only contact is a phone number.
Okay, thereās an email if I try to apply by email. Maybe they can help me apply. Gets a response email asking me for my case number and contact phone number. So I guess they canāt help me apply.
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Okay, this is getting past grinds-my-gears level.
Does anyone know a way to get through this kind of bureaucracy?
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The traditional way is to hire a lawyer, but not everyone can afford that. Iād call it a bug of the system, but, of course, itās an intended feature.
Short of lawyering upā¦ find an organization in your area, who focus on helping people with disabilities, and ask them for help?
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Iāve got 2 leads right nowā
Iāve contacted the Disability Law Service of Virginia, and Iāve found another government email and contacted them.
P.S. latter email bounced.
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What is it about driving a car that turns people into such shitheads? Awhile ago I had the pleasure of merging safely onto a highway, only to be honked at by an asshole who proceeded to tailgate me with his brights on for a mile or so till I exited the highway. He exited too, which made me think āok, itās time to drive over to the police department,ā but fortunately the fucker went a different way.
Ok, he was probably a shithead to begin with.
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Going on weeks now without a smooth nightās sleep, just finished 3 days of nebulizer treatment (3x/day) and still waking up around 3 am to an asthmatic coughing fit each night.
Soā¦I get sleepy around midday, because Iām always so tired and fatigued these days, and no sooner than laying my head on the pillow, the guys across the street who have 1/3 of an acre of free space in their compound drag their rockola out to the street to crank it full blast and drink beer on the sidewalk. Because reasons I donāt understand.
I just want to move the fuck out of Tijuana so bad right now.
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