Shambling Shapes

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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • She may have been financially pressured into signing an NDA at the time. California recently changed the law so NDAs can no longer be used to keep victims of sexual abuse from reporting the crimes.

    I haven’t read that it applies here, but it is a possible explanation. Fresh out of college, student loans and fear of being blackballed in an industry that is very reputation-based, “shut up and take this money or never work again”. If this is what happened here, waiting a decade and coming forward after the law changed makes a lot of sense to me.



  • Not me, had some friends from India and got to see them see their first snow in real life. It was actually more interesting to go snow coat, hat, gloves shopping. Hearing them talk about what thought would be the most important features of winter gear was interesting. For example, I would pay a lot of attention to the quality and function of the zipper, as that has often been the first failure point for me. The one boy just did not want poofiness and got the thinnest, flattest coat he could find. The other wanted a coat with some American baseball team on it, any team, didn’t matter which so long as it was baseball.






  • Same as I’ve been doing since he won last time. Stay in my more liberal home state, extend understanding to friends and relatives who live in conservative states, extend invitations to the few who might need to move to keep themselves safe. Keep donating and volunteering with the organizations I’ve been supporting.

    I have a friend who is thinking about seeking asylum in the US. I have encouraged her to weigh her other options; there are other countries where she has friends and family that might be more welcoming to her. If Trump gets elected, I’m not sure she’ll even have a viable path to the US.