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Maybe I'm waffling
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I have nothing rattling around in my head to write about, so I will just start typing and then see what comes out. You, dear newsletter subscriber, are the recipient of my babbling. Oh, that reminds me that this week I said in front of 70 people "Don't mind me, I'm just waffling on to fill the dead air." Then I wondered aloud where the phrase "waffling on" came from. Low and behold one of the 70 people, a Belgian, spoke up and said "I believe it comes from Belgium," without a hint of irony. Later he sent me the waffle link.
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I had three talks this week at Greenpeace's TechCamp 2020. The first was on the Fundamentals of Working Openly and some of the work I've done with the Planet4 team, the second was on Unconscious Bias in collaboration with an ED&I director and the third was a digital Privilege Walk. Hadn't done that exercise digitally before, and it worked really well. Great discussions too.
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Remember how last week I talked about how it's scary to write all these things I write to you? Well, that hit a nerve because I had several people reach out to tell me please don't stop, say the things. Thank you because I need the reminder from time to time. It gives me courage.
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I don't want to open the whole Laura and kids can of worms, but I do want to share two revealing posts on the subject. Despite it being 2020, despite feminism, despite climate catastrophe, despite privacy being a thing...despite the fact that the vast majority of parents mention their offspring on a regular basis with zero prompting (which I have no problem with, parents, I am genuinely interested in you and your families. I'm just making a point). Despite all of these things, strangers ask me about my kid status. So I tell them the truth. Then they get uncomfortable af and it serves them right. My story shakes something inside people that is better left unshaken.
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Maybe I'm nerding out
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Hahhah. Why are there so many crazy obvious studies when science-types could put platypuses under black lights? I've spent hours in the wet collections jar room at the Berlin museum of Natural History because it's gross and fascinating. They've got jars of the whole world are wrinkly and gross.
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Maybe I need help?
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