Brett Simison

editorial, documentary, portrait photographer | audio producer | backpacker + paddler | science, scifi, comics nerd | rpg dm | chaotic good | vergennes, vt

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@Middlebury College commencement speaker Jason Collins tells the 2020 graduating class "Live Long and Prosper" #StarTrek

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The #classof2020 finally got their commencement today @Middlebury College.

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@mary_fafard Agreed. You don't F with the sanctity of a Cinnamon Roll.

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@middland Right back atcha.

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Sure, in #VT you often have to drive 1.5 hrs one-way for a 1 hr soccer game, but sometimes you’re rewarded with a lovely little creek running alongside the field for a post-game cool down.

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@melissalyttle “that won’t fly with legal” = "we don't want to do that"
Thanks for putting this out there, Melissa. Seems like these overreaching contracts have trickled down from the big brands to the little guys as I'm seeing these more and more.

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@andreapitzer This should be a part of the twitter logo.

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And when the X-Men finally enter the MCU en masse (and not just a cameo from Prof X) I hope they clean up the Dark Phoenix Saga, which suffers from the same "women can't handle power" trope.

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No, House of M & Avengers Disassembled are *not* must-reads. They are a re-telling of the tired, misogynistic trope of "Women are too powerful and cannot control their abilities"
This panel is from Disassembled #4 where Strange explains why Wanda doesn't "deserve" her powers.

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With all the retcons the MCU applied to the comics universe, I'd really hoped they would have cleaned up this mess, but MoM simply doubled down on this awful trope by implying that America Chavez also couldn't control her powers, pushing alt-Strange to strip them from her.

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@mankadmd Not even kidding, I think it's a brilliant idea.

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@lizziellen @theshaunahill @VPR_Connor @GovPhilScott We're getting emails almost everyday about new COVID cases in the elementary school. Not hearing anything from the high school (not sure if they're reporting). We told our kids to mask up despite official policies.

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@jhamner That's exactly what a bot would say.

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@jhamner I use a BeaverCraft draw knife in my workshop. It's a damn fine tool.

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@WarOnDumb @jhamner "...I am reasonably certain that formal action to withdraw academic accreditation from Alabama state universities is lurking in the shadows of HB 312."

Something AL lawmakers should (but likely don't) care about.

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Cross-country ski tracks and cleared sidewalks cut through a fresh blanket of snow on the Middlebury College campus. #drone #winter #photo #vermont https://t.co/5Vrp0ssHTb

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'The company’s 2014-15 plan included manufacturing “3rd-party grass roots” support.' https://t.co/7PjaCLYlNH

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Hey @unbeatablesg — I’ve read your entire series to my 2nd grade daughter twice now (her request). What do you suggest we read next?

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"Always carry a camera," was the stock advice for new photographers before smartphones put a camera always within our reach. These days the more apt advice should say, "Always be seeing." https://t.co/gITfGGKzt5

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I photographed the Printer's Cabin on the Bread Loaf campus as part of a series I was doing on Robert Frost's summer cabin in Ripton titled The Pane in Empty Rooms. https://t.co/C0PO57I7Al