Rebecca Newman

She/Her. Generally geeky. Likely to have opinions on many, many subjects.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@GabrielasBode @thisismewhatevs No, that's where we get most of our comedians to make fun of the British.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@EvanintheHaus @tauriqmoosa @AlexandraErin My complete Shakespeare is currently in a box because I'm in the middle of moving. And I will readily admit that it's been decades since I read that one. I'm still pretty sure he got a couple in.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@Charlotte_Stein @mel_thegreat Though, honestly, just continuing to ask someone out after they've said no more than once in a work environment where romantic/sexual relationships between coworkers are discouraged... like... stop after once. Mmmmmmaybe twice if there was actual time between the two.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@clairewillett There is... I can't decide if Ann Marzipan is awesome or deeply wrong. (Other grandmother is Katherine.)

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

I can’t answer this question for Bill Maher but YOU CAN

A thread.

[Nathan Goldwag 🇺🇦 @GoldwagNathan]

So at this point a Blue Check can signify any of the following:

- The user has subscribed to Twitter Blue.
- The user has one million+ followers.
- The user has annoyed Elon Musk.
- The user has pleased Elon Musk.

Great system! Very helpful. 👍

[Brittany. @artistfuly]

I finished my Greek Muse series!!! (Clio is my favourite) 🌱

[Meghan Waters @MeghanJMJW]

I’ll never forget my first unionized job (CUPE 500), at 19, I was told to take a break and I was like “oh it’s ok, I don’t need a break, I’m good.” My colleague said “take your break because we earned it and some of us need them.” That lesson stuck with me.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@jmatonak Yeah. I have a number of trans friends and people I admire. Also, I am literally part of a category which is next on their list. Like a bunch don't even hide that I'm the next checkmark down.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@jmatonak But, but, but. Their junior high biology books /saaaaid/.

Let us not examine the lies told by their junior high math books either, but they get less worked up about that.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@jmatonak Oh that, too. But I still find the whole idea of 'well, if you exclude XXY/klinefelter and people with testosterone resistance and chimeras and and and...' to be completely disingenuous. But also, yeah, no one ought to be too rare to matter.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@jmatonak It should also be noted that at one point they tried doing chromosomal testing on women athletes for international sport and almost immediately stopped because it turns out that it's a really sucky way to find out that your genes aren't what you always thought they were.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@jmatonak There are two issue here:
1) what you count as intersex. (A lot of TERFs really want to exclude several of the more common varieties.)

2) We honestly have no idea because there isn't, currently, widescale chromosomal testing. So we have no idea of the rates of certain kinds.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@CPostcapitalism @caitlinmoriah Memory says earthworms are hermaphrodites who impregnate each other, soooo....

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@getpseudoed @caitlinmoriah We call it pollen, but yes. Hayfever is all of us reacting to grass bukake.

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@NomeDaBarbarian Helpfully, my last name means 'Hey, I just got here.'

[Rebecca Newman @tibicina]

@jmatonak Oh that, too. Custom made shoes, given the weirdness of my feet. (large size, high arches, etc.) I was mostly just thinking Fluevlogs. Like, I go look and so many are so cool looking. And so expensive.