Yes, *that* Dawn person @thatdawnperson@mastodon.social

Stay hydrated as much as possible, especially in hot weather.

Visiting friend is recovering from heat exhaustion. I had my vision grey out while working today.

Sadly, public libraries were closed today for the stat holiday. They are a reliable neighbourhood level place to hang out in climate control with free water and toilets. And Internet and books and stuff. I wish they could be accessed 24/7/365 with a library card.

Put that device down and make with the morning routine of contentment and tuna. -- Vash the Stampede

Likely to chill at the new place the next few days, what with the heat warning and the availability of AC.

Bonus level: today's mail contains 2 coupons good for a 20oz A&W root beer, no purchase necessary. There is an A&W within 3 blocks of the new place.

Nearly resigned to the likelihood my Vivofit(TM) is old enough to no longer be supported under OS X and any data I've been able to sync this month has been some kind of accident.
Not going to spend money I'm not earning on a new activity tracker, but will consider it when I get to the stage of being able to reliably budget.

Given the agility of large government departments, I am not crossing anything at this point in case people start assuming I've become incontinent.

When someone styling himself "Dick Patriarchy" appears in your birdsite mentions, the text of his pronouncements is superfluous.

I may have a (specific full-time ongoing) job in the federal civil service before July is halfway done.

I'll never know if I'd been nearly hired for a provincial government agency job because our Premier-designate halted most external hiring as one of his first acts.

With careful management of my retirement savings, I might qualify and carry a mortgage on the condo on my income alone when the current private loan comes due. It'll be close.

If I get an offer next week.

WHO has moved gender incongruity, including being trans, from mental health disorders to sexual health conditions.

One more step on the road to destigmatization.

http://www.who.int/health-topics/international-classification-of-diseases

The robs-rejection from the job I'd interviewed for last week is a comedy of errors. No, I do not have an offer in hand. I do have an explanation.

Meanwhile, this morning's assessment went well. Except the part where a key on the laptop got stuck and made about 25 copies of a section of data in Excel. But I fixed it.

Memmi's The Colonizer and The Colonized so clearly describes the structure of colonial oppression it reads like a well built collection of basic facts. Those facts were neither basic nor well known when he wrote the book in the 1960s. So accessible while bearing a heavy load of self reflection for the reader.

My behaviours and fatigue levels indicate I'm close to the low sustainable point for weight. It's hard to get enough calories when my appetite is suppressed by my mental and emotional state.

This time it's stress and moderate anxiety, which is generally easier to fight out of than depression.

I should have some yogurt.

I will have some yogurt. 3.25%MF.

Not seeing a positive way of processing the automated email robo-rejection for that job. Who goes to the work of interviews and doesn't take another 2-5 minutes for a personal email or phone call?

Why yes I am feeling myself to be a worthless piece of paper. Autocomplete, you are the only thing that would have to go back and I don't think that I have a great way.

/me notices how amazing someone's barely accented English is => compliments their English with wish my French were anywhere near as amazing.

/spousebot "Never compliment someone's language skills."

/me thinks about all the people in TO who learned English as an adult and the joy they expressed in discussing language. Considers the professional context of the recent compliment delivered.

/me "I don't know how to not do me. It is good advice."

Today's interview felt notably different, better. It wasn't just the compliment I got from the charming black woman with a name-of-God tattoo on her collarbone area, though that was a boost. I've learned some body language and interview closing techniques.

The org I was at today is one I'd be stoked to work for: improving community health outcomes through application of knowledge gleaned from data/stats.

Got caught in the sudden downpour this afternoon. Rode the subway home, dripping wet, standing. I'm still chilled and feeling stupid-tired.

Yes, I should go to bed. I have some weird mini conference event and a recruitment thing in the evening tomorrow.

And I need to write more content for WordPress.

IT Ops appears to still be dominated by male presenting south Asian staff, if the demographics of my fellow applicants is an indication. One thin white dude, four South Asian dudes, and me with my fade dyed red on top. Guy running the test was a nondescript white dude.

I miss the black mother of two who used to do our switch upgrades at old job.

TFW you give a friend and a sibling an update on how things are going after months of silence, and they don't respond within 12 hours.

Also feeling like a crap friend because the friend is someone prone to withdrawing from everything but work obligations for weeks at a time. He appreciates people checking in on him from time to time, even if he doesn't respond right away.

Sharps disposal containers in the multi-user areas of shared toilet facilities afford less privacy than in single user lockable toilets or stalls. The stigma of needle use can lead to people unsafely disposing of needles despite the presence of nearby safe places.

Encountered this weekend: amplified live light jazz guitar played by a white man in a grocery store's café space.