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diff --git a/notes/memoir-sections.md b/notes/memoir-sections.md
index 339fdb4..377fe3f 100644 (file)
--- a/notes/memoir-sections.md
+++ b/notes/memoir-sections.md
@@ -1,34 +1,11 @@
 time-sensitive globals TODOs—
-✓ address red team objections to pt. 3
-✓ schedule Friendship Day at Valinor
-✓ apply pro edits to pt. 3
-✓ address auto edit tier to pt. 3
-✓ clear with Alicorn
-✓ fill in needed pt. 4 sections
-✓ send pt. 4 to editors
-✓ clear with Kelsey
-✓ rephrase "everyone-yelling operation" in pt. 5
-✓ clear with Michael/Ben/Jessica
-✓ Kelsey won't elaborate on statutes of limitations
-✓ clear with Steven
-✓ finish and ship "Hrunkner Unnerby"
-✓ revise FTX footnote
-✓ clear with Ray
-✓ finish and ship "Reply to Scott on Autogenderphilia"
-✓ clear with Ruby
-✓ section headers for pt. 3
-✓ revise gender section!!
-✓ consult Said
-✓ clear with Mike/re-clear with Alicorn
-- consult Anna
-
-_ SHIP PT. 3!!
-
-------------
-
 ✓ apply pro edit pt. 4
-_ section headers for pt. 4
-_ apply red team pt. 4
+✓ section headers for pt. 4
+✓ apply red team pt. 4
+_ rewrite pt. 4
+_ consult Anna
+_ consult Said
+_ publish pt. 4
 
 
 _ finish pt. 5
@@ -106,6 +83,7 @@ _ Sept. 2020 clarification noted that a distinction should be made between
 _ emphasize that 2018 thread was policing TERF-like pronoun usage, not just disapproving of gender-based pronouns
 _ https://cognition.cafe/p/on-lies-and-liars
 _ cite more sneers; use a footnote to pack in as many as possible
+_ Dawkins and Jerry Coyne
 
 
 pt. 5 edit tier—
@@ -1427,6 +1405,7 @@ It even leaked into Big Yud!!! "Counterfactuals were made for humanity, not huma
 At least I don't have to link the rebuttal myself every time:
 https://www.datasecretslox.com/index.php/topic,1553.msg38755.html
 https://old.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/10vx6gk/the_categories_were_made_for_man_not_man_for_the/j7k8fjc/
+https://twitter.com/niplav_site/status/1744304380503904616
 
 ------
 
@@ -2871,3 +2850,10 @@ https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/kuqgJDPF6nfscSZsZ/thread-for-discussin
 
 "there just wasn't any reliable similarity between biology and AI" is an interesting contrast with the constant use of the evolution analogy despite credible challenges
 https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1738464784931025333
+
+-----
+
+What if, in addition to physical punishments and Detect Thoughts, Cheliax also had Adjust Thoughts, a "gradient descent for the brain" spell (given a desired behavior, nudge the spell target's psychology to be more likely to emit that behavior)? Does Carissa still have a winning strategy? Assume whatever implementation details make for a good story. (Maybe Cheliax is reluctant to use Adjust Thoughts too much because Asmodeus wants authentic tyrannized humans, and the Adjust Thoughts sculpting makes them less tyrannized?)
+
+> One thing is sure, the path that leads to sanity and survival doesn't start with lies or with reasoning by Appeal to (Internal) Consequences.
+https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1743522277835333865

diff --git a/notes/notes.txt b/notes/notes.txt
index ac5d639..099f2e7 100644 (file)
--- a/notes/notes.txt
+++ b/notes/notes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-I don't think we're in equilibrium; I don't think everyone knows what's going on
+'I don't think we're in equilibrium; I don't think everyone knows what's going on
 
 fragments—
 
@@ -3379,3 +3379,9 @@ https://benexdict.io/p/math-team
 https://thepostmillennial.com/trans-runner-shatters-womens-sprinting-record-only-one-year-after-earning-19th-place-in-male-competition
 
 https://www.reddit.com/r/MtF/comments/18tggaq/i_get_aroused_when_i_have_gender_euphoria_is_that/
+
+https://www.reddit.com/r/trans/comments/18vijfo/asked_my_friend_out_she_couldnt_just_turn_me_down/
+
+https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/18ygct1/is_autogynephillia_real/
+
+https://ovarit.com/o/GenderCritical/526364/tims-in-r-lesbiangamers-outnumber-females-2-1

diff --git a/notes/patriate_links.py b/notes/patriate_links.py
index 1781b75..3cc6ee7 100755 (executable)
--- a/notes/patriate_links.py
+++ b/notes/patriate_links.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ output_file_path = "out.md"
 markdown_link_pattern = re.compile(r'\]\(/(\d{4}/\w{3}/[-\w]+/)\)')
 anchor_pattern = re.compile(r'<a id="[-\w]+"></a>')
 
+# TODO: don't neglect links with #-section
+# TODO: don't neglect images
+
 # Read the content of the original markdown file
 with open(input_file_path, 'r') as file:
     content = file.read()

diff --git a/notes/post_ideas.txt b/notes/post_ideas.txt
index fceae6e..1bfc6d3 100644 (file)
--- a/notes/post_ideas.txt
+++ b/notes/post_ideas.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-- Beyond the Binary
+_ Agreeing With Stalin in Ways that Exhibit Generally Rationalist Principles
 
-_ Reply to Scott Alexander on Autogenderphilia
-_ Hrunkner Unnerby and the Shallowness of Progress
-
-_ If Clarity Seems Like Death to Them (April 2019–January 2021)
-_ Agreeing With Stalin in Ways that Exhibit Generally Rationalist Principles (February 2021)
 _ Zevi's Choice (March 2021–April 2022)
 
 -------
@@ -14,6 +9,9 @@ _ Standing Under the Same Sky (September–December 2022)
 
 
 Minor—
+_ reply to https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/is-transitioning-harmful-to-prospective
+_ Book Review: Lisa Selin Davis's: Housewife
+
 _ horror of gender
 _ math of "sex diffs can still exist in a subspace that is masc/fem compared to genpop"
 _ subspace

diff --git a/notes/wordcounts.txt b/notes/wordcounts.txt
index db67e6d..0298316 100644 (file)
--- a/notes/wordcounts.txt
+++ b/notes/wordcounts.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ $ wc content/drafts/blanchards-dangerous-idea-and-the-plight-of-the-lucid-crossd
   2447  73940 501961 total
 
 words per year—
-2023 (through 12 Oct): 66500 (total); 46200 (UUT), 20300 (LW)
+2023: 96370 (total); 72200 (UUT), 24170 (LW),     0 (aAL)
 2022: 31900 (total); 29600 (UUT),  2300 (LW),   100 (aAL)
 2021: 43300 (total); 21600 (UUT), 21700 (LW),   400 (aAL)
 2020: 42400 (total); 23900 (UUT), 18500 (LW),  1800 (aAL)

diff --git a/theme/static/css/main.css b/theme/static/css/main.css
index 1d9fedd..3e69077 100644 (file)
--- a/theme/static/css/main.css
+++ b/theme/static/css/main.css
@@ -387,13 +387,17 @@ p.flower-break {
 
 /* Thanks to Said Achmiz for table-of-contents styling */
 .toc {
-       clear: right;
-        max-width: calc(50% - 1.5em);
+       max-width: 50%;
        font-size: 0.85em;
-       margin-left: 1.5em;
        padding: 0.5em;
+       margin: 1.5em 0;
        border: 2px dotted #d6d6d6;
 }
+.toctitle {
+       display: block;
+       margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.375em;
+       opacity: 0.5;
+}
 .toc ul {
        list-style-type: none;
        padding-left: 1.5em;
@@ -418,3 +422,4 @@ p.flower-break {
 .toc a {
        border: none;
 }
+