check in

diff --git a/content/drafts/agreeing-with-stalin-in-ways-that-exhibit-generally-rationalist-principles.md b/content/drafts/agreeing-with-stalin-in-ways-that-exhibit-generally-rationalist-principles.md
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@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ When piously appealing to the feelings of people describing reasons they do not
 
 I agree that a language convention in which pronouns map to hair color doesn't seem great. The people in this world should probably coordinate on switching to a better convention, if they can figure out how.
 
-But this convention as given, a demand to be referred to as having a hair color _that one does not  have_ seems outrageous to me!
+But taking this convention as given, a demand to be referred to as having a hair color _that one does not  have_ seems outrageous to me!
 
 It makes sense to object to the convention forcing a binary choice in the "halfway between two central points" case. That's an example of genuine nuance brought on by a genuine complication to a system that _falsely_ assumes discrete hair colors.
 

diff --git a/content/drafts/if-clarity-seems-like-death-to-them.md b/content/drafts/if-clarity-seems-like-death-to-them.md
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@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Math and Wellness Month ended up being mostly a failure: the only math I ended u
 
 In June 2019, I made [a linkpost on _Less Wrong_](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5nH5Qtax9ae8CQjZ9/tal-yarkoni-no-it-s-not-the-incentives-it-s-you) to Tal Yarkoni's ["No, It's Not The Incentives—It's you"](https://www.talyarkoni.org/blog/2018/10/02/no-its-not-the-incentives-its-you/), about how professional scientists should stop using career incentives as an excuse for doing poor science. It generated a lot of discussion.
 
-In an email (Subject: "LessWrong.com is dead to me"), Jessica identified _Less Wrong_ moderator [Ray Arnold's comments](https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/5nH5Qtax9ae8CQjZ9/no-it-s-not-the-incentives-it-s-you/comment/vPj9E9iqXjnNdyhob) as her last straw. Jessica wrote:
+In an email (Subject: "LessWrong.com is dead to me"), Jessica identified _Less Wrong_ moderator [Raymond Arnold's comments](https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/5nH5Qtax9ae8CQjZ9/no-it-s-not-the-incentives-it-s-you/comment/vPj9E9iqXjnNdyhob) as her last straw. Jessica wrote:
 
 > LessWrong.com is a place where, if the value of truth conflicts with the value of protecting elites' feelings and covering their asses, the second value will win.
 >

diff --git a/notes/memoir-sections.md b/notes/memoir-sections.md
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@@ -13,20 +13,21 @@ time-sensitive globals TODOs—
 ✓ clear with Michael/Ben/Jessica
 ✓ Kelsey won't elaborate on statutes of limitations
 ✓ clear with Steven
-✓ revise gender section
 ✓ finish and ship "Hrunkner Unnerby"
 ✓ revise FTX footnote
+✓ clear with Ray
+✓ finish and ship "Reply to Scott on Autogenderphilia"
 
+- revise gender section
 - consult Anna
 - consult Said
-
-_ finish and ship "Reply to Scott on Autogenderphilia"
-
+- clear with Ruby
 _ clear with Mike
-_ clear with Ray
-_ clear with Ruby
+
 
 _ SHIP PT. 3!!
+
+
 ------------
 
 _ finish pt. 5

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@@ -3371,3 +3371,5 @@ https://www.reddit.com/r/honesttransgender/comments/17tetu5/im_trans_and_i_trans
 https://ovarit.com/o/Books/519555/even-trashy-old-novels-knew-the-truth-about-agp
 
 https://quillette.com/2023/12/14/misunderstanding-the-fertility-crisis/
+
+https://www.theknownheretic.com/p/sex-mimics-are-mimicspart-1