- am an internationally-recognized speaker in the tech industry - was one of the "keynote series" speakers at one of the biggest open internet festivals in the world last year - have had Nobel Laureates seek me out for my work
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And this is all aside from my activism work, which as you may have noticed, has had an impact. Yet those who want to see me suffer insist I am nothing more than a victim.
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It is true that I am a victim: I am a victim of horrific violence inflicted upon me and my community for reasons no other than we dare to exist in a way beyond their willingness or ability to understand.
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When someone reduces you to being nothing more than a victim, it is usually because they are the victimizer.
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The notion that a victim needs the victimizer to find meaning in their life is a desperate plea for relevance on behalf of the victimizer, not the victim. It is a pervasive myth that victims choose that role because they seek attention. MeToo only amplified that reality.
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My life would be measurably better off without the deleterious impact of those who harmed me. Nothing about my success was enabled by their harms; in fact those harms have come at significant cost.
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This myth is perpetuated by victimizers who they themselves would have nearly nothing if not for making others into victims. It is projection. Maybe out of envy? Admiration? Entitlement? I don't know.
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I have long avoided the word "victim" because of this. But I think I'm going to reclaim that word. I don't like "survivor." I haven't survived any of it yet. At any rate, this thread has been about the recent
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What kind of fusion?
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magnetic confinement. Tokamak, not stellarator.
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I love the word ‘tokamak’ for some reason.
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This was beautiful and concise. I love that it applies to many things too. I never really looked at things from this angle as to why some people bully others, it is kind of an eye opener.
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Providing evidence that people’s opinions are faulty guarantees virulent pushback. Keep at it, but hydrate, sleep, take good care of yourself, and thank you. UVA ‘83
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And after doing all that, you're throwing yourself into social and political activism. That's how I first perceived you on twitter, anyway. I admire that, and I'm not being sarcastic.
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