just the link backlog for now

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I've had a headache for most of the weekend, spent waaaaaaay too long trying to sleep the headache off, and then it took Ellie and I all afternoon to get groceries (we hit Allandale Farms, Whole Foods, BJ's, and Stop-n-Shop. Plus Home Depot so she could price some set-building stuff).

• All in a Name: New Software Benefits Transgender Students

  The new software, created as an adjunct to the Banner student information system, allows students to fill out a form specifying their preferred name and pronoun. The information appears on all paperwork seen by faculty, so petitioning professors individually, a process that gave students no choice but to out themselves, is a thing of the past.

• via naraht: The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes

  My anecdotal evidence generally seems to support the idea that group sizes will usually plateau at a number lower than 150 participants. This comes from 20 years of doing facilitation both on and offline, running several software companies, and running various forums at America Online. In particular, many online communities provide good evidence for Dunbar's Number actually being an upper limit (either due to reduced efficiency or due to increased dispersion).

• dw_news: Weekly Update: 30 Sept

  * Development
  * Code Push
  * More DW Creativity
  * RIP, Vox
  * DW Advocacy
  * Icon Renames

• Dreamwidth Wiki: Advocacy


• denise: DW artisans


• via wordweaverlynn: Kink Aware Professionals