Hey Stockholm @Arlanda, why do your airport customer surveys have a “What is your gender? (Do not ask the participant, just note down)” question with only “Male/Female” options? I know you want to break results down by background variables, but having your staff just make assumptions about people’s gender, without asking them, providing non-binary options, the option not to say, or even TELLING THEM IT’S BEING COLLECTED is straight-up rude. Not only that, but the results of the survey will reflect your staff’s biases, as you’re requiring them to make assumptions. Doing a better job is easy. Just explicitly ask people, providing Female/Male/Other/Prefer Not To Say options at the very least.

@BarnabyWalters I get that. But what I'm speaking about specifically is a university space where cops aren't allowed on campus.

@BarnabyWalters Oh no, be careful you don’t start identifying with your captors.

Oh no, be careful you don’t start identifying with your captors.

@BarnabyWalters Yup, check out ruv.is/sarpurinn/ruv/… approx 25min in

For example, I’d love to read something like Terry Bisson’s Meat, but where the narrators are repulsed by the fact that humans have to traverse 3D space, most often between artifically constructed bounded areas, in order to achieve their goals.

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@BarnabyWalters haha, awesome! Glad I was able to corrupt you into drinking a non-water beverage!

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The llama thing was about a couple llamas that escaped and caught national attention. CNN even had a llama in the studio last night. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/surprise/2015/02/26/sun-city-llamas-on-the-loose-abrk/24068713/

I missed the llama thing but the dress thing is the fact that this picture of a dress:
http://swiked.tumblr.com/post/112073818575/guys-please-help-me-is-this-dress-white-and

Is an optical illusion and people think it’s either gold and white (as i do) or black and blue (as BlackwoolHoliday does) based on whether their visual system is predisposed to disregarding warm or cool colours as ambient lighting effects.

oh wow, I didn’t know that. I agree that’s terrible! Somebody get Armin on the phone.

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@BarnabyWalters I’m confused, isn’t that exactly what the method you linked to (request.data) provides?

I’m confused, isn’t that exactly what the method you linked to (request.data) provides?

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@BarnabyWalters Well, that's not around the corner from here, but it sounds great! Let me know if you need any "local" help! :)

@jkphl @aaronpk yup, hopefully sometime this Summer, to sw Mecklenburg. Checking out the potential… waterpigs.co.uk/notes/4_oP2q/

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