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“All of this despite the fact that they had no proof that she had incorporated either her personal beliefs or any topics of sexuality into her lessons.” - the article
Sleep stuff sucks, sorry you’re having a hard time. One thing that helps me - I bought some smart lights and programmed them to a schedule. They all go red and dim a couple hours before bedtime so I know to start winding down. The tv backlight also gets dimmed. It’s a nice little routine / cue. Supposedly minimizing blue light exposure before bedtime is good for your sleep?
“the responsibility for determining a student’s gender identity rests with the student’s parents/guardians.”
I hope someday we can start seeing children as people instead of property.
How do you cope with knowing better
BIG IME - I think sometimes you gotta accept that maybe you don't necessarily know better (it's hard, i know).
Especially with dev work (especially open source) - sometimes you’re limited by available technology, time, resources (servers, bandwidth, people, blah blah), etc. Your ideas may be good but not feasible (at the moment), for example.
That's not to say you can't put forth your idea - repeatedly even. Keep being part of the conversation and ask questions, make suggestions. You just have to work on letting go of the frustration and seek to do some understanding of your own. The more you understand & learn, the more clearly you can communicate your own ideas using language / frameworks devs or others are more familiar with and the easier it might be to get buy-in for your ideas.
I've also found it helps to refine the problem statement - outline the issues and problems without offering solutions straight away & see if others note the same problems? It seems silly, but sometimes it's easier to get folks on board with problems…