I love this episode. We need more autistic representation than just autistically coded robots, but nevertheless, my autistic ass feels so seen by Data in this episode (his way of approaching the challenge reminds me of when I was learning how to do small talk, I found it useful to frame it as a badminton game where the goal is to keep the rally going.)

If I was in this meeting, and had previously never leaked anything, I would want to leak this, because this is funny as hell

You say it’s a horrible way to learn that this is a thing, but I actually find it weirdly sweet how when someone dies, people who care about the deceased or their work jump to share stories of how they had been impacted. It reminds me of birthdays; I have friends who I don’t speak to much, but their birthday prompts me to reach out and say “hey! I’m glad you exist”

Here is a super useful information thread. https://voiceacting.boards.net/thread/5286/get-started-voice-acting

There’s also a discord server attached, which feels cool and diverse in terms of what kinds of people are there — both hobbyists and professionals

A few years ago, I read about how Mary Molony was an Irish Suffragette who disrupted a speech Winston Churchill was giving in Dundee by ringing a bell every time he tried to speak. She wanted him to apologise for remarks he had made about the women’s suffrage movement.

I remember when I read this, it reeked of something awesome that you find online that’s actually false (the story was shared on social media via a captioned photo with no sources), so I went digging for a proper source to check. I found some newspaper articles from 1908 and I learned that this event did happen, but also that people fucking hated Molony for this. There was a lot of “see, this is why everyone hates the Suffragettes”. (Sorry for saying this and then not sourcing)

It makes sense that people would be salty - Churchill was an asshole, but also a great orator, so I can see why one might be disappointed in missing the chance to see him speak, but I was shocked at the level of vitriol aimed at Molony and other Suffragettes from the time. Until this I hadn’t realised just how unpopular they were at the time. It’s drastically changed my perspective on protests and public perception.