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@patrickrhone I thought the same thing, Patrick!
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@JimRain Excellent work.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/89111767","date_published":"2026-04-27T16:48:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-27 16:48","date_timestamp":1777308512,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89010524","content_html":"@dwalbert I’m heading that way fast…! Thanks.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/89010524","date_published":"2026-04-26T03:00:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 03:00","date_timestamp":1777172402,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89010522","content_html":"@tinyroofnail Thanks! 🙏
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/89010522","date_published":"2026-04-26T02:59:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 02:59","date_timestamp":1777172388,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88996569","content_html":"@wcaleb Thank you!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88996569","date_published":"2026-04-25T18:54:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-25 18:54","date_timestamp":1777143251,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88985525","content_html":"It’s my birthday, and my teenagers are fully leaning into the old people cards (with very very sweet notes inside ❤️).
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","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/04/24/blog-blues.html","date_published":"2026-04-25T02:59:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-25 02:59","date_timestamp":1777085949,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88941794","content_html":"@mbattles I can imagine this process coming after a sustained period of witnessed changing attention via stronger guardrails. Like first half of term/latter half divide?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88941794","date_published":"2026-04-24T17:12:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-24 17:12","date_timestamp":1777050771,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88928778","content_html":"@ayjay Yes. I worry that there’s a common self-flattering wish to invite students to a high-minded exercise of considered will — self-flattering in seeing oneself as having what appears to be a generous disposition toward student behavior. But we have to take up a more human and ultimately more compassionate realism. (“Rational utility maximizers” has helped me SO much. Students get it immediately!)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88928778","date_published":"2026-04-24T14:01:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-24 14:01","date_timestamp":1777039269,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88926838","content_html":"@ayjay I’m glad you did indeed post this. Your observations here are the substance of mine when discussing AI with professor colleagues: how to make a clear-eyed assessment of human motivation and choices, and how to accompany students in experiencing sustained attention, given that clear-eyed (and formation-minded) assessment. Onward! I feel like a broken record too, but I need the solidarity.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88926838","date_published":"2026-04-24T13:29:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-24 13:29","date_timestamp":1777037349,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88926521","content_html":"@isaacgreene Yesssss! Big congrats, Isaac. Hope you’ll take that in and celebrate.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88926521","date_published":"2026-04-24T13:23:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-24 13:23","date_timestamp":1777037025,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88925766","content_html":"@ReaderJohn Oh wow, this makes me so happy, especially coming from you! It really is beguiling.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88925766","date_published":"2026-04-24T13:08:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-24 13:08","date_timestamp":1777036081,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88873163","content_html":"@mbattles Oh wow! Strong possibility that Brian was there. He had a whole dorm-room operation of fake IDs for the Chicago clubs.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88873163","date_published":"2026-04-23T18:51:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 18:51","date_timestamp":1776970295,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88873001","content_html":"@ayjay Right. I wonder? Your first thought makes more sense to me, but he says otherwise. It strikes me that it must be annoying to poets to have to caveat this way for what is ideally a spoken-first art form.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88873001","date_published":"2026-04-23T18:48:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 18:48","date_timestamp":1776970127,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88865321","content_html":"excerpt from my new Comment essay out from paywall: ablerism.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/04/23/excerpt-from-my-new-comment.html","date_published":"2026-04-23T16:38:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 16:38","date_timestamp":1776962293,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88864468","content_html":"No Omen But Awe: ablerism.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/04/23/no-omen-but-awe.html","date_published":"2026-04-23T16:23:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 16:23","date_timestamp":1776961416,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88791569","content_html":"Going to a structured deliberation with students about the conundrum of disability accommodations in higher ed this afternoon. (Private, unrecorded, Chatham House rules.) In case this is also a topic you’re willing to wade into, see this extensive, evidence-packed, and sympathetic report.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88716320","date_published":"2026-04-21T16:21:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-21 16:21","date_timestamp":1776788493,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88663425","content_html":"@tinyroofnail 🤪❤️
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88663425","date_published":"2026-04-20T21:22:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-20 21:22","date_timestamp":1776720152,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88663382","content_html":"@tinyroofnail I totally get that decision; I put aside a recent issue in the middle of a truly terrible short story. But some of our big laughs lately — the ones interrupting silly daily stresses — come from B passing over a cartoon from his side of the bed when we’re both half asleep.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88663382","date_published":"2026-04-20T21:22:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-20 21:22","date_timestamp":1776720129,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88662655","content_html":"@JimRain Thank goodness for Goldsmith bringing the regular sanity on this stuff. I also thought Sarah Isgur did a good job contextualizing with Ross D recently.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88662655","date_published":"2026-04-20T21:10:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-20 21:10","date_timestamp":1776719438,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88662360","content_html":"Sometimes the New Yorker still brings it.
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@todd I’ve been thinking about this too. Small step: leaving my office door open more often. Certain students will only really stop by unannounced rather than make an appointment.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88606138","date_published":"2026-04-20T01:36:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-20 01:36","date_timestamp":1776648972,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88452674","content_html":"@andrewz I’ll be so curious to hear what you’ve learned after it’s all said and done!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88452674","date_published":"2026-04-17T15:57:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 15:57","date_timestamp":1776441463,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88409783","content_html":"@jabel Glorious!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88409783","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:17:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 00:17","date_timestamp":1776385061,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88409780","content_html":"@dwalbert Beautiful!! Someday gonna have a garden.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88409780","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:17:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 00:17","date_timestamp":1776385045,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88409516","content_html":"@bbowman Ok, great. I will just say that I just published a piece in Comment about architecture for humans, citing Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language. I bet you would like thumbing through that text for ideas; many friends of mine use it for house remodel inspiration, and there are ideas at the scale of civic and sacred buildings, neighborhoods. “Pattern” is kind of a meso-scale guide: not too high level and abstract, but also not too specifically prescriptive. More to come.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88409516","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:14:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 00:14","date_timestamp":1776384882,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88374785","content_html":"@tinyroofnail @isaacgreene Too real! Well done, D. But glad to know I’m not alone.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88374785","date_published":"2026-04-16T13:39:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 13:39","date_timestamp":1776346768,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88347152","content_html":"@mbattles Beautiful. Had never even heard of this work.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/88347152","date_published":"2026-04-16T02:21:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 02:21","date_timestamp":1776306107,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88256372","content_html":"End of classes this week. Office status = tracks.
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“Cognitive surrender” is… vivid (via this excellent roundup of studies and reporting).
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a listener of last resort: ablerism.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/04/07/a-listener-of-last-resort.html","date_published":"2026-04-08T02:35:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 02:35","date_timestamp":1775615721,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87343800","content_html":"Kinda mad no one told me about Clare Carlisle before now. Glad that Transcendence for Beginners is in the mail.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/03/27/sperm-whales-gather-up-to.html","date_published":"2026-03-28T01:05:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 01:05","date_timestamp":1774659928,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87003788","content_html":"no amount of debunking multi-tasking will diminish the behavior: ablerism.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/03/23/no-amount-of-debunking-multitasking.html","date_published":"2026-03-23T16:16:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 16:16","date_timestamp":1774282593,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86672990","content_html":"Chocolate chip pancakes on World Down Syndrome Day.
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Currently riveted by this book — told by a man who was a young Catholic Worker in the mid 20th c, in the circle of both Berrigan brothers, plus Day, Merton, so many others. If you only see the draft-card-burner rabble-rouser in this character, you’re missing so much.
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I’ll be speaking with my philosopher colleague Jacob Stump at a Veritas Forum event on March 25 on Northeastern’s Boston campus—a dialogue about the nature of anger. Register with this form.
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on labels and kids and schools: ablerism.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/03/11/on-labels-and-kids-and.html","date_published":"2026-03-11T23:53:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-11 23:53","date_timestamp":1773273186,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85915990","content_html":"Friends in MA and NY: Skylark Ensemble performs a Lent program this weekend. I am so sorry to miss it — this group is incredible.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/03/10/friends-in-ma-and-ny.html","date_published":"2026-03-10T18:14:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-10 18:14","date_timestamp":1773166444,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85770864","content_html":"Officially: gonna make it
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\n\nCurrently reading: Burdened Agency by Travis Pickell 📚So many strong concepts and integrated thinking here.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/03/07/currently-reading-burdened-agency-by.html","date_published":"2026-03-07T12:41:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 12:41","date_timestamp":1772887293,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85560894","content_html":"Glad to see my colleague in disability/design @pauldefazio here on Micro! Do please welcome him.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/03/05/glad-to-see-my-colleague.html","date_published":"2026-03-05T13:58:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-05 13:58","date_timestamp":1772719137,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84213077","content_html":"A student-built ice cathedral at Notre Dame.
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My PhD student is being advised left and right to let Claude do her lit review, write her qualifying presentation, summarize the books she needs to read to prepare. She is holding fast to the conviction that this slow, frictionful work is the work she signed on for. Immensely proud of her.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/02/13/my-phd-student-is-being.html","date_published":"2026-02-13T17:09:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-13 17:09","date_timestamp":1771002562,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84147062","content_html":"My son Malcolm (15) and I are on our fourth watch-through of Band of Brothers — a winter tradition. I think I’ve seen it twice more before that, so I’m officially versed in the 101st airborne. Other fans here?
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