Ryan Pollard

It was great to have representatives from so many local #FIRSTRobotics teams join us for the season kickoff broadcast today. Can't wait to see all the new robots that will take the field in the coming weeks and months. 🥰

#FRC #FIRSTRoboticsCompetition

Dan Couture

Tell me it's #FIRSTRobotics kickoff day without telling me it's kickoff day.

#FRC #OMGRobots

Ryan Pollard

The 2025 #FIRSTRoboticsCompetition (FRC) season kicks off tomorrow and I can't sleep. Months of prep going into one important day. Breathe... Breathe...

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#FRC #FIRST #FIRSTRobotics

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgenocide

New project page on my advocacy site
persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide
* response to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ movements/electoral upheaval

* conversations w. trans activists emphasize need for 2SLGBTQIA+ -led research, advocacy, activism
mastodon.social/@persagen/1135

Namaste 🙏

#conservatism #Trump2 #Trumpism #Christofascism #Catholicism #ChristianRight #conservatism
#transphobia #transgenocide #antiLGBT
#FRC #HeritageFoundation #ACPeds #M4L #LibsOfTikTok #SPN #ParentalRightsMovement

Nov 29, 2024, 04:21 · · · 2 · 0
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[thread 2/x] transphobia
parent: mastodon.social/@persagen/1131

COMMENT. Somewhat dated, I document the state of transphobia in the U.S.
~2022-2022 (esp. waves of anti-trans state legislature model acts) &
Ron DeSantis' horrifically transphobic campaigns ...

persagen.org/html/intro_01.htm
persagen.org/html/intro_01.htm
persagen.org/html/intro_01.htm

#antiLGBT #transphobia #discrimination
#conservatism #GOP #Christofascism #ParentalRightsMovement
#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #M4L #AcPEDs

Nov 08, 2024, 16:42 · · · 1 · 0
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups lobby US Supreme Court case to ban gender-affirming care
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/1

* case before the U.S. Supreme Court over a TN law banning gender-affirming care
* 83 amicus briefs by 21 anti-LGBTQ+ hate & antigovernment groups

Gays Against Groomers
American College of Pediatricians
American Family Association
Family Research Council
Alliance Defending Freedom
anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience n/w

#SPLC #Hatewatch #transphobia #SCOTUS #antiLGBT #GOP #ADF #FRC #ACPeds #AFA

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups support Supreme Court case to ban gender-affirming care

Extremist groups have rallied to file amicus briefs…

Southern Poverty Law Center
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Voilà! Trump Cruelly Selects Next Victims [transpersons 🏳️‍⚧️] to Lose Rights via Executive Order
newrepublic.com/post/187229/tr

* Trump ups attack on transgender people in America

Viciously transphobic:
Heritage Foundation
Family Research Council
AcPEDs
Libs of TikTok
National Organization for Women
TERFs: JK Rowling
...

Heritage pushes transphobic disinformation, e.g.
e.g.: static.heritage.org/annual-rep

#transphobia #HeritageFoundation #FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #AcPEDs #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #M4L

Oct 17, 2024, 00:12 · · · 2 · 0
Ryan Pollard

82 high school students have applied to join the #FIRSTRobotics teams (Skyview Robotics 2811 & 9567) I mentor. Of those, 24 marked my Tactics & Strategy crew as their first choice. They don't want to build or drive the robot... They want to study Game Theory, Logic, and Design Principles. They want to analyze game statistics. They want to use BI platforms to build dashboards for coaches, captains, and drive team. My data nerd heart is full to bursting. #FRC #FIRSTRoboticsCompetition

Colorfiend voted for Harris

Yesterday was bad freaking ass. I've started mentoring my kids' high school robotics team. (while wearing an N95) Last year, they invited my then-8th grader to be a full-fledged team member, so since she's a freshman and now I have two kids on the team, I thought I should offer up my time. Plus, my oldest is the team captain. Yesterday was the first meeting with the veterans and the kids who want to join this season. I love quirky high school nerds! They are sweet and kind. They're curious and excited. And that was just watching the slide deck full of typos and mistakes. And kids who made the slides with mistakes laughed at themselves, making the whole room laugh. I defy you to hold a straight face with 50 neurospicy laughing teenagers. It was a delightful afternoon. I know less than nothing about robots, so it will be an interesting school year. But sometimes, it's good for kids to see adults learning and making mistakes alongside them. So that'll be my job, I think. That, and ensuring everyone is fed, gets on the plane, and is in their assigned hotel room at lights out. ;) Today, we are building XRP bots to eventually play full-contact soccer (football) as practice for building our big FRC bot in January. Wish me luck!

#ActuallyAutistic #FRC #GirlsInSTEM #STEM #Robotics #XRP #DigiKey #SparkFun #COVIDisAirborne #Covid