One interesting thing here #a2council, is that it's actually far simpler, upon discovering a mistake, to immediately do what is necessary to correct the mistake, learn from it, and move on – now better equipped to avoid similar mistakes.
Imagine, for example, #a2council, if the very first time Mr. Crawford made one of his many unfortunate remarks, it had been immediately reported, and substantial remedial action had been successfully taken.
But – and this is a big but – that would have required a workplace culture of widespread trust, honesty, accountability/transparency, sincere collegiality, etc. in and around #a2council.
Some current (& recently former) #a2council members, however, leap(ed) at every opportunity to wreck any possibility of that kind of positive workplace culture in which a rising tide not only lifts all ships, but also helps each ship individually recover from damage.
Sorry for the mixed metaphor in that last sentence, but the point is that bad behavior from leaders creates a negative work environment which leads to more bad behavior, bad decisions, increased employee turnover…
All the bad things, #a2council.
Let's vote all this bad behavior off #a2council next year.
If we want good things to happen, imma go out on a limb & say we need more good leadership in order to make it happen.
Let's help create a positive workplace culture for some of the most important workers in our city.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
Excellent content in this #a2council thread from @A2LuisVazquez
It keys into some thoughts I've had regarding the functioning of our council, and the way some residents and CMs appear to (mistakenly) conceptualize that functioning.
Some folks use the pejorative "voting in lockstep" esp, w/ respect to when CMs vote w/ Mayor Taylor.
I want to unpack that pejorative a little bit, #a2council.
My first thought here is that there are only 2 ways a CM can vote (3 if we count abstaining, which we shouldn't).
So with that yes/no binary structural limitation in mind (which apparently isn't as obvious a limitation to some as it is to me), let's travel further upstream of the moment when #a2council members cast their votes.
#a2council
I am in a low level admin position where I work.
One thing ppl must learn as they rise higher in an organization is that there are things one may need to discuss confidentially 1-on-1 in private with a trusted co-worker at a similar level in the hierarchy to one's own.
I can't say every thought that crosses my mind out loud to everyone in my workplace.
But problematic, decision impairing thoughts don't magically disappear just because they're bad and I shouldn't have them.
I have bad thoughts sometimes, and they can get in my way.
I need to say that sh*t out loud sometimes to get it out of my head & move on to a better place for making a good decision.
But I also need to be careful to only say that sh*t to ppl I know won't be harmed by seeing me at my worst – and will sincerely help me meet my challenges.
The changes Ann Arbor *needs* in housing policy (whatever we decide they might be) are not going to be easy changes to make, but trying to protect us all from change is 100% assured of making everything worse.
(pic related) 1/
This is, for example, why "protecting neighborhood character" is, w/ total certainty, the wrong *policy* choice. We need to collaborate to *change* the character of our neighborhoods w/ policies crafted to *improve* them.
There *are* problems w/ them.
2/
To do that we will need some help from "neighborhood character protectors". Such voices can *help* in the process of policy making to filter out potential negative consequences that might not be so easily seen by those of us more excited about change.
3/
@AshitaNoFrog@GutsySubs@randomsakuga And here's another side of this:
When I met Urasawa Naoki at his Japan House exhibition in Los Angeles earlier this year, I told him his "Manben" documentary TV series was incredible, and that I hoped it might someday be subtitled for release in English speaking territories. 1/
@AshitaNoFrog@GutsySubs@randomsakuga He was very proud and pleased that I liked Manben so much, and we agreed that the educational element of it would be great to be able to share outside of Japan.
He even said that he had tried repeatedly to talk NHK into somehow making it available translated for other countries.
Here comes a thread with my own "thought experiment" that I've been mulling over all day regarding this wild anime/manga fan translation beef that's been blowing up anime/manga twitter for the past day or two...
1 Imagine there is an anime series you've been wanting to see but it is unavailable translated and subtitled in a language that you can read. It's an old series, and, while popular enough in Japan to have at least a DVD release, it's very unlikely to be released in your language.
2 Hanging out at the public library browsing anime videos, you meet someone who's also browsing and you hit it off immediately. You have many favorite series in common.
It also turns out that s/he loves that old series you've wanting to see, and, OMG!, even has it on disc!!
@BurialOfTheDead What's the criteria for objectifying anything?
All components of physical reality are objects.
Some objects are also subjects with agency.
100% of representational art (including anime) transforms the physical reality of the world into objects to be studied — to evoke a response.
@BurialOfTheDead There is always the object being represented, and the object created by that process of representation.
So what?
Part of the value of representational art is that it can call our attention to significant aspects of object-ness in the world — including our own object-ness.
@BurialOfTheDead When we try to disavow our own object-ness, we might as well disavow our own selves.
The other side of this:
Embracing, examining, and taking charge of our existence as objects is one part of the process of liberation from others constraining us with their power and authority.