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Trisha L. Renken-Sebastian

Community developer, writer, feminist geek

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An older mixed-breed black and white dog looks up and to the right while his tail is caught mid-wag. The dog is standing on green grass in a fenced-in yard.

Teaching complacent dogs anti-phishing tricks

04 January 2024 By T.L. Renken-Sebastian

Pride went before I fell into an anti-phishing trap set by my university. Here’s what I knew and why it still got me.

Cartoon of an mastodon with a satchel on a stick is being greeted by a variety of other mastodons in all shapes and sizes to a green bit of earth and trees. All the mastodons are happy to see the new visitor, hopeful that he will become a new neighbour.

Mastodon 101 for Geriatric Millennials by a Generation X Dino

09 February 2023 By T.L. Renken-Sebastian

There have been several explainers about a person who is new to the concept of the Fediverse and Mastodon specifically. This is the abbreviated explainer I wish I could have read when I first started posting to Mastodon in April 2022.

Screenshot showing that the Desert Bus for Hope fundraising telethon has raised $236,268.05 USD this year so far and they have been running for almost 48 hours straight as of today.

My introduction to personal philanthropy

14 November 2022 By T.L. Renken-Sebastian

Some people have complicated reasons why they choose to regularly give to nonprofit organizations. Here’s an example of another one.

A red teacup with tea and a spoon inside rests on a lime green saucer, which itself rests on a warm-wooden tabletop.

Finding an answer to a difficult question

27 September 2022 By T.L. Renken-Sebastian

It can be both easy and difficult to admit something that you find embarrassing to a friend or family. Perfect strangers, however, are a completely different matter.

A single-story building at sunset, nestled into a garden with sidewalks.

Who are your parents’ grandparents?

10 July 2022 By T.L. Renken-Sebastian

If you had to introduce yourself and your work to a group of Indigenous people, what would you say? Who are your parents and grandparents?

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I acknowledge with greatest respect that I live, work, and play on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of many hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking peoples. Without their stewardship of the land, what I will accomplish during my life here will not be possible. I’m also a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, and the first generation of my family from the Philippines.

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