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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/users/steve/statuses/114773026208634411">Stephen Sekula (steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Jul-2025 02:57:11 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/@steve" title="steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/91780-48-20251007181104.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Stephen Sekula" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Stephen Sekula</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/@steve/114773017531531495" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>More and more over the last decade, as institutions allow people to book time in other people's calendars, there has been the presumption that "free" means "available".</p><p>NO.</p><p>NO.</p><p>NO.</p><p>Free means "ask me if I have time for you". Preemptive booking without consultation leads more and more to me hitting "Decline". When it comes to time, the verb should not be mine but, rather, theirs. They should ASK. I should not have to DECLINE just to begin the conversation.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5281236#notice-10363792">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-07-01T02:57:11+09:00" title="Tuesday, 01-Jul-2025 02:57:11 JST">about 5 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/@steve/114773026208634411" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.cooleysekula.net via ActivityPub">mastodon.cooleysekula.net</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/@steve/114773026208634411">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Stephen Sekula (steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Jul-2025 02:57:11 JST Stephen Sekula
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More and more over the last decade, as institutions allow people to book time in other people's calendars, there has been the presumption that "free" means "available".
NO.
NO.
NO.
Free means "ask me if I have time for you". Preemptive booking without consultation leads more and more to me hitting "Decline". When it comes to time, the verb should not be mine but, rather, theirs. They should ASK. I should not have to DECLINE just to begin the conversation.
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