“Sorry, you are not allowed to add a term to one of the given taxonomies” error from WordPress

If you get this error message from WordPress:

Sorry, you are not allowed to add a term to one of the given taxonomies

It’s seemingly because you can’t publish new tags from the XMLRPC interface, used by client-side blogging tools (I was using MarsEdit.). I removed the tags from the post I wrote, and it seemed to work fine.

The Endless Dream: on Addiction and My Mental Health

I would not call myself a happy or joyful person…I’m cynical, eternally depressed, and generally unhappy. Visually impaired, somewhere on the autism spectrum, transgender, and somewhere between bipolar II and similar mental health problems. Not a good mix for producing someone that can manage to avoid addiction. Doesn’t help that it runs in the family to some extent, either.

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