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Free as in Freedom: Asterisk.
I turned down my dream job to go pro in digital in the early 00s. Let’s say, I backed the wrong horse.
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The biggest, most dangerous MLM of all time.
We simply can’t keep avoiding these serious and uncomfortable and impolite conversations, hoping they’ll go away if we avoid it long enough. It’s not going away.
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Some thoughts for the confused about why I do what I do.
I study the Internet. I have always studied the Internet. I thought that was clear. It would appear that it needs explaining again.
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When everything is awful and everyone is upset
It may surprise you to learn that I can be… kind of an arsehole at times. It’s never intentional, but let’s just say I am acutely aware of my… um… gaps. Part hard-wired, part adaptive, part just learning the hard way that nobody likes a precocious kid, a know-it-all or a big mouth and yet…
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He died trying
Today would have been my Dad’s 66th birthday. He died trying to quit drinking six years ago, after a lifetime of alcoholism. He was the life of the party, a gifted musician and artist. Everything he tried, he would excel at, and do it effortlessly. Imagine someone like Billy Connolly… he was like that. Larger…
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Why I’m Voting Yes
I also want Indigenous Australia to have a Voice, so I don’t feel I HAVE to speak to get them heard on shit that affects them. It’s not my place, and the least I can do is use my Vote so that I can speak less and listen more.
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The Eternal September 11
People have a tendency to show you who they are when something bad happens to someone they don’t like. And especially when they can wrap it in an ideology that gets them off the hook and turns it into ‘analysis’.
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I’m just grateful to be here.
I have nearly died three times. In 2005, 2018 and… very nearly about six weeks ago. Thankfully, this time I was in excellent hands, so “nearly died” this time is probably a tad hyperbolic, but… rule of three, etc. The good news though, is that my tendency to be unlucky means that every so often I…
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‘Personal responsibility’ for thee, but not for me
Currently laughing at all the companies saying that mass layoffs will occur “due to AI”. It’s the “due to COVID” of 2023. Does anyone seriously believe this shit? Are we supposed to believe that economics is a law of nature and not ideological, and that these supposedly “good and kind” corporations just want to help?…
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Lean Out on #iwd2023
I am not interested in International Women’s Day. I am interested in everyone seeing the real threat right now: one that affects everyone.
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Apathy vs Highly Engaged Stupidity: Lesson One, Day One.
First Lesson on Day one of undergrad Political Science: 1. The majority of people don’t understand politics. 2. The majority of people rely on low-quality information via news. 3. Democracy *is* participation. 4. Getting people interested, is the hardest part. If you are going against corporate media sound-bites, it’s even harder. 5. *Apathy* is the…
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Right place, right time, right thing, right person.
I’ve been a fan of Ben Folds since my ex-husband dragged me to a Ben Folds Five concert in the 90s. In the early days his music was more peripheral, but I often joke that I won him in the divorce. In the early days, even though I liked Ben Folds Five okay, at 17…
