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2021-03-01 : π± Photo post:
π My parents and sister paid me their usual Sunday visit yesterday, and for once, Gidget came out and accepted pets from β¦
2021-03-01 :
π° Link:
“To expand women's prisons is idiotic and inhumane. We should phase them out” by Sonia Sodha
2021-03-01 :
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“Education Should Be About Building Democratic Citizens, Not Compliant Workers”
2021-03-01 :
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“Finland Had a Patent-Free COVID-19 Vaccine Nine Months Ago β But Still Went With Big Pharma”
2021-03-01 :
πΊ Link:
“Roughly 3,000 Words on Yes Minister Pilot Edits” by John Hoare
2021-03-01 :
π° Link:
“The invention of βheterosexualityβ” by Brandon Ambrosino
2021-03-01 : π± Photo post:
The #mbfeb (external link) challenge continues for an extra few days! Here’s a selfie I took with the one I β¦
2021-03-02 :
π° Link:
“The Utopian Promise of Self-Checkout Machines”
2021-03-02 :
π° Link:
“Ten years since the great Arab revolutions”
2021-03-02 : π± Photo post:
A demolition is taking place nearby, loud enough to completely dominate the ambient noise here for three business days. β¦
2021-03-02 :
π° Link:
“The Anti-Colonial Revolt Was Key to Leninβs Vision of Revolution”
2021-03-02 : π¦πΊ Micro post:
Ahh, can you tell WA is holding an election in 11 days? Their premier is now talking about keeping up border β¦
2021-03-02 :
π Link:
“The road to electric is filled with tiny cars”
2021-03-02 : π Book review:
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton (β
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2021-03-03 : π¦πΊ Micro post:
So a Rio Tinto chairman and a board director are to resign after the company willfully destroyed 46,000-year-old β¦
2021-03-03 : πΎ Photo post:
Last night we went to my parents’ place to celebrate a big occasion with them: their thirtieth wedding β¦
2021-03-03 : π¬ Micro post:
Have you ever wondered where the English word “net” came from, and how it expanded to uses in β¦
2021-03-04 :
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“Placing the Proud Boys on Canadaβs Terrorism List Is a Threat to the Left”
2021-03-05 : βπ» Micro post:
So for the first time in maybe six weeks, I cracked open Scrivener and made some great progress rewriting my novel π
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2021-03-05 :
π΅πΈ Link:
“The JNF is no innocent charity”
2021-03-05 : πΊ Micro post:
Sometimes I feel like the only millennial who hasn’t just mainlined every episode of The Simpsons. I mean, sure β¦
2021-03-05 :
πΊπΈ Link:
“Liberals Should Stop Trying to Save the GOP. Republicans Donβt Want to Be Saved.”
2021-03-05 : πΆ Photo post:
My folks and sister are going away for the long weekend, so they’ve dropped Gizmo off to have his own little β¦
2021-03-06 : πΆ Photo post:
Gizmo has seemed a bit subdued today, especially after Gidget hissed at him when he just wanted to play (twice), but he β¦
2021-03-06 :
π₯ Link:
“HERE IS THE ARTICLE YOU CAN SEND TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY βBUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?β” by everest pipkin
2021-03-06 :
π΅ Link:
“Why jobseeker is stuck βin the early 90sβ and leaving Australians behind”
2021-03-07 :
π¦ Link:
“Cracks emerged in digital contact tracing system days before five-day lockdown”
2021-03-07 : π Book review:
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (β
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2021-03-07 : π± Photo post:
Gizmo has met the third cat in his life who didn’t immediately hate him! Timmka here was full of curiosity, β¦
2021-03-09 :
π΅ Link:
“The Fight for Free Time Is a Feminist Issue”
2021-03-10 : π Micro post:
I’ve been posting a lot less the last few days, and honestly I’ve just been so tired. I had a single day of β¦
2021-03-11 : π° On Women's Work Under Capitalism :
The thing that’s prompted me to write this post is the interesting Jacobin article, Second-Wave Feminism’s β¦
2021-03-11 : β€οΈ Like of:
“What matters” by Ben WerdmΓΌller
2021-03-11 : π Micro post:
Here’s a neat article on the predictions science fiction makes about technology (external link). I remember β¦
2021-03-11 :
π¬ Link:
“Why I built LibreLingo” by Daniel Kantor
2021-03-11 : πΆ Micro post:
In honour of a batch of dhal I made tonight and accidentally made spicier than I intended (but still just within my β¦
2021-03-12 : π Book review:
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (β
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2021-03-12 :
π¦πΊ Link:
“SDA Facts - Retail and Fast Food Workers Union”
2021-03-12 : π¦πΊ Micro post:
So it’s 9:45 on a Friday nightβ¦ my partner gets a call from an unknown numberβ¦ it’s a recording urging him β¦
2021-03-13 : π Micro post:
It is truly awful that a town can have a homelessness crisis while 30% of properties there lie vacant (external β¦
2021-03-13 : π± Photo post:
Gidget is loving her $350 new box! The printer that came in it was just a little freebie for the humans; we all know the β¦
2021-03-13 : π Book review:
La pasiΓ³n segΓΊn Carmela by Marcos Aguinis (β
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2021-03-13 :
π¦πΊ Link:
“The children of gods: how power works in Australia”
2021-03-13 : π£ Bookmark of:
“LeftValues Results”
2021-03-14 : π§π»ββοΈ Micro post:
For any other Harry Potter fans, I thought I’d share the best Hogwarts Sorting Hat quiz (external link) β¦
2021-03-15 :
π₯ Link:
“How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation”
2021-03-15 :
π³οΈβπ Link:
“Phyllis Papps and Francesca Curtis came out on national TV in 1970. Their actions changed Australia forever”
2021-03-16 : π¬ Micro post:
I came across this interesting video on YouTube, WIKITONGUES: Jack speaking Ladino (external link). If β¦
2021-03-16 :
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“If Australiaβs Unions Donβt Organize Unemployed Workers, Theyβre Digging Their Own Graves”
2021-03-17 : π₯ Linux on M1 Macs :
So, when the first M1 Macs were released last year they were quickly recognised as some seriously impressive computers, β¦
2021-03-18 : π± Photo post:
It’s turning out to be a busy week with lots of work, which is good in one way ($$$) but is keeping me away from β¦
2021-03-18 : π Book review:
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (β
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2021-03-20 : π Micro post:
It’s Saturday at last (and my dad’s birthday, in fact β we’re going over later to celebrate with him) β¦
2021-03-20 :
π Link:
“Basics: Access, or the Wall Around Your Life” by Jarrett Walker
2021-03-21 : πΆ Photo post:
Got to catch up with this little guy last night. While Gizmo was excited to see us, he was also very concerned about the β¦
2021-03-21 : π₯ Micro post:
Today I found out that if you use the “Responsive Design” mode in your web browser’s developer tools, β¦
2021-03-22 :
π΅ Link:
“The Myth of the Barter Economy”
2021-03-22 : π¦ Why I'm Anxious to Get My Covid Vaccine :
Here in Australia we’re very behind the target our own government set for vaccinating the whole population, so I β¦
2021-03-22 :
π¦πΊ Link:
“The Australian-born children the government wants to deport because they have a disability”
2021-03-23 : π«π· Micro post:
Thinking back to my 12-year-old self today, and how I didn’t understand why we needed to spend like 10 weeks in a β¦
2021-03-24 :
π¦πΊ Link:
“Australian politics should be as diverse as its people”
2021-03-24 :
π° Link:
“Amazon is a disaster for workers. Nomadland glosses over that”
2021-03-24 : π» Site update:
Years ago I used to be active on Q&A site Quora (external link). These days I can’t really be bothered β¦
2021-03-24 : π¬ Why aren't words pronounced the way they're spelt? :
Some time ago on Q&A website Quora, I answered a question about why English words aren’t pronounced the way β¦
2021-03-24 :
π° Link:
“The rising threat of eco-fascism: Far right co-opting environmentalism to justify anti-immigration and anti-Semitic views”
2021-03-25 : π Photo post:
Here we’re only at the very tail end of the weather system that’s brought floods to the eastern seaboard, β¦
2021-03-26 : π± Photo post:
Gidget was very unimpressed to see me packing my things to head out this morningβ¦ very much like, “What do you β¦
2021-03-27 : π¦ Micro post:
Reading up on the Melbourne Comedy Festival’s COVID-Safe plan (external link) because Viv, Emma and I are β¦
2021-03-27 : π©² Period Panties :
If you, like me, are cursed with a monthly cycle, you might well have heard of period panties. The principle behind them β¦
2021-03-27 : π Micro post:
I kinda thought trams had to stop at the CBD stops but the one we were trying to catch sailed right on through without β¦
2021-03-28 : π©π» Photo post:
Viv and I really enjoyed seeing “For a Good Time Call (external link)” at the MICF yesterday! (My β¦
2021-03-30 : π± Photo post:
It’s starting to feel like working is all I ever doβ¦ and Gidget’s also seemed pretty miffed at not having β¦
2021-03-31 : π Micro post:
This morning I found PTVβs bus live tracking seemed to be based on the bus timetable instead of its actual location?! β¦
2021-03-31 : π¬ On the 1979 Sydney Luna Park Fire :
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve appreciated the ABC’s Exposed documentary series on the 1979 Luna Park β¦
2021-03-31 : π Book review:
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (β
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Jessica Smith is a socialist and a feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; sheβs also interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.