Posts from September 2021

2021-09-01: 🇦🇺 Link: “Australia: Unprecedented surveillance bill rushed through parliament in 24 hours.”
2021-09-01: 👯 Thoughts on Socialising, Online and Off: Today I read a couple of blog posts that got me thinking about this question: How do the ways we “socialise” …
2021-09-02: 💼 Link: “What If People Don’t Want ‘A Career’?” by Charlie Warzel
2021-09-02: 🦠 Link: “Covid-19 Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future”
2021-09-03: 🍃 Photo post: I got the chance to try out the “Merlin Bird ID” app that Miraz mentioned yesterday (external link) …
2021-09-04: 📚 Book review: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (★★★★)
2021-09-05: 🗣 Reply to: “Indieweb as state of mind” by Leon Paternoster
2021-09-05: 🐱 Photo post: Gidget’s ayah (that’s Vivian’s mum) sent her this great new box, a worthy successor to her last box …
2021-09-06: 🌏 Link: “The Cure to Climate Anxiety? Smashing Capitalism”
2021-09-07: 🍱 Is It a Wrap or a Flour Tortilla?: The other day I caught myself wondering what is actually the difference between a wrap and a flour tortilla (you know, …
2021-09-08: 🏳️‍🌈 Link: “Judith Butler: ‘We need to rethink the category of woman’”
2021-09-08: 💉 Micro post: Viv went and got his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine today! He had been somewhat “vaccine-hesitant”, but the …
2021-09-08: 🌇 Link: “Solarpunk Is Not About Pretty Aesthetics. It’s About the End of Capitalism”
2021-09-10: 🇦🇺 Micro post: Vivian told me he bet 50¢ on WA seceding from Australia… 🤦🏻‍♀️ What gets me, though, is that the amount he’d get …
2021-09-10: 🎹 Progress Update: Switching Back to Dvorak LH: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how I used Keybuild to set my phone’s keyboard layout to Dvorak left-hand. I …
2021-09-11: 🖥 Bringing Back App Indicators on elementary OS: For some reason, a few years ago elementary OS (external link) decided to remove support for app indicators (or …
2021-09-11: 🐱 Photo post: Gidget doesn’t seem to remember the time she was almost devoured whole by our old printer, so she decided that on …
2021-09-11: 🏏 Link: “Afghanistan Cricket Board accuses Australia of ‘knee jerk’ reaction over threat to cancel Hobart Test, makes no mention of fate of female players”
2021-09-11: 🇨🇱 Link: “Declassified documents show Australia assisted CIA in coup against Chile’s Salvador Allende”
2021-09-12: 🇺🇸 Twenty Years Since 9/11: I’m writing this post on September 12, but that’s accurate actually, because by the time the 9/11 attacks …
2021-09-12: 🦠 Link: “Gladys Daily Presser Cancelled After Poorly Received First Season”
2021-09-13: 🐱 Micro post: Tonight I found Gidget rifling through the crap on my bedside table because she realised I keep hair ties there. She …
2021-09-15: 🗒 Micro post: Viv got an exciting phone call today – a job offer for an ongoing full-time position that he applied for, and …
2021-09-16: 🦠 Micro post: Victoria’s lockdown restrictions will be easing slightly from this weekend (external link) as we hit 70% of …
2021-09-19: 🐶 Photo post: Thanks to the easing of restrictions a few days ago, I was able to see this scruffball (and my dad) and go on a walk to …
2021-09-20: 🇦🇺 Link: “Larrikins, bogans and bullshit artists: is Australia ripe for a blue-collar revolution?”
2021-09-22: 🗒 Micro post: Just a few minutes ago we had a minor earthquake! Gidget was freaking out, while the neighbour’s dog was just …
2021-09-23: 🖥 Link: “File Not Found”
2021-09-23: 🎹 Photo post: A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was waiting on new keycaps that would align properly even when I arranged them …
2021-09-24: 🎮 Link: “2003: The Kingdom of Loathing” by Aaron A. Reed
2021-09-25: 🏙 Link: “Public Housing For All”
2021-09-25: 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾 Link: “Women Casual Sex Studies”
2021-09-25: 🏟 Micro post: Currently watching the AFL Grand Final (or the half-time entertainment) with Viv – the second year in a row that …
2021-09-26: 🐱 Photo post: Gidget’s box was sagging where she’s been sitting on it every day, so it was time to tell it goodbye. She …
2021-09-27: 💉 Photo post: Currently waiting in Prahran to get my second vaccine dose. I guess the outbreak has worsened since my first dose …
2021-09-28: 🌶 Micro post: Today I learned that in the US, “chilli powder” usually means a mild spice blend intended for use in the …
2021-09-29: 🖥 Link: “On the Internet, We’re Always Famous”
2021-09-29: 🪶 Photo post: Recently I’ve taken to throwing some walnut pieces out towards the local magpies when they stop by my house (which …

Jessica Smith is a socialist and a feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.