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2021-09-01 :
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“Australia: Unprecedented surveillance bill rushed through parliament in 24 hours.”
2021-09-01 : ๐ฏ 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” โฆ
2021-09-02 :
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“What If People Donโt Want โA Careerโ?” by Charlie Warzel
2021-09-02 :
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“Covid-19 Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future”
2021-09-03 : ๐ Photo post:
I got the chance to try out the “Merlin Bird ID” app that Miraz mentioned yesterday (external link) โฆ
2021-09-04 : ๐ Book review:
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (โ
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2021-09-05 : ๐ฃ Reply to:
“Indieweb as state of mind” by Leon Paternoster
2021-09-05 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Gidget’s ayah (that’s Vivian’s mum) sent her this great new box, a worthy successor to her last box โฆ
2021-09-06 :
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“The Cure to Climate Anxiety? Smashing Capitalism”
2021-09-07 : ๐ฑ 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, โฆ
2021-09-08 :
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“Judith Butler: โWe need to rethink the category of womanโ”
2021-09-08 : ๐ Micro post:
Viv went and got his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine today! He had been somewhat “vaccine-hesitant”, but the โฆ
2021-09-08 :
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“Solarpunk Is Not About Pretty Aesthetics. Itโs About the End of Capitalism”
2021-09-10 : ๐ฆ๐บ Micro post:
Vivian told me he bet 50ยข on WA seceding from Australiaโฆ ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ What gets me, though, is that the amount he’d get โฆ
2021-09-10 : ๐น 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 โฆ
2021-09-11 : ๐ฅ 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 โฆ
2021-09-11 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Gidget doesn’t seem to remember the time she was almost devoured whole by our old printer, so she decided that on โฆ
2021-09-11 :
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“Afghanistan Cricket Board accuses Australia of โknee jerkโ reaction over threat to cancel Hobart Test, makes no mention of fate of female players”
2021-09-11 :
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“Declassified documents show Australia assisted CIA in coup against Chileโs Salvador Allende”
2021-09-12 : ๐บ๐ธ 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 โฆ
2021-09-12 :
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“Gladys Daily Presser Cancelled After Poorly Received First Season”
2021-09-13 : ๐ฑ Micro post:
Tonight I found Gidget rifling through the crap on my bedside table because she realised I keep hair ties there. She โฆ
2021-09-15 : ๐ Micro post:
Viv got an exciting phone call today – a job offer for an ongoing full-time position that he applied for, and โฆ
2021-09-16 : ๐ฆ Micro post:
Victoria’s lockdown restrictions will be easing slightly from this weekend (external link) as we hit 70% of โฆ
2021-09-19 : ๐ถ 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 โฆ
2021-09-20 :
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“Larrikins, bogans and bullshit artists: is Australia ripe for a blue-collar revolution?”
2021-09-22 : ๐ Micro post:
Just a few minutes ago we had a minor earthquake! Gidget was freaking out, while the neighbour’s dog was just โฆ
2021-09-23 :
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2021-09-23 : ๐น 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 โฆ
2021-09-24 :
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“2003: The Kingdom of Loathing” by Aaron A. Reed
2021-09-25 :
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“Public Housing For All”
2021-09-25 :
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“Women Casual Sex Studies”
2021-09-25 : ๐ Micro post:
Currently watching the AFL Grand Final (or the half-time entertainment) with Viv โ the second year in a row that โฆ
2021-09-26 : ๐ฑ 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 โฆ
2021-09-27 : ๐ Photo post:
Currently waiting in Prahran to get my second vaccine dose. I guess the outbreak has worsened since my first dose โฆ
2021-09-28 : ๐ถ Micro post:
Today I learned that in the US, “chilli powder” usually means a mild spice blend intended for use in the โฆ
2021-09-29 :
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“On the Internet, Weโre Always Famous”
2021-09-29 : ๐ชถ Photo post:
Recently I’ve taken to throwing some walnut pieces out towards the local magpies when they stop by my house (which โฆ
Jessica Smith is a socialist and a feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; sheโs also interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.