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Posts from September 2022
2022-09-01 :
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“@AFL on Twitter: New to Aussie Rules, or know someone who'd love to learn about the game?” 2022-09-02 :
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“How Socialists Should Think About National Independence Struggles” 2022-09-02 :
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“On the Origins of the Professional-Managerial Class: An Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich” 2022-09-02 : 🖥 Heroku Abolishing Free Plans :
About a week ago I got an email from Heroku, linking to this blog post (external link), telling me they’re … 2022-09-03 : 🥛 Micro post:
The shocking truth dairy farmers don’t want you to know: oat milk actually tastes better than dairy milk 😱
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“Hollywood’s Insistence on New Draconian Copyright Rules Is Not About Protecting Artists” 2022-09-05 :
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“The Russian Left is Standing Against Putin’s War on Ukraine” 2022-09-05 : 🖥 Micro post:
Remember my annoyance three weeks ago when Duolingo rudely denied me the “#1 in the Diamond League” … 2022-09-05 : 🤓 Had an Eye Test Today :
Two Fridays ago, when Viv and I were driving home from a visit, I noticed that the vision in my left eye was kinda … 2022-09-06 :
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“The Workers Who Seized the Means of Production” 2022-09-06 :
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“Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò: “Oppression Is Not a Prep School”” 2022-09-06 : 🍱 Photo post:
Last night I made chicken cacciatore for dinner, working off Alexandra Wolfe’s recipe (external link). It … 2022-09-06 :
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“What it really means to work in the book industry” 2022-09-07 :
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“Injected with Plutonium” 2022-09-08 :
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“I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health” 2022-09-10 :
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“‘A new way of life’: the Marxist, post-capitalist, green manifesto captivating Japan” 2022-09-10 : 🎬 Micro post:
Went to see Fight Club at a Hawthorn cinema last night, with my partner and my sister. I’d never actually seen the … 2022-09-12 :
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“Australia’s Unemployment System Is a Marketized, Bureaucratic Nightmare” 2022-09-12 :
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“Republican protesters arrested at King Charles proclamations” 2022-09-15 :
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“The 1929 Loray Mill Strike Was a Landmark Working-Class Struggle in the US South” 2022-09-15 :
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“Imagining COVID is ‘like the flu’ is cutting thousands of lives short. It’s time to wake up” 2022-09-15 : 😮💨 All Over the Place :
Why is it that every time I let my blog go without a post for a few days, and then I think to myself, “Man, I … 2022-09-16 :
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“A Brief History of Dik” 2022-09-16 :
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“The Border Patrol Has Vast, Largely Unchecked Powers That Are Expanding” 2022-09-17 :
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“I think flouting the Joker’s copyright is funny, and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t” 2022-09-17 : ❤️ Like of:
“Have I reached the Douglas Adams Inflection point (or is modern tech just a bit rubbish)?” by Terence Eden 2022-09-17 : 🐱 Photo post:
Usually I forget all about Caturday until I see all the North Americans’ Caturday posts on Sunday, but this time I … 2022-09-17 : 🏟 Micro post:
OMG that prelim final was one of the most stressful games I’ve watched 🫣 One minute longer and I’m sure … 2022-09-18 : 📱 Genuinely Small Phones in 2022 :
Prompted by a post on Micro.blog (external link), I did a bit of a deep dive into what genuinely small phones are … 2022-09-19 : 🖥 Cleaning Up My iCloud Photo Storage :
Apple emailed me overnight that I’ve used almost all the space in my iCloud storage, and that I should either … 2022-09-20 :
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“The Case for Degrowth” 2022-09-20 :
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“What Happens To My Digital Identity When I Die?” by Wouter Groeneveld 2022-09-21 : 🎹 Using Ukulele to Make Custom Keyboard Layouts :
“So Jess,” you might say, “last week you procrastinated on your novel by recreating half your … 2022-09-21 :
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“Hawthorn racism review to allege that former coaches separated First Nations players from families and demanded a pregnancy termination” 2022-09-23 : 🎬 Thoughts on Avatar (2009) :
Last night Viv and I took his niece out to the movies (we were charged with baby-sitting, and told that seeing the … 2022-09-23 : 🦁 Photo post:
Viv and I celebrated day #2 of our four-day long weekend today by going on an excursion to Melbourne Zoo 😊 It only … 2022-09-24 : 🏟 Micro post:
It’s AFL Grand Final morning! I know not everyone cares about football, but it’s a big deal ‘round … 2022-09-24 : 🏟 Micro post:
Well… I didn’t have high expectations for the game but somehow it went even worse than I’d anticipated 🙈 Ah … 2022-09-26 : 🖥 Micro post:
Well, I succumbed to FOMO and made myself a new profile page on omg.lol (external link) 😂 I thought their new … 2022-09-27 : 🖥 Micro post:
Yay, my status.lol account (external link) works!
Still need to work out what to do with these statuses beyond … 2022-09-27 : 👩🏻 Photo post:
Got notified today that my glasses had arrived at the store, so I went to pick them up, and now, well… here I am! It … 2022-09-27 : ❤️ Like of:
“Indiepeople” by Ben Werdmüller 2022-09-27 : ✴️ Status messages:
Started using status.lol, played KoL, worked on my novel, took receipt of my new glasses, continued reading ‘Fledgling’. 2022-09-28 : 💻 Site update:
Last night I added a new statuses section to this site, where I’m gonna PESOS my status.lol posts (external … 2022-09-28 :
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“Norway Wants People to Park Their EVs and Ride the Bus” 2022-09-28 : ✴️ Status messages:
Gidget antics, supermarket shopping for chicken tagine ingredients, wrote 1,223 words of my novel. 2022-09-29 : 🐱 Photo post:
Gidget says I can’t use my computer chair today 😢
Update: The computer chair situation has been resolved. At … 2022-09-29 :
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“A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you” 2022-09-29 : 📚 Book review:
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (★★★★)2022-09-29 : ✴️ Status messages:
Finished a KoL Dino run in 3/555, Gidget antics, finished “Fledgling”, gardened, recreated flashcards in Anki. 2022-09-30 :
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“‘We can continue Pratchett’s efforts’: the gamers keeping Discworld alive” 2022-09-30 :
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“The Queen is dead, but her colonial legacy lives on in Israel-Palestine” 2022-09-30 : 🎮 Micro post:
For the last few days I’ve been playing Idle Acorns (external link). It’s an idle/incremental game … 2022-09-30 : ✴️ Status messages:
A magpie sang me a wake-up song, started reading “Velvet Was the Night”, wrote more of my novel, went to bed early.
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.
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.