As you can see, I’ve changed the theme I’m using on this site. I’ve also modified the theme very slightly, using custom CSS. I think this is the first time I’ve ever edited CSS on my own, and I’ve got a question. How do I make it so headers that are also links don’t follow […]
Post less, blog more
Yesterday, I saw this blog post, On Tweeting (Instead of Writing), come across my Mastodon timeline. I’ve lost track of who shared it, so I can’t credit them, but it got me thinking that I should apply the same rule on Mastodon (actually, the “rule” is from another blog post by the same author, referenced […]
Hot time, summer in the city.
Kinship vs biological family
Earlier today, I was checking out the #solarpunkchat hashtag on Twitter and saw a call for papers about the topic of kinship and collectivization in literature (presumably, with a focus on solarpunk fiction). Specifically, it was focused on non-biological kinship. This got me thinking about the idea of kinship in my own context. For a […]
Ruth Potts: I think we now need utopian thinking more than ever
This interview with lecturer and author Ruth Potts is really great. She has some great thoughts on utopia and utopian thinking, which resonate with my own thinking quite well: The mistake people often make with utopia is to see it as a destination, a fixed end point. Instead, utopia is the process of first imagining, […]
Facebook is bad for my mental health
Dramatically limiting my Facebook use has really helped my mental health. Inspired by the #DeleteFacebook movement, I have dramatically limited my Facebook use. I haven’t deleted my account, because I do sometimes need to access Facebook for work and it’s very difficult to do so without an account. And there are a few groups that […]
Thoughts on another blogger’s predictions for the future
Brennen Bearnes has some predictions (or, more accurately, guesses) about what the world — and the US in particular — might look like in five or 10 years. I suspect he’ll be right about a lot, which is depressing because most of his guesses are pretty negative. I’d say he was cynical if I didn’t […]
Rediscovering the open web
#OpenWeb is trending right now. At least, I suspect it is. It’s kind of hard to accurately determine what’s trending on the open, decentralized web. And that’s a good thing. Regardless of whether or not it’s actually trending, there is a lot of talk about the open web right now. Much of this talk is […]
Toys R Us is actually really, really good at selling toys
Toys R Us isn’t going out of business because it can’t sell toys. It isn’t going out of business because it’s being out-competed by Amazon and Walmart. It’s going out of business because of predatory, venture capitalism. The demise of Toys R Us is ultimately related to the kind of complex debt-buying schemes that make […]
El Fogón Latino
This little restaurant is in my old hood (which is pretty close to my new hood), and sounds like a bit of a hidden gem. I’ll have to check it out soon! Let’s Eat YEG – El Fogón Latino