• It’s finally time to talk about the one book that’s constantly been at the back of my mind since making this blog.
  • No summary this time – anyone with a pulse should read this book for themselves.
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A stack of journals on my desk.
  • My (re?)discovery of journalling – and how I reclaimed it from instrumentation.
  • Good intentions – or, when other people think they know your condition better than you, but they mean well.
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A sponge being put through a wringer.
  • I bought Nick Brawl 2 on sale. It’s about time I got back in the saddle…
  • I am asking you once again to read my opinions on network effects
  • Playing to win is for losers.
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  • CONTENT WARNING: Sex, BDSM, questioning authority.
  • Part I – Dave Gorman: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Look Closer;
  • Part II – David Graeber: A quick(ish) rundown of the moral injury of working in a bullshit job on someone else’s clock;
  • Part III – The Amstrads: Use your foe’s advertising against them;
  • Part IV – The T-shirt: What to do when the custom T-shirt website won’t let you mention the boss…
YOU CAN’T SAY “ORANGE” TO YOUR BOSS.

  • The most violent book I’ve read this year. Jenny Odell argues the unthinkable – why don’t we harness doing nothing as a form of political activism?
  • Lessons from the scrivener – you can’t say “no” to your boss, but to refuse, you don’t have to.
  • Published in 2019, it’s a product of its time – might the Fediverse make collective action and co-operation easier?
I would prefer not to.

The Sulfuric Acid item from The Binding of Isaac, colour-corrected so the liquid inside of the bottle appears blue. The bottle is marked with a black 'X.'
  • A brief respite from editing posts on polemic books to bring you news about the ex-bird site – news about its ex-users, that is.
  • The migration from X (formerly known as Twitter) to Mastodon gave researchers a golden opportunity to record data on the collective action problem. Spoilers: it’s pretty good news.
TOOT TOOT

  • Content warning: Both of these books explore weight stigma, wellness culture, and fads that can be extremely destructive, physically and mentally. If you’re made uncomfortable by that, give this post a pass.
  • On the flipside – if I get it wrong, I hope I’ve got it wrong better than most.
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  • In which the featured image does not display the books in chronological order, but in the order that I write about them.
  • This is the first in a series of posts about books I’ve read this year. Find the introduction here.
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