ruth[gone to the shop --> ] @ruth@witches.town

@webinista oh yep yep. I used to use that as a condom backup although that’s not a perfect practice. I’d put it up by the cervix. The idea was that if it broke at least the bastards could’ve get through. Downside is anything else in there increases risk of break maybe.

If you wanna know how wild my life is, I just sat here refreshing Illiad.

... some of you get that.

I have tea, I have a timer set, I have a Google Doc... It's 7pm (ish) and it's time to get down to #amwriting ... about ethics in naming practice, technical barriers thereto, etc. I'm going to assert it's not just a tech issue. I think maybe a lot of people on here will have some experience with that.

Related/unrelated, have this piece on Maintenance Art and Technologies of Change https://thenewinquiry.com/blog/my-working-will-be-the-work-maintenance-art-and-technologies-of-change/?utm_content=bufferabdf5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

"We should build information-literate lifelong learners because they may go through 7 careers" -- how about we turn out students who not only question that 7 career thing (because they will on their own, that's not on us) but who have tools for organizing, ethical frameworks for resisting, and generally values which prepare them to treat other people... augh I don't evne know how to articulate what I'm thinking exactly...

Also... "lifelong learning" -- good heavens but I never ever EVER want to start learning but that's also code for "we're going to lay you off when you're 55 and expect you to change careers"

@Sparrow thanks. My own habits on break (I had last week) were similarly... not great. I hope you feel more stable with a more regular schedule.

Reading an article which talks about "skilled independent learners" and feeling an internal cringe because while being not inherently bad... the framing makes me think of a single person at their computer, responsible for finding and learning about things vs. a collaboratively learning society.

I dunno, there are some areas of my own profession, even, which I avoid because the mainstream discourse gives me shivers. OTOH I'm grateful for the people who engage with it and think about it because they exist in each of those areas. I can just only handle so much frustration at once, y'know?

Giroux "[Educators must contest] the increasingly dominant view propagated by neoliberal gurus such as Milton Friedman, that profit making is the essence of democracy and accumulating materials goods the essence of a good life."

Reflecting this week that at some points the acquisition of basic material goods is so fundamental (and ok) that then it can become harder once we have enough to switch gears and remember that's not the point.

@Sparrow I'm feeling a lot the same. I'm not really stressed about being back, even, but I also was all keyed up last night and slept badly. So, yeah, woozy and blahh.

@draco lovely work!

@QuietMisdreavus omg such a sweetie!!

@auntiekiki I’m gonna borrow and adapt the exercise one because that’s a thing I’ve been trying to figure out how I want to record it!

@_knives_out_ @auntiekiki it’s also a kind of daily to-do and task list, notes on the day, etc. but this part where you record high-level stuff and migrate tasks forward if you don’t get them done (gentler IMO).

@auntiekiki oh I like this!!