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Because we all have 'em, right?
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Rehearsing Exits
This is something I’ve been writing for a long time.
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When everyone sounds smart but no one is
Stop blaming AI for society’s emotional rot – we outsourced our thinking long before ChatGPT
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Is it really a bullshit job if you don’t care?
I’ve been thinking a lot about David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs recently.
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Free will with patch notes
A short guide to choosing fuck-all
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You like political party X, but do you know what they actually stand for?
A quick run-down of the UK political party manifestos, because I'm just that masochistic right now, and no one seems to actually know what their beloved…
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Pick a policy, not a team
Sorry, it means thinking.
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Littering is a war crime and I want public flogging on the table
Okay, look, I know I’ve written about big punishments for little things, but the littering thing is pushing me over the edge.
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Bleeeeurrrgghhh: the sound of me doing my work
Having one of those weeks (right after taking three weeks off to romp around the aggressively beautiful west coast of Scotland) where I just cannot.
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The shiny illusion of a career in science communication
There's joy to be had, sometimes money, but it's never that straightforward.
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