if only someone could have foreseen this
news.yahoo.com/n-word-twitter…

bots in cars = good
bots in social media = bad
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It brings me mild joy to report that my name has been mistyped as 'Robber' on an official institutional form, and as such I have updated my Halloween handle.

My partner was surprised to learn that 'not too long' in academic speak means 'no more than three pages.'

If you’ve already seen a piglet balancing itself on a rolling ball today, just keep scrolling. 🐷

I wrote about how Meta is trying to squeeze it's way into workplaces with Ben Egliston and Luke Heemsbergen for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/is-the-metaver… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

The “international community”

goddamn kids and their goddamn joie de vivre

Had a really nice two-part, 500w email come in from a student about how great her tutor was this semester. Love these kind of emails :)

please, my inbox, she's very sick

Just spent ten minutes second guessing about whether I should send someone a note about how I enjoyed their article. My projection that others have a will-to-outcome is something I'd like to get rid of if I can. People can get nice notes that ask for nothing in particular.

This guy did more due diligence on a free bottle of water than anybody at Softbank or Tiger Global did for any investment in the past 5 years.

Saw some controversies over Stan Grant's piece (👇). Here's what I think.
- It suggests a postcolonial mentality to understand China by situating China in the structure of whiteness & masculinity (the latter one was less emphasised in the article).
abc.net.au/news/2022-10-1…

i wish calendar events had a 'i wish i could go, but i can't' option - for me to manage myself as much as for the inviter

An incredible take from Marx’s mom