Manual labour falls into two categories: - boring - riveting

Trying to imagine having so much confidence in myself that I explain the bible to the Pope.

I would like everyone to think about their values. What do they believe in? start at the abstract, like freedom, love, equity, fairness, etc. And then think about what that specifically means to you. And that it can get complicated, but know where you stand and fucking STAND THERE.

Who hasn't wanted to say that to The Taxpayer's Union 😂 Wayne Brown’s response to the Taxpayers’ Union: an analysis thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-...

For folks here (rather than LinkedIn), my last day at NZ Police is 31 October. Taking a little break and welcoming our second child in February. Let me know if you have any part-time contract work coming up where I might be able to add value!

Oh boy that's a hell of an update on that article . . . ifykyk

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

A good thing for New Zealanders to consider every time a local politician starts to make noises about moving toward privatized healthcare, or a "competitive insurance market"

So great to welcome @stopgenai.com to our Direct Action class today! It was a ✨fabulous✨ conversation for all! Thanks Kim!

And if you aren't already signed up, please subscribe to our newsletter for updates, new class announcements--and sometimes even pots and painting from @narwhallibrarian.bsky.social This week's newsletter features one of her collage pieces, Radishes.

So a while back Owen Savage reached out and offered to design a new website for us--and we said YES! So we are extremely pleased to announce that we have a new website! Thanks so much to Owen for his work on this--we love the new look!

"this is not about politics. this is about power." what the fuck do you think politics is if it is not about power?

It's often overlooked, but PhilPapers is a hugely important project in the history of open humanities research. Its a really comprehensive archive with loads of open access materials, working papers, preprints, etc.

The best source of hope right now for US folks is that Trump really runs with his commitment to attractive ship design and just pours his whole heart and soul into designing big beautiful boats. And then the boats get stuck in canals and we all experience joy again at a big boat stuck situation.

Please consider the purchase of a lovely pot!

Something I keep thinking about while watching the creation of right-wing heroes in real time is how clearly this demonstrates the structure, the apparatus, that underlies what we think of as fame or celebrity

Cigna and everyone who works for Cigna should burn in hell after being fairly tried for their crimes and living out their remaining lives in prison.

Alas my pots found no love at the local arts centre gift shop . . . so they are back on Felt! Give a peek and get ahead of your holiday gift shopping! felt.co.nz/shop/tilbury...

I made 41 Very Serious mugs and 1 Very Silly mug.

hmmm . . . curious to see if the US government reopens in a recognisable form. Sort of regretting investing 4 years of my life studying such an ephemeral topic as US public policy. Never really imagined I would have lived long enough to see the end of it.

I woke up, stared at the horrors, taught a lovely class, did my desk work, and now I eat lunch. Then I'm going to wash some dishes and bring my last few mugs in to dry. Then, paint! This is the kind of exciting update I know you've all been waiting for . . .

Oh that's a lot of butter, even given the price of butter.

Does anyone care is almost never the right question. People care. The issue is that people don't know what to do.

One thing Hegseth is right about: The honorable thing for every officer to do who disagrees with white nationalist empire is to resign. They’ve been following too many unlawful orders and it’s not going to stop. All the red lines have been crossed.

A lot of people whose faith rested on the integrity of the US military as a final guard against authoritarianism having a real rough day today.

Well that's enough internet for today. Going to go research pottery glazes (using BOOKS!) and plan out my glazing for this next kiln load. Word is if you want to sell a pot, make it blue and add a bird. Going to test that out this batch.

I get sad when I see people calling for things like 25a or impeachment. We are past the point where institutional tools can fix what ails the USA. I don't have an answer. We should be suspicious of those who do. Probably mass scale civil resistance is the best option left?

Just thinking today of all the colleagues who called us alarmists and cranks when we pointed out that Trump was talking and acting like a fascist in 2016

I know whatever Trump did today was Very Bad because even the YouTubers I follow (all watercolour and pottery) are telling their followers not to be scared.

If your business cannot operate without theft then you don't have a business, you have a criminal enterprise

Explaining to a bank that they failed to opt-out of being robbed by me.

For most of my professional life, copyright education paid my rent. I cannot for the life of me remember this particular interpretation of the law . . .

Police say they can’t arrest the thieves who cleared out my house as it was my responsibility to opt out of being robbed by them.

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Serco was repulsive in Aus re privatised imprisonment of asylum seekers.

Just say no to Serco.

I live in a fairly average (for a large family) 195 sq meter home. It has pretty high ceilings and I am about 95% sure that's why folks perceive it as spacious even though it's broken up into rooms and doesn't have the now traditional large open plan kitchen/lounge. Give people high ceilings!

this is quickly becoming a load bearing post for me

This shit… is so ass

In a rare move, members of the press have organized a rally in protest against rising repression following the arrest of *yet another* NY-based photojournalist for documenting the aftermath of a protest event. 3pm - Foley Square - 10/1 #JournalismIsNotACrime

All the pots have been made!!! Now it's time to bring them inside for final drying and then schedule the first firing. Then--glaze planning and making and glazing!

We need a bigger tent, that’s why we must betray and expel the following types of people:

"I had a bad cold, but am starting to feel much better," the Sallymander story.

If you are running a fever and coughing and sneezing in bed, I de recommend Elsbeth as your mindless TV choice. It's like a bubble gum mystery with a grown-up and extra quirky Nancy Drew. Like Nancy after she kicked Ned to the curb, got 8 cats, and a started wearing bright pink.

When the Govt radically raised the bar for pay equity deals, it criticised the 'far-fetched’ comparison of librarians with fisheries officers. One public organisation has used the equity calculations to pay librarians more anyway.

If you've ever gotten a professional email from me, you know that I use SO MANY exclamation points! So many! That way, people know I am warm and friendly and not harsh and cold. This is awesome and it's why we have a variety of punctuation marks to choose from! So cool!

Nick Valencia, who has been doing amazing reporting, just wrote about this: “These Are Abductions.” Newlywed Husband Says Wife Taken During Green Card Interview open.substack.com/pub/nickvale...

Why does this flooring have 5G technology??? Does it spend all day posting on X or something?

Morning Bluesky. The Moldovan elections have started. At stake - the country’s continued movement towards the EU or a new foothold for Putin.