Notes

The Clearleft Podcast 🙂

https://podcast.clearleft.com/

Reading The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel.

There’s an interesting Venn diagram to be made of the people in my social circles mourning the passing of James Lovelock, Bernard Cribbins, and Mick Moloney today.

Gave blood. 🩸

The NHS really needs more supplies right now, so if you can donate, please do:

https://www.blood.co.uk/

Chris, you acknowldge yourself that you’re notoriously bad at picking up on vibes. I was trying to let you know that offering unsolicited observations about mask-wearing when people post pictures of happy events is …not helpful.

Chris, you seem to think I’m advocating for something I’m not.

I’m in favour of mask-wearing indoors.

But I don’t go around passing judgement on every picture I see of an indoor gathering. It doesn’t help.

If you think that anyone who disagrees with you is automatically an asshole, then I can understand why you feel such sadness at everyone else’s behaviour.

Me, I’d rather assume better of people.

Yes, I’m being defensive (because I found your judginess offensive).

I’m totally with you on mask-wearing.

But I don’t think that Kool-Aid Man-ing into people’s photos will lead to behaviour change.

Pointing out the lack of mask-wearing in photos of concerts, weddings, dinners, and other happy events has a bit of an “all lives matter” vibe to it—technically correct, but dickish.

Just point out a fact. People get mad about that.

Now, if you’re one of those people, then, yea, I guess I was judging you too.

— also literally what you said.

Yes, I am judgy about people willfully endangering others.

— literally what you said.

It’s time to end the suspense…

Here’s the line-up for @dConstruct on Friday, September 9th:

https://adactio.com/journal/19317

Hope to see you there!

https://2022.dconstruct.org/

Last night: dancing to @TheAfghanWhigs.

Today: watching Der Himmel Über Berlin at @DukeOfYorks.

GenX‽ Moi‽

For fuck’s sake, Chris,

1. You weren’t there,
2. It’s a picture of the back of people’s heads (the mask goes on front—you should know that by now).