agency
It recently occurred to me that the reach of Marxist thought might be falling short in terms of contextualizing the struggles of Cloud Capitalism. What happens when the modes of production are iterated into complete abstraction? How does materialism account for the digital aether? What does it mean for the
accelerationism
Yesterday I had the sickening realization that we're entering another era of polarizing discourse re: AI. Fresh off the deeply divisive and destructive wave of covid mis/disinformation and having apparently learned nothing from it, people are dusting off their pitchforks and setting out to burn down anyone
freedoms
I've had Joni Mitchell's "Cactus Tree" in my head lately – as I putter around the house, managing my own little huddle of pets, teens, projects, and thoughts, I've been floating along to Joni's pristine oscillations, and when the lyrics settled
alberta
I am so fuckin stressed about Alberta. Since 2023 I've been tracking the variables, weighing the probabilities, assessing the risks... my intuition demanded it at the time and continues to scream "GET THEM OUT". I left the province last summer and I want my family and
agency
"Freedom" has become a dirty word in many circles. Even writing the term here is giving me the icks, so before I dip into discussing the algorithmic traps of our online social spaces, I want to inspect why the word "freedom" feels so gross. My first
agency
As a "communications strategist" I understand the rules of online engagement intimately, so much so that when I realized the implications of marketers applying users' behavioural data at scale – feeding it back to us as we gaze glassy-eyed into the abyss, adoring our own reflections and obediently