Been a while. Day off today with nothing on the todo list for a change, so let's try something new. I got very confused this week by condensation on the plastic roof I recently put up over the rabbit run and outside the shed door. Over the weekend it was very cold and I found …
Author archives: Pete Ashton
Exeunt Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn has left the Labour Party.
The Sunday Pete
Archive of my newsletter for Sunday 25th October 2020
Arts & Ents – a links special
The Blackness of Radiohead, Bob Mould on fire, a history of Flash games, discovering This Heat, scale double actor Kiran Shah, Nurse with Wound's list, and Nick Cave.
Links for Thursday 1st October
Judith Butler, Modern Monetary Theory, parks and recreation today, for the Lulz, The Social Dilemma, Trump and Hamilton.
Thoughts on The Social Dilemma
Netflix's documentary on the dangers of the surveillance capitalism industry gives me hope amongst the Lovecraftian dread of social media.
Heritage Socialism – a working definition
First stab at defining a term I came up with and think is worth developing.
Links for Saturday 26th September
Mario Speedrun, Covid transmission update, Solarpunk explained, disruption is bullshit, tri-parenting, not reading books and Punishment Park.
Links for Friday 18th September
Richard Seymour's Twittering Machine reviewed, dyslexia doesn't exist, plastic recycling is a lie, rich people are pointless, hacking Tony Abbott's passport and a Paul Lansky tune.
Dome Up
We built a geodesic dome in the back garden and it is awesome.