100DaysofBeing
Writing for a 100 consecutive days, first in 2026. No rhyme or reason, just stuff and thoughts that bubble to the fore.
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57. (Stories of) A Thousand Splendid Women
Finally finished Kate Mosse’s tome, Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries after having it on my to-read list since it made an appearance on the Empire podcast. Part biography, part celebration of femininity, it was great to see a few names I know crop up. For a final word, I have to go to the afterword:… Continue reading
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56. On Becoming a Tactical Slacker
Someone, a Black-British celebrity/ intellectual of sorts, who I follow on Twitter posted a link to a substack article which hit far too close home. The article, I did no work for a year and no one noticed, delves into the crisis of meaning which is apparently endemic to corporate life and the author’s experience… Continue reading
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55. JUnited, The Wrap
And so this year’s edition of JUnited comes to an end, a first for me. I missed a few days but gave it a good shot, I think.I’ll add a few more links over the next few days to make up the 30 for the 30 days of June. In going over the links, a… Continue reading
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54. History Maker – Delirious? – Life in A Song
The farewell tour which features the “Fabula est Vestri” quip (the story is yours) – which may be a mistranslation. :) Continue reading
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53. Collectivist v. Individualistic?
Of my X/Twitter follows, @eldivine tweeted something which caught my attention. Whilst I am not entirely sure I agree, there is a kernel of truth there. One could argue that it is the black tax writ large, with all its negative connotations. That does not account for things like the Igbo system of patronage in… Continue reading
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52. Going Walkies
F, the soon to be 16 month old, seems to be doing things at pace: not talking yet but humming along to several nursery rhymes, pretending to take phone calls and more importantly walking alot. Since discovering the ability to walk, it has been tons of walking everyday. I guess I no longer have an… Continue reading
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51. We, I and Them
As I write, England are playing Panama and making hard work of it. Coincidentally, I am on the home stretch of Zadie Smith’s Dead and Alive, in which the Essay, The Realm of the Unspoken engages with being a supporter of the England Men’s National Team at a previous World Cup within the context of… Continue reading
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50. We, the Product…
… [T]he forces of capital have always despised the commons, precisely because you can’t monetize it, and that their signature move has always been to denigrate whatever is shared and free (in this case, reality itself, time itself, which was designated as impossibly, unliveably boring, around 2008). In its place they offer instead something costly,… Continue reading
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49. On (Gen) AI and The Trappings of Faith
Not for the first time, this week I clicked through a friend’s WhatsApp status to a song. Its beat was strongly resonant as were its words. I quickly found myself nodding along. I couldn’t however quite put my hand on what felt off. This led me to a web search which confirmed the artiste, Noah… Continue reading
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48. In (Despairing) Praise of the Data Nerds…
Coming across two posts in quick succession, one on twitter, and the other on the attitude blog somehow focused my mind on data nerds and their outsized? influence on politics. I don’t purport to know what the politics of the two persons with the posts are above are but would hazard a guess that they… Continue reading
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