The internet is forever?

I was just setting up a new site for W (formerly L) and kept wanting to add! and customise! and it dawned on me that I do have my own blog, somewhere, I could go edit that, so here I am.


Internet, a lot of stuff has happened since last we spoke. We haven't moved continents, or time zones, or even cities, in nine years, which is pretty different to before, and it's what I was hoping for when we came out here. I couldn't say it out loud then - I would say "I'm not superstitious", but when it comes to things I want that are hard to get, I guess I am. University job? 2014. Tenure? 2017. Not getting laid off in the wake of coronavirus? I feel like I should only write that in tiny font, if at all.

Knitting? I haven't done much of it in a while. The climate's not really right for it, and I haven't had a lot of downtime. Twitter? I joined it, but I mostly lurk. Podcasts? I love You're Wrong About, Flash Forward and a few others but I can't write and listen at the same time, so podcasts are mostly for when I'm making dinner. Being a Public Science Person? No thanks, my introvert tendencies really don't enjoy that.


Politics? Have radicalized. There are bad actors in charge of important things, there are intersectional oppressions, there are gatekeepers and algorithmic biases and conspiracy theories causing a lot of problems. It'll take big intentional moves and steady cultural shifts to change any of that, and I'm trying to make things better in the places I can reach.