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Patagonia’s Pattie Gonia Lawsuit Is a Failure of Imagination
Patagonia’s lawsuit against Pattie Gonia may protect a trademark, but the real damage is reputational: a company missing the chance to support queer climate advocacy.
Rustic Charm, Modern Bottlenecks: What Sheridan Nurseries Taught Me About Systems
A May Long Weekend trip to Sheridan Nurseries became a reminder that a full parking lot doesn’t guarantee a great experience. Character comes from people. Functionality comes from systems. You need both.
You Can Still Smell My Aftershave in the Airlock
A quiet reflection on cancelling my Star Citizen subscription, what late-night PBS and Bob Ross taught me about community, and why better signals matter more than monthly perks.
The “A” Is Still in aUEC, But the Game Expects Us to Ignore It
Another wipe is coming to Star Citizen. That may be necessary. But if the game expects players to behave as though the economy is real, it needs to start treating our time as though it is, too.
Just a Step to the Left
Last week, in When Meaningless Means “Not for Me”, I mentioned that…
Audiobooks Count, and Saying Otherwise Is Ableist
Access is not a loophole. It is how we make participation possible.
Too Important to Fail. Too Fragile to Criticize.
The airline industry is once again asking customers for patience, empathy, and confidence while continuing to operate as though instability is someone else’s problem. Canadians are tired of being told every broken system is simultaneously essential, too fragile to criticize, and still entitled to unconditional loyalty. The public is not your emergency flotation device.
The Cruelty of Calling Accessibility “Meaningless”
A Canadian professor dismissed a humanoid robot marathon as “meaningless.” But accessibility technology isn’t about spectacle — it’s about dignity, independence, and the systems society still refuses to build properly.
CIG Wants Clever Players in a Half-Built Playground
CIG wants clever players in a half-built playground. But when cargo, supply, storage, survival, and ship operations all collapse into the same awkward box, Star Citizen starts looking less like a coherent universe and more like a beautiful workaround simulator.
