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·Feb 14

The Curriculum Vitae of Different-but-Fine.

February 2022 “Are you okay?” “Yes, fine, why?” “I’ve not seen you on Twitter or YouTube for a while”. “Because I need to start finding a way to make a living. Those things are a luxury unless they pay, and they don’t. …

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Jan 26

Keep on doing that, bougie ‘left’. Never face what you’ve become.

Keep looking down and mocking and insulting people who are responding to the trauma of the last few years differently to you. You just keep on doing that. Keep cheering on the censorship that, ten years ago, you would have at least given a token amount of lip service to…

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Keep on doing that, bougie ‘left’. Never face what you’ve become.

Jan 4

What is “Mass Formation Psychosis”?

Hello, reader. You may have come to this article in order to find out what “Mass Formation Psychosis” is, after seeing this viral clip of Dr Robert Malone, MD on Joe Rogan: Welcome, Unwitting Internet Person. Welcome. I hope you’re doing okay. Shit’s…

Culture War

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Published in Téa Smith’s Blog

·Nov 8, 2021

Back to Normal.

I can’t wait to get back to normal. I can’t wait to get back to normal. You know, where you rent people to keep them in subsistence, and profit from their labour. It’s not slavery; it’s rental. Completely morally different: I can’t wait to go back to having to…

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Published in Téa Smith’s Blog

·Oct 29, 2021

Who on earth wants to disappear into this Metaverse?

I have loved the internet since 1994. I have sold it, defended it, talked non-stop about the possibilities for nearly 30 years. Now, thanks to American corporations, their special brand of puritanism making everything they touch turn to shit… I think I hate the internet. …

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Who on earth wants to disappear into this Metaverse? — Téa Smith

Published in Téa Smith’s Blog

·Sep 23, 2021

Some things are just stupid. Ideas are not equal. On “civil discourse” and gaslighting.

One of the strangest ideas with current internet political discourse (okay, Twitter and YouTube, and tedious Clubhouse rooms) is that you can’t dismiss an idea as stupid. Don’t be impolite. To be taken seriously, you must be civil. You must be patient. …

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Sep 23, 2021

Some things are just stupid. Ideas are not equal. On “civil discourse” and gaslighting.

Internet

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Some things are just stupid. Ideas are not equal. On “civil discourse” and gaslighting.

Published in Téa Smith’s Blog

·Sep 16, 2021

We need to talk about the gentrification of the left.

Some time ago, around 2016, I threw myself into an online “debate” that, in retrospect, I wasn’t prepared for. As a lifelong lefty and feminist, I saw a sudden shift in the way people were interacting with each other online, particularly around feminism and politics. It had turned ugly. Admittedly…

Politics

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We need to talk about the gentrification of the left.

Published in Téa Smith’s Blog

·May 24, 2020

When will ‘the left’ stand up to the threat of totalitarianism?

This is a plea to the grown-up and reasonable political left. I know you’re out there, quietly reading and observing and waiting for the right time. Now is the right time. As I have been talking about on YouTube for some time now, I have grave concerns about a worldwide…

Politics

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When will ‘the left’ stand up to the threat of totalitarianism?

Aug 19, 2019

Bad Digital Marketing and Dark Patterns: “But it works”.

Is that a reason? Only in marketing does it appear that the ends justifies the means. I visit a website, I get asked if I want notifications (NO). I get a modal pop-up. Before I even read the headline to determine if I want to stay. I get sent…

Marketing

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