Watching: The Handmaid’s Tale: Offred (S1.E1) 📺
Offred, one of the few fertile women known as Handmaids in the oppressive Republic of Gilead, struggles to survive as a reproductive surrogate for a powerful Commander and his resentful wife.
Having a wild New Year’s
I’m done with Summer, it’s too damn hot!
🔗 A New Mailing List, Goodbye Instagram?, Future Book Hello Again — Roden Explorers Archive
Sign up for Craig Mod’s new mailing list.
🔗 Drivers demand reminders for car rego as NSW rakes in $240m in fines
Fines for driving unregistered vehicles have accelerated in NSW since the removal of car registration stickers in 2013, with hapless motorists blaming the state government for not sending reminders to renew registration.
How about putting a reminder in your calendar, and stop blaming everyone else. 🤦♂️
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) 📺
An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
Finally, convinced @travispacker to watch Harry Potter ✨
I had been putting off starting Zelda: Breath of the Wild…but I guess I have no excuse now
🔗 We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites – Motherboard
But for people who came of age in the early 2000s, sharing our lives online is second nature, and largely came without consequences. There was no indication that something we’d been conditioned to do would be quickly weaponized against us.
🔗 The 21 (and Counting) Biggest Facebook Scandals of 2018 – WIRED
In 2018, the social giant juggled so many crises, you probably forgot half of them. Here’s a refresher.
Facebook’s had quite the year… 🤯