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The House Always Wins: the cost of participation in the real sharing economy and who loses?

This is actually a good news tale, despite first appearances. I’m here to say that participating in the real sharing economy means more of…

7 min readMay 14, 2023

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The House Always Wins: the cost of participation in the real sharing economy and who loses?

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The Government’s Jobs Strategy is Flawed, and this is how it affects women

Jobs, jobs JOBS! The whole mantra is smoke and mirrors, fundamentally flawed in almost every way.

7 min readMay 28, 2021

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The Government’s Jobs Strategy is Flawed, and this is how it affects women

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Mi Casa, Su Casa: Community solutions to individual problems

Imagine recruiting neighbours to help each other at home. Locals learn new skills, get hands-on experience, make new friends. Win-win-win!

8 min readFeb 14, 2021

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Mi Casa, Su Casa: Community solutions to individual problems

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My rights vs. Your profits: it’s the environment, stupid

If I bought it, I own it, and if I own it you have sold your right to control what I do with it when it breaks. I’ll chose to repair it.

9 min readJan 27, 2021

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My rights vs. Your profits: it’s the environment, stupid

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New Year’s Resolutions: getting from here to where you want to be

I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions. I’m just not into breaking promises, especially to myself. But I do plan where I want to get to this…

9 min readJan 2, 2021

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New Year’s Resolutions

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An Ode to 2020

Wake up! Wake up, the country’s on fire! Find someone in power who isn’t a liar… #climateemergency #climatehoax #Greta #AustralianBushfires

2 min readJan 4, 2020

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An Ode to 2020

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Yes, the gig economy sucks; No, it’s not fulfilling its promise of freedom

This new form of work clearly and unfairly advantages one side over the other in in new and perverse ways. It’s 21st century slave labour.

5 min readMay 13, 2019

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Yes, the gig economy sucks; No, it’s not fulfilling its promise of freedom

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Never be broke again: how to avoid being poor

Ever gotten to the end of the month and run out of cash? Yeah, we’ve all been there. Imagine what it must be like to not live like this.

8 min readMay 5, 2019

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Never be broke again: how to avoid being poor

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Everything that’s wrong with the modern jobs market

It’s every worker’s worst nightmare, and if it’s not, it should be.

6 min readJan 18, 2019

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Everything that’s wrong with the modern jobs market

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Is Capitalism or Socialism a better system for society? (Quiz)

Neither capitalism or socialism are perfect systems…but which is better? Take the quiz to decide what kind of society you want to live in.

22 min readJan 1, 2019

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Is Capitalism or Socialism a better system for society? (Quiz)

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