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Recovering Hipster: Sharing Economy Blues
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Friday, February 13, 2015. What happens when all of the risk is externalized onto the worker? I am on the first leg of a quest to find out. Recently I wrote an article on Tumblr about my experience working for Instacart. I am cross-posting it now because it is not showing up in any search engines. If you work for Instacart or know somebody who does, please pass this link around. What will your taxes look like if you are a sharing economy 1099? Warm fuzzy...
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Recovering Hipster: October 2011
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Saturday, October 8, 2011. All apologies for my lack of formatting skills. I am not a Blogger expert, but I want to share pictures. It took me two weeks to finally get down to the Occupy Wall Street. Encampment and I have been there every day since the 99%. March on October 1st. The next day, Sunday October 2nd, I decided to help cook dinner for Occupy Wall Street after receiving a Facebook invite from Grub. Bananas, baby greens, apples, melons, and more!
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Recovering Hipster: Solidarity is the Only Therapy: Part 1
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Solidarity is the Only Therapy: Part 1. I originally set out to write a short essay about unemployment and positive psychology. It's not as if I haven't written about these things before ( like on the eve of Occupy Wall Street. Over the last 15 years. What does it mean to be a working-class person in a movement for change, having everything to lose and only the loose bonds of ideological purity linking you to "the communi...
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Recovering Hipster: November 2012
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Saturday, November 24, 2012. Chris Mullen Told Me To Write. Chris Mullen told me to write, but I don’t have much to say. The seasons are changing in Eastern Washington – the wind is gusting down through the Cascades and snow is teasing the Palouse Scenic Byway, preparing to turn its camel hump hills into the ice planet Hoth. Year on this planet, and the stock-taking has already begun in earnest. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Shaped By My Life. I am a stubb...
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Recovering Hipster: September 2011
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Tuesday, September 20, 2011. I doubled-down on love and lost. Now just as gracefully as "the winds [of fate? Into someone else's bed, they picked me up like Dorothy and dropped me in a magical land: NJ. And so, goal #8, to l ive in a neighborhood that is not considered to be one of the most rapidly gentrifying in the city. Take responsibility for my choices and mak. E] a patent break with some of the old patterns of behavior that got me here. I am too bu...
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Recovering Hipster: "Optimism is the Opiate of the People"
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Friday, September 2, 2011. Optimism is the Opiate of the People". By Milan Kundera, quoted in Smile or Die. I am not on the cutting edge of anything, which is why two important books that came out in the last year are suddenly on my mind now after a recent afternoon at The Strand: The Adventures of Unemployed Man. By Erich Origen and Gan Golan and Bright-sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America. I have been showered with well-meaning positive ...
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Recovering Hipster: December 2011
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Monday, December 5, 2011. I am caught in this loop that goes like this: by virtue of my age, education, and lived experience, I have a lot to contribute to any social movement.but there is a lot of vital reproductive labor that needs to be done so I should do that.and why should anyone feel too superior or smart to do said "shit work"? And why should my education mean I should have a "special" position in all this? The competition is so stiff! Getting a ...
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Recovering Hipster: Chris Mullen Told Me To Write
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Saturday, November 24, 2012. Chris Mullen Told Me To Write. Chris Mullen told me to write, but I don’t have much to say. The seasons are changing in Eastern Washington – the wind is gusting down through the Cascades and snow is teasing the Palouse Scenic Byway, preparing to turn its camel hump hills into the ice planet Hoth. Year on this planet, and the stock-taking has already begun in earnest. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shaped By My Life.
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Recovering Hipster: Collected Scraps of Paper
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Collected Scraps of Paper. I let go of my lefty hangups and truly enjoyed that moment, the glorious feeling of millions of people in ecstasy at the same time. And then everyone went to sleep. We are the 99%. Who are the 99%? 99% of the US population is somewhere in the ballpark of 300 million. What percent of the 99% occupied a public space? Asking questions while walking. April 12, 2012 at 1:22 PM. You make me want to A. S...
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Recovering Hipster: November 2011
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This blog is not what I thought it would be about. Saturday, November 19, 2011. YOU ARE THE 99%! The collective overtook the personal as I rose to my knees and made eye contact with the movement embodied, and the fruitless effort to destroy its spirit; the long and endless history of struggle for dignity and justice; all those who came before and those yet waiting in the future. We are everywhere. Our time has come. ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE! Labels: occupy police violence. Monday, November 14, 2011.
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