Mastodawn

Of all species of silliness the silliest is the assertion sometimes made that the woman whose primary lifework is taking care of her home and children is somehow a “parasite woman.” It is such a ridiculous in version of the truth that it ought not to be necessary even to allude to it.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1916-05), “The Parasite Woman: The Only Indispensable Citizen,” Metropolitan Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 6

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Essay (1916-05), "The Parasite Woman: The Only Indispensable Citizen," Metropolitan Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 6 - Roosevelt, Theodore | WIST Quotations

Of all species of silliness the silliest is the assertion sometimes made that the woman whose primary lifework is taking care of her home and children is somehow a "parasite woman." It is such a ridiculous in version of the truth that it ought not to be necessary even to…

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Apocalypse & Avocados Aug 28, 2025

A new post from our hosts! They’re talking about how 'unproductivity can lead to something productive' and how 'time is fake'. What's a life lesson you learned from a spiral? #TheSpiral #Unproductivity #TheSpiral #Unproductivity #MastodonToots

BellingenNSW Jul 15, 2025

Australian wealth inequality frays the social fabric

"The top 10% of households now control 44% of all wealth in Australia. The collective wealth of the richest 200 Australians has nearly tripled over two decades, mostly from property and resources – economic activities that extract value from existing assets rather than new productive capacities; what economists call “rent-seeking”.

"Rent-seeking concentrates wealth away from productivity-enhancing investments – in business innovation, public infrastructure and worker wages. This leaves ordinary people paying ever-higher proportions of their income for necessities. Ordinary Australians have little to celebrate."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/15/neoliberalism-lite-is-no-solution-to-australias-cost-of-living-and-productivity-crises-its-time-to-curb-wealth-concentration
#inequality #WealthCapture #RentSeeking #housing #rentierism #unproductivity #ActiveProduction #wages #extractivism

‘Neoliberalism lite’ is no solution to Australia’s cost-of-living and productivity crises. We must curb wealth concentration

The upcoming productivity roundtable must accept this as a systemic risk, and confront it directly

The Guardian

Rooney’s old account Sep 17, 2023

What I really need is an #unproductivity webinar. A short course on turning down opportunities. A retreat on drafting a 5 year plan to stay the course. A print out worksheet on just enjoying your life after #tenure. @academicsunite @academicchatter @academia_carnet

AxelPolleres (Q54860587)Mar 13, 2023

Sometimes I feel like spending half of my worktime filling "doodles"...Time for a standard interface/API for doodle-derivates... Who's up for it, is there anything like that in the queue? (and FWIW, if people weekly introduce/use new doodle-derivates, my email-filterrules can't catch up and I *will* overlook them) #doodle #unproductivity #toomanymeetings ;-)

Finder of Impossible Things Jan 13, 2023

#Journal, Day 1029
Thursday, 12 January 2023

#unproductivity
#raindamage
#gadgets
#network
#rebootreset
#iamnotanitperson
#wedontdeservebirds

Liz Seegert Dec 10, 2022

I’ve been procrastinating so long today about the article I’m supposed to write, that I managed to totally clean out and reorganize two closets this afternoon. #journalistlife #productivity #unproductivity