by Britt Permien | Oct 31, 2025 | Absurdist Political Affairs, Learning
Picture this: You land on the couch, exhausted, and reach for your phone. Instantly, you’re bombarded by angry rants, polarizing memes, doomscroll news… and then, every so often, a raccoon in a shower cap baking banana bread. Thank goodness for that reminder that the...
by Britt Permien | Sep 24, 2025 | AI, Learning
It was lunchtime, and my carefully-prepared bowl of Hungarian goulash stared back at me from the microwave—a hopeful hero doomed to disappoint. I pressed “start,” listened for the beep, and out came a bowl still cold in the centre, mocking my faith in modern...
by Britt Permien | Sep 5, 2025 | AI, Learning
I am casting my mind back to the chaotic, paper-heavy ’90s. Digital was supposed to save us from the tyranny of paperwork, but let’s be honest, how much have we ever really escaped the avalanche? If paper was on the way out, the forest sure never heard about it....
by Britt Permien | Aug 7, 2025 | AI, Learning
The crypto world’s costly and loud, With Trump memes attracting a crowd. You dream of a prize, But soon realize— Most fortunes are lost in the cloud. Off the bat: cryptocurrency (“crypto”) is digital money you store, send, and (sometimes) spend online—there’s...
by Britt Permien | Dec 15, 2024 | Learning
Learning a new language can be intimidating for some, but others, like me, look at it like an ongoing party, beating a piñada continuously and joyfully, peering through the blindfold to see what kind of candy (read vocabulary) and other goodies (read grammar) might...
