#unproductivity — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

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

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #feminism #homemaker #housekeeping #housework #parasite #parenting #sexism #unproductivity #woman

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

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

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

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 ;-)

#Journal, Day 1029
Thursday, 12 January 2023

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

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