We talk about being your own boss, staying on top of your admin, juggling kids and dogs or too many ideas. Inbox Zero? Yes.

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[2] Good Habits in Japanese, Russian, Italian and German - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/good-habits/id573844300 

[3] My Big Post - https://coda.io/d/I-Quit-Contracting-6-Months-Ago-Heres-How-Im-Doing-With-Charts_dt6Kk4hYMa1/I-Quit-Contracting-6-Months-Ago-Heres-How-Im-Doing-With-Charts_su9Nw#_luLjd 

[4] Maker Time vs Manager Time - http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html 

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Ivanka used to repair things for a living. This is a business that is being squashed by various global tech companies. The Right To Repair movement is fighting for our right to fix our stuff.

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[1] Louis Rossmann - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w 

[2] Restaurants Brighton BRAVOs - https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/brighton-restaurant-awards/

[3] My Big Blog Post - https://coda.io/d/I-Quit-Contracting-6-Months-Ago-Heres-How-Im-Doing-With-Charts_dt6Kk4hYMa1/I-Quit-Contracting-6-Months-Ago-Heres-How-Im-Doing-With-Charts_su9Nw#_luLjd

[4] Twitch Link - https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest 

[5] Twitch Prime - https://twitch.amazon.com/tp

[6] #DragConUK hashtag on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hashtag/DragConUK

[7] AJ and the Queen - https://www.netflix.com/title/80237329 

[8] T&T Music Factory - https://worldofwonder.net/trump-and-thatcher-are-recording-music-get-ready-for-tt-music-factory/

[9] Ivanka’s Trumpiversary post - http://ivanka.blog/environment/trumpiversary-2020-borrowed-earth/

[10] Apple admits the Mac Pro was a mess - https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/4/15175994/apple-mac-pro-failure-admission

[11] Louis Rossmann on the T2 chip and the explanation - “Apple users have no one to blame but themselves” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi9en4I-tjA

[12] “Apple’s Independent Repair Program is a useless PR stunt” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rCUF-V1esM  

[13] Fairphone - https://www.fairphone.com/en/

[14] Sonos annoucement - https://www.fastcompany.com/90454672/this-is-disgusting-angry-sonos-customers-are-calling-for-a-boycott

[15] Vonnegut quote - https://blog.garrytan.com/kurt-vonnegut-goes-to-buy-an-envelope-profund

[16] Teenage Engineering - https://teenage.engineering/

[17] iFixit - https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Teenage_Engineering_OP-1

[18] Hackintosh - https://hackintosh.com/

[19] Michael’s Sustainable Hardware Idea video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHl2aEvJW48 

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Dom Cummings says he wants to "transform Britain into a 'meritocratic technopolis'". He's now worked his way into a position where he can implement his ideas via the blank slate of our new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. We don't like him, but since we're stuck with him for the foreseeable future, we think about the areas where our values might intersect.

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[1] Statues are in colour video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jmMWohs1XM 

[2] Dom Cummings Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Cummings 

[3] Was it Nathan Barley or Dom Cummings - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/03/who-said-it-dominic-cummings-or-nathan-barley-quiz 

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Continuing our discussion of "what is wrong with the left", this week we turn our attention to "Cancel Culture" and the phenomenon of publicly shaming people on Twitter. Contrapoints just released a good, long video on "Canceling" which Michael watched the day before recording. Perhaps if people were a bit more polite and considerate online, things would be less terrible...

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[1] Contrapoints Canceling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMPJVmXxV8 

[2] The Dark Heart of Italy - https://amzn.to/2uQrPUN 

[3] Ivanka’s Twitter thread “But this is a civilised country, people said” - https://twitter.com/ivanka/status/1090519840903884800 

[4] Why Don’t We Care About China’s Uighur Muslims? - https://theintercept.com/2019/12/29/why-dont-we-care-about-chinas-uighur-muslims/ 

[5] Ronny Chieng - https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81070659

[6] Andrew Yang - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCriIuQZpMi6gEt_2P7xKCww

[7] Jon Ronson - So You’ve Been Publically Shamed -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You%27ve_Been_Publicly_Shamed

[8] #MeToo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metoo

[9] Jen Brister - The Other Mother - https://amzn.to/2ZVTFdC 

[10] Liam Neeson - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47133868

[11] Klaus - https://www.netflix.com/title/80183187 

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We discuss Jeremy Corbyn's failings as a politician and the Left's predilection for infighting and self-sabotage in the first episode we recorded after the Conservative Party's general election victory. We are glum and looking for answers. Ivanka shares some of the insights she gleaned from working at a high level within the Labour Party.

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[1] George Monbiot Boris Johnson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFlhUkudhzk 

[2] George Monbiot - “How to really take back control” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1-9zg0cgN0 

[3] The Other Mother by Jen Brister - https://amzn.to/2ZVTFdC 

[4] Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri - https://amzn.to/36xcHtj 

[5] Contrapoints - Canceling (came out just after this recording and goes into a lot of detail that we will discuss next week!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMPJVmXxV8

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We were going to talk about the disastrous Tory victory but we just ended up rambling about Christmas, kids, giving, receiving, winter swimming and Russian snacks.

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[0] Watchmen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen_(TV_series)

[1] What movies should I watch tonight? - https://whatmovieshouldiwatchtonight.com/

[2] I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore - https://www.netflix.com/title/80100937 

[3] Titans - https://www.netflix.com/in/title/80218200 

[4] Ruby on Rails MERB announcement - https://yehudakatz.com/2008/12/23/rails-and-merb-merge/ 

[5] Klaus movie - https://www.netflix.com/title/80183187 

[6] Eating together Team Human thing - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/team-human/id1140331811?i=1000456698440 

[7] Malcolm Gladwell Talking To Strangers - https://books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/talking-to-strangers/id1475747729

[8] Utopia For Realists - https://amzn.to/33HepG3 

[9] Guilty Feminist - https://amzn.to/2QDjN8Z 

[10] Descent of Man - https://amzn.to/2MDWjBD 

[11] Donut Economics - https://amzn.to/2TQLIqb  

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We discuss the Labour Party's problem with accusations of antisemitism and how they've dealt with it badly but also how it doesn't line up with their values in any obvious way at all. We talk about the Green Party and Lib Dems. We hold our noses and jump in, hoping that we don't still have a Conservative government next week.

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[0] Tactical Voting Unboringed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQRyGacBRA4 

[1] Derren Brown - Happy https://amzn.to/38rGwfY 

[2] Derren Brown on Buxton - https://adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/ep110-derren-brown 

[3] Alain DeBotton - https://www.alaindebotton.com/ 

[4] Brighton Hove Labour Statement - https://www.labourmemberstogether.com/antisemitism 

[5] Andrew Yang / Intercept - https://theintercept.com/2019/06/06/why-is-andrew-yang-running-for-president/ 

[6] THE SEVEN SECRETS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE https://twitter.com/sannewman/status/

[7] Yuval Harari TED Talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/yuval_noah_harari_what_explains_the_rise_of_humans?language=en

[8] Lib Dem - https://www.libdems.org.uk/ 

[9] Green Party - https://vote.greenparty.org.uk/

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It's two weeks until the UK general election so we talked about that. This week we address some common excuses people make not to engage politically (tldr: "If you don't have to think about politics, check your f*cking privilege!"). We talk about the UN's damning report on poverty in the UK that exposes how much damage the Conservative Government has done in the last decade. We discuss the Conservative Party's shocking "FactCheckUK" Twitter deception and the moral vacuum that is Boris Johnson as his lies become ever bolder. Then there's part one of a discussion of the Labour Party.

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[1] Politics Unboringed - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfxy4_sBQdxzZNqvVQXcBPvsl1Zgzy2-q

[2] See people’s voting record - https://www.theyworkforyou.com/

[3] Caroline Lucas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Lucas 

[4] The Democracy Club - https://democracyclub.org.uk/ 

[5] Brexit Party Stands Down - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/11/brexit-party-will-not-contest-317-tory-seats-nigel-farage-says

[6] Remaniacs podcast - https://audioboom.com/channel/remainiacs-podcast

[7] UN Poverty Report recording - https://grandpodcast.com/un-poverty-report-2018.html

[8] Rutger Utopia for Realists - https://amzn.to/33HepG3 

[9] Top Boy Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80217669

[10] Windrush Scandal -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windrush_scandal 

[11] Tories fake twitter account - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/20/twitter-accuses-tories-of-misleading-public-in-factcheck-row

[12] “There are no press here” - Boris Johnson’s lies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYZswb7wCmA 

[13] Drag Race UK - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p07kt8b4/rupauls-drag-race-uk

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We talked about how to approach negotiations effectively in the context of work, among other situations. We ended up back on the subject of power and had some new ideas.

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[1] Getting to Yes - https://amzn.to/37kNy5T 

[2] Guildford video - free nhs etc questions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7lsRbDKOXg 

[3] Agamemnon Otero - https://meaningconference.co.uk/speakers/agamemnon-otero.php 

[4] Jessica Jones - Killgrave (his power is that people do what he says - just watch the first few scenes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBgf6nSG0k8

[5] Sarah McKinley - https://meaningconference.co.uk/speakers/sarah-mckinley.php 

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It's Meaning Conference time again! This time Ivanka went and she reports back on lots of different talks.

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[1] Claire Farrell - https://meaningconference.co.uk/speakers/clare-farrell.php 

[2] XR https://rebellion.earth/the-truth/about-us/

[3] Miatta Fahnbulleh - https://meaningconference.co.uk/speakers/miatta-fahnbulleh.php 

[5] Meaning YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVWc7MR_7EVZph7K1pgOgcA

[6] Brett Hennig - https://meaningconference.co.uk/speakers/brett-hennig.php 

[7] Citizens’ Assemblies - https://citizensassembly.co.uk/ 

[8] Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition 

[9] Zebra Companies - https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/322407

[10] Rachel Lilley - https://meaningconference.co.uk/speakers/rachel-lilley.php

[11] Armin Steuernagel - https://meaningconference.co.uk/speakers/armin-steuernagel.php 

[12] Zaytoun Palestinian olive oil - https://www.zaytoun.org/ 

[13] Sarah McKinley https://meaningconference.co.uk/speakers/sarah-mckinley.php 

[14] Agamemnon Otero - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ysgu_LT_0 

[15] Paul Mason - https://meaningconference.co.uk/speakers/paul-mason-3.php 

[16] Maff Potts - The Camerados https://www.camerados.org/ 

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