Ain’t no party like a beige.party party
When I first joined Mastodon in 2019, it was via a server — an instance, as it’s called — named mastodon.social. In part, joining that particu...
Author: Reay
Never rush
I’ve been unusually stressed on a few fronts recently, and it showed over a couple of days at work when I made some… not great decisions. Not terrib...
The trickiness of effective email addresses
I have a weird name. For those outside my family and group of friends who haven’t known me forever, the first one is pronounced “Ray” and the ...
What I learned from my first union strike
Our union settled with the company 15 days after we went on strike. I’ve finished my first full week of being back at work and making money again, which I...
What I read this month
A better month for reading, to be sure. Sadly, many starts and stops included, but I’ll take those any day over not getting a shot at reading enough at al...
On a dumb argument
Everyone has their opinions. And everyone has counterpoints to certain topics of discussion. That is of course a given. But here’s a hot tip: If you’...
Thoughts on working my first picket line
For those out of town or who otherwise wouldn’t be in the know or affected by it, employees at the LCBO — the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the o...
Three strikes against privatizing the LCBO
I’ve worked for the LCBO for just over two years. This upcoming strike deadline is the first I’ve ever looked at being personally involved in, as LC...
What I read this month
Despite it being a pretty crazy busy month, I read more in June than I have for a while. Mind you, much of that was started and stopped. But in some cases I rea...
Let people read during lulls on the job
I’ve been working two part-time jobs for the last couple of years, and both underscored something to me I hadn’t encountered much previously: Compan...