Sauntering Vaguely Downward

What do you think about hunting?

The answer to this question is going to be highly dependent on geographical location, culture, and socioeconomic positioning. As an affluent person who dwells about a mile from the nearest well-stocked supermarket, I don’t need to do it. I don't have livestock to protect and I wasn't raised in a culture that prized hunting skill or ascribed any religious, spiritual, or symbolic meaning to it. If you’re perfectly capable of surviving and obtaining food without hunting, I can’t see the point of setting out on a walk with the sole purpose of killing an animal simply because you can. I definitely don’t understand trophy-hunting. It’s cruel and wasteful.

What responsibilities do you think the media have, if any?

Wow, this is a big question, given the events of the past few years. What happened to all that fluffy cuddly what's-your-favourite-X stuff, meme?!

I think both traditional and social media have a huge responsibility to carefully vett and caveat their reporting. Especially when people in power are consistently and blatantly lying. Don’t just play that clip with the lie in it and then move on to the next topic. Call it out, verbally and visually. Lying to the public should have consequences for the people telling the lies, rather than allowing the public to bear the brunt of them, as we are with the global public health crisis we’re experiencing right now.

What websites did you visit most frequently this week?

Dreamwidth, LiveJournal, the BBC, the virtual learning environment of My University, the search engine at My University which allows me to find peer-reviewed research publications, and the data archives of a scientific space mission.

What are your favourite things in general?

Mochi, whisky (single-malt Scotch, Japanese whisky and bourbon are my top three), Lego, computers, the internet, space, cats, space cats (thank you, the internet).

I'm not sure these question were particularly illuminating. Somehow we've gotten to the end of January. It hasn't been the most thrilling month in the history of ever, but we're still here, marching along in the same routine of the past ten months, hoping there's a future ahead of us with more diverse activities and companionship in it. Also, Humuhumu spent two hours yesterday crafting a cat toy for Telstar. Observe the immensity of his gratitude below.





 

With what are you happy to be done doing?

Moving house. I hope to stay put for a good long while.