Fiona Tribe
@fionatribe.bsky.social
Cultural Anthropologist | Workplace Strategist | Material Culturist | Writer | Potter | into architecture, cultural literacy and Stuff | Matter matters | Wurundjeri land/Melbourne | whiteowl.net.au
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Fiona Tribe
@fionatribe.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Take me to your leader — WhiteOwl
Sitting quietly on a patio is a woman. She is making annatto - the red dye used to decorate the face and body during village ceremonies. Except there is no ceremony today. To her the day simply felt l...
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Take me to your leader: human becomings, non-Euclidean org design and lawn mowing.
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I am all for wellbeing in the workplace but I will never rely on the workplace for my wellbeing.
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I am all for wellbeing in the workplace but I will never rely on the workplace for my wellbeing.
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The savior/martyr/hero instinct is strong; fixing the underlying problem is generally slower, more complicated, and doesn’t offer that intense, instant feel-good feedback.
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The savior/martyr/hero instinct is strong; fixing the underlying problem is generally slower, more complicated, and doesn’t offer that intense, instant feel-good feedback.
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The Strangest Photograph I’ve Ever Taken
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#photography #randomobservations #garden #photographyblock #iPhone #illuminated
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#photography #randomobservations #garden #photographyblock #iPhone #illuminated
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Strangest Photograph I’ve Ever Taken
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#photography #randomobservations #garden #photographyblock #iPhone #illuminated
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#photography #randomobservations #garden #photographyblock #iPhone #illuminated
Me: “Have you considered the opportunity cost of investing that amount of money in AI?”
Him: “Have you considered the opportunity cost of NOT investing that much in it?”
[repeat ad nauseam]
Him: “Have you considered the opportunity cost of NOT investing that much in it?”
[repeat ad nauseam]
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Me: “Have you considered the opportunity cost of investing that amount of money in AI?”
Him: “Have you considered the opportunity cost of NOT investing that much in it?”
[repeat ad nauseam]
Him: “Have you considered the opportunity cost of NOT investing that much in it?”
[repeat ad nauseam]
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Frank Sinatra at home. Oh would you like a cigarette? Feel free to grab one from the cigarette bowl on the cigarette table in the cigarette room
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Frank Sinatra at home. Oh would you like a cigarette? Feel free to grab one from the cigarette bowl on the cigarette table in the cigarette room
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That relates to what I was saying earlier about chess.
People have built these weird myths that having specific intelligence or prodigious skill translates as a general intelligence, or—even worse—genius.
Being a brilliant coder, for instance, gives you zero insight into social anthropology.
People have built these weird myths that having specific intelligence or prodigious skill translates as a general intelligence, or—even worse—genius.
Being a brilliant coder, for instance, gives you zero insight into social anthropology.
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
That relates to what I was saying earlier about chess.
People have built these weird myths that having specific intelligence or prodigious skill translates as a general intelligence, or—even worse—genius.
Being a brilliant coder, for instance, gives you zero insight into social anthropology.
People have built these weird myths that having specific intelligence or prodigious skill translates as a general intelligence, or—even worse—genius.
Being a brilliant coder, for instance, gives you zero insight into social anthropology.
I’ve always been wary of Santa. As a child I felt there was something off about him. There are photo albums full of my brother and sister sitting on Santa’s knee. Not one of me. I refused.
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’ve always been wary of Santa. As a child I felt there was something off about him. There are photo albums full of my brother and sister sitting on Santa’s knee. Not one of me. I refused.
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You don't know what you've got till it's gone. And you don't know it's gone till you can't find it. And then you can't remember why you wanted it in the first place. And now you’ve forgotten what you came in here for.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You don't know what you've got till it's gone. And you don't know it's gone till you can't find it. And then you can't remember why you wanted it in the first place. And now you’ve forgotten what you came in here for.
“You don’t want to help the people around you. You want the people around you to need your help.” ~ All Her Fault
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“You don’t want to help the people around you. You want the people around you to need your help.” ~ All Her Fault
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Rue du Bon Puits, de la rue Traversine. Paris 5e, 1866
Charles Marville
Charles Marville
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Rue du Bon Puits, de la rue Traversine. Paris 5e, 1866
Charles Marville
Charles Marville
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Paulina Borsook is one of a small handful of journalists who understood the rise of tech bro fascism and what was driving it. Here's an introduction to her work in this area. youtu.be/DL-kwZdkiOA?...
The Woman Who Predicted Tech Fascism — Paulina Borsook Was Right
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
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October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Paulina Borsook is one of a small handful of journalists who understood the rise of tech bro fascism and what was driving it. Here's an introduction to her work in this area. youtu.be/DL-kwZdkiOA?...
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Samedi matin.
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Samedi matin.
Could you identify your workplace by smell alone?
What does an airport sound like?
Does the café feel good to touch?
Does the train station taste good? (okay, maybe not)
Deliberately blocking out senses when researching a place opens up experience details you may otherwise not notice.
What does an airport sound like?
Does the café feel good to touch?
Does the train station taste good? (okay, maybe not)
Deliberately blocking out senses when researching a place opens up experience details you may otherwise not notice.
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Could you identify your workplace by smell alone?
What does an airport sound like?
Does the café feel good to touch?
Does the train station taste good? (okay, maybe not)
Deliberately blocking out senses when researching a place opens up experience details you may otherwise not notice.
What does an airport sound like?
Does the café feel good to touch?
Does the train station taste good? (okay, maybe not)
Deliberately blocking out senses when researching a place opens up experience details you may otherwise not notice.
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This day — 4500 miles apart.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This day — 4500 miles apart.
Once you see the grifterlyness™️, it’s impossible to un-see it. And if it’s everywhere in your profession it becomes extremely difficult to mingle at grand events with a champagne in your hand.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Once you see the grifterlyness™️, it’s impossible to un-see it. And if it’s everywhere in your profession it becomes extremely difficult to mingle at grand events with a champagne in your hand.
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When a world dies, much dies alongside it: ways of thinking, ways of building, ways of living. @robrubsam.bsky.social writes on Jenny Erpenbeck’s new essay collection, “Things That Disappear.”
Idle Things | Robert Rubsam
In “Things That Disappear,” Jenny Erpenbeck grapples with ruins, revealing the virtue of unproductive places and idle things.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When a world dies, much dies alongside it: ways of thinking, ways of building, ways of living. @robrubsam.bsky.social writes on Jenny Erpenbeck’s new essay collection, “Things That Disappear.”
“First it was Myspace. Every once in a while a case would have something to do with that. Over the years, there was no case that didn’t have Facebook or Instagram or something as a part of the problem. The internet is like an emotional AK47 for your romance.” ~ Judge Lynn Toler on divorce
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“First it was Myspace. Every once in a while a case would have something to do with that. Over the years, there was no case that didn’t have Facebook or Instagram or something as a part of the problem. The internet is like an emotional AK47 for your romance.” ~ Judge Lynn Toler on divorce
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Sea creatures inform sweeping bamboo roofs of Intaaya Retreat in Indonesia: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/09/intaaya-retreat-pablo-luna-studio/
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sea creatures inform sweeping bamboo roofs of Intaaya Retreat in Indonesia: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/09/intaaya-retreat-pablo-luna-studio/
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This is also a good way to think about "information".
“… any ‘sense of place’ I have is a combination of what I know to be true, what I’ve lived, as well as the things I’ve been told by others, whether true or not.” ~ Cameron Downey
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is also a good way to think about "information".
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She walked through the door, dumped her bag at her feet, and hung her work face on the hook in the hall.
November 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM
She walked through the door, dumped her bag at her feet, and hung her work face on the hook in the hall.
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I learned today that my facial expressions speak very clearly on my behalf.
I’ve completely lost my voice. The expression on people’s faces when learning this is, quite frankly, insulting.
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I learned today that my facial expressions speak very clearly on my behalf.
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I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future
When you’ve spent your whole adult life working in and around book publishing you get used to hearing that people don’t read anymore and that the industry is on its last legs. There is always a cri…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
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Delicate moments
all the more beautiful for
being so fleeting.
all the more beautiful for
being so fleeting.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Delicate moments
all the more beautiful for
being so fleeting.
all the more beautiful for
being so fleeting.