Fiona Tribe
@fionatribe.bsky.social
Cultural Anthropologist | Workplace Strategist | Material Culturist | 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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Recommended viewing: The Japanese Bed Making Championship.
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Recommended viewing: The Japanese Bed Making Championship.
“When I touch the area around that day, I can feel only callus.” ~ Robyn Davidson, Unfinished Woman on remembering
Some sentences are so well written they deserve to stand alone. I collect sentences when I read. I return the context to the library with the book.
January 4, 2026 at 11:46 AM
“When I touch the area around that day, I can feel only callus.” ~ Robyn Davidson, Unfinished Woman on remembering
“Personal responsibility also means being able to decide how much power we want to give our problems.”
January 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM
“Personal responsibility also means being able to decide how much power we want to give our problems.”
“I typically arrive three years too late. I wish I had been able to sit in that white, aromatic kitchen and look you in the face but I was not ready. I was still on my way.” ~ Mikko Harvey
January 4, 2026 at 11:22 AM
“I typically arrive three years too late. I wish I had been able to sit in that white, aromatic kitchen and look you in the face but I was not ready. I was still on my way.” ~ Mikko Harvey
Having injectables to treat 0zempic face is all kinds of slippery slope to unrecognisable.
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Having injectables to treat 0zempic face is all kinds of slippery slope to unrecognisable.
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As long as there are jobs, there will be bullshit jobs. As markets change shape and size, so does the bullshit, because bullshitters pivot better than anyone.
November 19, 2024 at 8:36 PM
As long as there are jobs, there will be bullshit jobs. As markets change shape and size, so does the bullshit, because bullshitters pivot better than anyone.
Didn’t want to wake anyone up by turning a light on and cleaned my teeth with a face moisturiser.
January 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Didn’t want to wake anyone up by turning a light on and cleaned my teeth with a face moisturiser.
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I also love his Mahogany Chest (2009), with its variably sized and shaped pulls, its uneven spacing, its definitely-not-Fibonacci-sequenced drawer depths
January 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I also love his Mahogany Chest (2009), with its variably sized and shaped pulls, its uneven spacing, its definitely-not-Fibonacci-sequenced drawer depths
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January 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Friendly paw on knee
January 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Friendly paw on knee
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It’s not easy processing a personal crisis inside a global one. Know that it’s okay to leave the global kind to those whose personal life isn’t also falling apart.
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
It’s not easy processing a personal crisis inside a global one. Know that it’s okay to leave the global kind to those whose personal life isn’t also falling apart.
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noise cancelling but as a way of life
November 15, 2024 at 9:20 AM
noise cancelling but as a way of life
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The most important trait someone can have to me is the ability to be honest with themselves, identify flaws, admit mistakes, and take responsibility. It’s fundamental to growth and change, as well as investing in others and forming functional, healthy relationships.
It’s the same with countries.
It’s the same with countries.
January 2, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The most important trait someone can have to me is the ability to be honest with themselves, identify flaws, admit mistakes, and take responsibility. It’s fundamental to growth and change, as well as investing in others and forming functional, healthy relationships.
It’s the same with countries.
It’s the same with countries.
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That is between me and my shadow.
January 2, 2026 at 11:10 PM
That is between me and my shadow.
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last call for submissions to @MinorLits ...
fiction, essays & experimental
info and deadlines here:
oleada.io/publication/...
fiction, essays & experimental
info and deadlines here:
oleada.io/publication/...
Oleada - A Submission Platform
A submission platform for small presses and magazines.
oleada.io
January 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
last call for submissions to @MinorLits ...
fiction, essays & experimental
info and deadlines here:
oleada.io/publication/...
fiction, essays & experimental
info and deadlines here:
oleada.io/publication/...
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Nowhere better than an arboretum on a bright winter's day.
January 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Nowhere better than an arboretum on a bright winter's day.
El Orfanato
Name a horror film that's actually scary
January 3, 2026 at 5:56 AM
El Orfanato
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Paying tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege of feeding textbooks and academic articles into a digital wood-chipper while I go do other things, head empty, blissful
January 4, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Paying tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege of feeding textbooks and academic articles into a digital wood-chipper while I go do other things, head empty, blissful
I hate reading instructions. I am 🤏🏻 close to defenestrating this new cuckoo clock.
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I hate reading instructions. I am 🤏🏻 close to defenestrating this new cuckoo clock.
I buy clothes when I’m on holiday and never wear them.
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I buy clothes when I’m on holiday and never wear them.
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Paul Julien - Nigeria 1950s.
January 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Paul Julien - Nigeria 1950s.