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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Charrito (Pulquería), Mexico.. Edward Weston. Gelatin silver print.
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Charrito (Pulquería), Mexico.. Edward Weston. Gelatin silver print.
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A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.
Baudelaire
Baudelaire
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.
Baudelaire
Baudelaire
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“I’ll put the kettle on” is a completely reasonable response to bad news.
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“I’ll put the kettle on” is a completely reasonable response to bad news.
I’m off all Meta platforms now. I was never on FB or Messenger, I lasted five mins on Threads, and Insta ran second to LinkedIn (hibernated permanently) as an increasingly unhealthy comparison machine. X houses historical data of others that I still search, albeit less and less often.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I’m off all Meta platforms now. I was never on FB or Messenger, I lasted five mins on Threads, and Insta ran second to LinkedIn (hibernated permanently) as an increasingly unhealthy comparison machine. X houses historical data of others that I still search, albeit less and less often.
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Australia is stunning
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Australia is stunning
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I was asked to supply a title for my December talk at Stanford. I've settled on: "Nobody Wants This: Please Stop Ruining Everything."
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I was asked to supply a title for my December talk at Stanford. I've settled on: "Nobody Wants This: Please Stop Ruining Everything."
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seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email
I need to stop quoting from obscure movies when first meeting people.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I need to stop quoting from obscure movies when first meeting people.
I was in an urgent care clinic a few days back because my ears, nose and throat became Chernobylesque and a family or five came in dressed in their pyjamas. When you’re seriously unwell you couldn’t give a stuff what you look like.
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I was in an urgent care clinic a few days back because my ears, nose and throat became Chernobylesque and a family or five came in dressed in their pyjamas. When you’re seriously unwell you couldn’t give a stuff what you look like.
“You’re doing an amazing job” isn’t always the best thing you can say to someone who is struggling. “Can I help out somehow?” is good. “Want me to bring over dinner on Tuesdays?” is even better.
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“You’re doing an amazing job” isn’t always the best thing you can say to someone who is struggling. “Can I help out somehow?” is good. “Want me to bring over dinner on Tuesdays?” is even better.
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I'm feeling a heightened appreciation for people who do so much behind-the-scenes caring. It can be practical tasks- like making life easier for others in families, communities, or work; or it can be about holding in mind what's going on for people.
This 'hidden' care holds so much together.
This 'hidden' care holds so much together.
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I'm feeling a heightened appreciation for people who do so much behind-the-scenes caring. It can be practical tasks- like making life easier for others in families, communities, or work; or it can be about holding in mind what's going on for people.
This 'hidden' care holds so much together.
This 'hidden' care holds so much together.
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The first rule of establishment club is you don't talk about being part of the establishment and instead you use your comfortable and lucrative platform as a pundit, columnist, or other establishment commentator to denounce everyone else for being the establishment.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The first rule of establishment club is you don't talk about being part of the establishment and instead you use your comfortable and lucrative platform as a pundit, columnist, or other establishment commentator to denounce everyone else for being the establishment.
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You can really see why this class of rich guy is so hopped up on AI and thinks we all desperately want it to write our emails.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
You can really see why this class of rich guy is so hopped up on AI and thinks we all desperately want it to write our emails.
My postie used to be a McKinsey consultant.
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My postie used to be a McKinsey consultant.
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The creation of a machine in the image of a human is a strange kind of extrospective introspection. To fear what we create (or are capable of creating) is to fear ourselves (and what we’re capable of).
January 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The creation of a machine in the image of a human is a strange kind of extrospective introspection. To fear what we create (or are capable of creating) is to fear ourselves (and what we’re capable of).
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
Resharing because I don’t think people are paying enough attention to the fawning epidemic.
Fawning is a growing behavioural trend that seriously gets on my goat.
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Resharing because I don’t think people are paying enough attention to the fawning epidemic.
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Can systems exist without structure? Is that like a building existing without a framework?
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Can systems exist without structure? Is that like a building existing without a framework?
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AA Prize for Unbuilt Work 2026 shortlist revealed
AA Prize for Unbuilt Work 2026 shortlist revealed
Twenty-four entries have been shortlisted in the 2026 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work, which seeks conceptually rigorous, inventive responses to contemporary architectural issues.
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
AA Prize for Unbuilt Work 2026 shortlist revealed
That’s Christmas and NYE sorted out nice and early. No stress. Everybody happy. I must be missing something. 👀
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
That’s Christmas and NYE sorted out nice and early. No stress. Everybody happy. I must be missing something. 👀
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Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
Him: What’s our goal?
Other him: Less workplace fatalities.
Him: Fewer.
Other him: What?
Him: Fewer, not less.
Other him: Okay, sure. Fewer workplace fatalities.
Him: I knew what you meant, so …
Quiet person: Sorry to interrupt, but shouldn’t the goal be zero workplace fatalities?
Other him: Less workplace fatalities.
Him: Fewer.
Other him: What?
Him: Fewer, not less.
Other him: Okay, sure. Fewer workplace fatalities.
Him: I knew what you meant, so …
Quiet person: Sorry to interrupt, but shouldn’t the goal be zero workplace fatalities?
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Him: What’s our goal?
Other him: Less workplace fatalities.
Him: Fewer.
Other him: What?
Him: Fewer, not less.
Other him: Okay, sure. Fewer workplace fatalities.
Him: I knew what you meant, so …
Quiet person: Sorry to interrupt, but shouldn’t the goal be zero workplace fatalities?
Other him: Less workplace fatalities.
Him: Fewer.
Other him: What?
Him: Fewer, not less.
Other him: Okay, sure. Fewer workplace fatalities.
Him: I knew what you meant, so …
Quiet person: Sorry to interrupt, but shouldn’t the goal be zero workplace fatalities?