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Hit and Miss #278: 2022 to 2023

January 1, 2023

Hello! It’s been a pretty full day here (Italian families hang out on New Year’s Day, so I’m chock full of lentils and whatnot), after a full few weeks. 2022...

Hit and Miss #277: 2022 reads

December 25, 2022

Hi there! Bit of a different situation today: writing this post from my phone, on the road. It’s been quite a week, but things are feeling more or less...

Hit and Miss #276: Passing the baton

December 18, 2022

Hullo! Today began gloriously sunny, lighting up the decimetres of snow we got the last few days. It’s more subdued now—low-level clouds moved in, darkening...

Hit and Miss #275: Assurance

December 11, 2022

Hello! Say a government has a policy objective. Implementing it requires sophisticated underlying infrastructure. This infrastructure is large, complex....

Hit and Miss #274: See also

December 4, 2022

Hello! It was a good week. Changes afoot, on which more another time—for now, reading and rest. As an opening note, I really appreciated Sara Hendren’s...

Hit and Miss #273: Transcripting

November 27, 2022

Hello! I spent much of the weekend working on a civic tech project, so I haven’t got much juice left to write in-depth here. The project is a web version of...

Hit and Miss #272: Extremely online

November 20, 2022

For the Extremely Online™, this last week has been a continued horror show. It’s renewed and revitalized my impulse to have whatever I write (post, photo,...

Hit and Miss #271: Promises to self

November 13, 2022

I’ve been lacking the motivation to go outside the last few weeks—little surprise, as the seasons change and our bodies only gradually adapt. And as I write...

Hit and Miss #270: Constitutional unconstitutionalism

November 6, 2022

I’m pretty tired, so I won’t dive into the big thing of the week—constitutional unconstitutionalism is what I’ve been calling it, and yes, sure, in a formal...

Hit and Miss #269: Crises abound

October 30, 2022

Hello! Had one of those “sitting an exam you haven’t studied for” dreams last night, except it was very much a history student version of it: I dreamt that...

Hit and Miss #268: Convo dump

October 23, 2022

What a lovely weekend it’s been. Plenty of time outside, alone and with friends, biking and walking and eating and enjoying the scenery. But it’s also tired...

Hit and Miss #267: Serious links™ on work

October 16, 2022

Hello there! It’s been a few weeks of glorious fall colours. T and I have been making a point of getting out, to bask in some of this precious season while...

Hit and Miss #266: Public delivery

October 9, 2022

I often put off shopping (and the research it often requires) until I can do so in one burst, which I did recently. I recently had something like four or...

Hit and Miss #265: Calls continue

October 2, 2022

Hello! It’s October, delightfully, and we’ve resolved to get out regularly to enjoy the changing leaves. So far, on a good track in that direction. Friday...

Hit and Miss #264: Work, birds, tech, munipoli

September 25, 2022

Hello! Meant to get this out earlier today, but the weekend took a series of unexpected turns. All’s good now—on with the show! I’ve been thinking about...

Hit and Miss #263: Technicalities

September 18, 2022

Hello! It’s been a great week, full of catch-ups and chats and down-time and up-time. With more to come, today and tomorrow! Some links—most of which have...

Hit and Miss #262: Five years!? A thank you

September 11, 2022

Hello there! It’s been quite a week, hasn’t it? We came back from a great weekend away, with plenty of ice cream and friendship time, only to confront long...

Hit and Miss #261: Holding pattern

September 4, 2022

Hello! Writing you Friday, but if all goes well you’ll get this sometime Sunday. We’re away for the weekend with friends and I’m trying my best to...

Hit and Miss #260: Learning in crisis

August 28, 2022

They’re filming yet another Christmas movie in the courtyard below, which means August is nearly done. Strange to say it, but it increasingly feels like fall...

Hit and Miss #259: Just the links

August 21, 2022

Hello! It’s been a bit of an odd week—lots of good, some tricky, but on the whole doing fine, if fairly tired. There’ll be some more such times ahead, but we...