Around 2019, I had become politically apathetic and nihilistic. After reading some feel-good article about a successful charity drive on a mainstream news website, I dug deeper into the phenomenon of the orphan crushing machine. I found this piece on why crowdfunding sucks. It even critiqued the industry I used to work in. Jacobin was the first media outlet that was current and took positions I agreed with, and I've been hooked ever since.
The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) is a good resource if you’re feeling dissatisfied at your job. (I suggest their freebies, like the tri-fold brochure.) Their material is easy to read and understand. Though they’re American, their information about organizing and labour unions are useful for any workplace.
https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
It's satirical, but it tapped into a frustration I didn't know I had for many years.
https://www.letcashierssit.ca/
I wish this was also satire, but it's not. In Canada, cashiers don't have a right to sit while working. This is added cruelty beyond poverty wages, unstable shifts, and low benefits standard in such positions.
https://userstyles.world/style/3061/jacobin-night
To a non-coder, this dark theme for the Jacobin website makes me look way more competent at CSS than I actually am. To anyone with a modicum of CSS knowledge, it will expose me as a total amateur. I made the theme because Firefox's Dark Reader extension didn't look great on Jacobin, and I need Dark Mode to limit the impact of eye floaters. I also wrote a similar theme for Canadian Dimension.
(I used to post my work on SoundCloud.) Yeah, okay! I write and produce music like everyone else seems to do nowadays. I accepted long ago that I'll never have access to professional-grade equipment, let alone instruments, or microphones, or even modern software. But the most likely reason for my lack of success is that I'm not the musical nor technical genius I wish I was. Still, creating is like instinct to me. I just have to keep doing it.