Meerkat Prompts: The Right to Speak
Earlier in the year, I received two very blunt comments to a couple of my posts. I consider these comments to be the precise opposite of how to motivate or convince someone to do...
Category: Politics and Society
Embracing Uncertainty: The Wild Ride of Election 2024
Reading time: 5 minutesHarris should be running away with the election, so why isn’t she? The neurological basis of decision making and the … Embracing Uncertainty: The Wild Ride of Election 2024 Time for...
The Thinking ‘Kat: The Police State
Recall my recent posts on guns and gun control? If not, it might be worth having a look here and here, though it may be more relevant to have a look at the associated...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Brexit
On the 23rd of June 2016, Britain’s future was irrevocably changed (some might say ‘shattered’). The Conservative government of the time, under the stewardship of David Cameron, had followed through on a manifesto pledge...
The Meerkat Muse: 23rd of October 24
Here we are. This is the first Muse of the new Meerkat Musings, so it’s all exciting and fresh and new! At least, I hope it is! Let’s dive right in. Closing a Chapter...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Gun Control, P2
I rarely check Tumblr. It’s a social media platform that my Meerkat Musings posts automatically get published to, but because this is automatic, I tend to overlook it. On a whim I checked it...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Private or Public?
In a prior post, I wrote of where I sit on the political spectrum. In that post I referenced the privatisation of public services, and why I believe this to be a bad idea....
Meerkat Prompts: Tattoos
When I was in my early twenties – some two decades ago now! – I never thought I would wind up with a tattoo. The act of letting someone repeatedly pierce your skin with...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Feminism
Down the years, I have written a lot of material about feminism. The movement to ensure better standards of equality for women has seen a lot of chances, and a lot of challenges, and...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Right or Left?
Politics drives a lot of the forces in our lives, whether we know it or not, or whether or not we care to acknowledge it. Decisions taken in the halls of power cascade downwards,...
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