{"id":18361,"date":"2025-08-08T09:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T16:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=18361"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T16:44:13","slug":"from-the-parking-lot-august-3-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/from-the-parking-lot-august-3-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Parking Lot: August 3 &#8211; 8, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Crossing Jervis Inlet on my way to the Tla&#8217;Amin lands. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weekly summary of notes, links and thoughts that passed through my world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/august-4-2025-tests-and-seasons\/\">August 4, 2025: tests and seasons<\/a>: things change in the world of sport, planetary science and community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/august-5-2025-surviving-enshittification\/\">August 5, 2025: surviving enshittification<\/a>: becasue when people are making good things and then wrecking them, we need to know if we can make it through.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/august-6-2025-magic-and-the-rain-returns\/\">August 6, 2025: magic and the rain returns<\/a>: internet-famous magicians, and the return of my pluviophilia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/august-8-you-are-not-as-old-as-you-seem-to-be\/\">August 8: you are not as old as you seem to be<\/a>: age is relative and also it isn&#8217;t. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Also I wrote some longer pieces this week including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/deja-view\/\">a review of some friends&#8217; play,<\/a> an invitation to i<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/make-your-out-of-office-message-better\/\">mprove your out of office messages<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/big-projects-and-local-jobs-and-nation-building\/\">some thoughts<\/a> on how building resource megaprojects is not the same thing as strengthening a country and looking after people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crossing Jervis Inlet on my way to the Tla&#8217;Amin lands. 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