Saadia Carbis
@saadiacarbis.bsky.social
By now, you know about my strange experience at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. You've also met my grandfather, Ron Fabri, and heard about my Italian-Egyptian ancestry. Here's how it comes together.
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diggingforfire.blog/posts/ugo-fa...
Ugo Fabri
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July 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
By now, you know about my strange experience at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. You've also met my grandfather, Ron Fabri, and heard about my Italian-Egyptian ancestry. Here's how it comes together.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/ugo-fa...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/ugo-fa...
Australian teachers are expected to be "Classroom Managers" and "Content Delivery Agents". Data Entry Clerks with an interactive whiteboard. It's the "Deprofessionalisation" of teachers.
It's also why I'm becoming disillusioned software engineering.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/deprof...
It's also why I'm becoming disillusioned software engineering.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/deprof...
Deprofessionalisation
diggingforfire.blog
July 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Australian teachers are expected to be "Classroom Managers" and "Content Delivery Agents". Data Entry Clerks with an interactive whiteboard. It's the "Deprofessionalisation" of teachers.
It's also why I'm becoming disillusioned software engineering.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/deprof...
It's also why I'm becoming disillusioned software engineering.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/deprof...
The best part of family research is talking to family about all the old family stories. They're unlikely, maybe even impossible tales, but surely some parts must be true!
Here are two of my favourites.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/family...
Here are two of my favourites.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/family...
Family Apocrypha
diggingforfire.blog
June 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The best part of family research is talking to family about all the old family stories. They're unlikely, maybe even impossible tales, but surely some parts must be true!
Here are two of my favourites.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/family...
Here are two of my favourites.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/family...
Cognitive fitness requires regular training. If we get in the habit of using LLMs to do the hard thinking for us, we'll naturally fall out of practice! It's a terrifying, but very real, possibility!
diggingforfire.blog/posts/higher...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/higher...
Higher Order
diggingforfire.blog
June 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Cognitive fitness requires regular training. If we get in the habit of using LLMs to do the hard thinking for us, we'll naturally fall out of practice! It's a terrifying, but very real, possibility!
diggingforfire.blog/posts/higher...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/higher...
On the 22nd of September, 1949, Ronaldo Fabri got on a boat, leaving behind a country on the brink of revolution.
Egypt in 1949 was a country with a long history and fresh wounds.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/port-s...
Egypt in 1949 was a country with a long history and fresh wounds.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/port-s...
Port Said
I have a deeply personal post I need to write, but it won't make sense without the context. So I'm going to break it up into multiple parts. They might seem disconnected to begin with.
diggingforfire.blog
April 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
On the 22nd of September, 1949, Ronaldo Fabri got on a boat, leaving behind a country on the brink of revolution.
Egypt in 1949 was a country with a long history and fresh wounds.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/port-s...
Egypt in 1949 was a country with a long history and fresh wounds.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/port-s...
I have a deeply personal post I need to write, but it won't make sense without the context. So I'm going to break it up into multiple parts. This is part one.
In 2009, Talia and I went on a Contiki tour of Europe...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/why-i-...
In 2009, Talia and I went on a Contiki tour of Europe...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/why-i-...
Why I believe in ghosts
diggingforfire.blog
April 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I have a deeply personal post I need to write, but it won't make sense without the context. So I'm going to break it up into multiple parts. This is part one.
In 2009, Talia and I went on a Contiki tour of Europe...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/why-i-...
In 2009, Talia and I went on a Contiki tour of Europe...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/why-i-...
Just testing something out. Can I add comments to my blog via Bluesky? @diggingforfire.blog
April 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Just testing something out. Can I add comments to my blog via Bluesky? @diggingforfire.blog
We’re spending the last days of pesach in Mullumbimby. The people here are so friendly. Every person I passed on my 6am walk, without exception, said good morning.
Mullumbimby is also a very difficult place for me to be.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/mullum...
Mullumbimby is also a very difficult place for me to be.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/mullum...
Mullumbimby
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April 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
We’re spending the last days of pesach in Mullumbimby. The people here are so friendly. Every person I passed on my 6am walk, without exception, said good morning.
Mullumbimby is also a very difficult place for me to be.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/mullum...
Mullumbimby is also a very difficult place for me to be.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/mullum...
When was the last time you were offline?
Like, really offline. Not just signed out of Slack. Not Do Not Disturb. Not even airplane mode.
Just think of all the things you could do with 24 hours of screen-free time.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/offline/
Like, really offline. Not just signed out of Slack. Not Do Not Disturb. Not even airplane mode.
Just think of all the things you could do with 24 hours of screen-free time.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/offline/
Offline
diggingforfire.blog
April 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
When was the last time you were offline?
Like, really offline. Not just signed out of Slack. Not Do Not Disturb. Not even airplane mode.
Just think of all the things you could do with 24 hours of screen-free time.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/offline/
Like, really offline. Not just signed out of Slack. Not Do Not Disturb. Not even airplane mode.
Just think of all the things you could do with 24 hours of screen-free time.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/offline/
People often say that I’m calm or relaxed. Do they mean it as a compliment? It only happens when I’m on work trips.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/untitl...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/untitl...
Untitled
diggingforfire.blog
April 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
People often say that I’m calm or relaxed. Do they mean it as a compliment? It only happens when I’m on work trips.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/untitl...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/untitl...
I received a proposal today. Someone asking me to invest a decent chunk of money.
Of course, it was AI generated.
I spent 30 minutes going over it with a colleague, call it an hour between us. The proposal probably only took 5 minutes to generate.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/trappe...
Of course, it was AI generated.
I spent 30 minutes going over it with a colleague, call it an hour between us. The proposal probably only took 5 minutes to generate.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/trappe...
Trapped in an Eternal Cycle of Enshittification
diggingforfire.blog
April 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I received a proposal today. Someone asking me to invest a decent chunk of money.
Of course, it was AI generated.
I spent 30 minutes going over it with a colleague, call it an hour between us. The proposal probably only took 5 minutes to generate.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/trappe...
Of course, it was AI generated.
I spent 30 minutes going over it with a colleague, call it an hour between us. The proposal probably only took 5 minutes to generate.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/trappe...
Normally I start with a blog post that I then convert that into a podcast. But this is a podcast first, and I’m going to turn it into a blog post later.
I’ve been thinking a lot about academic integrity lately.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/academ...
I’ve been thinking a lot about academic integrity lately.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/academ...
Academic Integrity
diggingforfire.blog
April 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Normally I start with a blog post that I then convert that into a podcast. But this is a podcast first, and I’m going to turn it into a blog post later.
I’ve been thinking a lot about academic integrity lately.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/academ...
I’ve been thinking a lot about academic integrity lately.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/academ...
Pebble is back! I wrote about it, Eric Migicovsky wrote about it, even John Gruber wrote about it, and it’s now available for pre-order.
But… iPhone users have been warned.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/the-eu...
But… iPhone users have been warned.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/the-eu...
The Eurocrats, iOS interoperability, and PebbleOS
diggingforfire.blog
March 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Pebble is back! I wrote about it, Eric Migicovsky wrote about it, even John Gruber wrote about it, and it’s now available for pre-order.
But… iPhone users have been warned.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/the-eu...
But… iPhone users have been warned.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/the-eu...
I’ve been interacting with quite a lot of Americans, Europeans, and Brits the last few days. I’ve learned two new things about the USA, and for once, neither comes from my typical sarcastic, antagonistic disposition toward “the land of the free”.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/murica/
diggingforfire.blog/posts/murica/
'Murica
diggingforfire.blog
March 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I’ve been interacting with quite a lot of Americans, Europeans, and Brits the last few days. I’ve learned two new things about the USA, and for once, neither comes from my typical sarcastic, antagonistic disposition toward “the land of the free”.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/murica/
diggingforfire.blog/posts/murica/
Knowledge cannot be shared. It isn’t given, or taken, or picked up, or pulled down. Knowledge is Constructed.
We take ideas and influences and observations and reflections and we bundle them all up into mental clay, and we use that to build our own Understanding.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/constr...
We take ideas and influences and observations and reflections and we bundle them all up into mental clay, and we use that to build our own Understanding.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/constr...
Constructivism for Normal People
diggingforfire.blog
March 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Knowledge cannot be shared. It isn’t given, or taken, or picked up, or pulled down. Knowledge is Constructed.
We take ideas and influences and observations and reflections and we bundle them all up into mental clay, and we use that to build our own Understanding.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/constr...
We take ideas and influences and observations and reflections and we bundle them all up into mental clay, and we use that to build our own Understanding.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/constr...
Ecological Dynamics is an approach to skill acquisition for physical activities which is becoming widely adopted by contemporary coaching practices. I’d argue that it’s a direct reframing of Constructivism.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/ecolog...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/ecolog...
Ecological Dynamics
diggingforfire.blog
March 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ecological Dynamics is an approach to skill acquisition for physical activities which is becoming widely adopted by contemporary coaching practices. I’d argue that it’s a direct reframing of Constructivism.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/ecolog...
diggingforfire.blog/posts/ecolog...
The dragon is closing in. The cleric is out of spell slots. The rogue is unconscious. The barbarian is bleeding out, and the wizard has one last chance to pull off something, anything, that might turn this around.
The dice clatter across the table.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/dungeo...
The dice clatter across the table.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/dungeo...
Dungeons & Teenagers
diggingforfire.blog
March 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The dragon is closing in. The cleric is out of spell slots. The rogue is unconscious. The barbarian is bleeding out, and the wizard has one last chance to pull off something, anything, that might turn this around.
The dice clatter across the table.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/dungeo...
The dice clatter across the table.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/dungeo...
What Satie is teaching me:
Play fast and quiet.
Crossover is inevitable.
Big leaps take practice.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/gymnop...
Play fast and quiet.
Crossover is inevitable.
Big leaps take practice.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/gymnop...
Gymnopédie No. 1
diggingforfire.blog
February 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
What Satie is teaching me:
Play fast and quiet.
Crossover is inevitable.
Big leaps take practice.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/gymnop...
Play fast and quiet.
Crossover is inevitable.
Big leaps take practice.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/gymnop...
In order to reach a wider audience, I’ve decided to change my position on social media.
I’ve chosen 4 networks: X, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. These are all primarily text-based platforms, which suits my blogging style.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/social...
I’ve chosen 4 networks: X, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. These are all primarily text-based platforms, which suits my blogging style.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/social...
Social Course Correction
diggingforfire.blog
February 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
In order to reach a wider audience, I’ve decided to change my position on social media.
I’ve chosen 4 networks: X, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. These are all primarily text-based platforms, which suits my blogging style.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/social...
I’ve chosen 4 networks: X, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. These are all primarily text-based platforms, which suits my blogging style.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/social...
Call me
Inspired by Matt Webb’s Unoffice Hours, I’ve opened by calendar for 30 minutes every week. Whether you’d like to chat about a recent blog post, how I organise, homeschooling, podcasting, film recommendations, or anything else, I’m available.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/call-me/
Inspired by Matt Webb’s Unoffice Hours, I’ve opened by calendar for 30 minutes every week. Whether you’d like to chat about a recent blog post, how I organise, homeschooling, podcasting, film recommendations, or anything else, I’m available.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/call-me/
Call me
diggingforfire.blog
February 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Call me
Inspired by Matt Webb’s Unoffice Hours, I’ve opened by calendar for 30 minutes every week. Whether you’d like to chat about a recent blog post, how I organise, homeschooling, podcasting, film recommendations, or anything else, I’m available.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/call-me/
Inspired by Matt Webb’s Unoffice Hours, I’ve opened by calendar for 30 minutes every week. Whether you’d like to chat about a recent blog post, how I organise, homeschooling, podcasting, film recommendations, or anything else, I’m available.
diggingforfire.blog/posts/call-me/