About Me

Hi. I’m Shira —
writer, technologist, chronic over-thinker, and professional side-eye giver to late-stage capitalism.

I write here about politics, privacy, technology, culture, the internet, and whatever else happens to be burning a hole in my brain at the time.
No hot takes for engagement. No branding voice. Just thoughts from a human trying to make sense of a very strange timeline.

🧭 What I Believe

I believe:

• people matter more than profit
• privacy is a human right
• communities are stronger than corporations
• systems should serve people, not the other way around
• the world could be so much better than this if we chose it

I’m critical of governments, power, and concentrated wealth —
but I don’t advocate violence, hatred, or cruelty of any kind.
My work comes from a place of care, not nihilism.

🖥 Why This Blog Exists

This space is intentionally small.

No algorithm. No ads. No data harvesting. No growth hacks.

Just writing.

I chose Bear Blog because it respects readers, writers, and privacy —
and because the internet desperately needs more quiet places that feel real.

🧩 Things I Care About

• digital privacy & surveillance
• political accountability
• labor & economic justice
• open source culture
• internet history & weirdness
• gaming (especially FFXIV)
• art, music, and long walks through Wikipedia at 2am

🐾 Outside the Blog

When I’m not doomscrolling through Reddit, I’m usually:

• tinkering with networks and self-hosting
• designing random projects that spiral into bigger projects
• hanging out in Eorzea (FFXIV)
• listening to way too much music
• trying to make the world slightly more livable for the people around me

☕ A Small Invitation

If something here resonates with you —
if a post makes you feel less alone, more curious, or more stubborn about the future —
then this space is doing its job.

Thanks for being here.

— Shira