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Rachel Zegler and the internet mob

Posted in celebrities, entertainment, Geek, personal, Pirate, sexism
August 14, 2023

I made a promise at the start of the strikes not to give any struck companies promotion for free. And…

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Twitter continues it’s downward spiral, what now?

Posted in Geek, personal
July 6, 2023

I’ve previously written two versions of this post, talking about Twitter’s downfall and my thoughts on successors. So I thought…

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Elon Musk’s Latest Fail Whale

Posted in personal
July 1, 2023

Twitter’s taken a sharp backslide in the time since Elon Musk purchased the social media platform. Elon immediately began firing…

RIP The Athletic: It isn’t Dead, Just Forgot Its Purpose

Posted in entertainment, Geek, hockey
June 14, 2023

In the sports world, The Athletic just went through another round of layoffs. With their layoffs focusing on “less popular…

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Hockey & Homophobia: Ivan Provorov

Posted in personal
January 23, 2023

This post is about something personal, so it’s taken me time to find the words. For that I apologize. As…

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Lack of tone: the trouble with the internet

Posted in Geek, The Wired Mom
January 6, 2023

I am internet old. I was 14 when we got AOL in our house, and yes, I absolutely did tie…

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Updated: Twitter, what’s next in social media

Posted in Geek, personal, The Wired Mom
December 22, 2022

It was only a month and a half ago I blogged about what was going on with Twitter and what…

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Twitter and What’s Next

Posted in Geek, personal, The Wired Mom
November 7, 2022

With Elon in charge of Twitter, a lot of changes have happened in the last week. He decided that anyone…

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Logan Mailloux: The Same Story, on Repeat

Posted in hockey, nhl, Pirate
October 6, 2022

The Montreal Canadiens announced that they’re offering Logan Mailloux an entry level three year contract. I can’t tell you what…

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What to do: Speak up? Sweep it under the rug?

Posted in books, entertainment, Geek, personal, Pirate, racism, representation matters
August 28, 2022

I spend a lot of my time on TikTok, and I’ve found myself on the outskirts of BookTok. Mostly because…

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    Whitney Drake

    I am a writer, artist, mother, and geek. I write about what catches my attention- whether it's fandom, politics, hockey, life as a Latinx woman, or life with Crohns disease. Sometimes I write about marriage and kids, but that's not very often these days.


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