en-au Essays by Lewis Edwards -- systems analysis, Australian social services, technology, mental health, futurism, society, software, gamedev, music production, making and cooking. https://blamelewis.com 2026 Lewis Edwards All rights reserved Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:38:43 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2026 14:38:43 GMT 1800 What you need to know before beginning ADHD treatment. https://blamelewis.com/amphetamines-and-you.html amphetamines-and-you Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT HealthPharmacologyDrugsHeavyDomestic ViolenceAddictionPsychiatry Extremely rich and heavy mild curry, combining SE Asian and Japanese concepts https://blamelewis.com/japanese-fusion-pork-curry.html japanese-fusion-pork-curry Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT RecipeCurryMolecular GastronomyLight No, your normal experiences aren't similar to a major disability https://blamelewis.com/im-so-agoraphobic.html im-so-agoraphobic Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mental IllnessAgoraphobiaLewis CheatsheetRisk AssessmentIgnoranceHeavy GPT's current rendering of what it thinks a world I ran would look like. https://blamelewis.com/if-i-was-in-charge-march-2026.html if-i-was-in-charge-march-2026 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT AIIn Charge SeriesMedium Interesting concept for a clutch/coupling https://blamelewis.com/hexramp-drive.html hexramp-drive Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT EngineeringMechanicalLight Slice of life for someone who sleeps 18 hours a day https://blamelewis.com/hypersomnia.html hypersomnia Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT HealthLewis CheatsheetHeavyInjusticeTrauma Fluffy cat. https://blamelewis.com/tribute-to-meg.html tribute-to-meg Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Good SnootCatLight Squashed-face cat. https://blamelewis.com/hazel.html hazel Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Good SnootSquashedCatLight Some more astonishing glimpses into polyamory with a bunch of incredible people. https://blamelewis.com/lewises-travels-16-30.html lewises-travels-16-30 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT PolyamoryHeartfeltAdorableKinkRelationshipsAnecdoteHeavy Discussing arguably the single most problematic word in psychiatry https://blamelewis.com/distress.html distress Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT AbuseCoercionSystem-Created RiskMental IllnessHeavyPsychiatryPoliceInjusticeTrauma Vignettes from my days cutting code professionally https://blamelewis.com/from-the-mines-day-jobs.html from-the-mines-day-jobs Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT FunnyLight There was an incident. https://blamelewis.com/moist-gussets.html moist-gussets Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT CursedLight A risk analysis for a worst-case NDIS collapse https://blamelewis.com/ndis-failure-modes-are-dark.html ndis-failure-modes-are-dark Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT DisabilitySocial ServicesNDISPublic PolicyIncentivesHeavyDisability A living document of The Coercion Handbook https://blamelewis.com/coercion-handbook.html coercion-handbook Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT AbuseCoercionBookSocietyCommunication101Narrative DistortionHeavyTraumaSuicideInjusticeCoercive ControlToxicity Link to The Coercion Handbook https://blamelewis.com/coercion-handbook-excerpts.html coercion-handbook-excerpts Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT AbuseHeavy An enumeration of exactly what I'm juggling every time I say I "don't have capacity" to discuss something https://blamelewis.com/cognitive-impairment-is-not-feeling-bleh.html cognitive-impairment-is-not-feeling-bleh Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT AbuseLewis CheatsheetMental IllnessHeavyPsychiatryTrauma A sentinel case for how institutions can create the exact risks they claim to be mitigating, then punish anyone who tells the truth about it https://blamelewis.com/intervention-as-the-origin-of-risk.html intervention-as-the-origin-of-risk Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT AbuseCoercionSystem-Created RiskRisk AssessmentMental IllnessPublic PolicyPsychiatryLewis CheatsheetHeavySuicidePsychiatryPoliceInjusticeTraumaCoercive Control A pretty wild but interesting piece of speculative neuroscience https://blamelewis.com/sigma-receptors-and-psychosis.html sigma-receptors-and-psychosis Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT NeuroscienceMental IllnessPsychosisMedium The reality of how some caring, empathetic people become complete fucking turds when you tickle their insecurities through no fault of your own https://blamelewis.com/projection-is-completely-fucking-impossible.html projection-is-completely-fucking-impossible Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT PsychologyAbuseNarrative DistortionLewis CheatsheetVentHeavyInjusticeSocial Discussion of the anime series Mononoke (**NOT** Princess) https://blamelewis.com/mononoke-is-an-actual-masterpiece.html mononoke-is-an-actual-masterpiece Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT AnimeMediaJusticeAbuseSystem-Created RiskPoliticsGenderHeavyReproductiveInjusticeCoercionTrauma A risk assessment of the entire genre of chokes/strangles in an intimate context https://blamelewis.com/chokes-are-inherently-unsafe.html chokes-are-inherently-unsafe Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Public PolicyLegalSystem-Created RiskHealthKinkHeavyDomestic Violence (in Australia) https://blamelewis.com/the-one-day-never-to-go-into-the-city.html the-one-day-never-to-go-into-the-city Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT AbuseHeavyViolenceRacismPoliceInjustice Some exciting (speculative) developments in the research on how to treat psychosis https://blamelewis.com/non-dopaminergic-antipsychotics.html non-dopaminergic-antipsychotics Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mental IllnessPharmacologyDrugsPsychosisAntipsychoticsPsychoinformaticsSolutionsMediumMedical A really straightforward way to make the streets safer https://blamelewis.com/split-the-police.html split-the-police Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Public PolicyLegalJusticeSolutionsHeavyPoliceViolenceInjustice The unfortunate intersection of a technical micro-subculture and a psychiatric disease https://blamelewis.com/implants-firehose-of-psychosis.html implants-firehose-of-psychosis Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT ImplantsPsychosisRFIDNFCMental IllnessHeavyPsychiatricNeedles A quick rundown of the state of implantable payment microchips https://blamelewis.com/payment-implants.html payment-implants Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT ImplantsNFCRFIDFuturismMedium Clearing up a point of ignorance I've repeatedly witnessed https://blamelewis.com/mania-is-fucked-up.html mania-is-fucked-up Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mental IllnessBipolarPsychosisLewis CheatsheetIgnoranceHeavy A ridiculous example (plus an announcement!) https://blamelewis.com/egregious-example-of-social-coercion.html egregious-example-of-social-coercion Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT CoercionAbuseDrugsHeavy They are fantastic. https://blamelewis.com/mini-deep-fryers.html mini-deep-fryers Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT CookingFriedEasyLight Thoughts on polyamory and casual/timeboxed relationships https://blamelewis.com/feelings-are-why-we-do-this.html feelings-are-why-we-do-this Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT PolyamoryHeartfeltKinkRelationshipsHeavy A really straightforward near-zero-cost way to improve our social safety net https://blamelewis.com/dsp-partners.html dsp-partners Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT DisabilitySocial ServicesDSPPublic PolicyPoliticsDomestic ViolenceSolutionsMedium A heuristic approach to data-source matching which retains guarantees of integrity https://blamelewis.com/p2p-smart-hashing.html p2p-smart-hashing Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT P2PCodeNetworkingSolutionsLight A simple way to improve throughput when transferring large data sets across distributed networks https://blamelewis.com/p2p-round-robin-queues.html p2p-round-robin-queues Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT P2PCodeNetworkingSolutionsLight I left a certain someone alone with a label maker and then this happened https://blamelewis.com/denizens-of-the-fulcrum.html denizens-of-the-fulcrum Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT FunnySillyCuteHouseholdLight Really nice continuously height-adjustable shelves https://blamelewis.com/custom-threaded-rod-shelving.html custom-threaded-rod-shelving Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT HardwareHouseholdGadgetsWoodworkCompletedLight Understanding the structural incentives that explain most NDIA weirdness https://blamelewis.com/ndis-welfare-cheats.html ndis-welfare-cheats Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT DisabilitySocial ServicesNDISPublic PolicyPoliticsIncentivesMedium How to make an outstanding limoncello with buddha's hand citrons https://blamelewis.com/buddhacello.html buddhacello Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT CookingRecipeDrinksAlcoholFunEasyLight A simple, scalable, healthier, dirt-cheap alternative to Gatorade/Powerade https://blamelewis.com/diy-sports-drinks.html diy-sports-drinks Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT CookingRecipeDrinksAlcoholFunEasyLight Some background and developments on NDIS eligibility reassessments https://blamelewis.com/ndis-questions-lead-to-questions.html ndis-questions-lead-to-questions Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT DisabilitySocial ServicesNDISPublic PolicyMedium An explanation of what is actually needed to follow Peterson's advice. https://blamelewis.com/stand-up-straight-with-your-shoulders-back.html stand-up-straight-with-your-shoulders-back Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT PhilosophyPoliticsSocietyMedium A discussion of the behavioural and systemic effects of drugs https://blamelewis.com/cleaner-vices-can-be-worse.html cleaner-vices-can-be-worse Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT PoliticsNicotineTobaccoVapesIncentivesAlcoholPublic PolicyIndustrial SolventsDrugsMediumAddiction Quick and easy assessment of a quick and easy procedure https://blamelewis.com/tldr-vasectomy.html tldr-vasectomy Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT HealthGenderPublic PolicyHeavyReproductiveMedical My experiences being fully housebound with no actual housing https://blamelewis.com/being-homeless-with-agoraphobia.html being-homeless-with-agoraphobia Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT CheeseAgoraphobiaHomelessnessNarrative DistortionHeavyHomelessnessAbuseDomestic ViolenceCoercive ControlSocial CoercionAgoraphobia Framing context for the future of supporting psychosocial disability https://blamelewis.com/ndis-psychosocial.html ndis-psychosocial Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT DisabilitySocial ServicesNDISRisk AssessmentPublic PolicyMedium Collection of various pieces of AI slop created to solve problems https://blamelewis.com/ai-slop-collection.html ai-slop-collection Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT CodeLight An interesting geopolitical framing of what judo is https://blamelewis.com/vladimir-putins-favourite-sport.html vladimir-putins-favourite-sport Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT PoliticsGeopoliticsJudoMartial artsMedium A straightforward demonstration of LLMs from which you can draw your own conclusions https://blamelewis.com/are-llms-intelligent.html are-llms-intelligent Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT AILLMsMedium GPT's current rendering of what it thinks a world I ran would look like. https://blamelewis.com/if-i-was-in-charge-october-2025.html if-i-was-in-charge-october-2025 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT AIIn Charge SeriesMedium An excellent recipe for (slowly) making large amounts of chili con carne https://blamelewis.com/fusion-chili.html fusion-chili Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT CookingRecipeSlowLight Musings on economics and an attempt to create a plausible pathway towards humanity not wiping itself out https://blamelewis.com/post-capitalism.html post-capitalism Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT EconomicsFuturismAIGolden PathMediumFascismPoverty A recipe for BLTs that will knock a few days off your lifespan https://blamelewis.com/greasy-butternucks.html greasy-butternucks Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT CheeseCookingRecipeFriedUnhealthyFunLight A real-world example of how fascism causes generational trauma. https://blamelewis.com/from-adolf.html from-adolf Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT PersonalAnecdoteConflict ContextHeavyAbuseTraumaDisabilityDomestic ViolenceFascismMale Survivor Some astonishing glimpses into polyamory with a bunch of incredible people. https://blamelewis.com/lewises-travels-1-15.html lewises-travels-1-15 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT PolyamoryHeartfeltAdorableKinkRelationshipsAnecdoteHeavyPsychiatricDisabilityStalkingDomestic ViolenceHomelessnessEstrangementReproductive Discussing a common toxic communication style. https://blamelewis.com/table-turning-101.html table-turning-101 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT The BasicsSocietyCommunication101HeavyToxicity Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-incorporated-9th-circle.html milestone-incorporated-9th-circle Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone Advice for writing high-quality NDIS applications. https://blamelewis.com/ndis-access.html ndis-access Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT DisabilitySocial ServicesNDISProcedural Advice for writing high-quality DSP applications. https://blamelewis.com/dsp-access.html dsp-access Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT DisabilitySocial ServicesDSPProcedural The principles by which access requests for Australian government disability support programs are judged. https://blamelewis.com/disability-access-common.html common-disability-access Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT DisabilitySocial ServicesNDISDSPProcedural Some quite nice hand-turned jarrah fountain pens https://blamelewis.com/handmade-pens.html handmade-pens Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT GadgetsWoodworkLatheLight Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-bought-the-fulcrum.html milestone-bought-the-fulcrum Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-kicked-predator-off-facebook.html milestone-kicked-predator-off-facebook Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-started-polyamory.html milestone-started-polyamory Thu, 23 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone 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https://blamelewis.com/on-remaining-sane.html on-remaining-sane Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT WritingBookMental IllnessPsychosisAgoraphobiaMedium The word of God on having a good retirement https://blamelewis.com/how-many-investment-properties.html how-many-investment-properties Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT Public PolicyEconomicsMediumHousingEconomic Coercion Discussing the behavioural objectives of conversion funnels https://blamelewis.com/businesses-listen.html businesses-listen Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT EconomicsBusinessFinanceBehaviourIncentivesMarketingLight Some thoughts on productivity and pressure https://blamelewis.com/regarding-tachyons.html regarding-tachyons Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT CreativeProcessLight Disturbing anecdote from ride sharing. https://blamelewis.com/not-a-sadist.html not-a-sadist Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT JusticeAnecdoteChild abuseAbuseDomestic ViolencePoliceHeavy Simple sand box sandbox https://blamelewis.com/stupid-sand-game.html stupid-sand-game Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT GamesCodeLight Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-discovered-kava.html milestone-discovered-kava Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-got-married.html milestone-got-married Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-finished-sae.html milestone-finished-sae Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone Approximate contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-first-job.html milestone-first-job Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-started-panicking.html milestone-started-panicking Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-began-relationship.html milestone-began-relationship Mon, 09 Jan 2012 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https://blamelewis.com/milestone-first-lan-party.html milestone-first-lan-party Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMilestone https://blamelewis.com/angels.html angels Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT MusicLight https://blamelewis.com/dysphoria.html dysphoria Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT MusicMedium Contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-hospitalised.html milestone-hospitalised Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMental IllnessBipolarPsychosisMilestone Julian Assange Teaches Trigonometry https://blamelewis.com/trig.html trig Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT MusicMathsLightTerrible https://blamelewis.com/12-hours.html 12-hours Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT MusicLight Approximate contextual marker for life event https://blamelewis.com/milestone-bipolar-diagnosis.html milestone-bipolar-diagnosis Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT MilestoneMental IllnessBipolarPsychosisMilestone 3D engine for sector-based 3D games https://blamelewis.com/enginezero-original.html enginezero-original Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT GamesCodeDemoMedium