Dear Santa... from Katherine Roberts
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I would like:
1. Full fibre broadband with a secure wired router, so I have the option of working at home without being radiated by wireless technology.
2. A train with a wi-fi shielded carriage (possibly combined with the quiet carriage?) so that I can read a paperback in comfort.
3. Orange street lighting so I can see the road in the dark on my commute. Failing that, a pair of those yellow night-driving glasses, which I don't seem able to buy now we have LED street-lighting and actually need them.
4. A local cafe with NO wi-fi (free or otherwise) and a "no smartphones" sign, where I can enjoy a cup of coffee and cake without getting indigestion from everyone else's devices.
5. An off-line friend who would enjoy a chat over coffee in the "no smartphone" cafe. (Can also be an online friend, of course, provided I get 1 as well).
6. An off-grid cottage for holidays so my body and brain can recover from all the wireless signals it is exposed to the rest of the year.
7. A pension at 60 (when I always thought I'd get it) so that I can retire to my off-grid cottage before I die of microwave poisoning from 5G.
Meanwhile, enjoy all your smart stuff* - just keep it away from me, please!
Happy Christmas
from Katherine
Award-winning author of fantasy and historical fiction for young readers, who seems to have developed an allergy to wi-fi and mobile phone signals above 0.1 V/m (i.e. not as sensitive as some people, but levels of this type of radiation are often much higher in towns and on wi-fi enabled trains.)
* For people who don't suffer from wi-fi allergy, and possess something smart to read it on, here's a solstice gift from me to you: one of the short stories that provided the inspiration for my award-winning debut novel Song Quest.
This Christmas, I would like:
1. Full fibre broadband with a secure wired router, so I have the option of working at home without being radiated by wireless technology.
2. A train with a wi-fi shielded carriage (possibly combined with the quiet carriage?) so that I can read a paperback in comfort.
3. Orange street lighting so I can see the road in the dark on my commute. Failing that, a pair of those yellow night-driving glasses, which I don't seem able to buy now we have LED street-lighting and actually need them.
4. A local cafe with NO wi-fi (free or otherwise) and a "no smartphones" sign, where I can enjoy a cup of coffee and cake without getting indigestion from everyone else's devices.
5. An off-line friend who would enjoy a chat over coffee in the "no smartphone" cafe. (Can also be an online friend, of course, provided I get 1 as well).
6. An off-grid cottage for holidays so my body and brain can recover from all the wireless signals it is exposed to the rest of the year.
7. A pension at 60 (when I always thought I'd get it) so that I can retire to my off-grid cottage before I die of microwave poisoning from 5G.
Meanwhile, enjoy all your smart stuff* - just keep it away from me, please!
Happy Christmas
from Katherine
Award-winning author of fantasy and historical fiction for young readers, who seems to have developed an allergy to wi-fi and mobile phone signals above 0.1 V/m (i.e. not as sensitive as some people, but levels of this type of radiation are often much higher in towns and on wi-fi enabled trains.)
* For people who don't suffer from wi-fi allergy, and possess something smart to read it on, here's a solstice gift from me to you: one of the short stories that provided the inspiration for my award-winning debut novel Song Quest.
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