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How 4Chan took over the GOP
I am fast becoming a fan of Adam Conover, in no small part because of this incredible speech to Animation Guild picketers, but this latest episode of his “Factually” podcast
August 29, 2024
RIP Twitter
I joined Twitter in 2009, after most of my tech oriented friends, and I thought I was late to the game. I had no idea what the platform would become.
November 1, 2022
COMICS
Thoughts on the election results so far: Beto, Stacey, and how polls are totally worthless.
Like many people I’m pleasantly surprised by the overall result, given the dominant narratives going into the election. I’m dreading another Georgia runoff, though I’m ...
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The Founder and the Fraud
Elon Musk versus Hank Green, the online influencer who is everything Elon pretends to be. Since I left Twitter I’ve been fulfilling my social media ...
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Redefining American greatness
A letter to the editor in my local paper makes a point that we encounter regularly, and one that I believe holds us back. To paraphrase, ...
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Selling reform to the uninitiated
Last night I watched the latest episode of John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight, in which he did a deep dive on bail reform and the ...
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Last harvest of 2022
Today I pulled the last of our 2022 crop from our backyard garden. Overnight temperatures have been dipping into the low 30’s recently, and there ...
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Abortion, Adoption, and Abduction
With the Supreme Court poised to eradicate reproductive freedom, and ICWA on the docket, will America’s indigenous parents be incubators for wealthy white adoptions?
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