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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

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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 optimistic about the outcome (more ...
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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 dopamine needs elsewhere, which is ...
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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, the writer recommends a recent ...
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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 massive right-wing outcry against it. ...
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Essays

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. ...
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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 was still frost on the ...
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