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Diversity isn’t Justice
Someone told me that racism didn’t have a damn thing to do with Freddie Gray’s murder because the mayor of Baltimore was black. You’d guess right that kind of racist thinking came from someone who voted for Trump, but this idea that diversity protects you from racism/sexism/etc is prevalent across the board: I have never […]
Don’t bite off your nose to spite your face
Republicans Scramble for a Plan. And a Clue. Obama thinks we should let the Republicans hang on the repeal of the ACA. That’ll feel good as long as you don’t think of the tens of thousands dying without healthcare and the many Americans who are paying thousands of dollars a year for health insurance they […]
It wasn’t ok when Bush did it, but it was worse when Obama did
And now Trump has it. One of the more shameful aspects of the Obama presidency was watching liberals reverse-engineer reasons for why Bush-era security policies were now good, as they became Obama-era security policies. The most common rationale they landed on was the usual one about there being a tradeoff between security and privacy, and […]
Downtime
I’m moving from Bluehost to inmotion hosting. Depending on how much I fumble the process, there may be some times this site isn’t available in the next few weeks.
While you’re waiting for the bus
The War With the Fed Begins The Information War Has Begun Massive scientific report on marijuana confirms medical benefits What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall? The Stunning Elbphilharmonie I would like to go here Matt Christman on the Chaos of Capitalism. Job advice: have you considered turning the world into a sci fi […]
My self care is reading politicians’ bad press releases and bitching about them
Hey, I care about you and the world we live in. Here’s some of how I expressed that this week: Let Chuck Schumer know he needs to take a page from the Tea Party book and engage in some serious obstructionism wrt Trump’s dangerous and dangerously ignorant cabinet picks. Told my senators to get on […]
While you’re waiting for the bus
Great forgetting Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries. Did Media Literacy Backfire? Fantastic Jobs and Where To Find Them White Poverty: There’s nothing here Removing pubic hair may increase your risk of herpes and genital warts PSA Book Review of “Dark Age Ahead,” by Jane Jacobs ACActually Donald Trump, Master of the […]