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    17 Jun, 2017
    Oh hey, Cuba’s in the news again
    rants, the latino thing, this I believe

    There’s a certain specific kind of cognitive dissonance I experience every time Cuba’s in the news: when [some] people who share my liberal views lose their ability to do nuance,

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    2 Jun, 2017
    Giving thanks for 5Calls.org, or, How Donald Trump is making me a better citizen
    close to home, first world problems, tech geek, this I believe

    Not too long ago, somebody I followed on Twitter was wondering basically where and how our dystopian novel hero would arise. A decade or so ago it seemed we were

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    20 Jul, 2016
    So let’s talk about teacher unions
    lists, math, teaching, this I believe

    As the Republican National Convention lurches on, teachers are once again under attack as one of the Republican party’s favorite whipping boys. In his speech Tuesday night, Donald Trump Jr.

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    17 Dec, 2014
    Attack of the Pod People!
    artist's life, blargety-blog, the latino thing, this I believe, writing

    The good folks over at the Skiffy and Fanty Show were misguided enough to think I was worth interviewing, so we talked at length about writing, cultures, literature, and the

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    21 Jan, 2012
    So you think you’ve defeated SOPA . . .
    rants, teaching, this I believe, tinfoil hat talk

    In the wake of Texas Representative Lamar Smith pulling the Stop Online Piracy Act from consideration yesterday(and Senator Harry Reid doing the same for the Protect IP Act), I saw

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    23 Jul, 2011
    Online Argument Fatigue
    assorted nerdom, rants, this I believe

    If you’re not familiar with this XKCD strip, then you’re probably not geeky enough to be in my target audience. 😉 Just tonight* I was having a “Someone is wrong

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