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An increasingly dangerous world
My underlying model for everything that's happening
Asides
Stuff that doesn't really fit in this site's "technology, media, and democracy" remit but is here anyway.
Fediverse
Growing the open social web
A position statement for FediForum's unworkshop
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A note about personal security
I made a mistake last month that hopefully others can learn from. There are rumors that ICE is turning its attention to the Philadelphia area, where I live. I’m a natural-born American citizen, but based on accounts from Minneapolis, I’m not excited to run into them, and I’
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Remembering Beyond Vietnam on MLK Day
A good friend introduced me to Martin Luther King Jr's Beyond Vietnam speech some time ago. It was not well-received by the mainstream press at the time (more about that in a moment) but I think it's prescient and, unfortunately, timely. At the Riverside Church in
life
A 2026 checklist
A way to build a habit out of what's important.
Knowing when to leave
I wrote this in my blog drafts well over a decade ago (exact date unclear). I thought I'd publish it as-is as an aside. I'm sure it was going to be an excellent full post, but clearly this is just the intro. I still agree though:
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Telomeres, my son, and me
I bawled my way through Nowhere Special, a 2020 movie about a terminally ill man who needs to find a new family for his four year old son. I’ll be thinking about it for years. It’s the story of a window cleaner with a terminal illness who needs
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What I owe to August 6
It was a war crime. And my relationship to it is complicated.
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Small repairs
Drinking Sunday coffee in the hyper-normal
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America is a myth
We have to decide which story we believe in.
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Just another Saturday in June.
At the time of writing, the world looks pretty hopeless.
The Darkest Day: A fantasy Doctor Who season
I can’t help myself. I’ve loved every moment of the rebooted Doctor Who on Disney+, but it appears to have hit a bit of a pause while Disney considers whether to renew its co-production. With its future unclear (although I’m certain it’s coming back before too