I solder the body electric
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Cyber antitruck
But what is a truck really? For Musk, a truck is an irregular polyhedron.
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Democracy Bible Study
I got this weird little comic book a little while ago. It’s by historian Timothy Snyder. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century was been adapted from Snyder’s full length, “regular” book of the same name (which itself was excellent). Why he or his publisher decided to turn it into a comic…
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Huey Trump
Huey Long was a 1930s governor from Louisiana . He was a rising star of left-wing politics, known for his extreme populism and radical, rousing speeches. He was further left of FDR, opposed the New Deal as insufficient, and advocated for wealth redistribution. He was impeached by the LA legislature for abuse of power in…
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Self referentialism
I ran across this meme-y joke recently…
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Carvell on masculinity
Found this author on a podcast recently. Carvell’s words resonated with me… “I can’t singlehandedly undo all the misogyny and patriarchy that led to this moment. It was a lifetime of indoctrination to get to this point. It will take a lifetime to get away from it.” Carvell Wallace
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State of affairs
The first presidential debate was last night and I have thoughts.
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Radical Inclusion in the Darkest Valleys
Several weeks ago, my church had a series on the Lord’s Prayer, picking apart all the elements of the well known prescription of appealing to God. Near the end of the series was also a deep dive into Psalm 23, with a call to radically inclusive communion in a world that means you harm. God…
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On solving Cross Sums
As you may remember, I’ve become obsessed with the Dell Magazines puzzle collections: This book of mine has many types of puzzles, most of which are word-based (without being dreadful crosswords, which I suck at) or logic-based (which I love, given my career). One such puzzle of theirs that I’d never heard of before is…
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Upgraded coop lighting
I finally got around to upgrading the lighting in my chicken coop.
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Coding Abstractions
Abstractions are everywhere. Loops are abstractions. Functions are abstractions. Programming languages themselves are abstractions over machine code, which itself is an abstraction over transistors flickering off and on really fast. It’s abstractions all the way down. Josh Comeau
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Me too! It’s such a clever critique of our consumerist culture. And oddly fitting movie for us that night in…
I love this! Sounds like a cozy adventure, which IS a bit of an oxymoron! Sweet to think of you…
Oh wow, the co-host of The Filmcast! My pleasure.
Thanks for your support, Robert!
Thank God millennial men are nothing like Walt or your husband! Men don’t need to badmouth and disrespect women to…