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The U.S. Congress is my hero (for the moment)

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“The major stressors of the twenty-first century—a fragmented media environment, profound demographic shifts, artificial intelligence and other technological advances, economic inequality, centralized power, and climate change—require a fundamental reassessment of U.S. political institutions, civil society ecosystems, and civic norms. If this was not already clear before COVID-19 revealed the strains on the body politic, it [...]

Blogging cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified

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“Instead, the president’s worst impulses were neutralized by three pillars of the unwritten constitution. The first is the customary separation between the president and federal criminal prosecution (even though the Department of Justice is part of the executive branch). The second is the traditional political neutrality of the military (even though the president is the [...]

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go in cyberspace

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Zits, 24 November 2020  Zits, 25 November 2020 Zits, 26 November 2020 Pibgorn, 13 December 2003   The accordion in 21st century syndicated comics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “The first phase of the project, located at the intersection of State Street and Zonal Avenue, will be comprised of: “a 96-bed recuperative care center intended to provide interim shelter [...]

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

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Mary Wollstonecraft finally honoured with statue after 200 years, by Mark Brown, Guardian, 09 November 2020 ‘Insulting to her’: Mary Wollstonecraft sculpture sparks backlash, by Alexandrea Topping, Guardian, 10 Novemeber 2020 Huh. I thought I didn’t like it due to a personal failing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Virginia Woolf statue fundraiser flooded with donations after Wollstonecraft controversy, by [...]

Nobody can bring you cyberspace but yourself

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“50 students and graduates from the animation department at Lodz Film School have mobilized their medium to protest Poland’s Constitutional Court ruling that forces people with uteruses to carry pregnancies to full term, even if the foetus won’t survive outside the womb. Co-founder of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jarosław Kaczyński, said in 2016 [...]

The internet is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same

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“Four months after it became official, the demolition process is wrapping up at LACMA’s Miracle Mile campus.” Demolition Nearly Finished for Controversial LACMA Revamp, by Steven Sharp, Urbanize, 24 September 2020 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Zumthor is seventy-seven, and oversees a thriving boutique architecture practice, with three dozen employees and projects on three continents. Though he has never [...]