Three Years After January 6th: The Insurrection’s Impact on U.S. Democracy

| | Commentary, Democracy-2024
Three years ago, on January 6, 2021, the U.S. Capitol was stormed by a mob intent on overturning the results of the 2020 Presidential Election. This event — the January 6th insurrection ...

Democracy 2024: Stakes vs. Horses

| | Commentary, Democracy-2024
The 2024 U.S. Presidential election isn’t just another tick on the political timeline. It’s a crucial juncture for — quite literally — the future of American democracy. We’re not just deciding who ...
Welcome To 2024

Welcome To 2024

| | Commentary, Democracy-2024
Hey folks, This is likely our last shot at preserving liberal democracy in the U.S., or at least avoiding 20–40 years of abject horribleness by wannabe bigoted and sociopathic demigods. The year ...

Democracy 2024: Pro-Hunger ≠ “Pro-Life”

| | Commentary, Democracy-2024
Ref AP News: https://apnews.com/article/iowa-summer-ebt-food-assistance-0e878c5c0fc9dd0dd55622cb22a82561. Iowa has decided not to participate in the 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) program, which provides $40 per month to each child in a ...

Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud On Juneteenth

| | Commentary
I realize you have to be living under a rock in the U.S. to not know that yesterday, was Juneteenth (a portmanteau of “June Nineteenth”). Still, I feel compelled to explain that ...
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Escaping Groundhog Day

| | Commentary, Personal
Before digging into this post, I need to set some context. Friday, May 13, 2022 was my last day at my, now, former employer of nearly seven years. I’m not mentioning the ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the nation on a live TV broadcast in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 22, 2022.

Full transcript of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s emotional appeal to Russians

| | Commentary
Here is the full transcript of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s video address early on Feb. 24 local time warning that a Russian invasion could cause tens of thousands of deaths. “Today I ...

Getting Back 2 Good

| | Commentary, Personal
If you’ve been following my inane tweets and non-technical blog posts for any length of time since 2015, you likely know the 2016 election cycle broke me more than just a tad, ...
Parler Whack-a-Mole

Parler Whack-a-Mole

| | Commentary, Parler, Twitter
(this is an unrolled Twitter thread converted to the blog since one never knows how long content will be preserved anywhere anymore) It looks like @StackPath (NetCDN[.]com redirects to them) is enabling ...
Trump: I could shoot somebody and not lose voters

Nos Autem Non In Antebellum; Bella Iam Inceperat

| | Commentary
(Leading this with the periodic warning/reminder that this blog occasionally breaks from technical content and has category-based RSS feeds which can be used to ensure one never see non-technical content.) Every decent ...