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  • Beach Trip

    Last week, we took a trip out to the Atlantic coast to visit Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, and the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher.

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  • The President’s Police State

    “This is liberation day in D.C.,” Trump said. Nothing says liberation like deploying hundreds of uniformed soldiers against the wishes of the local elected government. District residents have made clear that they would prefer greater autonomy, including congressional representation, and they have three times…

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  • Pete Hegseth & Christian Nationalism

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reposted and praised a video interview of a self-described Christian nationalist pastor whose church doesn’t believe women should be allowed to vote. Julia Simon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn’t vote (NPR)…

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  • The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth

    Meanwhile, the countries that might once have banded together to stop the fighting have lost interest or capacity. The institutions that might once have helped broker a cease-fire are too weak, and can’t or won’t help. “We live in a…

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  • A Blue Screen 😦

    On Thursday, I was in a hotel room using my laptop. It suddenly blue screened, and then when it restarted, something was wrong. After logging in, I got a bunch of error dialogs about various programs not being found or…

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  • Giant Robot Fight Club

    Last week, a friend invited me to attend Giant Robot Fight Club at Motorco in Durham. It is a show where people dressed in cardboard robot suits battle one another in pro wrestling-style bouts. It was a ton of fun!…

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