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The Hose Bibb Flat Washer Conspiracy (000 15/32″ or 11mm)
This is going to sound crazy, but I think there’s a conspiracy by plumbers to frustrate DIY plumbing repair efforts. My mom had a hose bibb that was leaking, so I went to fix it. What a nightmare.
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Should Prisoners Have the Vote?
Bernie got into a bit of controversy over his position, that prisoners should have the vote. He called it a fundamental aspect of democracy. It’s also the policy in two states, Vermont and Maine. Personally, I’m not 100% comfortable with having prisoners vote, but so many arguments come out about how prisoners lose their rights,…
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On Andrew Yang’s So-Called Human Centered Capitalism
I enjoy reading about alternative currencies (and laughing at them, for the most part) so Yang’s “Human Centered Capitalism” was an eye opener – a presidential candidate pushing an alternative digital currency for social good works. Well, here’s a rebuttal from the Wrench in the Gears blog, “Social capital” scrip? Fin-tech experiments with new forms…
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Copyright, “Copyleft”, Creative Commons, Public Domain, Anti-Copyright
Recently, I got asked a few things about copyright, by a friend, and I guess copyright was a bone of contention. Others in an organization with her had been trying to post a book written by her. The impression I got was that people don’t know what copyright is. This article tries to address this.…
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Medium Paywall Blocking Posts
I haven’t paid attention to the Medium paywall, but I was deleting some stories and comments, and the site told me a comment wasn’t visible. I don’t know how this works, but they probably have a pay-to-comment scheme. I guess I’ll need to either pay up, or move some articles out to this blog. Oh…
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Treasure Chest, Robert Louis Stevenson Jr. High School Yearbook, 1939
Bought at a local estate sale, this yearbook is a look into history, into the East Los Angeles community. East Los Angeles was an unincorporated area east of the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Many of the residents there came from Boyle Heights, which was a “melting pot” of different cultures. According to the…
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My Top Favorite Conspiracy Theories
The Civilian Space Program and NASA were Fronts for the Nuclear Missile Program. The NSA is Spying On Us, Scanning Our Public Posts for Keywords. The Real Estate Agent is Telling You Not to Move to Some Neighborhood Because they Want to Keep the Area White. The Cops are in the KKK. Drug Laws about…
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Instagram Censorship Algorithm Failure
I tried to get a racist meme removed from Instagram, but they said it didn’t violate community standards. Here’s the meme: The poster agreed, it’s racist. It’s a racist meme that’s been tagged to help it get some views. Instagram didn’t seem to be able to figure this out.
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1959
Hello, neighbor to my dead family. A photo on a headstone, a teenage boy, his hair in a pompadour, collar rumpled, smiling, facing the sun, one of the neighborhood guys. Dead at age 18, in the 1950s, buried in the neighborhood. Tono, the only name on the grave. Japanese headstones stand at attention, waiting for…
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How to Use the New AI Chatbots, ChatGPT and Bing Chat AI
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The KKK of the 1920s, and Fascism
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Protected: What the Heck is Wrong?
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Reporting Anti-Asian Racist Content to Meta
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Henry George’s Racist Screed Against Chinese People in California, New York Tribune, May 1, 1869
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My Top Favorite Conspiracy Theories
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Facebook Memories
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Ezra Klein Discussion with Bhaskar Sunkara of Jacobin
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Responsive Design + Mobile First = Automated Layouts
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Root Shell Called Web Shell by oRb
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Anti-Pedo Fascists
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What are Lateral Violence and Vertical Violence?
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Nationalist Right-Wing anti-Imperialism, Curry, Kare, Colonization
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Audacity Recording Problems Choosing an Input Source on Linux Mint
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The End of Facebook
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On Andrew Yang’s So-Called Human Centered Capitalism
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Crossword Puzzle Tool
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January 5, 2019 Update
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Protected: ULA: United to House LA
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An Argument for the Abolition of the Electoral College
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Indigenous Identity Fraud; Zionist Cultural Theft; Can the subaltern speak?
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Historic Palestinian Documents at the Lady Izdihar Archive
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Gone Missing from the Keyboard
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What Are You Shooting For? by Roberto Rubalcava et. al. 1993
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Online Editors with Compilers for Different Computer Languages
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WordPress AntiSpam Plugin, Configuring Alpine Linux to Send Mail
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The Size of Mayan Civilization Compared to the Size of Los Angeles, CA
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Brainwashing and Abuse
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Kats Kunitsugu in the Kashu Mainichi
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The Purpose of Antisemitism in White Supremacy
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Tech Bazillionaires Paid for Anti-Unhoused Anti-Camping Law in San Francisco in 2016
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Village Scale Epidemic Management in Japan
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Redlining was Part of the System of Segregated, Whites-Only Communities
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Getting Off of Big Tech
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How to take a “tour” of how much damage COVID-19 has done, using the LA County surveillance dashboard.
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Fixing a Broken Rattan Chair