Category: Social Sciences
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John Brown by W.E.B. DuBois Book Club
This is a book club that reads “John Brown” by W.E.B. DuBois. Project Page: https://www.publicintellectuals.org/forum/topic/book-club-john-brown-by-web-dubois-starting-up/ The schedule and links to resources, including a copy of the book, are on that page.
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Reading Project Problems
I started a blog, softnews33, trying to read more full-length articles, and share the best, to try and break away from Facebook. It’s been hard, because I’m still hooked on Facebook. I also posted too much. The news flood…
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Exiting Amazon (Again)
I got blocked from posting reviews, so I decided to start a review blog. I just like writing reviews. The blog is called product8reviews. After writing a few articles, it dawned on me that I had some Amazon reviews…
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Trolling and Gloating
I got a notification that someone on Twitter liked a statement by a rival in a troll-flame war. So I reviewed my tweets from mid-July, 2020. As I write this, in mid-September, 2020, I feel like saying “told you…
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Protected: What a Year (Written August 27, 2019)
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Selected Posts from June 2020
Every few months, I delete my posts from Facebook. I know FB already got some value from my activities, and want to limit what I give them. So, each month I pick some posts to preserve on this blog.
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Selected Posts from Facebook from May 2020
I try to delete posts regularly, and archive some in posts to my own blogs. I know this is destroying the archival aspects of replies, and I guess that sucks, but… I feel like it must be done.
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Village Scale Epidemic Management in Japan
This paper has influenced me during this COVID-19 pandemic. It breaks past the idea of looking at epidemic policy narrowly, through the lens of science and government, but with a broader view that includes “natural, social and economic factors.”…
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I’m a Trollaholic
I sometimes get onto these threads with a few comments, and end up writing a screed. This was with this person, Ras Lyon, who I suppose is a rasta-capitalist. @Mr. Ras Lyon Here’s what you said: “Investors and owners…