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Slouching Into Summer: Let’s Get Physical
I’ve been 37 for all of one month, though this month alone has aged me a decade. A cluster of recurrent issues at work—ghosts of bad decisions past—have returned to haunt the codebase, and since I’m the last soul standing from that era, the blame has naturally settled on my shoulders like a heavy, unfair shroud. Even the promotion I finally secured felt less like a triumph and more like a long-overdue debt settled with interest. But, enough about the corporate grind. To keep from spiraling, I’ve been retreating into a media diet focused on permanence: building a physical library…
The Archives
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Marching Forth
My March has been an interesting one. At work i’ve been fighting a fire that keeps reigniting from its embers every few days. The stress has a lot. And i’m two men down on a four man team. That’s an overstatement of course. But out contractor that’s been on a year has been underwhelming and…
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The Architecture of Exclusion: A History of United States Immigration Law, Labor Control, and the Evolution of Federal Sovereignty
The historical trajectory of immigration law in the United States represents a complex intersection of economic necessity, racial ideology, and the progressive centralization of federal authority. Far from being a consistent narrative of welcoming the “huddled masses,” the legal framework governing entry into the American polity has functioned as a sophisticated mechanism of demographic and…
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Sovereignty of the Body: A Jurisprudential and Sociopolitical History of Reproductive Rights in the United States
The Foundation of Bodily Autonomy in Early American Governance The history of reproductive rights in the United States is not a linear progression toward liberalization, but rather a complex cycle of autonomy, institutional criminalization, federal protection, and eventual fragmentation. In the earliest periods of American history, spanning from the colonial era through the mid-nineteenth century,…
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On E-Governance
By: Raquisha Givens, Hussain Punjani, Andrew Schwegler, Savannah ViarOriginally published: November 21, 2013 It has been overwhelming stated that our world is becoming smaller with the use of technology. With the click of a mouse we can connect to people on the other side of the world. Technology has allowed the Earth community as a…
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Let’s Taco ’Bout It
Every good project starts with a craving. Sometimes it’s for meaning, sometimes it’s for connection, and sometimes it’s just… tacos. For this one, it’s a little bit of all three. Welcome to tacobout.online, a new blog built on the belief that the internet should still be a place where people get to say things—messy things, thoughtful things,…
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Streaming Service Ad Load Showdown
I’ve been doing some totally unscientific research on streaming service ad loads lately, and honestly, the results are both fascinating and infuriating. As someone who’s had to go ad-supported on pretty much every service to save money, I’ve become intimately familiar with just how wildly different the advertising experience can be from platform to platform.…
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Phases: Intro
Every song is a breadcrumb on the tangled path back to who I’ve been. In this series, I let shuffle decide which memories resurface, giving each musical phase its turn in the spotlight—and seeing what stories wake up with the sound. I lack the ability to actively recall memories, for the most part. I have…
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This cast is so fucking frustrating, but at least it’s entertaining. #BB27
I say as my blood pressure rises.
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Weekending BB27 Rankings
my week-ending 17 August #BB27 rankings(based solely on how much I like seeing them on my little screen) Keanu continues to be messy, but in an entertaining way. Whenever I think I’m gonna drop Ava down a few notches, she pops up to spit straight facts. More solo Katherine time on feeds always endears me…
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Sunday Feelings Dump
I’m getting over COVID. It’s been quite the fucking journey, I’ll tell you what. And the timing? Truly could not have been worse—and I still have a nagging sore throat that just won’t quit combined with absolutely no energy. I keep having to spend money I don’t have thanks to being forced into taking out…
