Author: schwegler
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About That Package
I woke up late today because I accidentally gave myself food poisoning somehow last night. So that was fun. I saw a notification that my order from Best Buy was out for delivery. I’m gonna start studying for certifications at work so I can get paid more so I ordered an iPad because that was…
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Thursday Flow
Today was a relatively good day. I might have to partially bullshit my standup update tomorrow morning, but i might be able to scrape enough stuff out of my notes. That’s a problem for tomorrow me. I’m unwinding for the night. Watched a couple episodes of Sex and the City for the first time as…
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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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