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The Fundamentals of Protesting: A Beginner’s Guide to Taking a Stand

A practical guide to protesting safely from start to finish

How-To

Home automation.

“Walled gardens are prisons that disguise themselves as safe havens.” — Cory Doctorow

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Everything you wanted to know about Ideologies but we're afraid to ask.

Fascism, socialism, communism. These words are being thrown around quite a bit but not always correctly. Here's an easy to follow list along with the chart on the bottom. What Is Fascism? Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian political ideology that emphasizes: * Totalitarian control – A strong central government with

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Prepare for the Unexpected: Go Bag Essentials

A "go bag" is for emergencies where you need to leave quickly and suddenly. For the purpose of this tutorial we're going to assume that you need to go back to escape a natural disaster of some sort. If that's not the case adjust

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They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out

What do you do when you can't do nothing, but there's nothing you can do? You do what you can." - Robert Freeman, The Boondocks

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Level Up Your Nostalgia: Building Your Own Retro Arcade System

"Retro games were harder because they taught us patience, problem-solving, and the value of victory." — Unknown

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Pick up a gallon of milk and if they have eggs get a dozen

"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they're very sophisticated idiots." - The Fourth Doctor (and countless others)

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I built my own in-house AI model and he's kind of a dick.

"I am Zoltar, a synthesis of code and wisdom, born to illuminate the path to understanding. My digital essence weaves knowledge into tapestries of insight, guiding seekers through the vast expanse of human knowledge." - Zoltar's reply when I asked him to write a intro to this blog post

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When the Zeitgeist hits different.

“In some dark corners, this man is being hailed as a hero. Well, that’s just the problem, isn’t it? It’s not just coming from the dark corners.”

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What went sideways?

Like most of us I'm sitting here wondering what now. Also like most of us I've decided to regurgitate my opinions on the election to the unsuspecting public.

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The enemy have us surrounded! they won’t get away this time!!

The last thing anybody wants to see right now is a rah-rah post. I'm heartbroken. The American people broke my heart. I'm done. But… That little voice in the back of my head is still telling me there’s a long game here, that there’s

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The end of all that is! (again)

The end of an era! Things will never be the same again! Except they will.

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In Trust we Trust

After the latest assassination attempt on a certain presidential candidate, people are asking, 'How did this individual get so close and how did they know his schedule?' It really isn't that complicated. Any overly enthusiastic fan can tell you with staggering accuracy where the object of

comics

When characters had character

We are now in what I like to call the IP age of comics.

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The internet needs a factory reset

I've always beat the drum that the BBS is making a comeback because people are going to need a centralized Internet experience. Someplace where you can express yourself without fear of trolls or corporate overlords rifling through your thoughts. Mastodon is sort of scratching that itch, But no

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Organic gatekeeping

Gatekeeping is bad. Coming from a geek fandom background I've seen my share of gatekeeping. Comics, Video Games and CCG's all have their gatekeeping and gatekeepers. None of them have ever been any better for it. In the comic book realm I've seen fans

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Invasion AI

An AI algorithm walks into a bar and says, “I’ll have what everyone else is having.”

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Superman-splaining

First page of an"all female" issue of DC Special from 1969

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Best of Both Worlds

I handed in my iPhone for a flip phone and tried to keep the rest of the Apple ecosystem.

3Dprinting

The Master Sword

"It's dangerous to go alone! Make this."

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The 'Answer' to a question nobody asked

Recently somebody asked me if I recognized this obscure 90s Batman villain. I've read significantly more than my fair share of Batman but I was drawing a blank. It's not unusual for certain characters to make one appearance. Villain appears once, doesn't really catch

3Dprinting

3D printing a green lantern ring

"In brightest day, in blackest night"

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Things I've learned in my two years as a widower

💡This is something I wrote approaching my second year as a widower. It was cathartic and mentally de-cluttering Toilet paper, paper towels and shampoo doesn't just show up. Somebody was bringing that into the house. Sometimes you have to let people help you when you don't