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Robert Rackley

Christian, aspiring minimalist, inveterate notetaker and paper airplane mechanic.

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Issue No. 8

Another Olympics in China, getting into solarpunk, the Tumblr CEO slips away, the Book of Boba Fett, the musicians who hate Spotify and the intrigue of Starforged.

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Spotify Canceled

Will a boycott of Spotify by artists and subscribers force the company to make meaningful changes with regard to its intellectual property?

Spotify Canceled
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Tatooine Under New Management

The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+ has been met with mixed reactions but beyond being a credible addition to the Star Wars universe, it comes with a story worth telling.

Tatooine Under New Management
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Issue No. 7

Jerry Falwell Jr. was never a hypocrite, you can't be "taken down" on Twitter, the similarities between chronic illness and decadence and the dynamic of being a lawyer or judge in politics.

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Repairing the Cracks (kintsugi style)

Sometimes, I feel like I need to stop ruminating on the "deep cleavages in American society," as this piece from the Bush Institute refers to them. I wonder if it would be helpful to remember the turbulence of the sixties, just to have some frame of reference for

Repairing the Cracks (kintsugi style)
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Issue No. 5

Giving into the hype about Wordle, cryptocurrencies as gambling, digging our heels in on our opinions and open source contributors are burning out and giving up.

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Barrie "Darjeeling"

Barrie is another band that was recommended to me by the Apple Music algorithm. I immediately checked out their back catalog and noticed that they had a video for the song that I had discovered, "Darjeeling." I was particularly drawn to the video because it is set mostly

Barrie "Darjeeling"
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Exchanging the Truth For Lies

When people admit they want to be lied to just to have a counter-narrative, it makes me scratch my head.

Exchanging the Truth For Lies
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Anger Unmasked

In our county, mask mandates in schools continue to be a hot button issue. There are parents who blame the enforcement of mask rules for deteriorating mental health amongst students. These parents are frustrated and seeing their kids struggling encourages them to want to do something. “The dehumanization, isolation and

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Issue No. 4

Not beating yourself up over using social media, Twitter suspending accounts for disinformation, optimism over how to solve our political divide, how a cult deprogrammer recommends you approach relatives that embrace the big lie and WIRED magazine comes out as non-binary.