Regarding fake news: any tool can become a weapon
Shortly after the November 8, 2016 election, the media was looking for explanations of how Donald Trump could have won the electoral college when most projections had predicted a Hillary Clinton win....
View ArticleAmericans: Should you stay or should you go?
At least as far back as 2000 (possibly longer), Americans have threatened to move to Canada (or some other country) should their non-favored presidential candidate get elected. Very few actually follow...
View ArticleMovies/TV Shows with Asian American Leads
Rationale for List I grew up in the 80s, when Asian American characters in Hollywood movies and TV shows were few and far between and often awful caricatures with fake accents. Unfortunately, these...
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San Francisco Comic-Con 2016
I've been going to comic book conventions for decades, back when they used to be almost exclusively about comics and less about games, movies, and cosplay. Back then, admission was $3 or maybe even up...
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The Trumpism-is-not-normal reading list
(Cartoon from Amy Martin)Here is a bipartisan reading list I've put together as essential to understanding what's happening and hopefully what you can do to resist the normalization of what should not...
View ArticleWhat to watch out for in a Trump regime
Trumpism is not normal. And yet we must constantly remind ourselves of that. Apart from the kleptocracy and other disturbing things that are already happening, here are some things in particular to be...
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This is how you implement editing tweets on Twitter
Backstory Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey asked for suggestions on how to improve Twitter, and lots of great suggestions came out (better ways to cut down on harassment, trolling, and bots, for example). The...
View ArticleNext steps for anti-racist White Americans…
First of all, if you're not anti-racist, but you're a White American, this isn't for you. If you're going to pull some old-line "rebuttals" to well-established academic scholarship on race, this post...
View ArticleProgressives: it’s okay to diversify tactics
Post-election, there has been a lot of hand-wringing among Democrats and progressives in the U.S. I'm not going to argue with you if you think I'm too obsessed with "identity politics" or you think I...
View ArticleBoycotts aren’t an ideological purity test
Recently, anti-Trump folks launched a #BoycottUber campaign. Tons of people deleted the Uber app off their phones and/or deleted their Uber accounts. Many of those former Uber users went to Lyft....
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