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ADHD, Organizing, and the Tensions of the Hunter’s Mind

Hunter’s Mind allows a glimpse at the underlying systems reinforcing domination, and the ley lines along which alternatives might be built…

May 2, 2021

ADHD, Organizing, and the Tensions of the Hunter’s Mind

May 2, 2021

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The Cynical Machinations of the Gates the Gatekeeper

Even as he lays out the “solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need”, Gates’s cynicism prevents him from actually believing any of it.

Apr 25, 2021

The Cynical Machinations of the Gates the Gatekeeper

Apr 25, 2021

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Herd Immunity Against Climate Change

However we orient ourselves toward social and economic justice, we must also make space for the unwilling and the unable…

Mar 25, 2021

Herd Immunity Against Climate Change

Mar 25, 2021

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Education for Sustainability

A question I’ve always disliked when meeting people in professional or even casual spaces is: “What do you do?” Because where should I…

Feb 26, 2021

Education for Sustainability

Feb 26, 2021

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Free Speech, Cancel Culture, and the Miseducation of Cousin Miles

As a person who prides himself on being critical — perhaps even to an excessive degree — I definitely support dissent and debate. But I…

Jul 14, 2020

Free Speech, Cancel Culture, and the Miseducation of Cousin Miles

Jul 14, 2020

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Who Should Have a Seat at the Education Policy Table?

(This was originally an email which I sent to Civic Ventures, a political advocacy group (think tank?) based in Seattle, which also…

Aug 10, 2019

Who Should Have a Seat at the Education Policy Table?

Aug 10, 2019

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To All The Never Books

I have been working on my novel, UNTIL THE MONSTERS COME, on and off for 13 — thirteen! — years. Sometimes I mourn the fact that after all…

May 9, 2019

To All The Never Books

May 9, 2019

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The Sacrifice of Ralph Northam on the Altar of Democratic Sanctimony

Democrats are symbolic politicians, concerned more with the image of doing the right thing, than actually doing it.

Feb 10, 2019

The Sacrifice of Ralph Northam on the Altar of Democratic Sanctimony

Feb 10, 2019

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Black Privilege

The success or wealth of some black people do not negate the effects of institutional/systemic racism on the rest of us.

Jun 3, 2018

Black Privilege

Jun 3, 2018

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The God That Google Made

I thought about the implications of this AI Overseer guiding thoughts, emotions, opinions, consumer habits, politics…It sounded like a god.

May 19, 2018

The God That Google Made

May 19, 2018

Kermit O

Kermit O

Former teacher turned school abolitionist. Working at the intersection of land, food, and climate justice. Light brown. Unapologetically Black. Punches up.

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