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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…

3 min readMay 2, 2021

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

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Kermit O

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.

4 min readApr 25, 2021

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The Cynical Machinations of the Gates the Gatekeeper

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Kermit O

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…

3 min readMar 25, 2021

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Herd Immunity Against Climate Change

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Kermit O

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…

4 min readFeb 26, 2021

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Education for Sustainability

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Kermit O

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…

4 min readJul 14, 2020

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

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Kermit O

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…

6 min readAug 10, 2019

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Who Should Have a Seat at the Education Policy Table?

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Kermit O

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…

4 min readMay 9, 2019

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To All The Never Books

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Kermit O

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.

9 min readFeb 10, 2019

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The Sacrifice of Ralph Northam on the Altar of Democratic Sanctimony

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Kermit O

Black Privilege

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

11 min readJun 3, 2018

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Black Privilege

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Kermit O

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.

7 min readMay 19, 2018

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The God That Google Made

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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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