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My 2012 primary endorsements for Orange County, NC

Local politics can be difficult to follow, given the minimal media coverage and (fortunate) lack of political party involvement. Friends often ask me for my advice about how to vote in sleepy local...

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Woman on the Verge

Gazpacho The weather hitting 100 degrees everyday this weekend and I can only think about cold food. So far I made ceviche, caprese salad, and gazpacho (pictured) which makes me want to watch Women on...

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Fun with Old Tweets

The brilliant Kellan Elliott-McCrea (my friend and former colleague) has put together a searchable archive of the first year of Twitter posts, and I’ve had some fun quickly going down the rabbit hole...

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I stand for a free and open Internet.

A few weeks ago as many of us were patriotically wishing a happy birthday to the United States of America, a coalition of organizations including the ACLU and EFF launched a Declaration of Internet...

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Squeeeeeeee

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Beach

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An open letter to the UNC community

I was a doubter when Holden Thorp was first appointed to be the UNC Chancellor, but he has turned out to be the best thing to happen to South Building in decades. I’ve been surprised to see some of my...

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Debate fun

I don’t think I could sit through the canned B.S. that are American political debates without the deep insight and cutting snark of my friends on Twitter. So I Storified my favorite bits: [View the...

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The wrong @Ruby

One of the downsides to having an admittedly awesome Twitter name is that I am involuntarily exposed to fools like this several times a day. I don’t usually say anything but this time I did, and...

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Joi Ito rallies the troops to a maker revolution at MozFest

I just finished attending the fantastic 2012 Mozilla Festival. I got inspired and wrote a blog post about it for work at...

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Super Duper Izzy

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HASTAC Features

I’m very proud of some work I’ve been doing on the Drupal site that I manage at work.  Here’s a blog post I wrote about some of the newest features: Today I am excited to officially launch several new...

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Mark Chilton speaks truth to power

My close friend and favoritest mayor of all time and space bringing truth and justice to the N. C. Legislature last week. Join us every Monday to keep it going!...

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Danny Green, y’all

Cute. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

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How to tell my story

I have finally finished compiling my detailed timeline of how I got hacked and then unhacked myself. It includes the exact times that I received password reset messages, when I wrote to support, when...

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Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations

Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations A fascinating look at the guy who blew the NSA wide open.

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Izzy and me at Moral Monday

Izzy and me at the N.C. legislature at Moral Monday. http://flic.kr/u/e1dhiFX/aHsjFXpFcz

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A.C.L.U. Files Suit Over Phone Surveillance Program

A.C.L.U. Files Suit Over Phone Surveillance Program The lawsuit contends that the program, whose existence became public last week, is illegal and asks a judge to both stop it and order the records...

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Miyazaki’s women

studioghibligifs: “Many of my movies have strong female leads–brave, self-sufficient girls that don’t think twice about fighting for what they believe in with all their heart. They’ll need a friend,...

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The beautiful robots from Laputa, in real ife!

takayababy: The Iron Giant at The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo Speechless. Must go to Japan!

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