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The Patriarchy from the one of the most privileged men on earth
When I first stared studying feminism, the way some feminist authors wrote confused the hell out of me, so this is me trying to explain a feminist concept in really simple words. Apparently these...
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Depression ruined my vacuum cleaner
People with depression sometimes get really good at hiding their symptoms. I guess I started when I was kid. There is a real pressure in the kind of Christianity I grew up in to be OK. You don’t have...
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Narrow gauge dreams
So, often when I’m gone for awhile, I’m thinking about one of my subjects of interest obsessively. Of late it’s been nuclear reactors, intermodal freight and Star Wars. It is far easier for me to...
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Survivalists and preppers are nuts.
As I’ve said many times before, I grew up in a cult like environment, though not a cult. One of the things my parents got really excited about was the end of the civilization. I think within their peer...
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Ice Box ice usage
So remember how I mentioned that I want to use a small solar powered freezer? Specifically, this is the freezer I want: The Sundanzer 50L Why a freezer? Because if you have a freezer you have ice,...
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Switching the brain channel for solar.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about making my house solar powered. I see two problems with it, but neither are really technological problems. They are mental problems on the part of the end user....
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I hate the home school movement sometimes
Anti-authoritarian leftist snob confession #2. I secretly hate the homeschool movement. It is not, in fact, all sunshine and gumdrops, and some people in it desperately need more accountability. (1.)...
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Capitalism
The basic mythos of capitalism is that it is a form of morally acceptable elitism because it’s meritocratic. The reality is that it is not particularly meritocratic, and as such the elitism it...
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Why you can’t have a super economy car
From time to time, I hear about this car: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Hybrids-meet-your-rival-it-gets-376-59-mpg-1264903.php It’s an old Opel that got 376.59 miles per gallon. And people...
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Motorcycles are dumb (After research)
So, I spent the day reading crash stats for motorcycles. At its most basic, it goes like this: you are 25 to 36 times more likely to be a fatal accident per motorcycle mile than car mile. I knew that...
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