The view that everything happens for a reason — that the world is fair as-is — is one of the most harmful views a person can have.
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I and thousands of Bay Area citizens spent this past weekend fighting white supremacists. Most of us chose nonviolence, but not everyone.
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Those who have followed me online probably already know how I’ve been feeling. I needed to write this for myself.
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These are my votes for the 2016 election, and all the local props and measures for Alameda county. Short explanations included.
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Income inequality and poverty have finally become a popular topic. We should look at fewer graphs and instead look at real people’s living conditions.
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I’ve spent over a year arguing about the 2016 election. I’m exhausted and can’t wait for it to be over. My compiled thoughts:
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Today is my 33rd birthday, and birthdays always seem to be good times for reflection on where I am and how I got there.
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Everyone complaining about why we aren’t raiding the Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary: Don’t feed the trolls.
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How can we include mental illness in our monitoring of public health without creating thought police? I believe we need to address the issue carefully.
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Is life precious? Is death really so bad? How do we define the two, and how is technology changing these definitions? Hmmm… Philosophical.
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