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Why are webcams so cursed?
Reviewers say the camera on Apple's new display is horrible. Not surprised, tbh.
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David Demaree
April 2021
November 2020
#13: Happy birthday
Turns out I share a birthday week with SARS-CoV-2. Some more notes on crazy fast Covid vaccine development, plus some games and toys.
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#12: The reality issue
On Covid denial, "hyperfreedom," and hoping reality will stage a comeback
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#11: Cheesequake Service Area
Some last notes on voting and democracy before… well, you know.
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October 2020
#10: Getting out the votes
A bonus edition about voting in America. Fun fact: did you know that the Constitution doesn't actually grant anyone the right to vote???
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#9: Uncanny normalcy
I desperately want to believe that the light at the end of the tunnel is not a train. Some thoughts on when comfort blurs with risk. Also web design…
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#8: On repeat
Pandemic time means having to make the same hard choice about in-person school — over and over again.
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#7: Ratio'd
I'm tired and don't have any big ideas for you this week, just grilling tips, the debate over Boulevardier recipes, and a tiny keyboard.
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#6: Secrets of success(ion)
All I have for you this week is a bunch of trivia-night deep cuts about presidential succession, plus Kid A is 20, and I'm healthy enough to drink…
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September 2020
#5: A spore-borne hate plague
Getting over the 'crisis wall', and how Transformers introduced me to pandemics
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#4: Empty, living places
Days 190-192: I miss walking around alone in cities, but cities — like the rest of our public spaces — aren't what they once were.
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