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An Argument for the Abolition of the Electoral College
Why does a candidate sometimes win the popular vote, but lose the Electoral College vote? There are some misconceptions floating around about this. I’ll note them in parentheses in my explanation below: The people’s votes do not directly choose the president. The Electoral College (EC) makes the final decision, following its own rules and the…
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Study Page for Feasibility and Strategy
I went down a rabbit hole after I needed to learn about feasibility; so this is a self-education page about that, organizing, and strategy. Since I don’t have expertise in this, I’m just listing some things I’ve found, or recalled. I’m including business and community and political organizing resources. If you aren’t up for reading,…
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WordPress Custom HTML Block Strips the LINK and SCRIPT Tags; Workaround with WP-Coder
This article addresses a recent technical hurdle encountered during the management of a WordPress website. The LINK and SCRIPT tags were being stripped from the custom HTML block. The SuperAdmin on a MultiSite installation could add LINK and SCRIPT tags, but other users could not. The Dilemma: Missing LINK and SCRIPT Tags An Administrator (not…
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PHP Attributes Overview, plus Symfony, Doctrine ORM, laravel-php-attributes
PHP8 includes a feature called Attributes, that’s similar to docblock annotations familiar to framework users, or annotations in Java or other languages. The main difference is that Attributes are built into PHP.
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WordPress Admin Emails Not Getting Through to Gmail addresses, Docker Container Based WordPress with BusyBox
My server wasn’t getting admin emails through to Gmail addresses. Some emails from my newer WordPress installation were working, but the oldest WordPress installation was not. They were all running on a Docker server. It’s described in Configuring Alpine Linux on Docker to Send Mail for WordPress Email was getting through on Hotmail, though. So…
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Hikes, Walks, and Bookstores
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Turn out for #JusticeForRoques May 1
It’s one day after the hearing, and I’m still mad. The arraignment is on May 1. Show up. The organization I’m with, PANA, is preparing a statement, but I’ll share my online links below. Before that, I will share several videos from my stories. They had similarities: working class people of color suffering violence. All…
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Wong Kim Ark in Smithsonian
Smithsonian Magazine has a good article about Wong Kim Ark, who fought to assure birthright citizenship for all Americans. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-fight-for-birthright-citizenship-reshaped-asian-american-families-180981866/
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Protected: What the Heck is Wrong?
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Asian American Media Representation, Recommending Feminism
This is a video essay, with a lot of references, bringing together different ideas about representation, race swapping in portrayals, and desirability and gender. It’s pretty good. I can’t evaluate beyond that, because I haven’t studied this too much. Discussion where I found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/aznidentity/comments/1j44s67/representasian_asian_desexualization_race/ Original Post: 2023-03-10 I made a tiktok that recommended feminism…