There are no more illusions that ordinary workers, from the gig economy to each corner of the service industry, are robbed every day of a livable wage and are increasingly denied access to the broader economy because they cannot even afford to pay to purchase the fruits of their own…
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This is the second entry in our Series on Mechanical Keyboards. We’re continuing the series in an order roughly identical to the order in which the parts were purchased. I’ll admit that I should have paced myself, but with FOMO and the unmitigated thrill of jumping into entirely new yet…
Comments closedThis is the first entry in our Series on Mechanical Keyboards. WARNING: this hobby is an expensive rabbit hole. What seems like a century ago, the end of December 2019 before everything went to shit, my cousin revealed to me his vintage IBM Model M mechanical keyboard. What’s cool about…
Comments closedI am finally here. With some hard work and perseverance, I was finally accepted into a graduate program! It is an exciting opportunity. A chance to prove myself by completing graduate coursework and a strong and (hopefully publishable) thesis. I can also make a stronger case for my academic background…
Comments closedMy goal of this entry is to try to disabuse you of the silly and false belief that, to be very blunt, the purpose of federal taxation–the power of our federal government to levy some tax obligation on its public–is to pay for things. In an era of unprecedented corporate…
Comments closedThe Senate announced that the negotiations for second round of COVID-19 stimulus checks will be shelved until they reconvene September 8th. One would argue that in such a perilous time — one marked by significant blitz of evictions as moratoriums on rent end and an attempt to gut the USPS…
Comments closedWe took a short break to interview this aspiring writer about her blog, Ear Joy! We met Jamie through Twitter. She’s a self-proclaimed (and endearingly unapologetic) “wannabe writer.” Jamie’s blog houses a wholly enjoyable musical panoply of posts ranging from the five best songs you should keep on repeat in…
Comments closedGetting through the hard part of writing is forcing yourself to write, even if it’s a little bit, consistently. And not only consistently. I’ve come to understand that you can’t (well, you really can) simply write only once inspiration reaches a crescendo. Some of the best works of art are…
Comments closedTo take from Max Alvarez, writing is labor. I’ve figured that I cannot slack off now if improvement and clarity are my goals. Since starting a new job, my first “real” post-college gig, I’ve finally experienced the toil of commute, monotony, and an unchanging schedule in the prototypical office setting.…
Comments closedAs a celebration of my undergraduate publication, here’s the full version of my research! May I be shunned for even thinking it would be even remotely okay to reference it in a graduate program. Still cool to me, though. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the…
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