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Every day on the bus, as I scan through the feeds coming through my RSS reader, I save the best folder for last.  I flip first through folders dubbed “anthroblogging” and “arabists,” ones for my Global Voices readings, and ones for work.  Once I’ve read, or at least marked all as read, I come to [...]

30.10.2009

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Strange Choices

I logged into MySpace tonight for the first time in, apparently, about a year and a half.  My last hesitant update read “Jill doesn’t check MySpace.  E-mail her.”  I haven’t used my nickname publicly in a long time, and most of the people I know have left MySpace.  I wasn’t going to delete it, but [...]

24.10.2009

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On Fighting with Words

Apologies for the lack of updates lately.  There’s work, then I served on a jury for the better part of a week (yay civic duties!), and now it’s work again. That said, I have had this article open in a tab on my work computer for over two weeks because I couldn’t figure out what [...]

23.10.2009

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Links for 10/15/09

I’ve got one or ten blog posts in the wings, but it’s been a very busy couple of weeks, so in an effort to clear my Firefox session of its many open tabs, I share with you the things I’m reading and thinking about. Please comment feverishly! The Committee to Protect Journalists has released an [...]

15.10.2009

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Blog Action Day ’09: Climate Change

This is (I think) the third time I’ve participated in Blog Action Day. In 2007, the theme was Environment, in 2008 it was Poverty, and this year, it’s Climate Change. The topic creates a nice coincidence for me: for the past month or so, I’ve been working with Global Voices on a mentoring project with [...]

15.10.2009

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The Way Life Is

Growing up, you have a certain conception of the way life is, the way the world works.  Images of seasons, events, are pressed into your mind and solidified.  Later, when you’re all grown up (if there is such a thing), you’re disappointed that you can’t revive those feelings.  You catch a whiff of some candle [...]

05.10.2009

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