Author: Ryan Neudorf
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Time for Usonia
The fact that we refer to the USA as “America,” its citizens as “Americans” has always mildly annoyed me. “America” describes two entire continents. Canadians are Americans. Colombians are Americans. Why does one country get to own the word? The recent events in Minneapolis, a city I love dearly, pushed that mild annoyance into something…
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An EV in Winnipeg. In the Winter?
I suppose this is the inevitable follow-up to my So I bought a PHEV post from 2021. In September, I bought a Hyundai Kona EV. The number one question/concern I received from most people is how the hell I was planning on surviving in Winnipeg’s notoriously cold and brutal winters in a battery car. The…
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Reblog of Dan Gillmor:
Reblog via Dan Gillmor Are we paying attention yet‽ The only reason for the US government to surveil and interrogate travelers before they arrive in the US is in order to try control their departure from foreign countries. This is an impermissible assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction, an attempt at prior restraint of the right to…