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This site began with a soft launch in July, 2016, repurposing content written for LinkedIn and elsewhere. With the steady generation of more content, the strategy has evolved; the blog is now the site of first resort, with links from LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Medium. We’ll be adding other channels as appropriate.
There’s nothing complicated about my SEO strategy. There are techniques, and best practices, and maybe even fads, but I won’t be buying links, trolling for likes, or looking for other quick fixes. Growing readership depends, as it always has, on producing quality content on a regular and consistent basis. That’s been central to my previous online presences, and I’m carrying it over into this one as well.
My writing tends to focus on certain themes: clarity, authenticity, critical thinking, and so on. Sometimes it bounces off the news, sometimes things just crystallize, but no matter what I’m writing about, I’m committed to thoughtful and respectful engagement.
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Recent posts
If brainwashing people is the only way to keep it going …
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2yNURzPy9k/ ... then it doesn't have much intrinsic merit, now, does it. This dreadful woman may…
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On “grooming” and the meanings of words
“Grooming” is what makes my dog look so fabulous Those of you bored enough to drop…
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More on #FluTruxKlan and the #RamRanchResistance*
*... from teh tweeter. Couldn't fit this into the post before this one, so I tweeted…
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Marching with Nazis? Pretty good clue that you’re on the wrong side
I cannot understand how people I have respected and thought of as friends can possibly take…
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Fascist invasions and the problem with policing
There's nothing new in observing that we have a serious problem. Nor is there anything new…
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Прощай, Коба
He left us February 19. Took a piece of my heart with him. I'm still crying…
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Can’t reach the deplorables: a memo to my progressive American friends
As I write this, Joe Biden's electoral-vote count has been pegged at 264. They haven't actually…
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Letter to elected officials re “anti-mask” demonstrations and public health
For weeks now, if not months, we have seen demonstrations, mass gatherings, and marches by “anti-mask”…
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So Trump and his enablers have COVID. I’m supposed to feel sorry for them?
A few millennia ago, some sanctimonious wanker was musing about generosity of spirit and the way…
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Doug Ford: an arrogant, smirking rich kid who’s spent his whole life shitting on people who can’t fight back
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Gold-flaked bagel? Seriously?
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Another mass shooting? Whatever
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Bye-bye, Blundstones
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Tyranny of the number-crunchers
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#Twitterfail, via Alexandra Brodsky
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Why ignorance isn't funny, part 3Stupid angry white people with guns
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Lindy West: Sayonara, twitter
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Why ignorance isn't funny, part 2Climate scientists get death threats
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What we're up against, and why ignorance isn't funny
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Is the Russian Menace a thing again?
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How are Facebook and Google deciding what to show us?
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It's not the post-truth era unless we let be
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People may not recall what they see on FB, but it only takes one
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Fake news isn't just a business-model failure
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Clickbait = revenue for sketchy content? Who knew?
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Phony content doesn't depend on ad revenue
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This can't be the New Normal
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Another round of whack-a-troll
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That controversy isn't going away
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Is Facebook a news source?
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Recognizing narratives
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Drilling down
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Complexity and clarity
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A comparison
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So Twitter's in play?
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iPhone 7
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How authentic are you?
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YouTube isn't dead
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Social-media smackdown
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Audience and engagement