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Hello and welcome to my journal! Here I write about my own ideas and promote others' ideas. I mostly talk about computing, philosophy, spirituality, privacy, and society but this journal is not limited to those topics.

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8 Jun 2022 - 3 minute read

[Video] Jordan Klepper Debunks The "Good Guy with a Gun" Argument

7 Jun 2022 - 7 minute read

Why Autistic People Are Targets of Manipulation and How to Avoid Becoming a Victim

27 May 2022 - 4 minute read

What is Sensory Overload Like?

26 May 2022 - 3 minute read

Don't Fly The Thin Blue Line Flag

23 May 2022 - 2 minute read

The Best Way to Proselytize Mindfulness

22 May 2022 - 2 minute read

Anybody Can Solve a Rubik's Cube Blindfolded

21 May 2022 - 4 minute read

On Cultural Appropriation

20 May 2022 - 5 minute read

Don't Rely Exclusively on a VPN For Online Privacy and Security

16 May 2022 - 39 minute read

Coming Out as Autistic

11 May 2022 - 1 minute read

[Video] The Current Plot to Rig U.S. Elections

8 May 2022 - 2 minute read

Why You Cannot Get Rid of Your Ego

4 May 2022 - 17 minute read

Thoughts on Spirituality

1 May 2022 - 2 minute read

Journal Update 020

1 May 2022 - 4 minute read

Get an Eco-Friendly Burial

29 Apr 2022 - 3 minute read

Consider Death

26 Apr 2022 - 8 minute read

Gemini Appreciation Entry

24 Apr 2022 - 6 minute read

Implications of Synthetic Media

22 Apr 2022 - 4 minute read

Businesses Should be Required to Accept Cash

21 Apr 2022 - 2 minute read

Free International Texting Without a Phone Number

18 Apr 2022 - 3 minute read

How Extreme Wealth Inequality Harms The Wealthy

18 Apr 2022 - 5 minute read

Is Beastiality Immoral?

12 Apr 2022 - 8 minute read

It's Not Necessarily Irrational to Believe Things You Can't Justify to Others

11 Apr 2022 - 2 minute read

GPL vs Permissive Licenses

11 Apr 2022 - 5 minute read

On The Intellectual Dark Web

8 Apr 2022 - 1 minute read

Taking Back The Web With Haketilo

6 Apr 2022 - 8 minute read

[Organization] Let Grow

27 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read

Don't Call People Homophobic, Transphobic, or Islamophobic

27 Mar 2022 - 3 minute read

On Transgender Athletes

27 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read

Language Shouldn't Be Exclusive

26 Mar 2022 - 4 minute read

Fighting The War On Drugs With Jury Nullification

23 Mar 2022 - 3 minute read

Encryption is a Timer, Not a Lock

15 Mar 2022 - 10 minute read

[Documentary] Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs

14 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read

PSA: You Can Remove Your Property From Street View Services

14 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read

Come Watch Me Present at LibrePlanet 2022!

14 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read

Journal Update 019

5 Mar 2022 - 1 minute read

[Website] Visualizing Wealth Inequality And Mass Incarceration

3 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read

Journal Update 018

28 Feb 2022 - 5 minute read

Why I Don't Use a Pseudonym

28 Feb 2022 - 3 minute read

Psychedelics Are a Rite of Passage

25 Feb 2022 - 2 minute read

Git Is Not Github. Git Is Not Github. Git Is Not Github.

24 Feb 2022 - 5 minute read

How to Transfer Large Files From One Computer to Another

5 Feb 2022 - 11 minute read

Paying Close Attention to Experience

31 Jan 2022 - 5 minute read

Start Fresh In Every Moment

22 Jan 2022 - 15 minute read

Automation, Bullshit Jobs, And Work

20 Jan 2022 - 2 minute read

On Drug Checking Tools

16 Jan 2022 - 4 minute read

Always Use Tor

9 Jan 2022 - 2 minute read

You Don't Need An Antivirus

9 Jan 2022 - 2 minute read

Use a Password Manager

9 Jan 2022 - 4 minute read

Toll Roads Should Be Illegal

3 Jan 2022 - 10 minute read

Goodbye PGP

30 Dec 2021 - 1 minute read

Statement of GPG Key Transition

26 Dec 2021 - 7 minute read

Why I Don't Have a Smartphone

16 Dec 2021 - 3 minute read

There Is Nothing Wrong With Incest

13 Dec 2021 - 2 minute read

Warning to Monero Users

13 Dec 2021 - 4 minute read

Debugging Neomutt

12 Dec 2021 - 7 minute read

The Narrative Self

2 Dec 2021 - 2 minute read

Journal Update 017

2 Dec 2021 - 3 minute read

I Wish I Could Endorse the Waking Up App

2 Dec 2021 - 2 minute read

Breaking My Promise

26 Nov 2021 - 5 minute read

"If You Don't Like It Then Just Leave"

25 Nov 2021 - 1 minute read

Turn Off Surveillance Devices

19 Nov 2021 - 7 minute read

A Nation of Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires

13 Nov 2021 - 7 minute read

Future-Proof Digital Timestamping

10 Nov 2021 - 10 minute read

The Privacy Implications of Weak AI

4 Nov 2021 - 4 minute read

Leak All the Data

19 Oct 2021 - 16 minute read

On Compassion

11 Oct 2021 - 5 minute read

Why I Don't Trust Police and Neither Should You

9 Oct 2021 - 1 minute read

Journal Update 016

6 Oct 2021 - 2 minute read

Don't Let Cannabis Dispensaries Scan Your ID

2 Oct 2021 - 21 minute read

Struggle to Graduate Without Nonfree Software

28 Sep 2021 - 2 minute read

Oxen Security Fail

16 Sep 2021 - 5 minute read

Shouting Into the Void

10 Sep 2021 - 3 minute read

Journal Update 015

5 Sep 2021 - 20 minute read

Antinatalism

28 Aug 2021 - 2 minute read

Site Update 014

28 Aug 2021 - 14 minute read

Dealing With Close-Minded People

21 Aug 2021 - 13 minute read

Manufacturing Agreement

19 Aug 2021 - 2 minute read

Disgustingly Rich

25 Jul 2021 - 6 minute read

Flygskam

18 Jul 2021 - 12 minute read

Avoid Using Cryptocurrency

9 Jul 2021 - 2 minute read

Site Update 013

30 Jun 2021 - 6 minute read

Integrated Activism

28 Jun 2021 - 4 minute read

Get the Vaccine

16 Jun 2021 - 23 minute read

My Career Path

10 Jun 2021 - 1 minute read

Site Update 012

31 May 2021 - 3 minute read

Don't Use Github

30 May 2021 - 7 minute read

Banning Facial Recognition Isn't Enough

21 May 2021 - 7 minute read

The Cult of Productivity

12 May 2021 - 11 minute read

Private Online Shopping

6 May 2021 - 13 minute read

Mourning the Loss of Privacy

2 May 2021 - 3 minute read

Site Update 011

9 Apr 2021 - 1 minute read

[Video] Car Surveillance: an Unregulated Privacy Disaster

8 Apr 2021 - 1 minute read

[Book] The Selfish Gene

7 Apr 2021 - 2 minute read

Site Update 010

7 Apr 2021 - 2 minute read

Cover Your Cameras

29 Mar 2021 - 9 minute read

Don't Record Others Without Permission

19 Mar 2021 - 4 minute read

Git Privacy

18 Mar 2021 - 1 minute read

[Video] Monero: More Anonymous Than Cash

12 Mar 2021 - 5 minute read

On Malware

9 Mar 2021 - 3 minute read

[Video] Is Your Keyboard Spying on You?

4 Mar 2021 - 8 minute read

The Meaning of Life

1 Mar 2021 - 1 minute read

[Video] Don't Talk to the Police

21 Feb 2021 - 2 minute read

Site Update 009

7 Feb 2021 - 1 minute read

[Video] You Should Delete Your Whatsapp ASAP

6 Feb 2021 - 8 minute read

The Addiction to Thinking

3 Feb 2021 - 12 minute read

[Documentary] The Norden: Prison

31 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read

Site Update 008

29 Jan 2021 - 3 minute read

[Book] Waking Up

27 Jan 2021 - 10 minute read

Dead Man's Switch

22 Jan 2021 - 6 minute read

[Article] You Should Be Using an Old Computer

19 Jan 2021 - 4 minute read

[Documentary] Sicko

18 Jan 2021 - 4 minute read

Consumer Data Protection is a Distraction

17 Jan 2021 - 8 minute read

On Spirituality

16 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read

[Video] Atheist Debates - Supernatural Causation

16 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read

[Video] Atheist Debates - Pascal's Wager

16 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read

[Video] Atheist Debates - Argument From Design, Part 2: What Are the Odds?

16 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read

[Video] Atheist Debates - Argument From Design, Part 1: Order and Purpose

14 Jan 2021 - 3 minute read

[Video] Fixing Social Media for Good

11 Jan 2021 - 2 minute read

[Video] TikTok - a Trojan Horse into China's Dystopia

9 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read

Site Update 007

9 Jan 2021 - 3 minute read

[Fable] The Fable of the Dragon Tyrant

7 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read

[Podcast] Why Trump is Unfit For Office

7 Jan 2021 - 3 minute read

[Podcast] The Key to Trump's Appeal

6 Jan 2021 - 16 minute read

On Blockchain

30 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read

[Essay] The Simulation Argument

30 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read

[Book] Lying

29 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read

[Video] Vengeance

28 Dec 2020 - 5 minute read

The Privacy Paradox

27 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read

Site Update 006

25 Dec 2020 - 5 minute read

IPv6 Adoption

24 Dec 2020 - 2 minute read

Site Update 005

20 Dec 2020 - 2 minute read

Social Media Alternatives

17 Dec 2020 - 5 minute read

Atom and RSS

16 Dec 2020 - 9 minute read

Avoiding Automobile Surveillance

13 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read

Site Update 004

12 Dec 2020 - 11 minute read

The Nonlinearity of Intelligence

9 Dec 2020 - 2 minute read

Site Update 003

7 Dec 2020 - 6 minute read

The Pledge of Allegiance

4 Dec 2020 - 2 minute read

Shining Light on the Dark Side of Law Enforcement

1 Dec 2020 - 7 minute read

Bringing Civility to Public Discourse With the Steel Man Technique

28 Nov 2020 - 9 minute read

Newcomb's Paradox Resolved

26 Nov 2020 - 5 minute read

Why Superman Isn't Brave

25 Nov 2020 - 17 minute read

Thoughts on Logic

21 Nov 2020 - 7 minute read

Get an Anonymous Phone Number with DTMF.io

20 Nov 2020 - 1 minute read

Stop Amazon's Police State

19 Nov 2020 - 9 minute read

Remote Fair Coin Flipping with Friends

16 Nov 2020 - 9 minute read

Avoiding Consumer Surveillance

14 Nov 2020 - 3 minute read

Raising the Bar on Privacy

13 Nov 2020 - 1 minute read

Site Update 002

8 Nov 2020 - 17 minute read

Legalize All Drugs

2 Nov 2020 - 6 minute read

The Eternal Here and Now

30 Oct 2020 - 2 minute read

Site Update 001

29 Oct 2020 - 14 minute read

Using Email

20 Oct 2020 - 12 minute read

Use Free Software

11 Oct 2020 - 22 minute read

Metaethics

22 Sep 2020 - 7 minute read

Thoughts on Blogging

21 Sep 2020 - 2 minute read

SIUe Unauthenticated SMTP Server

9 Sep 2020 - 7 minute read

Networked EV Charging Stations

22 Aug 2020 - 15 minute read

Free Will is Incoherent - Part 2

2 Aug 2020 - 9 minute read

Ego Traps

26 Jul 2020 - 11 minute read

Back Up Your Data

2 Jul 2020 - 7 minute read

Why I Left ITS

19 Jun 2020 - 10 minute read

Free Will is Incoherent - Part 1

14 Jun 2020 - 16 minute read

Doublethink

10 Jun 2020 - 8 minute read

SIUe e-ID Creation and Maintenance Problems

6 Jun 2020 - 1 minute read

SIUe Cyberstalking Feature

23 May 2020 - 21 minute read

Exposing Zoom

2 May 2020 - 11 minute read

The Self

30 Apr 2020 - 11 minute read

Rejecting Visual Studio

10 Apr 2020 - 14 minute read

The Victim Mentality Versus Individual Responsibility

30 Mar 2020 - 8 minute read

The Tipping Point - Rejecting Windows, Zoom, Lockdown Browser, and the Lockdown Monitor

30 Mar 2020 - 5 minute read

Rejecting Discord and Google Colab

30 Mar 2020 - 11 minute read

Inception - Rejecting Discord, Draw.io, and Visual Studio

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