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Technical writer, sociologist, magician. Just like everyone else.

Chicago
Joined January 2007
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Oh dear @WBEZ your @TuneInSupport / @AppleMusic stream is broken again. Plays either silence or some other station. :(
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hey @wbez your stream via TuneIn/Apple Music is borked. Plays either silence, or some other music station.
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My tour and puzzle walk of Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood is now available on Apple Books. books.apple.com/us/book/id64…
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My latest project! Get a copy @QuimbysBooks
ESCAPE FROM BUCKTOWN is a self-guided tour and puzzle walk of a dozen neighborhood sites of historical and cultural importance. At each location, answer an optional challenge question, gleaned by in-person observation. amzn.to/3QfS3Ye
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Announcing: "Escape from Bucktown" -- a new tour and puzzle walk of this great Chicago neighborhood. Available at Quimby's bookstore, and the Amazon Kindle store. Get out, get some fresh air, and discover local history.
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Must read.
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Much love for @satanic_temple_ for the introduction of HAIL — an alternative to religious indoctrination of school children, which is ubiquitous in Utah. gordonmeyer.com/2022/12/hail…
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Why you need an independent failsafe home automation system for your home automation system. gordonmeyer.com/2022/12/the-…
The apparent failure of Amazon Alexa to stir purchases was foretold by the cancelling of Amazon Dash several months ago. Pushing a button to order something sight unseen requires just as much faith as telling a voice assistant to do so. Perhaps even less so.
It is unacceptable that members of the highest court are exempted from the judicial code of ethics when wealthy special interests are spending millions in dark money to influence the Court’s decisions. Since the Court refuses to act, Congress should pass Supreme Court Ethics Act.
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Hey @Dropbox if you really want feedback on Dropbox Shop, don’t try to make me sign up with another service (canny) to do you the favor of improving your product. That’s ridiculous.
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Wow! These are useful and interesting changes in the Vellum publishing app blog.vellum.pub/
American political candidates filming themselves in campaign ad with guns, especially silenced pistols, isn’t normal, people. It’s insane. Like it’s insane. We don’t have to be this way. Stop voting for the person with a gun-and-murder fetish who’s running on a law & order slogan
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If you use @ulyssesapp you probably want this @keyboardmaestro macro to turn off their annoying and ill-considered default settings for Counter and Markup Bar. gordonmeyer.com/2022/11/how-…
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New on my blog: A review of, and some notes from, “Existential Physics” gordonmeyer.com/2022/11/book…