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<title>starbreaker.org: everything (happy overdose!)</title>
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<title>Build an Angel, Not a Demigod (Bezos Post OpEd)</title>
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<published>2026-07-18T13:30:20-04:00</published>
<updated>2026-07-20T08:05:57-04:00</updated>
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<summary>Bill Drexel seems to forget that demigods are half-human, and thus easier to kill than angels.</summary>
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<title>Just Another Friday</title>
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<published>2026-07-17T10:31:00-04:00</published>
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<summary>in which our antihero overshares about first world problems and Beethoven</summary>
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<title>The Will of the Many by James Islington</title>
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<published>2026-07-15T22:04:42-04:00</published>
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<summary>though I gave it the old college try, the first installment of Hierarchy didn’t grab me after almost 100 pages</summary>
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<title>Local Git Runners Using Git Hooks</title>
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<published>2026-07-10T19:05:47-04:00</published>
<updated>2026-07-20T08:05:57-04:00</updated>
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<summary>learning to use git hooks means having local continuous integration/delivery</summary>
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<title>An Idea of America</title>
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<published>2026-07-04T23:58:00-04:00</published>
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<summary>Some thinking I’ve been doing on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence</summary>
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<title>Infocide; or, resetting starbreaker.org in 2026</title>
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<published>2026-07-01T00:05:54-04:00</published>
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<summary>Welcome to a new beginning for starbreaker.org as I declare independence from the past.</summary>
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<title>Art of Life</title>
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<published>2026-01-30T14:57:28-05:00</published>
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<summary>I want my life to be a crime of passion, and its narrative a vainglory opera, but that is ultimately out of my hands.</summary>
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<title>Has the IndieWeb Become Irrelevant?</title>
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<published>2024-08-26T05:57:32-04:00</published>
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<summary>To me it was always irrelevant; I’m not the Tom Bombadil of the Web, but I’m close.</summary>
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<title>Containment, Social Media, and the Dangers of Imitation</title>
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<published>2019-12-21T23:58:00-05:00</published>
<updated>2026-07-20T08:05:57-04:00</updated>
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<summary>When social media creates cacophony instead of community, deplatforming is a necessary containment strategy.</summary>
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<title>The Milgram Battery</title>
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<published>2012-02-12T23:58:00-05:00</published>
<updated>2026-07-20T08:05:57-04:00</updated>
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<summary>Any soldier can follow orders. An Adversary must choose conscience over command.</summary>
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