Why I Don't Vote
Today is the midterm elections here in the United States. While hordes of people went to cast their ballots, I stayed home (technically I went to work). This is my explanation of why.
• By Christopher Burg
A Geek with Guns
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The Voter and The Gambler
The midterm elections are upon us. As with every previous election, this one is being billed as the most important election of our lifetime. Once again, voters are being told that their votes really matter this year. Both statements are lies.
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Connecting Xed-Editor to Forgejo
I was incorrect in my initial statement about Xed-Editor only working with GitHub.
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How I Handle Notes
Notes on a computer are a surprisingly tricky thing. I've settled on a solution that works well for me. It might work well for you too.
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Anarchist Death Camps
"Who will build the roads?" It's a phrase every anarchist has heard. Statists utter the phrase like a magical incantation that defends their ideology. But there is a valid point hidden in that phrase. Anarchism doesn't have a good record of implementing large scale infrastructure projocts. However, that should been seen as a feature rather than a bug.
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Hunter Safety: Shotguns vs. Rifles
Last year Minnesota finally laid the groundwork to eliminate shotgun-only deer hunting zones. 2026 will be the first year deer hunters in the southern half of she state will be able to use rifles to hunt deer. This has a lot of fudds bent out of shape for no reason.
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Guaranteed Wins
In the pursuit of quick fixes, people often focus on "miracle cures" rather than guaranteed wins.
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Use What Works for You
If you spend much time online (which I recommend against), over time you'll learn that everything you use is bad. But is it really bad or are people just saying that because that's the current trend?
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Enshittification of Policing
Enshittification was once largely relegated to online services. Now so much of every day life is tied to these online services that enshittification is spreading to everything. Today I look at the enshittification of policing.
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Building Our Own Cage
Credit cards. Smartphones. Social media. All of these technologies are widely used. All of them are sold to us as being fun, conveinent, and practical. All of them are being used to build a cage around us.
• By Christopher Burg