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Posted inWriting Posted in genresCybersecurityITMikesplaining
I got into a conversation today with some web developers, talking about recent articles about a major password breach. This got me to thinking—with some prompting from shadowy web standards…
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Posted inWriting Posted in genresMikesplainingCurrent EventsEconomics
IMPORTANT UPDATE, July 3, 2025: Pending signing of the new tax bill tomorrow, it appears the below information may finally be obsolete. The tax bill passed by Congress today quietly…
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Posted inWriting Posted in genresTechnosociologyAI Issues
A number of the AI-generated images on this site contain artistic depictions of nudity, presented in a way that might seem to reasonably suggest some confusion between real artistic or…
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Posted inWriting Posted in genresMediaPropagandaManipulationPersuasion
Oct. 7, 2023 I had an interesting talk with my father yesterday. He had a 2-for-1 subscription offer to Mother Jones, and we got into a discussion when I told…
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Posted inWriting Posted in genresHealth & WelfareLife In A Mikeycosm
I'm going to flesh this out at some point, but it was lost in a pile of old notes and I wanted it up on the site as a reminder,…
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Posted inWriting Posted in genresMikesplainingMusic Theory
I have some time to kill so I thought I would write a brief overview of the concept of time signature in response to some questions that arose recently from…
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Posted inWriting Posted in genresMisc. Thoughts & Brainspill
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Posted inWriting Posted in genresLifestyleDealing With It AllLife In A Mikeycosm
I originally wrote this essay shortly before my 40th birthday, after which I posted it on my blog and a number of other places. December, 2008 For the record, I…
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Posted inWriting Posted in genresPoliticsAxe-Grinding
Let's talk about sex! No, wait, let's talk about something even more taboo! These are some samples of political, ideological, or economic thoughts I've jotted down. I don't consider myself…
