Archive for October, 2007
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  • Oct, 07

Rumblers

Good heavens:
With New Device, Police Shake, Rattle and Roll
Meet the Rumbler.
The high-tech blaster is being used along with the traditional siren. It is aimed at grabbing people’s attention and getting them to make room for officers responding to emergencies, helping police navigate through traffic faster and safer. People can feel it from about 200 feet […]

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  • Oct, 07

identity politics

I came across this article over the summer and was immediately struck by the obvious parallels: So let’s just go back to segregation, then. I thought many of the things she had to say about the issues black children face in schools is very much like what deaf children face in schools. In […]

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  • Oct, 07

over the years

Here’s a meme floating around that I spotted:
20 Years Ago, I…
Started graduate school. (Oi!) Had my first serious relationship (really, just bounced around more informally as an undergrad — was more interested in school). Also became completely financially independent from my parents (who paid rent and tuition during undergrad, something which I will be forever […]