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The Silent Deportations
Deportation rates are higher in red states despite less visible ICE activity. Local law enforcement in these states collaborates with ICE, leading to increased deportations and deterring undocumented immigrants from seeking help.
Retrospective
Powered by Solar: 2025
In 2025, our home’s solar panels generated most of the electricity we used—but not all of it. By tracking daily production and consumption throughout the year, this post examines how solar actually performed, where it fell short, and what seasonal patterns reveal about living with solar day to day.
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Attending AAS 247 in Phoenix
I spent a week in Phoenix attending the American Astronomical Society’s 247th Meeting. This was my first research-specific conference
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Lessons from Vibecoding
You ask an AI to write code.
Then you ask it to explain what it just wrote.
Then you realize
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Things I bought on Black Friday
I don’t shop on Black Friday the typical way. I don’t like to buy things just because they
