September 15, 2025

JD Vance: Charlie Kirk’s murder and the call for unity

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Shortly after Usha and I left Charlie’s family and Charlie’s remains in Arizona, I read a story in The Nation magazine about my dear friend ...
September 4, 2025

Medicare: a concise guide

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“Original” Medicare is composed of Parts A and B and is part of Social Security. You may defer receiving Social Security until you’re 67, sa...
August 13, 2025

Thousands of requests from a thousand Automattic IPs for one Wordpress feed widget

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A web site I manage has been frequently overloaded by thousands of the same requests from about a thousand Automattic IPs (192.0.64.0–192.0....
August 4, 2025

A brief exchange seen on X regarding “the real” in Palestine

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Rupert's Conscience @RupertsConscie1: What struck me at #MarchforHumanity was the awesome diversity of Sydney. Friendly eye contact, n...
June 26, 2025

Thousands of spurious requests to Mediawiki pages

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A web site I manage was being repeatedly thrashed by thousands of elaborate Mediawiki requests, for example, “ GET /w/index.php?from=2025042...
June 20, 2025

Nationalist as metaphor: politics of grievance

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For Sara, the Northern Irish nationalist had transcended political classification to character type. Although by local definition a national...
April 24, 2025

Survivor checklist: What to do after the death of a loved one

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This is from USAA, with a few notes added. It’s worth being familiar with this process well before it becomes necessary. The main lesson...