Song of the crickets
There’s a girl I knew, in the strange way of the Internet. Named for a flower, she is the daughter of a man I met on a defunct writing site…a […]
Author Archives: Sandra S.
Glass Half Full of Evil
Are you a glass half empty or glass half full person? What if it’s a jar of broken glass? Spread there, for you to step on? This is a question […]
The Blockchain Is Coming For Your Vote
Democracy Earth Foundation just announced the 1.0 Alpha release of its blockchain-based voting platform, Sovereign. The founder, Santiago Siri, is a developer’s developer, with legions of fans around the world, including […]
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
What a difference a day makes.
Famous Last Words
Today I read the last words of a reporter who blogged his own death. His name was Mark Mooney, and I don’t know what kind of reporter he was in […]
I’m not your tomboy or your tiny dancer either.
The first person to call me a tomboy was Cathy Lidisky. “Me and Sandy are tomboys, aren’t we?” she said, as if sure of my agreement. We were in sixth […]
In the Robbers Caves: How a famous social science experiment explains our divided states of America, and what we can do about it.
Not long ago an Argentinian hacktivist posed a simple question to his 53.6k Twitter followers, a question probably posed in similar vein by Socrates in the agora more than two […]
They carried a man out feet first at the symphony last night.
don’t let stress ruin your life
Mother
Giraffes quietly placed on the endangered species list in 2016.
The Last Whale
When the last whale passed by there was so much excitement you almost forgot it was supposed to be a sad thing that was happening. Everyone was out on the […]
