this is not a plea for help

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Thursday July 23, 2015 · 8:55 PM PDT

2015/07/23 · 20:55

But, dang, I am depressed. The news has been bad lately, both personally and publicly. An old friend who was a mentor to me when I was a kid subsequently became sort of a right-wing nationalist, and now he has brain cancer. So I am sad about that. And people keep being killed by lunatics with guns. And cops keep abusing their powers. And education is being run into the ground via the business model.

NearlySomebody

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Wednesday July 24, 2013 · 11:00 AM PDT

2013/07/24 · 11:00

This is part of my LIS 101 lecture series. I will teach the information/media literacy component of a 12-hour superclass on global warming. I will teach research skills and provide cultural, scientific, historical, and political background in order to help college freshmen understand our current course of inaction. If you are interested, please look at the other diaries in this series.

By and large the comments and suggestions of Kossaks much smarter than I have been extremely informative and helpful. I thank you on behalf of my students. Please keep the suggestions coming!

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Tuesday July 23, 2013 · 3:43 PM PDT

2013/07/23 · 15:43

This is the rough draft of a lecture I intend to give the students in my Library and Information Sciences 101 class next fall. I think that in order for students to understand the information they receive from the media about global warming, they must be armed first with some facts about the scientific method. This is one part of a series on how information is created. If you find fault with my explanation of scientific concepts please let me know.

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I think your freshmen-level students will think...

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I think your freshmen-level students will think...

this clears everything up

11 votes

i am unclear about the point i will make in the comments section

1 vote

i am so bored

13 votes

NOT BREAKING!!! Think Tanks Climate Change Denial and the Media/Policy Landscape

NearlySomebody

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Wednesday July 10, 2013 · 1:57 PM PDT

2013/07/10 · 13:57

This is part of my work-in-progress lecture series for my freshman-level Library and Information Science class on global warming. If you have suggestions please feel free to drop me a comment.

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Understanding think tanks and their role in public policy is

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Understanding think tanks and their role in public policy is

very important

49 votes

somewhat important

2 votes

not very important

1 vote

not at all important

0 votes

Two Different Examples of Government Censorship

NearlySomebody

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Monday July 08, 2013 · 1:07 PM PDT

2013/07/08 · 13:07

These are lecture notes for my Library and Information Science 101 class next Fall. In it I am exploring aspects of media and information literacy ultimately in hopes of expanding my students' understanding of media coverage of global warming. This lecture is about government censorship.

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This is going to be ________ for college freshmen.

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This is going to be ________ for college freshmen.

interesting

13 votes

informative

33 votes

boring

16 votes

stupid

7 votes

too abstract

5 votes

A Brief History of Newspapers and Newsmedia

NearlySomebody

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Tuesday June 25, 2013 · 3:50 PM PDT

2013/06/25 · 15:50

These are the notes I presently have for another lecture I am planning on giving my Library and Information Science 101 students in the fall. Feedback is welcome, as always.

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lacking in some very important information, which I will provide in the comments.

0 votes

just about right for freshmen.

1 vote

a good source of information for anyone interested in the media.

1 vote

giant mechanical pie vs.tiny, weeping, emotional pie

0 votes

The Tea Party, History, Memes, and Media

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Tuesday June 18, 2013 · 8:06 AM PDT

2013/06/18 · 08:06

I am soon to teach an information literacy class on global warming, and I am putting together a series of lectures to explain the topography of the political conversation that happens in this country. This is a long read, but I hope some of you will find it interesting.

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I thought the following:

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I thought the following:

the connections you made were clear and understandable

30 votes

the examples you used were clearly related to the ideas at hand

10 votes

this is too convoluted for me to try to unpack before coffee

6 votes

you are totally wrong, and I will tell you why in the comments

3 votes

you are right, but I will tweak your ideas in the comments

1 vote

I have some even better examples you can add, which I will point you to in the comments

0 votes

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Saturday October 13, 2012 · 5:07 AM PDT

2012/10/13 · 05:07

In celebration of Joe's epic takedown of Boy Munster, I am giving Kossaks free copies of my kindle ebook Jukebox Loser: An Owner's Manual for Idiot Desires.

It's a little story about art, local music, gender roles, surviving (barely) the Bush years, overcoming ingrained redneck homophobia, stomping on the bones of Elvis, and trying to save the world through art.

A note to mom and dad beneath the squiggle.

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The best place for your local band to pose for a photo is...

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The best place for your local band to pose for a photo is...

gathered around a minivan

1 vote

on a condemned bridge

2 votes

on train tracks

2 votes

in a graveyard

0 votes

you should never join a local band

4 votes

Indigo Kalliope: Poems from the Left - for a moment it seemed bigger than bombs

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Monday July 02, 2012 · 5:10 PM PDT

2012/07/02 · 17:10

Join us every Monday night for drinks at the Daily Kos community political poetry club
Your own poetry is always welcome in the comments
Bongos, berets & turtle neck sweaters optional
The keypad is mightier than the sword

Welcome a poet new to Indigo Kalliope but certainly not new to poetic circles. I'm certain you will enjoy the work and further it might start some juices flowing.

Peace

CJ

Here are some poems of mine from the last ten years or so. In recent years my work has become increasingly political. The stuff from the manuscript in progress (tentatively named NORMAL AS SCROD) tries to juxtapose the various unfolding ecological and social catastrophes I read about daily with my own absurd struggles in Middle America. Enjoy.

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poetry is

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poetry is

essential

17 votes

important

4 votes

a good way to pass the time

2 votes

a bourgeois concern

1 vote

not at all important

1 vote

people still do that?

0 votes

The Way I explained it to a Republican that Kind of Worked

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Sunday November 20, 2011 · 8:42 AM PST

2011/11/20 · 08:42

There is another diary already in the spotlight about those fun conversations with republicans. (Link button not working right now, so here: http://www.dailykos.com/...). I wanted to add my two cents.

I am from "there," but live "here" now. Many of you will know exactly what I mean without further explanation/ But for those missing the fun, I grew up red and turned blue after a lot of soul-searching when I was older. I still often talk to my old peeps from back then, and sometimes that necessitates political discussion. We always try to be respectful but don't always succeed. Anyway, here is a way I talked about OWS recently that made some sense to an old conservative chum:

NearlySomebody

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Saturday September 24, 2011 · 6:50 PM PDT

2011/09/24 · 18:50

You think I am kidding. But I'm not. Occupy Wall Street has been happening for almost a full week now, and I have not heard a peep about it except via Olbermann. When I post links on Facebook, no one knows what I am talking about. At the same time, the MSM practically wets itself whenever the Tea Party rolls into town.

So the plan is just beyond the squiggle.

NearlySomebody

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Wednesday August 31, 2011 · 11:29 AM PDT

2011/08/31 · 11:29

This is a poem about gun violence and uncertainty. The murderers of Barry Cunnane were never found.

Stirring nominated this poem for a Pushcart Prize. The poem is also available in my 2009 collection Card Tricks for the Starving published by Ghost Road Press.

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this is not a plea for help

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The Scientific Method, the History of Global Warming, and Groupthink

NOT BREAKING!!! Think Tanks Climate Change Denial and the Media/Policy Landscape

Two Different Examples of Government Censorship

A Brief History of Newspapers and Newsmedia

The Tea Party, History, Memes, and Media

Need a Free Read?

Indigo Kalliope: Poems from the Left - for a moment it seemed bigger than bombs

The Way I explained it to a Republican that Kind of Worked

very short diary on why we should join the Tea Party

Things You Can't Expect