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The Living Directors (1986–2019)

Film Through The Lens Of An American 80s Baby — Welcome to The Living Directors (1986–2019) which, for the time being, is an ongoing document meant to be amended. The rules are set, but additions and retractions can and will be made as new shit comes to light. Links to new media will be posted, podcasts will be recorded, and…

Movies

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The Living Directors (1986–2019)
The Living Directors (1986–2019)
Movies

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Mar 8

Natural Intelligence

I’m with Noam Chomsky. ChatGPT doesn’t interest me much. It will evolve, of course, and it will be useful for many professions. It will replace some jobs, and it will create others. Computers and AI far surpass what most humans can do now. That’s a given, but it doesn’t inhibit…

Artificial Intelligence

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Natural Intelligence
Natural Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

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Nov 1, 2022

The Single Issue

Fox News told us there would be fentanyl in our Halloween candy. There wasn’t. Yet, they don’t have to answer for their falsehoods and fear mongering. They never do, and this is the important point. Conspiracies are the fuel to the engine of the most powerful and influential conservative voices…

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The Single Issue
The Single Issue

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Oct 25, 2022

Understanding Asylum

Today a student sat at a four-person table in the center of class by himself while I handed out the day’s worksheet that was due at the end of the period. While I walk around passing out papers I feel an unfamiliar tug on my sleeve that doesn’t normally happen…

Syria

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Understanding Asylum
Understanding Asylum
Syria

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Aug 6, 2022

I feel you think lowly of me

By Derek

Poem

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I feel you think lowly of me
I feel you think lowly of me
Poem

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Jul 12, 2022

New Episode of Talking Black Art — Selma (Pt. 2)

Hosted by Cory Hunt and Derek Ahlswede —

Martin Luther King

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New Episode of Talking Black Art — Selma (Pt. 2)
New Episode of Talking Black Art — Selma (Pt. 2)
Martin Luther King

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Jun 7, 2022

The Great 28, Pt. 1

Ranking The Best Rap Albums — I’m an 80s baby who moved from Maryland to California when I was seven-years-old and never turned back. For Westcoasters my age hip hop didn’t really get started until it controversially crashed the late 80s with NWA, Too $hort, and 2 Live Crew (an adopted cultural crossover from the southeast)…

Hip Hop

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The Great 28, Pt. 1
The Great 28, Pt. 1
Hip Hop

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Jun 7, 2022

The Great 28, Pt. 2

Ranking The Best Rap Albums — The Great 28, Pt. 1 Ranking The Best Rap Albumsahlswedecollection.medium.com 7. good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012) — Kendrick Lamar It is a glorious narration from front to back. It is a comprehensive biography of Kendrick’s life growing from a boy to a man in Compton, California, from the 1990s to present day. What is this album? It is immaculate…

Hip Hop

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The Great 28, Pt. 2
The Great 28, Pt. 2
Hip Hop

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Oct 2, 2019

Solving Baseball

It’s Time for the MLB to Steal from Other Major Sports — Baseball is now third in major American sports popularity. The second place NBA is rising while the MLB slowly falls. Soccer, too, is climbing in popularity every year, and is on baseball’s heels. Football Still Americans' Favorite Sport to Watch Story Highlights 37% say football is their favorite sport to watch, by far the most for any sport Baseball is at its…news.gallup.com

Sports

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Solving Baseball
Solving Baseball
Sports

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Sep 9, 2019

2020 Presidential Lineup

The Democrats, Pt. 3 | All-First and Second Team — About a week ago ABC released the lineup for its first Democratic debate of 2019, to take place Thursday. The participating candidates have been in my top ten for a couple of months now, so bravo to ABC for knocking off the dead leaves while we head into autumn…

Politics

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2020 Presidential Lineup
2020 Presidential Lineup
Politics

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