Cathi Harris - The View from Here

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Essays

Setting the record straight

The powerful escape responsibility while the real heroes are erased.

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Writing (Links)

Ghost stories

My favorite sites on the platform.

News Analysis

Free from this

I can't be the only one who really remembers 2016, right?

News Analysis

How do they know how we voted?

If ballots are anonymous, how is demographic information about voters obtained? The answer: Exit polls.

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Essays

Basic human rights versus your grocery bill

Why that's a false dichotomy

Essays

This is what mass deportation looks like

Think long and hard about how what this could lead to.

Work

Join me on Bluesky

To me, it feels the most like OG Twitter - a place to read others' opinions and information - uncluttered by the bots, spam, and trolls that are ruining the other platform.

Personal

Still glancing back ..

I have been thinking a lot about diasporas lately. What it means to live long term in a society outside the one you were raised in.

Personal

Why I'm excited to vote for Kamala Harris

She will be the standard bearer for a compelling alternate vision for the future of the United States.

Personal

Still American

On loving and leaving the United States

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Writing (Links)

Did Google shoot itself in the search engine?

AI Overviews prove not ready for prime time

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Writing (Links)

In which I try to make 'fetch' happen

I think anyone who has ever used Google Maps to get directions can see the potential pitfalls of letting AI tell you where you go for Sunday dinner or the best local dry cleaners - let alone anything of greater consequence.

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