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About Rayne
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Entries by Rayne
Three Things: Dial M for Michigan
/67 Comments/in Civil Rights, Democrats, Domestic Policy/by RayneIt was a big week for the Mitten State which I call home — big ups and equally big downs, like a roller coaster.
Three Things: Dead, Deader, Deadest
/73 Comments/in Energy Policy, Foreign Policy, Russo-Ukrainian War/by RayneThere’s a heck of a lot of death and dying related to Russia and the invasion of Ukraine. Not all of it is on the battlefield; some death needs to be encouraged, like death to fossil fuels.
Open Thread: Spring Has Sprung
/115 Comments/in Culture/by RayneWhatever benchmark or holiday you observe, with family or by yourself, feel free to shout out here in this open thread.
Open Thread: The Case of Fake Federal Personnel in the Navy Yard [UPDATE-1]
/349 Comments/in Intelligence/by RayneTwo men were arrested for impersonating federal employees after the U.S. Postal Inspection Service began an investigation into the alleged assault of a postal carrier in/near a D.C. building raided yesterday. What the heck is going on?
This Is Not How You Wield Power: Toxic Punditry’s Lack of Self Awareness
/78 Comments/in Biden Administration, Congress, Media, SCOTUS/by RayneThe real power to which MSNBC’s Hasan and Mohyeldin deliberately turned a blind eye wasn’t Nancy Pelosi’s as House Speaker.
Day Four — The Well-Qualified K. B. J.
/25 Comments/in Biden Administration, Civil Rights, SCOTUS/by RayneIt’s the fourth and final day of U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
And Three More Things: Day Three — The Well-Qualified K. B. J. [UPDATE-1]
/55 Comments/in Biden Administration, Civil Rights, SCOTUS/by RayneThird day of confirmation hearings have begun before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Biden’s Supreme Court justice nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Three More Things: Day Two — The Well-Qualified K. B. J.
/57 Comments/in Biden Administration, Civil Rights, SCOTUS/by RayneSecond day of confirmation hearings have begun before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Biden’s Supreme Court justice nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Three Things: The Well-Qualified K. B. J.
/80 Comments/in Biden Administration, Civil Rights, SCOTUS/by RayneConfirmation hearings begin today before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Biden’s Supreme Court justice nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.