Wednesday: Tick-Tock Stock
In this post: A short film depicts a failed love story in electronic debris and a tick-tock behind yesterday’s stock market’s scramble.
Author Archive for: Rayne
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
Show Us Where the Bad Men Touched You, Jason
/2 Comments/in Congress, Culture, Republicans/by RayneWhat happened in that room when they were alone, out of the public’s eye? How and where were GOP Congresspersons touched?
Flashback: The Road Ahead
/5 Comments/in Culture, Democrats/by RayneLast of a four-part series. In this piece I’d laid out what needed to be done in a local organization which wasn’t organized back then. It may still serve as a map for the road ahead.
Flashback: Rougher Roads
/18 Comments/in Culture, Democrats/by RaynePart Three of this four-part series looking back at popping my activist cherry. So not a virgin any more, and a damned good thing given how much rougher the road ahead.
Flashback: A Personal Journey
/7 Comments/in Culture, Democrats/by RaynePart Two of a four-part series — what a journey it was from 2003, and what a trip since then on the road of political discovery.
Flashback: This Miserable State
/24 Comments/in Culture, Democrats/by RayneA trip back through recent history with The Angry Left: How We Found Our Way to This Miserable State — Part One of a four-part series.
Swear or Affirm, Protect and Defend
/4 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Culture/by RayneWe require elected officials and federal employees to swear an oath with specific requirements. Certain officials-to-be don’t appear ready to fulfill their oaths to us.
The Day After Election Day 2016
/38 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election/by RayneDedicated post-mortem thread for the Day After the 2016 Election Day content.
Election Day 2016
/31 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election/by RayneDedicated thread for 2016 Election Day content. How’d your voting experience go?
Monday: A Border Too Far
/1 Comment/in 2016 Presidential Election, Culture, Cybersecurity, Energy Policy, Foreign Policy/by RayneIn this roundup: Turkey, pipelines, and a border not meant to be crossed.