I’m surrounded by dissention, anger and invective. It makes me want to scream.  There are so many critical discussions, history making decisions that we need to make as a society and as a species.  Wh...

As someone deeply interested in data and data systems, I’ve been thinking about how the Trump administration’s attacks on data, these collections of information that are critical to researchers and scientists. And how they’ve also been attacking science, research, and innovation. This administration has been fighting a sweeping information war meant to distort and suppress facts, ideas, and history that doesn’t “align with the president’s agenda,”

I've been thinking about something of a rebrand. Basically, want to align different elements of my web presence with elements of my life. The professional side, the poet, and, well, everything else. What I've decided is to distribute my content across three sites (I already held these domains) CarlSetzer.com (this site...professional content) CarlSetzer.net (for haiku and other poetry) NotJustSeattle…