Scott Abel
scottabel.bsky.social
Scott Abel
@scottabel.bsky.social
Content strategy and technical documentation management expert. Webinar host, writer, researcher, and presenter. 🏳️‍🌈 Desert-dwelling dance music producer and flagger. A chatbot will likely replace you.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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In the 20th century, they were known as "concentration camps." Now, they are simply called "housing."

Doesn't that sound so much more humane? Voila, problem solved!
January 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-

Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
January 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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This photo hits hard.
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:

1. Create a new $15B science fund

2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada

3. Immediate permanent residency

4. Citizenship after 2 years

Overnight a science superpower
January 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Catching up with my buddy — and sister from another mother —Bernadette at Bernie’s Coffee Shop in San Francisco.
February 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
July 7, 2023 at 5:27 PM