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Changing Up the Routine: Acknowledging the Inevitable Tsunami

Changing Up the Routine: Acknowledging the Inevitable Tsunami

It takes 33 pounds of pressure and five minutes to strangle the life out of a grown human.

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Oct 17, 2021
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Sitting in a Starbucks in River Forest, Illinois and I look around for a moment at the various apes in the room. It is a multicultural spread this afternoon: a few black people, a few brown people, an unsurprising majority of pink folks are in attendance.

There are 22 patrons sitting. Seventeen laptops or iPads are open and being furiously fueled by the …

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