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I learned that some people are using AI to generate a summary of my book!

I therefore decided to compete with AI by writing my own summary, which I am calling Over the Cliff Notes.

The Over The Cliff Notes are here:
https://terikanefield.com/over-the-cliff-notes/

I also linked to them on the main page:
https://terikanefield.com/whyextremismhappens/

But nobody ever reads just the Cliff Notes, right?

Hi, Mastodon friends,

I've been busy. I decided to turn that long blog post into a free book.

Once I started working with it, I saw a million ways to improve it and make it more readable, so I think it's better.

I had it professionally proofread, copyedited, and fact checked. Any errors are mine because I had to transfer all the marks to the Indesign document.

Anyone wanna advance peek?

I don't know how to put a PDF here, so it's on the blog page:

https://terikanefield.com/whyextremismhappens/

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I really am working on something to do with politics and law, but meanwhile, given the wisdom people have shared with me about AI bots, I have a story.

Last year, my husband and I did a building project. During the course of the project, a building department official issued us illegal orders. I asked to see the statute he was basing the order on. He was misreading the statute.

I made an appointment and tried to explain his misreading. He was completely cocky and arrogant . .

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We’re excited to release Mastodon 4.5 into the world! Arriving just a few months after the last release, this version brings the long-awaited Quote Posts feature, along with many other goodies. Here’s a quick look (you should read our blog post for more!)

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5

In honor of the special occasion, I have a blog post ready: All About the Tenth Amendment.

(No, really, it IS all about the Tenth Amendment)

As always, posting here first. If you see any errors please let me know.

https://terikanefield.com/its-all-about-the-tenth-amendment/

I have a blog post ready. This one is about the intersection of brain chemistry and politics.

It's here: https://terikanefield.com/your-brain-on-ideology/

When the Guardian, the Telegraph, and Communications Professor Jennifer Mercieca recommended The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking by Leor Zmigrod, I figured I should get a copy and read it.

So I did.

Here's my 2 picture summary of the book ⤵️

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I just realized that it's April 23.

That means it's the anniversary of the Farmville, Virginia Motion High School student strike.

What? You don't know about that?

Well, in 1951, Barbara Johns was fed up with the deplorable conditions in her segregated school, so she organized a strike. She was inspired by labor strikes.

After she and her classmates turned the rural town of Farmville upside down, she called in the NAACP.

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🎉 HIGH-RES PDF versions now available for all 435 House districts *and* all 50 states +DC!

Use the drop-down menu to pick the state (CA, FL, NY & TX have been broken into multiple pages).

Scroll down for PDF links.

SHARE WIDELY!

https://acasignups.net/piecharts

So I saw Wicked, Part I.

Anyone else like it?

It was so woke. And it was about democracy and fascism.

(Or maybe if you spend e enough time thinking about democracy and fascism, everything is about democracy and fascism. Or maybe everything IS about democracy and fascism🤔 )

I don't think there are any spoilers, but if you didn't see it, none of this will make sense.

The theme is that you can either be popular, or you can be good. . .

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Hello Mastodon peeps,

I have a new blog post ready called "Do the People Want a King?"

Usually I write a short intro but it seems to me a blog post called "Do the People Want a King" needs no further introduction.

It's part of the political philosophy series I'm working on.

https://terikanefield.com/part-5-do-the-people-want-a-king/