@M8oTheWolf

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Democracy. Politics. Clean energy. 

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” -Henry David Thoreau

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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?

Over the Cliff Notes - Teri Kanefield

How Intolerance and Extremism Happen: Understanding our Deepest Divides   OVERVIEW This (short) book is based on the idea that the first steep to bridging our deepest divides is to understand those divides. PART 1: DEMAGOGUES AND ARTISTS Demagogues and dictators (a subset of demagogues) frequently lead extremist movements. They often enjoy widespread popular support. […]

Teri Kanefield

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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Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen by Teri Kanefield

This is the full text of a book that I am offering for free. Barnes and Noble Kobo Amazon Google Books Apple Books It’s on Goodreads. Or you can download a PDF by clicking here. Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen: Understanding Our Deepest Divides   He who knows only his own side of the case […]

Teri Kanefield

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

Mastodon 4.5

Quote posts, the end of missing replies, new tools for admins and better emojis. All of these and more, in our latest release.

Mastodon Blog

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/

It's All About the Tenth Amendment - Teri Kanefield

No, really, it is. The history of the Tenth Amendment explains [almost] everything happening in politics and government today. But before I get to the [scintillating] topic of the Tenth Amendment, I have an announcement: Today is the birthday of Rebels, Robbers, and Radicals: The Story of the Bill of Rights. (I have created birth […]

Teri Kanefield

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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Your Brain on Ideology - Teri Kanefield

When the Guardian, the Telegraph, and 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. Leor Zmigrod is a political neuroscientist with an impressive resume. Her book is about how our brains function and why so […]

Teri Kanefield

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

Bringing Pie Charts to a Knife Fight: Medicaid, ACA & Medicare enrollment by House District! (updated)

Originally posted 2/26/25 Political battles are usually won based on appealing to emotion, not to facts, policy or logic. However, you should still have those facts at your disposal for two reasons: First, they still help you craft appeals to emotion. Second, they also help you craft the actual policy. Besides, I'm a data guy; my primary job is to help put facts & policy into easily-understandable context. Over the past couple of months I've compiled a master spreadsheet breaking out enrollment in ACA plans (Qualified Health Plans & Basic Health Plans), Medicaid/CHIP coverage (both traditional & via ACA expansion) and Medicare (both Fee-for-Services & Advantage) at the Congressional District levels. As noted in the methodology for each, there's a small amount of fuzziness in some of the numbers for a couple of reasons, the main one being that the "as of" date varies depending on the type of coverage--Medicaid/CHIP total numbers are as of last October, while ACA Expansion Medicaid is as of last June; Medicare data is as of September 2024; and ACA exchange QHPs/BHPs are as of January 2025.

ACA Signups

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/