Author: Serene Sargent

I make jewelry and try to read everything on the US Civil War and Reconstruction that comes out, (thereby knowing many smart people.) I know a bit of law, care about Beatles historiography and love the Nagras. Jane Austen whispered her Emma secrets to me across many miles and 200 years. ✨ My father was Bill Sargent, the Pay Per View Beatles guy. #DYRBRY

I am not a spy

So, as a non-Russia hating, radical, subversive hacker whose formal education was in Chemistry, speaks the wrong languages, thinks Israel commits war crimes and that America does as well, is embedded in the center of the proving grounds of the Military Industrial Complex and whose entire life was spent under the tutelage of a father that essentially made the Surveillance State possible, I just want to say, for the record:
I am not a spy.

The Call

Ethan ♥ [Tear Down the Wall] –let your memories grow stronger and stronger, till they’re before your eyes– August 29, 2008: “I know you’ll always love me no matter what. It’s not the same with him.”

MOOC Mania – Embedded Systems

I’m really excited and nervous about this class. (It’s always important to keep in mind that most professors are not necessarily naturals in front of a camera, especially in “intro” videos.) Yeah, yeah, Michael Sandel is definitely the exception. Noted. Back to business? Enough rockstar professor. Back to business. — Embedded Systems awesomeness —  …

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