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Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis: immigration policies

Introduction 

Over the past few months, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been bussing immigrants from Texas to Washington D.C., and more recently, having them disembark in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence.

The prisoner’s dilemma is not just about prisoners

Human interaction and decision-making are challenging to quantify. When we think about all the factors that play into a decision or encounter between groups of people—each person’s motivations, the amount of information each person holds, the cooperation between different people involved—the system quickly becomes a vast complex of inputs and outputs, with no clear function on how to get from one to the other.  

The story of my shoes

If you know me, you are probably familiar with the Sperry shoes I wear nearly every day. They became my go-to in high school and have been with me ever since.

Not very powerful, to be honest: The Rings of Power (Ep 1 & 2)

I’d like to start this off by saying that I am a huge Lord of the Rings fan. I’ve read and watched the whole series multiple times, saw all The Hobbit movies on opening night, and was even Arwen one year for Halloween in middle school.

Every noise at once: algorithms in the music industry and microgenre

The prevalence of streaming services and the internet have changed the landscape of music. TikTok acts as a powerful promotional tool—if your song can soundtrack a trend or get picked up by a dance challenge, that virality translates to more listens than could ever before be achieved by small and independent artists.

The femininity of cats

I am sitting at my desk typing on my computer, acquainted by my lovely (but crazy) kitten, Kiwi. She is tirelessly trying to run across my keyboard, which almost always adds random characters to whatever document I am working on.

Q: What do I do if I’m third wheeling?

Claire: 

Now that cuffing season has started, it’s likely that you might start noticing more and more of your friends coupling up.

A Relatable Assassin, Billy Summers by Stephen King

The protagonist in any crime or detective novel follows the stereotype of being a male detective who devotes his career to catching the antagonist in hopes of validation from himself or others while learning a lesson on how to embody the unbreakable masculine persona.