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Jun 13
On Protests and MovementsThis is an attempt to integrate a series of shorter, related writings that I’ve published in my newsletter [http://jasonshen.substack.com] over the last few weeks. Much of it touches on the Black Lives Matter movement, which I wrote about back in 2016, [https://www.jasonshen.com/2016/
Jul 11
What the Black Lives Matter Movement Means to MeThe events of the last week have been horrifying, infuriating, and deeply saddening. Two black men, Alton Sterling, and Philando Castile, have been shot dead by police officers. Men who were not resisting arrest, not posing a threat, and who should not be dead. Their final, awful moments, filmed on
Jan 05
8 Thoughts from a Techie on SF vs NYCWe take a quick break from the #WkofBks to bring something a little different for the Your Turn Challenge (Day #5, yes I’m behind). I just spent a week in San Francisco, seeing friends and working out of the Percolate SF offices. While they were fresh in my mind,