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We have the technology for secure voting

Distrust is stopping us from using it. We have the technology to conduct secure voting. The technology is not 100% un-hackable. Society has not invented Hacker-proof technology yet. However, it can provide security, anonymity, and accuracy to ensure fair elections.ff Then why are we not using digital technology to vote…

Vote

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We have the technology for secure voting
We have the technology for secure voting

Apr 20

Black Skin & Fashion

The New Black Vanguard Exhibition is Coming to a Place Near You (hopefully) At a recent visit to the Detroit Institute of Art, I was lucky enough to catch the last day of the exhibition, The New Black Vanguard — Photography Between Art and Fashion. The photos in this collection…

Photography

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Black Skin & Fashion
Black Skin & Fashion

Feb 7

Cybersecurity Training Opportunities

You don't have to spend a fortune to receive quality Cybersecurity Training. There are several pathways to a career in cybersecurity. Some of the skillsets for cybersecurity overlap, such as pen testing and network analysis, and some require different skillsets, such as risk management or contingency planning. The best way…

Cybersecurity

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Cybersecurity Training Opportunities
Cybersecurity Training Opportunities

Jan 16

Sydney Poitier

a personal perspective on an iconic legend Sidney Poitier was the most iconic Black actor for almost three-quarters of a century. We could always look to this larger-than-life figure and imagine what life could be like for African Americans both on and off-screen. As a boy growing up in the…

Hollywood

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Sydney Poitier
Sydney Poitier

Jan 8

Covid Fog

I recovered from COVID-19 over a year ago — or did I? My COVID experience was a family affair. I, my wife, and two grown children went through COVID in November of 2020. Of the four of us, my symptoms were less severe. If I did not know about COVID…

Covid 19

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Covid Fog
Covid Fog

Jan 5

Birds in my backyard

during the pandemic, I turned my attention to our avian neighbors I’ve been taking photographs of Colorado birds for a few years and I’ve run into a sort of cul-de-sac as far as the frequency of finding and photographing new birds species. So when I do find new species to…

Birds

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Birds in my backyard
Birds in my backyard

Dec 22, 2021

Technology for the sake of technology

using apps for simple tasks does not make you a tech-savvy I'm old enough to remember what life was like before email. I was in the military-industrial complex during the '70s through the '90s. To put it in its most straightforward way, that was the time the military went from…

Education Technology

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Technology for the sake of technology
Technology for the sake of technology

Nov 29, 2021

Tips on safe online shopping

you can ensure your personal information is safe by implementing a few easy measures. Consumers are poised to set record spending this holiday season. Consumer spending is over 70% of the total market, and a large portion of that happens in November and December. Nearly 80% of all consumers plan…

Online Shopping

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Tips on safe online shopping
Tips on safe online shopping

Nov 23, 2021

Alamance County: Digging Through My Family Roots

Armed insurrection, a war against the Klan, martial law enacted in an American town, Governor impeachment, a multimillion-dollar corporation built on free labor, a paternalistic slave owner, and the resilience of a former slave and first Black Deputy in the middle of all this. My name is Thomas Holt Russell…

Slavery

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Alamance County: Digging Through My Family Roots
Alamance County: Digging Through My Family Roots

Nov 10, 2021

Internet Blackout In a Small, Poor Country

We should pay attention. The Internet is the bad blood that flows through the American vein. It's mixed in with the good stuff. But if you try to take even a part of it out of your system, bad things will happen. In the land of Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, war…

Internet

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Internet Blackout In a Small, Poor Country
Internet Blackout In a Small, Poor Country
Thomas Holt Russell

Thomas Holt Russell

Humanist, educator, writer, photographer, and modern-day Luddite. http://thomasholtrussell.zenfolio.com/ My writing is a living organism.

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