Kin Lane @[email protected]

As a white male growing up in rural Oregon it took me living in NYC, DC, and Oakland, before I fully understand what all the concern and talk about crime in cities was about in this country. I absolutely love all three of these towns. Diverse and rich spaces with their own deep histories.

I am the guy who brings my Swiss army knife with wagon of recyclables to building recycling center to break down my boxes. I do my neighbors too. Building maintenance guy happen to be on floor taking in recycling. He said, oh you are the guy who breaks his stuff down. Rare beast. ;-(

Does anyone still read blogs? If so, how do you stay up to date on them? Reader? Social? Other?

Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
We're pretty sure they're all wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjvRHilqkIk&ab_channel=KinLane%2CTheAPIEvangelist

https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2025/08/public-broadcasting-cpb-trump/

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/colonizing-the-cosmos/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/los-angeles-1936-bum-blockade-targeted-american-migrants-fleeing-poverty-and-drought-during-the-great-depression-180987022/

https://buttondown.com/kin-lane/archive/a-week-of-being-kin-lane-july-28th-2025/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_qkVPZ8DJI&ab_channel=TheLateShowwithStephenColbert

The only memory from FB I have reshared and feel speaks to my memories on FB.

https://blog.edtechie.net/weblogs/on-blogging-again/

https://buttondown.com/kin-lane/archive/a-week-of-being-kin-lane-july-14th-2025/

75% of cannabis, cocaine, and heroin users are male.

https://kinlane.com/2025/07/10/wreckage-to-reconstruction/

https://kinlane.com/2025/07/07/critical-mass-in-new-york-city-copy/

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/edward-quin-historical-atlas/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLaLQRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFYMEpJWHR3a21adkNsM2k0AR6UxInOWPrLLv2c6TlyLPsHdxzDkqK3jauozP4btPUZ23o0iA-LNBM5A14rIA_aem_tFXu60bJoXjN_tZm03JyOg