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Hi, I'm Si (he/him, pronounced saɪ or like "sigh"), and this is my website. There's nothing here beyond the page that you're currently reading, but I appreciate you visiting anyway. Thanks!

If you'd like to send me an email, you can reach me via my name at this domain. For business stuff (online video technology), I'm easy to find on LinkedIn.

We live in interesting times, and I recommend this short book to get an idea of when we have been in similar positions in the past, and what we can do because nothing's inevitable. Most of us can't change the world, but we can all do a little something to make our communities safer and more welcoming places for you and those around you, be they family, friends, or strangers.

Do not obey in advance.

Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.

It's not a competition for who's worse, but this two-parter from The Dollop is an enlightening (and very funny) look at how bad things were under Reagan too. Out-in-the-open corruption, wanton cruelty, and wilful incompetence isn't new. We've been through this before, and will get through this again. But some of us won't, so don't quit yet.