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massandra
👤 About massandra
About Me
Hello! I’m a Bostonian engineer with a passion for writing, a fascination with how words are used, and a drive to share it with others.
My Goal
I aim to write content that pushes toward a goal. Every post should either serve as a foundation for ideas to come, or build upon the ones that came before. I hope you can use the roots and branches to see how ideas grow over time.
Engage!
I invite civil disagreement at every junction from all ends of the spectrum, whether further left, further right, or some other direction. I’m always looking to be proven wrong so I can do better next time.
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"For example…"
The outrage-to-action gap on September 03, 2025 -
"Write-up here."
S.2543 on September 03, 2025 -
"To summarize this bill, to the best of my understanding, it: Locks down privacy protections (patients, providers, dat..."
S.2543 on September 02, 2025 -
"This is not a law to prevent predators. It’s to keep curriculum age appropriate for K-3 But it isn’t aimed at general..."
Is "Don't Say Gay" coming to MA? on September 02, 2025 -
"I wrote an article about this bill here. In short, I think this is another smokescreen for chipping away at civil and..."
H.551 on September 01, 2025 -
"Whether someone ought to be here doesn’t have any bearing on whether or not they are here. They’re two different conc..."
Do we need to count illegal immigrants on the census? on September 01, 2025 -
"Disagree, I talked to a real person to avoid straw-manning them. It’s true that I went in knowing which points I want..."
⚔️ Across the aisle: ICE and overreach on August 24, 2025 -
"If I could rephrase your comment back to you to the best of my ability, I would say: Critiquing your past beliefs is ..."
How I left conservatism—and what progressives don't understand on August 18, 2025 -
"You’re “mistaking the map for the territory”, so to speak; your comment touches upon one of the most heated debates o..."
Slavery caused the Civil War (and why it matters) on August 15, 2025 -
"It’s true, but, I’m not saying that all these words have no true definition, or even that they aren’t accurate someti..."
Conservatives sell woke socialism: How to avoid lazy labels on August 12, 2025