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It’s been about a year since I’ve done any interesting personal tech project … but I have started sourdough bread, gardened all the things, started some woodcraft projects with my kids, and rebuilt our bikes.
#probably time for a tech project though

Been thinking about this graphic for quite a while. A couple of years, I think. It's been going around social media for a while. At one point I hunted down its origin, and... anyway, I'm going to basically dump all my issues with this right here.

Right up front: some people will think I'm obviously racist for criticizing something intended to be antiracist. And I do think the creator (and definitely the people sharing this around) have their hearts in the right place. Unfortunately (maybe just for me), that's not how science works, and I think this graphic was created in a way that essentially asks for the legitimacy of science despite having no scientific foundation.

The unloadening of mine issues shall begin in the reply to this.