The time always goes so fast. This week was exceptionally productive and yet I still feel like I didn’t check enough off of my goals. Mentally, I’ve been exhausted. But I managed to clear some major stressors off my plate this week. I finished a piece on the Proud Boys that was long overdue and I needed to get it done. I gave a presentation at work recapping my most recent project, and I finished some slides for an upcoming internal work conference. I also got major work done on First Vigil, finishing some to-dos, like adding a writeup on the Dylann Roof violent fandom. You didn’t really need that sentence. No one needed that sentence. I can’t believe I had to write it. Nevertheless, some interesting things worth sharing this week. ...

Revisiting some old works on the alarming murder rate of transgender people, particularly Black transgender women, has caused me to want to revisit some analysis on what the murder rate would look like in proportion to the cisgender white male population in the US. ...

This was the first full week of the year, so I get the sense that “back to work” was the theme of many people’s lives. For me, it also marked my return to Berlin, and with that came an exceptional amount of busywork. I’m only here for a short time before heading off to my next project for a bit, but I wanted to get some things in place this week. Between running errands and meeting up with friends whom I hadn’t seen in weeks, I hardly had time to breathe. I didn’t get as much done as I’d like, but given how busy I was, I am shocked by how much I accomplished. ...

This post works though the exercises for Chapter 1 of Axler's Linear Algebra Done Right. The summary review can be found here. ...

During my undergrad, I took a linear algebra class that I struggled with enough to switch sections to another professor early in the semester. A big reason I switched classes was the text, Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler. ...

My holiday break is coming to an end and it was good to be back in Charlottesville for a spell. I had the chance to spend time with family and friends and rang in the new year with @socialistdogmom’s adorable antifascist dachshunds. I’m heading off on some travels, which includes a trip to Berlin to bring some things out to my flat there, before heading out to my next assignment. Much of the week was spent socializing, traveling, and relaxing so this recap is perhaps a bit lite. ...