Todd MG Kopriva

Can a Farming Community Resist a Development Boom? - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts When a pro-growth mayor in rural Tennessee dies unexpectedly, his vision for development is suddenly challenged. What began as a land dispute quickly escalates into a clash of values, dividing the dee...

The divide between culture-preserving and liberty-preserving conservatism is illustrated well in this podcast about a rural county in Tennessee.

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These voices sound a lot like what I heard in North Dakota when we were talking about whether to allow fracking on our farm.

@marthawells.com , thank you for your portrayal of social anxiety in _All Systems Red_. One of the reasons that I read is to understand other people; this novella surprised me by showing me that a stranger understands me.

Seattle runner felt 'a weird sense of emptiness' after finishing this feat Among us is a small group of Seattleites who have walked or run the length of all, or most, of the city’s over 1,600 public streets. They have stories to tell.

@romanmars.bsky.social , thanks for the good advice to always read the plaque. I'm glad that I was able to propagate that message here: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

the first day of the rest Here is a lightly edited version of a message that I just sent out to a broad set of people at Google, announcing my… retirement? Todd Kopriva has left the building. I’m on vacation starting March …

Retirement or something like it:

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In preparation for an upcoming high school reunion, some of my classmates have been posting capsule biographies to update each other about their lives since high school.

Here is mine:
pophenie.com/2024/06/24/m...

Yamaha MT-07

For a name for our new motorcycle, Sandy and I were considering ships from _The Expanse_.

We chose _Amosarala_.