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I like the combination terms “nerdy geek” or”geeky nerd”, and wear such labels proudly. But I must admit that you have a way cooler collection of GN tools than I do. Does that qualify as tool envy?😊

Also, with so many states trying to limit discussion on race, sexual identity, and religion; restrict voting access, ban abortions, and dissolve the separation of church and state; and with the growing distrust of science and experts…it certainly feels like our society is regressing.

The 1946 poem by the German Lutheran minister Martin Niemoller comes to mind:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

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