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October 29, 2018 Jordan Barab

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October 26, 2018 Jordan Barab

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October 24, 2018 Jordan Barab

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A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about how “freak accidents” are neither “freak,” nor “accidental.” As I…

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October 22, 2018 Jordan Barab

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