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Dec 7, 2020

Motorcycles of Africa - Uganda

Consider the humble motorcycle. Commonly known in East Africa as a “boda-boda” (the vibrating sound of a poorly muffled two-stroke engine)…

Motorcycles of Africa - Uganda

Isaac Morrison

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Jun 26

AI wins when people are lonely.

Yesterday I was renewing my passport and needed a digital headshot for the online application, so my partner stood me in front of a blank…

Screencap of an AI rendering that converted a digital photo of the author into a mimicry of a hand-drawn pencil sketch as though it were rendered on a piece of torn-out notebook paper. It’s just a screencap, because I don’t want to encourage the algorithm.

Isaac Morrison

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Oct 3, 2025

I Will Wait For You, Chimele

It was spring again in Rashcov — an early spring, following an early winter.

Isaac Morrison

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Sep 11, 2025

On James Dobson and Charlie Kirk

As an older refugee from the conservative evangelical christian community in which I was raised, I’m reaching the half-century mark now…

Isaac Morrison

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May 13, 2025

Gardens and Guns

One year ago, today, I built a small tool shed for the community garden I manage.

Gardens and Guns

Isaac Morrison

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May 26, 2022

Seven things to do in the aftermath of a mass shooting:

Grim as it may be to say it, doing these things after a shooting really just means you’re doing them before the next shooting.

Isaac Morrison

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Jan 6, 2022

Teens, Guns, Youth Group, and January 6

I remember a specific Wednesday night at my church youth group, sometime back in the early 1990s. At 16, I was probably the oldest of the…

Teens, Guns, Youth Group, and January 6

Isaac Morrison

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Jul 20, 2021

Beware the Return

Going back to the office may be harder than you expect.

Beware the Return

Isaac Morrison

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Apr 2, 2021

Fear and Loathing in Pandemic Parenting

“We were somewhere outside of Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.”

Fear and Loathing in Pandemic Parenting

Isaac Morrison

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Mar 6, 2021

The Himbo Approach to Global Travel

One of the principal reasons I chose my current profession was the appeal of travel. Going places I’d never been. Meeting people I…

The Himbo Approach to Global Travel

Isaac Morrison

Isaac Morrison

Baltimore climate dad fights existential terror with existential counter-terrorism. The soft underbelly of the cutting edge.

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