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Wolves, Fire, and Dumbbells: Chaos CrossFit in the Home Gym
Introduction: Kitchen Island Cardio Every CrossFitter has a ridiculous story about their “first time.” For me, it wasn’t thrusters or...
Miranda Griffin
Sep 2327 min read
Numbers Over Lives: How Housing First Lost Its Promise
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Miranda Griffin
Sep 122 min read
From Sputnik to Silence: How Cold War Math Pipelines and Culture Wars Left America Illiterate in Survival Skills
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Miranda Griffin
Aug 2625 min read
The Motel Wi-Fi That Put Guests at Risk: Digital Neglect in Everyday Infrastructure
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Miranda Griffin
Aug 254 min read
“Spray and Pray” Is Not a Job Search Strategy (Or a Birth Control Method) And Other Harsh Truths About Why You’re Not Getting Interviews
The Job Search Meme Economy Every day, my feed turns into Groundhog Day: posts about job seekers who’ve sent 300 applications and landed...
Miranda Griffin
Aug 1412 min read
The Stability Lottery: How America’s Safety Nets Keep the Poor from Climbing Out
The Odds No One Chooses The woman in the motel room is doing everything “right.” She’s applying to jobs every day — not just any jobs,...
Miranda Griffin
Aug 1125 min read
When the River Rose: A Systems Failure in the Heart of Texas
A Wolves & Fire Studio Investigation – July 2025 Introduction: Not a Freak Storm — A System Laid Bare On the morning of July 4, 2025, the...
Miranda Griffin
Jul 3018 min read
How I Fought CORS, HTTP/2, DNS, and Render — and Became a Sysadmin on Accident
I wasn’t trying to become a sysadmin. I was just trying to launch Ember Relay — my investigative AI tool. The concept was simple: click a...
Miranda Griffin
Jul 57 min read
Building Ember Relay: A Brutally Honest Dispatch from the Front Lines of Innovation
Introduction: What the Hell Is Ember Relay and Why Build It? Ember Relay isn’t some slick VC-funded startup or weekend hackathon toy....
Miranda Griffin
Jul 39 min read
The Spark Behind the Sky: The Science, Systems, and Humanity of Fireworks
Awe in the Sky Fireworks ignite something ancient in us—something primal and poetic. With each boom, flash, and shower of sparks, we are...
Miranda Griffin
Jul 25 min read
Ember Relay - AI Intelligence for Field Investigators
Founder's Edition = $1,000 per month BUILT FOR FIELDWORK Ember Relay is your mobile command center. It transcribes voice notes....
Miranda Griffin
Jun 302 min read
“Midnight Hammer”: Airstrikes on Iran and the Cycle America Refuses to Break
The bombs have fallen. In late June 2025, the United States launched a sweeping aerial assault on three of Iran’s most fortified nuclear...
Miranda Griffin
Jun 225 min read
Field Notes from the Road: Early Summer 2025
Introduction: The Stillness Before the Burn It’s the fourth week of June 2025. Oregon has traded spring’s flirtations for a deep, verdant...
Miranda Griffin
Jun 218 min read
Weekly U.S. Weather Review: June 8–14, 2025
Back from birthday week—and back on the radar We’re back after taking a short birthday-week break with the very first Weekly Weather...
Miranda Griffin
Jun 172 min read
The Barometer Is Broken: Legal Pressure Systems in the Housing Sector
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Miranda Griffin
Jun 88 min read
Forecasting the Fallout: Why I Use Weather to Explain Broken Systems
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Miranda Griffin
Jun 85 min read
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