User:Chetvorno
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I live near Seattle, in Washington state, on the west coast of the USA. I concentrate on writing and improving articles in my areas of interest: electronics, physics, horology, history of technology, pacifism, and international folk dance. I specialize in making STEM articles more understandable for the general reader, as I feel WP has a problem in this area. Another interest is combating pseudoscience in WP articles.
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