Category: The Internet
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The Paradox of the Thirst Trap
A random observation about how a culture that gets more liberal also gets more prudish, because if everything is sexy, nothing is
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Martyrs to Degradation
Making sense of the process of turning off the noise without losing the core of what you’re trying to protect
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The only way to begin is by beginning
A fan letter to Dropout for showing how you don’t have to give up your core values to be successful
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I Know Exactly What I’ll Find In My Letterboxd Tomorrow
Another entry in my ongoing (and futile) campaign against movie snobbery
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I Was Wrong About the New Reeder
Silvio Rizzi’s redesign of his excellent RSS reader into a unified hub for the internet makes RSS feel relevant again
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The Audacity of Cringe
Giving up smoking and other bad habits, and rebuilding a better outlook based on The New Honesty, Good Vibes, and Trust
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Hillbilly L-Shaped Sectional
An obvious, absurd, and harmless lie is the best way to show contempt for someone without ruining the mood
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Happily Outside the Room Where It Happens
What happens when an already-dysfunctional political system comes into contact with ten million experts
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Do Not Cite the Deep Magic To Me
A simple and hopefully obvious reminder that if we try to learn everything from history, we are doomed to repeat it.