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2024-11-07: A Hero’s Death Dragged, by a noose, at the end of a horse.

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2024-07-16: You Are Not Stephen King There’s an Apple productivity blogger and podcaster named David Sparks, who seems sincerely to have …

2024-06-19: Parable for the Perpetuation of Intergenerational Trauma So afraid of bogeymen, we have not noticed the monster we have become.

2024-06-07: No, Seriously, You Contain Multitudes Instead of seeking consistency in yourself or others — because we’re made of countless parts and …

2024-04-09: In Writing, Sensory Detail Serves Scenic Detail Sensory detail for its own sake is boring. Nobody can reconstruct precisely what a character looks …

2024-02-08: It’s Too Late Nice try, but just saying “late capitalism” doesn’t make it so. Most historical epochs aren’t …