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Summer 2025 U.S. Vibe Brief
A contemporary sentiment and vibe map of the US with o3
16 hrs ago
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Occam’s Shaving Cream
And other joy-sparking nuggets
Jul 20
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The Beekeeper's Dilemma
The Great Detective ponders retirement
Jul 13
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Tripwire Minds, Clockwork Days
There is no healthy lifestyle formula for creative production
Jul 10
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Be History or Do History?
The be somebody/do something fork in relating to history
Jul 5
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June 2025
The Modernity Machine II
A book club update.
Jun 28
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The Dilemma of the Pacifist Lion
The evolving view from the foxy B-plot of history
Jun 22
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Prompting is Managing
No, LLMs aren't creating “Cognitive Debt”
Jun 19
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Not Just a Camera, Not Just an Engine
Rejecting blind builder and helpless witness narratives in favor of constitutive narratives
Jun 14
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The Right Side of History
Or why I'm posting through the Gramsci Gap
Jun 7
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Traveling, Thinking, and Thinking About Traveling
Turns out, I'm not actually nomadic by temperament
Jun 1
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May 2025
Three Pieces, May 2025
Bad crypto threatening good crypto, two protocol fictions
May 25
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