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CBL #93 - Some thoughts on thinking/acting, naming/doing, and where this blog is headed

3 weeks ago 16 votes
Chelsea is not a metaphor.

CITS #92 | May 22, 2025

a month ago 17 votes
We don't have time, we are time. | Friday Footnotes #4

Footnote #4 is based on a passage from 4,000 weeks by Oliver Burkeman.

2 months ago 33 votes
Sonder, Sobriety, and Abstractions | Friday Footnotes #3

Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.

3 months ago 29 votes

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The Good Sides Of Nepotism

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2 days ago 4 votes
Diaries of Note: 366 Lives, One Day at a Time

A diary is a rare thing: an unfiltered space where a person can meet themselves without judgement, without audience, and (for most, at least) without performance. In an age of constant sharing and curated lives, the diary remains stubbornly private, gloriously unedited. It offers us something we rarely find elsewhere: truth, in all its flawed […]

3 days ago 6 votes