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Dispatches from the Sunken Place

SPECIAL NOTE: Warning -- Spoiler Alert! In this essay I talk about the movie GET OUT. If you … [Read more...] about Dispatches from the Sunken Place

Call of Duty It sucks having to do unpaid work, especially when you need (and are seeking) … [Read more...] about My New Job

From his first hours in office, [Trump] has relentlessly driven domestic, economic and foreign … [Read more...] about There Was Always Something Inevitable About This

I once sat in a sacred song circle and the song leader played a little recording to us at one point … [Read more...] about Programmed by Birds

ELON MUSK: The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy. The empathy exploit. They're … [Read more...] about The Empathy Response