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Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media
I bet you're wondering how we got here...
Dec 22, 2022
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This Is Why You Feel That Way
The Incredibly Sad Root of America's Great Malaise
Dec 18, 2025
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Schrodinger's Democracy: Why Isn't Anyone Doing Anything?
You know what, 2025?
Dec 17, 2025
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Hell on a Shelf: A Holiday Horror Story
In this essay I will...fall apart completely!
Dec 15, 2025
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Are You There, God? It's Me, Marjorie.
What's going on with--god help us--Marjorie Taylor Greene, as efficiently explained as possible
Nov 7, 2025
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The Glorious Conclusion of the Wild Ride of the Puppy Express
Note: We will return to politics and business as usual tomorrow.
Nov 3, 2025
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Tiny Adds Up: Unshittification and The Pawshank Redemption
How Twitter's successor did an old Twitter trick and reminded me what we came to the internet for in the first place
Oct 27, 2025
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Brother Can You Spare a War?
Donald the Dove and his howling horde of Old Deal Republicans hunger for blood sacrifice!
Oct 7, 2025
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