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Jingle All The Way: The Commodity Takes Flesh
For some reason I decided to watch the 1996 Arnold Schwarznegger Christmas movie, Jingle All The Way. I’m sure I saw it at some time in the past, but I…
Dec 11, 2025
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Bodily minimalism
I came across this really wild article about how airlines are saving money on jet fuel because so many formerly obese Americans are skinny now (because…
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Selling your soul
We often hear about the dangers of “selling your soul,” like it’s a widespread thing that we have to guard against.
Jan 14
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Hyperconnected, Going Nowhere
I keep coming back to World War I because it’s the clearest example of how technological progress can produce psychological paralysis instead of…
Jan 13
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The meaning of the "whale chapter" in Moby Dick
Sometimes I see posts online about how the “whale facts” chapter in Moby Dick is annoying and pointless.
Jan 12
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Nothing is Coming
New collection of 50 aphorisms
Jan 10
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Cinema is a weapon
Philosopher Paul Virilio’s central argument in War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception is that modern power reorganizes perception before it…
Jan 9
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The dog logic of Lethal Weapon
I’m not sure I’d ever watched the Lethal Weapon movies fully, as an adult.
Jan 7
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