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Deadlines and Chaos and Silence, Oh My!
A small administrative post...for your nerves
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Catherynne M. Valente
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I Am Joe's Aggressive Cancer
The Vortex of Screams has something Super Normal and Fully Hinged to say about Joe Biden again! Spoiler: it's the same thing the Vortex of Screams…
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Catherynne M. Valente
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Move Fast and Break People Part 3: Asshole Monoculture
While we're replacing real life with the internet, why not flood the zeitgeist with monstrous anti-heroes who get proven right in the end?
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Catherynne M. Valente
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Move Fast and Break People Part 2: Everyone's Third Place
How the yearning for third places was weaponized against us
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Catherynne M. Valente
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Quick Update/Apology
Sorry, my flesh-vehicle broke
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Catherynne M. Valente
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Move Fast and Break People Part 1: How the Internet Gave Us the World--Then Took It Away
The Internet was the greatest trick humanity ever pulled on itself
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Catherynne M. Valente
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Update on the State of the Cat (Literally This Time)
Hello, everyone!
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Bestselling Science Fiction Author Cat Valente's Blatherings on the State of the World: Politics, Internet Culture, History, and Art
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