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What if the answer is to stop begging our overlords to be altruistic and start expecting more actual, objective, practical selfishness?
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ChatGPT is here to burn our crops, curdle our milk, seduce our lovers and corrupt our youth. That's it, that's the subtitle.
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February 2023

Why I care so much about this holiday, which is not a Hallmark holiday in the least, and in fact, is much, much cooler than most things.
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On the Future Nature and Content of the Thrillingly Exciting Paid Tier
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January 2023

That thing where I die inside whilst telling you I worked last year and trying to pretend like this stuff is way less important to a working writer's…
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So you've opened your heart to radical empathy and recognized the deep, sacred humanity in every living being you connect with online...but what about…
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December 2022

A brief postscript to a viral essay
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Hello beautiful people who decided to support me here because you are amazing miracle humans. Thank you, I cannot say thank you enough. I am typing this…
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I bet you're wondering how we got here...
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An old, old short story no one's seen before, unearthed from the Deep Archives
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The main place I am right now is Australia. Western Australia is open to Christmas being a thing you can travel to for the first time since COVID…
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November 2022

Thoughts on Andor, Certain Exogorths, and the Folkloric Cycle
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