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The Hardening of the Online Heart
How the response to the Hamas attack illuminated the damage living online has done to us all
Oct 16
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Catherynne M. Valente
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September 2023
Pain Is Not a Penance
On our unexamined assumptions about pain, character, cause and effect, etymologies, and what we do to each other when we cannot stop hurting
Sep 28
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Catherynne M. Valente
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August 2023
It May Not Be Praxis, But We Need Corporate Pride
Corporate Pride is the pointy tip of the spear in the fight for acceptance. We need to ease up a little and let our capitalist overlords help us before…
Aug 23
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July 2023
Discord Invite for Paid Tier Subscribers...
When I started this Substack, I polled my Patreon patrons and we agreed to extend one of the benefits of Patreon to paid tier folk here—access to the…
Jul 24
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Catherynne M. Valente
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Huddle Up, Geeks: Some of These Hot Garbage Developments Are Our Fault
We here in the geek community are very used to considering ourselves smarter, kinder, and more accepting than the madding crowd, but Elon Musk is our…
Jul 19
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Practical, If Infrequent, Magic
On Substack and me and you and how often I am or am not writing things here
Jul 13
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Catherynne M. Valente
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Mark F***king Zuckerberg Is Not Your Friend
You know, I had other things I wanted to yell about. I have about five essays in my drafts folder about like, deep systemic issues and big bad shadows…
Jul 12
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Mark F***king Zuckerberg Is Not Your Friend
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May 2023
Not So Fast, Smart People...
I am not done yelling.
May 31
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Catherynne M. Valente
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There's No Such Thing As a Smart Fascist
But don't get it twisted, there's no such thing as a safe one, either
May 31
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Catherynne M. Valente
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April 2023
Live by Influencer Logic, Die by Influencer Logic
Trump's arraignment and its long shadow, cast by January 6.
Apr 5
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Catherynne M. Valente
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March 2023
I Demand Better Capitalists
What if the answer is to stop begging our overlords to be altruistic and start expecting more actual, objective, practical selfishness?
Mar 10
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Catherynne M. Valente
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The Great Replacement (Not That One, the Real One)
ChatGPT is here to burn our crops, curdle our milk, seduce our lovers and corrupt our youth. That's it, that's the subtitle.
Mar 1
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Catherynne M. Valente
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