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Your Body is a Wedding Cake. Don’t Dig In!

A horrible, terrible, no good object lesson I’ve never forgotten.

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An abundance of what?

A critique of Klein & Thompson's 'Abundance', particularly as applied to housing, noting the potential in a different framing of abundance

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The Wonderful, Magical, and Oddly-shaped World of Trees

Even Henry Moore would have been jealous

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With Everything Given, Something is Owed

How to begin, build, and grow most any relationship into a thriving partnership…

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Go Into The Story Interview: Eric Koenig

My conversation with the 2014 Black List screenwriter.

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Page One: “Underworld” (2003)

Screenplay by Danny McBride, story by Kevin Grevioux and Len Wiseman & Danny McBride

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Does Launch Height Matter? A Python Model of Basketball Shots

Although I’m not a basketballologist, I still like sports and I like physics. So, here’s the physics question: is it easier to make a goal…

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Scary Movie (2026) — Wayans Bros find their safe space with nostalgic self-satisfaction

Two friends find themselves caught up in mayhem involving killers, monsters, and supernatural creatures once again.

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Dear MAGA: Take Your Ass To Work on Juneteenth

You Don’t Get to Celebrate What You Tried to Erase

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Getting Up and Getting Going

A short encouragement for productivity, writing, and self-leadership

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Only the Reaction Remains

A Letter About Restraint, Rage, and the Cost of Being a Black Boy in America

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Queen Wilhelmina: The Dutch Monarch Who Led the Netherlands Through Two World Wars

From child monarch to a symbol of Dutch resilience.

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Stop being afraid of trans bodies

Read any gender critical deconstruction of trans people and it invariably comes down to a combination of misunderstanding biological…

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Love Beer: Hate Nazi: The Racist and Fascist Riots in Belfast This Past Week

Wherever I go, I pay attention to graffiti, stickers, and other signs because these things tell me a lot about the space I am traversing at…

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If Finding The Guest Towels While My Wife’s Away On A Business Trip Makes Me A Hero, So Be It

How I finally understood the meaning of “invisible labor”

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There’s Not Going To Be A St. John The Baptist Day Parade This Year, Eli.

Some marketing notes on the St. John the Baptist Day brand

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Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos: when AI safety meets state power

When the history of the early years of AI is written, Anthropic’s launch of Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 will be used to illustrate…

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Lovers or Love Triangle?: Unpacking Queer Characters in ‘Challengers’

On the Difference Between Homosocial Desire, Sublimation, and Sexuality

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The Kiss (1981) — fiery Brazilian satire on hypocrisy and groupthink

A man sees his life turned upside down, after being photographed compassionately kissing a dying man who has been struck by a bus.

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Will I Ever Get Tired of Talking About Mental Health?

The cost of caring deeply

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We Teach Boys to be Predators and Girls to be Prey

We Should Stop Giving a Pass to Predatory Behavior

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How to Turn Your Couch Into a Golden Wood (Without Actually Growing Moss on It)

Lothlórien Botanical Living: Infusing earthy colors, ethereal light, and elf-approved vibes into your apartment because even Galadriel…

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I spent 24 hours with the New Siri. It knew my life better than I did.

Apple has made the perfect second brain — the new Siri remembers your trips, goes through buried emails in your inbox, and analyzes objects…

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A Regular Day

I was woken from my sleep by my phone’s alarm. I silenced it and checked the time — yes, market hours had arrived.

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My Queer Film ‘Something to Surprise Me’ Is Shooting This Summer!

How do you hold onto self-love in front of someone who could break your heart?

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Let Them Eat Fast Food

Fast food isn’t cheap. It’s what you eat when you run out of better options.

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Screenwriting 101: Neil LaBute

“I don’t mind happy people at all. In fact, I like them. And I prefer to be happy as well. But dramatically, they’re usually not as…

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Page One: “Under the Silver Lake” (2018)

Written by David Robert Mitchell

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The Cherry on Top: 7 Recipes

If decadence had an avatar, it would be the cherry

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Trans inclusive philosophical belief

Since Maya Forstater gained legal protection for her gender critical philosophical beliefs in 2022 there have been a slew of court cases…

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The Hunt in the Living Room: Why Puzzle Feeders Are One of the Best Gifts You Can Give Your Cat

How turning mealtime into a challenge can improve your cat’s mental health, reduce boredom, and awaken natural hunting instincts

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The UK’s EHRC draft guidance is not workable

I have produced a report for Rainbow Hospitality which lays out in detail why the draft guidance is not workable for anyone living in the…

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A Good Error Message Is the Most Underrated Trust-Builder in Your App

Part five of a series on building software people don’t quietly hate. The last three parts were about what your app says while it’s…

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Ontario Road Trip — Monday June 8, 2026

A gaggle of misadventures, new roads, and old favourites

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The ‘500 Frank Lloyd Wright Project’ with Andrew Pielage

an interview with the photographer on a mission to document all of the buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright, inside and out…

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For All the Love and Money

Couples build trust, tackle debt and plan a future together

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We Regret To Inform You That We’re Kicking You Out Of Our Parents Group Chat

It’s not you, it’s the demon that possesses your son

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‘Excalibur’ is an Arthurian Fever Dream

When the 80s retells one of the oldest English stories

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Ukraine Update June 13

2026 — Gas Shortages, Confusing Military Bases, Drone Breakdown

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Masters of the Universe (2026) — He-Man’s confused corporate makeover

A young man on Earth discovers a fabulous secret legacy as the prince of an alien planet, and must recover a magic sword and return home…

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On Harlan County, USA (1976)

A must-watch, Oscar-winning documentary about the battle for labor rights in rural Kentucky.

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US Government Just Forced Anthropic to Shut Down Its Two Most Powerful AI Models

A historic government intervention pulls Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline — and raises urgent questions about who really controls the…

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Welfare Trillionaire

Elmo Musk Is the Biggest Welfare Queen in American History — And We Have the Receipts

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‘Backrooms’ Reminds Us to Rejoice in Modern Cinema’s Creative Highs

Kane Parsons’ directorial debut is a haunting portrayal of liminal spaces and exploration of embedded trauma

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This Boycott Doesn't Need an Expiration Date

If Black Lives Are Worth Less Than a Bottle of Water, Then Black Dollars Are Worth Nothing at All.

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How Ye Be Defined

From "Colored" to "African-American" — and still asking, who are we?

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Want to Cool Off & Save The Environment for Free? Just Open a Window

The data behind natural ventilation and how simple window management reduces cooling costs more than the most efficient air conditioner

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Not Hot Enough to Write Home About: Dating While “Thick”

Despite body positivity, I’m still a “category.” Dating when you — and your partners — have a complicated relationship with your weight…

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I Was Raised in the America Liberals Study and Conservatives Sell

A field report from the rural America liberals talk about, conservatives romanticize, and the rest of us had to survive

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The Pentagon Just Told Mormons They Weren’t Christians

The same people they voted for just took Jesus out of their name.

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