Humor and Speculation
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The Little Man Theory
A Narrative Essay in Minor Keys I have always been suspicious of great men. Not because they do not exist, but because the stories about them are too clean, too self-satisfied. The “Great Man Theory” of history; Carlyle’s tidy assertion… Continue reading
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Adam, Eve, and the Trouble with Being Obvious
How Language Keeps Calling Things What They Are, Against Better Judgment I keep tripping over the fact that we name things with words that are just… descriptions, as if we ran out of imagination and decided that the thing itself… Continue reading
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Five Herded Categories and the Problem of Hunger
On Proptaku’s “Food Groups” shirt, hedgehogs, and the limits of nutritional order We were at a public garden in the early part of summer, the kind of place that tries to organize nature into something legible without fully succeeding. Gravel… Continue reading
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Turns Out, Everyone Is Doing Magic
Or, The Long History of Naming the Same Thing Twice Magic and Christianity sit across from each other like two mirrors angled slightly off-axis. Look closely and you see not opposition but recursion, a looping of gestures, words, objects, and… Continue reading
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Myth, Cold Brew, and the Problem of Meaning
On stories that organize reality and refuse to stay still I keep thinking about how Facebook comments arrive like weather systems. One minute you are scrolling, iced coffee in hand, the next you are ankle-deep in a small philosophical storm… Continue reading
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Three Scales, One Temperature, and the Hedgehog Problem
On Proptaku’s “Temperature” shirt, measurement, and the quiet comedy of 27 degrees We were not in a coffee shop this time. We were on a bus headed toward Mount Rainier, the kind of trip where the scenery does most of… Continue reading
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Signals, Signs, and the Things We Call Forecasts
On the Continuity Between Ritual Interpretation and Data-Driven Prediction Algorithms show up in my life like quiet priests of a new order. Not robes, not incense, just a feed that knows what I might click before I do. I don’t… Continue reading
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Meme Remixes Updated
So, a quick and useful update… We’ve been adding so many new remixes and original memes that the simple repository has been updated with both page by category and more fun remixes. Meme Remixes continue to be available for general… Continue reading
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Hedgehogs, Heat, and the States of Matter
On Proptaku’s shirt, thermodynamics, and the quiet comedy of phase transitions Proptaku’s shirt is not subtle. It reads like someone decided that the periodic table needed more quills. “The States of Matter as demonstrated by hedgehogs” sits across the chest… Continue reading
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Word for the Day: Trumpistocracy
Ok, here is new word definition for today. Today’s word is Trumpistocracy. Try to use it naturally at least three times today in conversation, writing, texts, emails, or social media posts. The goal isn’t just to memorize the definition, but… Continue reading
