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I Got Injected Where the Pigs Poop and It’s Filling Me With Hope for the Future
I got my second COVID vaccine yesterday, so this post might be a literal fever dream. Sorry. It’s become almost cliché to say this, but do you ever snap back to reality and realize how weird things have become? Yesterday, I went to the place where London’s annual Western Fair is usually held. I passed…
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The Myth of the Adult
When we are kids, life’s trajectory looks something like this: struggle through childhood with crappy unfinished brains, then at some point, make a transition to adulthood, in which our brains are complete, mature, and equipped to handle what life throws at us. Calvin and Hobbes: Moving On, by Zatransis Every adult knows that’s bullshit. And every…
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The Upsides of the Death of Privacy
Technology has killed privacy. Even aside from the USA’s latest privacy invasions, most of us are semi-voluntarily leaving a trail of information as we go about our Internet-connected lives. Much is made of the downsides of the death of privacy, but what about the benefits? Like, remember when having an alibi for a crime meant…
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