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Trying to Remain Calm [#143]
I've been checking Twitter again and that can't be good.
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Oh the Summer Nights [#142]
Travel hacks, a thing that brings me dread, and a thing that brings me joy.
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June 2024

Doing Less [#141]
A soft pants update, and, why have I suffered for so long with a suboptimal number of charging cables and ports?
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No Tidy Endings, and No Bummer Summer[#140]
In which the commencement events have culminated, and we slide into summertime.

May 2024

Dead Eyes, Full Heart, Can't Lose [#139]
Plus, a unifying theory of the United States, and behind-the-scenes of casting Blue's Clues.
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Campus Protests, Spam Musubi, and How Best to Use AI [#138]
As Kathryn Schulz put it, it is remarkable how the ordinary and the existential are always stuck together.
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April 2024

Adventures in Carbondale ... and Canada [#137]
After watching more than six dozen TED Talks, my brain is expanded but also a mushy vat of Cheez Whiz.
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Extraordinary Claims Without Extraordinary Evidence [#136]
A real doozy of a week for weak indictments. The debate over the "anxious generation," and the latest troubles at NPR.
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Turn Around, Bright Eyes [#135]
Situated ourselves in the path of totality. And a hot dog controversy rages.
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March 2024

Not All Heroes Wear Beekeeping Suits [#134]
And my, what a tangled web Kensington Palace PR weaves...
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Timing is Everything [#133]
Plus: Instant noodles, Kate Middleton, and another cycle of the exhausting pro-marriage discourse.
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February 2024

Blame it on the Internet [#132]
Sephora tweens, Boomer iPhones, and a theory for why the internet is so conspiratorial.
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