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My Self-Referential Year
I’m lowkey tempted to try a thing, but I’m also kind of nervous at the potential commitment. Here’s the concept: For a whole year, I would only consume media that has been mentioned in the books, music, and movies that I have enjoyed during that year. This idea came to me after I realized that…
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A More Tolerable Search
Search is terrible now. I mean, it’s been terrible for a while, but it’s also terrible now too. I briefly gave Kagi a try — mainly because they’re trying to do a novel thing by charging instead of selling ads — but then they started to add a bunch of AI features. Which, yes, I…
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Kobo Gang
After reading Robin’s downright effusive praise for his Kobo Libra 2, I did a little digging and found a great price on a refurbished one on eBay and scooped one up. I’ve had it in my meaty hands for a little under a day now and I am already very into it. While I wish…
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I Advocate Feminism
While reading Naomi Klein’s new book, Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World this morning, I was taken with this passage: In her landmark 1984 book, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, hooks cautioned readers to “avoid using the phrase ‘I am a feminist’” and opt instead for “I advocate feminism,” explaining that unlike the…