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What Big Tech’s “Gentleman’s Agreement” Means For Workers
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) recently published a paper that studied whether common leadership, defined as two firms sharing executives or board directors, contributes to collusion. The verdict is a sure—albeit modest— “yes.” The data points for their research come from the unsealed files of numerous anti-trust instances in Silicon Valley in the late aughts… — read more
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Book Review: New Teeth by Simon Rich
Simon Rich might be the prince of simple writing. It is borderline supernatural the way that he can construct jokes, premises, plot-lines, and characters without a single shred of excess detail, yet never give the impression that he is underdelivering. New Teeth is a jubilee of laughter from start to finish and I have no… — read more
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11/24/2025 — Seven Minute Drill
(Seven Minute Drill is seven minutes of unfiltered stream of consciousness and minimal editing. By the end of the time limit, no more edits or writing can take place. It is meant purely as a creative exercise with no objective. There is no point. There is no purpose. At best, it serves to encourage any… — read more
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💿 Baby by Dijon Is The Most Underrated Album Of The Year
It took three months after its digital release for the hard copy of Dijon’s sophomore album Baby to arrive at my home. This delay is no one’s fault. It is one of those ostensibly “negative” realities of my move away from streaming services and back to physical media. And while the lack of acclaim I… — read more
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Book Review: PLAYFUL by Cas Holman
All wisdom has it’s genesis in play. I have found that people who truly and sincerely value playfulness are, almost without exception, the ones who succeed in creating and maintaining a lasting alliance with the light. I believe that wherever there is learning, humanity, and life, it almost certainly is sustained through a healthy but… — read more
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A Brief Note On Spotify Economics and The Cessation of the Penny
In a recent segment on Bill Maher’s Real Time, Maher joked that Spotify will no longer be able to pay artists after the penny has ceased to be minted. While the clever remark gained a respectable laugh from the crowd and panel, I am not certain that it shouldn’t have a provoked a groan instead.… — read more
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🔷🌕 Blue Moon
My decision to watch Blue Moon stemmed entirely from my admiration for Ethan Hawke, whose work has the rare and enviable ability to command my time (and money) without any pre-qualifications. I knew very little about the film going in and even less about the the superstar lyricist and primary subject of the film, Lorenz… — read more
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Streamers Are Clowns
Last night I attended the book launch of Cas Holman’s first release, Playful, which I am excited to have arrive via USPS in the next few days. I’ve followed Cas’ work closely over the last seven years or so—ever since I saw Netflix’s ABSTRACT episode which covered aspects of her astounding career. Her unique expression… — read more
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The Housekeeper and the Professor
I recently wrote about how I was given a book by a stranger in a coffee shop. I sped read through the other novel I was reading in order to get to the new one— titled The Housekeeper and the Professor. Admittedly, the circumstances through which I received this new book makes me a very… — read more
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