Apr 2

Good Taste

in the night you need it more than day disconnection while you lie in state simulations of humans simulating human behavior simulators lift you up in gasoline dreams of quantified interiority simulations of humans simulating human behavior simulators good taste in bad measure downtempo cloaked in leather simulations of humans simulating human behavior simulators moderation.

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Good Taste

in the night you need it more than day
disconnection while you lie in state
simulations of humans simulating
human behavior simulators

lift you up in gasoline
dreams of quantified interiority
simulations of humans simulating
human behavior simulators

good taste in bad measure
downtempo cloaked in leather
simulations of humans simulating
human behavior simulators

moderation.

Mar 18

Attacking people in the workplace, on campus, on social media and elsewhere who express unpopular…

Attacking people in the workplace, on campus, on social media and elsewhere who express unpopular views from a place of good faith is the practice of a closed society.

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Attacking people in the workplace, on campus, on social media and elsewhere who express unpopular views from a place of good faith is the practice of a closed society.

Oct 23, 2021

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Feb 18, 2021

“Always be working on a suicide note”

Glitch

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“Always be working on a suicide note”

Dec 9, 2020

The Interpretation of Leavings

Williams (1976) tells us that the term ‘alienation,’ in English, traces back to the 1300s. It then denoted estrangement from god and/or also from social authority. Williams notes how, from the 1400s on, ‘alienation’ involved increasingly negative, increasingly broad connotations. For instance, in the 1500s, ‘alienation’ came to mean ‘loss…

Freud

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Nov 22, 2020

Essential laborer

Glitch

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Essential laborer

Nov 19, 2020

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Yesterday marked my return to therapy with the therapist I’ve seen since approximately 2013 ̶m̶y̶ ̶e̶n̶t̶i̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶d̶u̶l̶t̶ ̶l̶i̶f̶e̶. Since my brother’s ̶o̶v̶e̶r̶d̶o̶s̶e̶ suicide attempt. My therapist and I chatted for an hour, like the bad old days, with me sort of word-vomiting all the pent up confusions and unsettled inklings…

Mental Health

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Nov 10, 2020

Suicidal Ideation on a Tuesday

When you feel social isolation so acutely There is no place to turn There is no place for you So you turn to a Medium in hopes to mediate the impulse The Medium responds when you query ‘suicidal ideation’ It tells you You may call this number: 800–273–8255 You may…

Mental Health

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Suicidal Ideation on a Tuesday

When you feel social isolation so acutely

There is no place to turn

There is no place for you

So you turn to a Medium in hopes to mediate the impulse

The Medium responds when you query ‘suicidal ideation’

It tells you

You may call this number: 800–273–8255

You may…

Oct 9, 2020

Pumpkin Patch Trouble

In the age of Covid-19, the ritual of visiting a kitschy pumpkin patch becomes a reminder of mortality. My partner decried the experience as un-romantic, then seemed driven to blame me. Because I love the pumpkin patch, and yet, in her view, I had failed to behave in a manner…

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