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The Whole Thing With Not Liking David French
Note: This article is about a religious figure, one who spends a lot of time instructing people in his religion on what he thinks God demands of them. As such this is gonna get pretty dang religious at some points. If you aren’t into that, cool. I just wanted to let you know.
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Slowly Parsing SMTM's "Lithium is Making Us Fat" Thing
Entry 1 of ?: CICO/Willpower/Habit dismissal
May 12
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What it Takes to Become a Successful Independent Blog Writer: Numbers and Tactics
Note: This article has a fair amount of overlap with this one. Be forewarned and trust your priors on whether or not you’ll enjoy another. I’ve been running this blog for about a year and a half, and it’s been a blast. Part of that is just having a chance to write in a place…
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Nobody Will Admit The Best Novel of Our Generation is About Football
OK, so, there’s this thing where if you write a bunch you hope you eventually build up some trust with your audience. You try to be generally reliable and trustworthy in hopes that they come to believe you are generally reasonable, that you wouldn’t try to trick them, and that…
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What Does "Shitty Job" Mean in The Low-Skill, Low-Pay World?
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What Does "Shitty Job" Mean in The Low-Skill, Low-Pay World?
I once wrote an article about being poor, and I started it out with a story about a friend who had spent some time explaining to my wife (who, at the…
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Do we actually know anything about youth trans suicide rates?
(Author’s note: I’m not sure how much of a work in progress this article is. Usually, when I post something like this, people will hit me up with things…
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The Indoor Kid's Guide to Choosing a Martial Art
Combat effectiveness for frequent library patrons
Mar 15
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Book Club: The one where we vote on books.
I have been not-great at keeping up on this, but I do want to do it and I appreciate all the suggestions. Here’s what people have brought up (I haven’t…
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Assessing a Claim: Is San Francisco's Shoplifting Problem Fake?
As I begin to write this post, you can probably figure out where I’m going with it. I’m conservative and I’m from Arizona; predictably, I hate the new…
Mar 8
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Sadly, Porn Review III
One review to end them all and free me from this unending torment
Feb 28
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Help RC Do a Bookclub
Like the Beggin' Strips Dog, I don't read
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Nickelbacking: The Futility of Self-Definition by Exclusion
This is how you remind you of who you really are
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