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So big news! Adri and I got legally married! Kelsey officiated and our two friends Jen and John witnessed it. It was at home, we didn’t have a wedding. Oh, and the three of us are having kids! Adri and Kelsey are both pregnant! Here are some questions and answers: (CW: This will probably be …
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What would you do if you thought the world was going to end? How would you live? That’s the question Adri, Kelsey, and I have been asking ourselves. I’ve been really existentially depressed lately and thought I should finally talk publicly about it. Why have I been depressed? I think humanity is going to be …
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The Bunny “Eight villages in our district have had significant to total structural damage from mudslides. Furthermore, the weather conditions conducive to mudslides have only been increasing in the past decade.” Professor Cristian Avendaño clicked the button and a list of temperatures, wind conditions, and annual rainfall popped up on the screen. He looked every …
Our biology affects our thinking more than our thinking affects our biology. Grandpa Grandpa always liked to tell you about his glory days, as a schoolboy and when he was a young buck in the Navy. “I was so rowdy as a youngster. The dumb things us boys would feud about… mostly girls,” he says, …
Let’s say we want to meet a stranger, say an interesting personality in the tech world or rationality sphere or whatever. So I email them to set it up. This would be easy if it was just me meeting them: “Hey, would love to grab a coffee or whatever when we’re both free…” (I don’t …
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“IT’S 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT!!!!” Stop quoting the time of the Doomsday Clock like it’s evidence of something. The Doomsday Clock is always predicting apocalypse. The earliest it’s ever been was 17 minutes to midnight in 1991. If your position is that humanity is always on the brink of extinction, then you really don’t need …
(CW: Cannibalism) I was apprehensive about posting this for fear of close-minded judgment but given it was the opportunity of someone’s lifetime, I had to share. Those who know me, know I love novel experiences. It pays to have friends in high places and friends in low places. I’m lucky enough to have both. When …
We set out to see Joywave at the Magic Stick in Detroit. Good news: I think I’ve gotten to where going to normal concerts at normal venues (aka with seating, etc.) is within my comfort zone now. Go me! But for smaller venues, where it’s just general admission and everyone is crowding around each other, …
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I was pretty hyped for The Batman but thought it was a pretty big letdown. I’m a big fan of basically every actor in this but thought they underutilized them. Robert Pattinson spends all his Bruce Wayne time looking like he was auditioning for Jared Leto’s part in Requiem for a Dream. His hair is …
Well, I guess if getting paid makes you a professional, today I can finally call myself a professional science fiction writer. My sci-fi short story “Start” was just published by Etherea Magazine in their 7th issue! It’s about what getting out of prison might be like in the future. Your kind words really keep me …
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