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  • @roblog Stay classy: mummy's favourite (→ lrb.co.uk) #Culture #Essays #Links

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    Mar 10, 2026
  • @avi_zurel What Is the Point of Open Source and Open Knowledge These Days? #OpenSource #Knowledge #Essays

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    Mar 9, 2026
  • @sandys_website The Death of the Art of Computer Science 🪽 #ComputerScience #Essays #Software

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    Mar 8, 2026
  • @jason_moiron Tehrant #Tech #Essays #Life

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    Mar 5, 2026
  • @monochromatic_aberration Reading Handke #Essays #Books #Research

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    Mar 5, 2026
  • @tony_arnold We (I) need science #Science #Reflection #Essays

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    Mar 3, 2026
  • @monochromatic_aberration ✦ Refrakt: 40 -- Monochrome March #Art #Photography #Essays

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    Mar 1, 2026
  • @loeber_on_substack #32: Contra Citrini7 (Repost) #Essays #Markets #Technology

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    Mar 1, 2026
  • @dan_sinker Foundational Texts: Goonies Never Say Die #Culture #Essays #Media

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    Feb 28, 2026
  • @liquidbrain Get their contact info #Community #Essays #Networking

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    Feb 28, 2026
  • @monochromatic_aberration On Kyoto #Travel #Culture #Essays

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    Feb 26, 2026
  • @hickmans_hinterlands The Coastal Elites Are Right, Actually #Culture #Essays #Rural

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    Feb 24, 2026
  • @christopher_butler In But Not Of #Essays #Design #Technology

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    Feb 23, 2026
  • @tony_arnold If it could just be treated as a normal technology #Technology #Software #Essays

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    Feb 23, 2026
  • @things_of_interest There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm- Conversation Tree Press #ScienceFiction #Books #Essays

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    Feb 21, 2026
  • @monochromatic_aberration The LARP is Real #LARP #Research #Essays

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    Feb 19, 2026
  • @christopher_butler Consistency is Primitive #Design #Technology #Essays

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    Feb 19, 2026
  • @tony_arnold It's all quite a lot, isn't it? #Reflection #Essays #Life

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    Feb 19, 2026
  • @sandys_website Sakura Train and me 🌸 #PersonalBlog #Cozy #Essays

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    Feb 18, 2026
  • @sandys_website (Film) Wild at Heart #Film #Criticism #Essays

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    Feb 18, 2026
  • @sandys_website (Film) Innocents Abroad #Film #Criticism #Essays

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    Feb 18, 2026
  • @monochromatic_aberration ✦ Refrakt: 39 -- Compressed Space #Art #Essays #Photography

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    Feb 15, 2026
  • @tom_stuart Weeknotes 319: Less refined #Weeknotes #SoftwareDevelopment #Essays

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    Feb 15, 2026
  • @mahdi_yusuf The journey was the point #Essays #SoftwareEngineering #PersonalGrowth

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    Feb 9, 2026
  • @dan_sinker Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins #Culture #Essays #Writing

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    Feb 8, 2026
  • @filipa_mendonca_vieira The Roles We Play #Essays #Identity #Personal

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    Feb 8, 2026
  • @jacques_mattheij Classes of Originality #Essays #Technology #Originality

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    Feb 8, 2026
  • @mahdi_yusuf The Depth Trade #SoftwareEngineering #Essays #Tech

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    Feb 6, 2026
  • @monochromatic_aberration Empty Fridge #Art #Essays #Photography

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    Feb 5, 2026
  • @narrative_magazine Some Things I Actually Would Like to Elevate . . . #Fiction #Poetry #Essays

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    Feb 4, 2026
  • @silicon_sasquatch GOTY 2025: Nick Presents a Zine on 2025 and the Future #Gaming #GOTY #Essays

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    Feb 3, 2026
  • @jason_moiron Wirth's Revenge #Tech #Software #Essays

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    Feb 3, 2026
  • @monochromatic_aberration ✦ Refrakt: 38 -- Finding the Balance #Art #Essays #Photography

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    Feb 1, 2026
  • @dan_sinker Foundational Texts: Jenny Holzer's Truisms #Art #Culture #Essays

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    Jan 31, 2026
  • @jasmines_substack 🌻 anthropicology (ft. irene zhang & kai williams) #AI #Tech #Essays

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    Jan 29, 2026
  • @hickmans_hinterlands Grass Always Greener #Travel #Culture #Essays

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    Jan 28, 2026
  • @tom_stuart Weeknotes 316: Deliberately annoying #Weeknotes #SoftwareDevelopment #Essays

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    Jan 25, 2026
  • @monochromatic_aberration A Ping into the Dark #Essays #Photography #Creativity

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    Jan 22, 2026
  • @dan_sinker We Are All We Have #Culture #Essays #Life

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