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  • @monochromatic_aberration ✦ Refrakt: 37 -- Follow the Voice #Art #Creativity #Essays

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    Jan 18, 2026

  • @anna_powell_smith Dear Mark #Essays #Data #Personal

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    Jan 18, 2026

  • @liquidbrain Returning as a stance towards life #Life #Philosophy #Essays

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    Jan 16, 2026

  • @monochromatic_aberration Journal of a Strange Land #Essays #Photography #Art

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    Jan 15, 2026

  • @monochromatic_aberration Getting Lost #Essays #Photography #Creativity

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    Jan 8, 2026

  • @hickmans_hinterlands Incognito in Delaware #Travel #Culture #Essays

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    Jan 8, 2026

  • @sswi Oops... I did it again #Personal #Essays #Life

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    Jan 8, 2026

  • @tom_stuart Weeknotes 313: Irrational thesis #SoftwareDevelopment #Essays #Productivity

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    Jan 4, 2026

  • @wunderschoen_aber_selten Twenty-twenty-five #Life #Reflection #Essays

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    Jan 2, 2026

  • @maggie_appleton January 2026 #Design #Tools #Essays

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    Jan 2, 2026

  • @dan_wang 2025 letter #Essays #AnnualLetter #Books

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    Jan 1, 2026

  • @life_beyond_fife Software Engineer Dystopia or Hegemony #SoftwareEngineering #Technology #Essays

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    Jan 1, 2026

  • @dendory_network What is fate? #Philosophy #Opinion #Essays

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    Jan 1, 2026

  • @olivier_lacan Zoé #Personal #Essays #Life

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    Dec 31, 2025

  • @liquidbrain Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals (2025) #Community #Essays #Holidays

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    Dec 27, 2025

  • @dan_sinker I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Dec 24, 2025

  • @monochromatic_aberration ✦ Refrakt: 36 -- The Year in Review, Part 3: 2025 in Work #Essays #Reflection #Work

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    Dec 21, 2025

  • @wunderschoen_aber_selten The morning five days before Christmas was uneventful #Life #Essays #Christmas

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    Dec 18, 2025

  • @wunderschoen_aber_selten Twenty-twenty-one #Life #Reflection #Essays

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    Dec 15, 2025

  • @tom_stuart Weeknotes 310: Theoretical boundaries #SoftwareDevelopment #Essays #Productivity

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    Dec 14, 2025

  • @jason_moiron Sublurb #Tech #Software #Essays

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    Dec 11, 2025

  • @the_pudding Common Threads #DataViz #Culture #Essays

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    Dec 9, 2025

  • @liquidbrain Happy endings as collective action problem #Community #Essays #Philosophy

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    Dec 9, 2025

  • @josh_morrow How to build a Time Machine #Programming #Essays #Tech

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    Dec 8, 2025

  • @josh_morrow Should you go to Recurse Center? #RecurseCenter #Programming #Essays

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    Dec 8, 2025

  • @monochromatic_aberration ✦ Refrakt: 35 -- Asakusa Red #Photography #Art #Essays

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    Dec 7, 2025

  • @sandys_website Against shit sandwiches 🥙 #Food #Essays #Lifestyle

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    Dec 5, 2025

  • @monochromatic_aberration 10% #Essays #Photography #Art

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    Dec 4, 2025

  • @dan_sinker All Rad, No Bad #Culture #Life #Essays

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    Nov 29, 2025

  • @the_new_inquiry Nessuna Torno Indietro - 1938, 2025 #Culture #Essays #History

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    Nov 24, 2025

  • @monochromatic_aberration ✦ Refrakt: 34 -- What is Street Photography? #Photography #Art #Essays

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    Nov 23, 2025

  • @dan_sinker Whistle Up #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Nov 21, 2025

  • @monochromatic_aberration Clear Autumn's Timbre #Essays #Photography #Research

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    Nov 20, 2025

  • @things_of_interest There Is No Antimemetics Division FAQ #ScienceFiction #Essays #Programming

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    Nov 18, 2025

  • @dan_sinker The Pugilist at Rest #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Nov 14, 2025

  • @monochromatic_aberration Single-Use Devices #Essays #Photography #Art

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    Nov 13, 2025

  • @hickmans_hinterlands Meditation upon a Cannoli #Food #Culture #Essays

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    Nov 12, 2025

  • @monochromatic_aberration ✦ Refrakt: 33 -- The Return #Essays #Photography #Art

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    Nov 9, 2025

  • @filipa_mendonca_vieira In Praise of dhh #Tech #Essays #Opinion

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