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lost in the supermarket of ideas
admittedly there are many easier ways to achieve this but writing is the tool i have
January 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM
exhibit B
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
If they haven't been covered already, I'd love anything on:
1) How news and information travelled in the medieval era (and perhaps on travel more generally)
2) Disability, age, and chronic illness. How were they discussed and how dealt with in practice?
January 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
they know how to blow up a yacht
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The End Times for Dummies
January 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
"It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for the Vice Presidency?"
January 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
As with Iraq, people will inevitably talk about oil. But to the US and allies the real crime of these countries is insufficient openness to foreign capital; privatisation is the real prize. All those public assets can be theirs if they can get a Machado or Guaidó to sign off on the feeding frenzy
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
bury more coins
January 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
tbh I don't think most of the public will ever care either way
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
that's pee
December 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
FDR, or Donald Trump. these are the same, to me
December 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
John Avery Whittaker's Leviathan
December 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Carol (2015) is the reason for the season
December 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
rats are gonna get in, that's life
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM