Running with ghosts
I was not the only one entranced by the weird crystal blueness of your eyes
Category Archives: The Daily Write
A poem for the end of the world
We burned the koalas out of existence; they screamed loudly as they died, but that wasn’t enough to make us stop. The whales we choked with plastic were more silent, […]
Obituary
I read your obituary and it was awful, basically just a long list of names, some of people that you hardly ever saw, much less knew you liked strawberry ice […]
This is why we impeach
Last year at the Oslo Freedom Forum, a man named Fred Warmbier took the stage. It was a bit strange to see a middle aged white American male on that […]
Glass Half Full of Evil
Are you a glass half empty or glass half full person? What if it’s a jar of broken glass? Spread there, for you to step on? This is a question […]
The Blockchain Is Coming For Your Vote
Democracy Earth Foundation just announced the 1.0 Alpha release of its blockchain-based voting platform, Sovereign. The founder, Santiago Siri, is a developer’s developer, with legions of fans around the world, including […]
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
What a difference a day makes.
Famous Last Words
Today I read the last words of a reporter who blogged his own death. His name was Mark Mooney, and I don’t know what kind of reporter he was in […]
In the Robbers Caves: How a famous social science experiment explains our divided states of America, and what we can do about it.
Not long ago an Argentinian hacktivist posed a simple question to his 53.6k Twitter followers, a question probably posed in similar vein by Socrates in the agora more than two […]
They carried a man out feet first at the symphony last night.
don’t let stress ruin your life
