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Short Stories dark for now

Corporate Drones 2 windows lit

• A Field Guide to Spotting GatekeepersAcross different industries, different buildings, I keep meeting the same person.
• DeparturesVolume 1: Departures. Darren is at an airport and he is trying to get home.

Poetry 38 windows lit

• IntroductionOne thing I try to do today
• SizingI can always tell
• HybridI'm half machine
• OnlineSo many seconds
• HuxleyIt’s queer, here
• DistractedFractured
• LazyWaking up
• FractalA million seconds
• TimeI see you pumping gas
• OutsiderJuggling, jangly, unguided
• EnigmaticYou mystery,
• JackassToo little, too late
• SissyYour lips pucker
• CitizenShe sits and sits
• Right-sizedOften as not,
• ShakyYou just hit the gas
• BetterYou beautiful bitch
• CrunchyFickle, fleeting
• LessonsI’m stewing
• LimpingWhere’s the texture?
• ToxicWould it be so nice
• EntropyEvery wall adorned
• OnceWe sat
• YouI have never been so sad
• WaitHalf in the hole
• ParalysisSo tell me when will I pass the test?
• LucidOn the cliff of insanity
• AjarTrack the fickle beastly tread
• DownSoon I will see the underground.
• AscendDescended into a pit of darkness.
• PsychiatricThe beginnings
• IndividualFace the reaper, the creature
• FaithWent for a run
• EquanimityThrough your apathy, your ineptitude
• IntegritySilent autumn whisper
• UnsolicitedCan’t you see the boy is stuck.
• BreakYou dandelion
• SteadyWhen I walked

Philosophy 10 windows lit

• Twenty AnswersWhat a word means to the room and what it means to each person in it, and how thin the overlap turns out to be.
• Look at the TeethMy grandfather, dying, said not to trust any of them, and especially not the nice ones.
• Borrowed ShapesAn analogy is a shape borrowed from somewhere else, and this is about what happens when it gets asked to finish the argument.
• What Are We Meant To Do?Rules of reality, version 3, still being iterated on, and what I think they add up to.
• The Great DivideCompromise has become a liability in American politics, and if you have ever watched an unhealthy marriage you know the vibe.
• Learning Without PicturesI cannot picture an apple, and for the first 28 years of my life I did not know other people could.
• There's Nothing Behind the CurtainWe like stories about wizards, and I have met a few of the people behind the curtain, and so have you.
• Stop Thinking About THEMWe sort people into boxes to get through the day, and the trouble starts when the box has a whole group of people in it.
• The Death of PurposeI went into healthcare to help people, and this is about what I found when I got there.
• Have We Indoctrinated Ourselves?The first time you hear something vile you recoil, and after enough repetitions you stop hearing it.

Abstract 3 windows lit

• Gratitude is the Murderer of ComparisonMost of us are not going to quit social media, so the measuring yourself against everyone on it has to stop some other way.
• You're Addicted to Social MediaLinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, pick your poison, mine were Reddit and YouTube and for a while they were the first thing I did every morning.
• The Messy Art of LivingA poem called Break, and the things it turned out to be about.

Artificial Time Machine 2 windows lit

• 5 Beautiful Things About AIUnderneath the slop there is some real beauty in what the machine lets a regular-ass human do.
• Will AI Take My Job?Nobody has a crystal ball on this one and the people who say they do are mostly selling something, so this is a guess from someone who builds with the machine in the daytime.