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A Long Drive Back to Non-Algo Time
January 2026 is about: algorithms, boredom, AI coding, seriousness, and aesthetics in the 21st century.
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Understanding Film Tax Write-Offs & Some Solutions
Feb 18, 2024
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Act 2 is About Context, Not Conflict
Sep 22, 2024
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Media Saturation & Having Media Speak For Us
Jun 23, 2024
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NFTs Can't Die
Oct 1, 2023
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Things I Enjoyed In 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026
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Dec 21, 2025
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The Critique of the Algocene Through Beeple's Regular Animals and Intimate Systems
Sunday Edition #28: Also, Aesthetics Matters, Top Records of 2000-2025, and new Knives Out
Dec 14, 2025
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Starmirror, Charli XCX, and What We Are Really Creating
Sunday Edition #27: A shorter edition.
Dec 7, 2025
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Interruption Nostalgia
Sunday Edition #26: Also, Cozyweb Animals, Ranked Choice Voting, and some 2010s electro pop.
Nov 30, 2025
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Aesthetics Over Time
Sunday Edition #25: Also, Churches, Trains, and White Lies
Nov 23, 2025
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What To Do About Distribution
Sunday Edition #24: Also, Disney+ AI, Canon, and Table Mountain!
Nov 16, 2025
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‘Save The Cat’ is About Agency
Sunday Edition #23: Also, Getty vs Stability, Planet-Sized Cities, and Pluribus
Nov 9, 2025
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UMG Deals and Generative AI in Music
Sunday Edition #22: Also, Amtrak, Lemons, and Revisions, Revisions, Revisions
Nov 2, 2025
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Sunday Edition #21 - Dissecting Substack’s Inverted Revenue Curve
Also: The Streets of Queens, One Battle After Another, and Night Tapes (again)
Oct 26, 2025
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