This is a draft of an essay that will be released in it’s final form on 4/27. You can also find my more recent writing on substack Fam, I made a mistake. I keep trying to do these basic little blog posts and then I get an idea and it…

A few thoughts on the death of an old friend Greetings. This week I traveled back home for Easter and so rather than write on my normal topic of governance, I thought I would do a short piece to commemorate the loss of a friend. So this piece is a personal essay and a departure from my usual content. …

Hey hey, ya’ll. This week is the beginning of a project I’ve been meaning to try out for a while. Being as I’m trying to have a positive effect on local governments and civic environments, I thought I would try to read a solid chunk of books on the subject…

Aya part 2 — unedited — Dear reader, below is an unfinished draft of part 2 of a short story series I’m doing over at Substack. Due to an accountabilty mechanism I need to publish it, though it’s not totally edited. I will be publishing it in it’s final version and removing the draft soon. If…

Theme: “Scenes from a Network State Life” — Submitted by Grin —

Theme: “A view of one of many of our Network States” submitted by Ojas —

Prompt: “Fall in Love in the Network State”

Abhisek

Could a better understanding of what made us exceptional help us reverse our decline and chart a course for the 21st century? — As I sit down to write this essay, I’m in a cafe listening to a new playlist that Spotify suggested to me last week called .ORG. It’s quite good! I really recommend it. I’ve listened to it about 6 times already. It describes itself as the “Hottest indie sounds and…