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Your brain on chemtrails
There’s comfort in conspiracy theories as we live through the Anthropocene
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Wikifest 2026: Haldeman's Weirdest Day So Far
Discursive, self-indulgent, and inconsiderate of the audience’s time or interests, it’s everyone’s favorite Brutal South tradition: The exchange of rare…
Mar 25
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The sound of things falling apart
Listening to Basinski’s Disintegration Loops on 9/11/2025
Sep 12, 2025
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Notes from a school board takeover
Nov 16, 2022
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A field guide to Christofascism
Jan 21, 2021
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A South Carolinian's guide to Nikki Haley
Feb 2, 2023
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Seasons change
Jun 26, 2023
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The far side of the creek
Feb 17, 2024
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A primary candidate's guide to South Carolina
Dec 2, 2022
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‘The United States itself has never been exempt from fascism’
Apr 23, 2025
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Parenthood won’t fix you
Notes on cynical dadposting and the threat of creeping natalism
Sep 18, 2024
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The far side of the creek
On leaving church, leaving journalism, and never leaving home
Feb 17, 2024
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Seasons change
I’m pausing regular updates and taking a new job
Jun 26, 2023
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Censors lose in the end
The speech police want to ban Ta-Nehisi Coates. We’ve got them outnumbered.
Jun 14, 2023
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Restlessness at work
On Studs Terkel and what we do all day
Jun 7, 2023
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Teacher workloads keep growing in South Carolina
Crises, austerity, and the erosion of a vital public good
Jun 1, 2023
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