
The Oldest Surgery in Human History
One morbid fact about humanity that I simply cannot get out of my mind is that thousands of years before there were cities and writing, humans were purposely boring holes

WHO BEARS RESPONSIBILITY?
The Context-Dependency of Journalistic Duty In February, “This Is How a Child Dies of Measles” by Elizabeth Bruenig was published by The Atlantic, detailing a family’s harrowing journey after their two unvaccinated children catch

Se betsta læcedom – The Best Medicine
Evidence-based medicine has proven to be an extremely successful mechanism for reliably improving the health and wellbeing of individual people and their communities. While the ethical, conscientious, and cooperative implementation

BABY, YOU’RE A HAUNTED HOUSE
Note: This piece contains discussion of the following works. No specific or major plot points are spoiled, but general themes and narrative arcs are briefly discussed. I wish I could cut out

Doechii and Westside Gunn Stun with Insane Lyrical Knockout
EGYPT–Remix by Westside Gunn & Doechii Genre: Rap Something about the way this collab came together is incredible. Westside Gunn opens the original “EGYPT” by sampling Doechii’s September 2024 interview

55 Word Poem—A Language Barrier
“Do you speak Spanish?” “A little.” Brows furrow in muted panic. “You’ll do great!” Sure, like the Titanic. 1 part miming, 1 part google, 1 part broken language We gestured, we pointed,
“I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awed by nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and reinvigorate it.”
― Robert Sapolsky, Author of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst