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The Oldest Surgery in Human History 

May 23, 2026 No Comments

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

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WHO BEARS RESPONSIBILITY? 

May 23, 2026 No Comments

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

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Se betsta læcedom – The Best Medicine 

April 7, 2026 No Comments

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

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BABY, YOU’RE A HAUNTED HOUSE

February 6, 2026 No Comments

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

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Doechii and Westside Gunn Stun with Insane Lyrical Knockout 

November 25, 2025 No Comments

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

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55 Word Poem—A Language Barrier

October 26, 2025 No Comments

“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,

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