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Life and death at Balthazar

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Boom and echo

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Making babies

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Work in tech? Fund an artist. 

on the rise of independent microgrant programs.

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The mini Medicis 

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To know which way the wind blows

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AI slop is just the culmination of how humans have been using the internet for years.

in [Kneeling Bus](https://kneelingbus.substack.com/p/slop-as-a-way-of-life). This piece was originally published in July 2025. 

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Slop as a way of life

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Clout in the age of infinite reproduction.

of [This Outfit Does Not Exist](https://thisoutfitdoesnotexist.substack.com/) on what happens when anyone can wear anything.

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The Dojiverse

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In defense of creative complaining.

introduces Dirt’s new Instagram-native magazine.

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Introducing "Ick"

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A tech and culture news aggregator. 

in conversation with artist, designer, and toymaker Spencer Chang. 

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Designing Clone 

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The last avant-garde

on Dean Kissick's "The Painted Protest" and the eternal search for the avant-garde. This piece was originally published in [8ball](https://www.8ball.report/p/post-internet).

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