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The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheorySep 28, 2026
Theorizing the Human Sciences in the Age of Absolute Disruption: Historical Criticism and Its Remainders
Adam DJ Brett reads Jason Ānanda Josephson-Storm’s trilogy — The Myth of Disenchantment, Metamodernism, and The Genealogy of Genealogy — as one project asking whether a thing exists, how it arose, what grounds our claims about it, and whether it is desirable.
theoryPostsessay
Jacky Alciné
Jacky AlcinéSep 23, 2026
Breaking My Own Rule (Again): AI and the Job Hunt
I said I wasn't going to lean on generative AI but I also said I was going to leave the tech industry. Here's what I actually used to keep applying and what it did (and didn't) do for me.
essay
Jacky Alciné
Jacky AlcinéSep 23, 2026
rv is the new kid in town
Some of the work I've been doing on `rv` around syntax checking, documentation testing and type checking has been worthy of note. I'm looking for feedback.
essay
Jacky Alciné
Jacky AlcinéSep 21, 2026
rv is the new kid in town
Some of the work I've been doing on `rv` around syntax checking, documentation testing and type checking has been worthy of note. I'm looking for feedback.
essay
Redowan's Reflections
Redowan's ReflectionsSep 19, 2026
Why do we listen to people with no skin in the game?
On taking software advice from managers and influencers who don't have to build or deliver it themselves.
EssayAI
Jacky Alciné
Jacky AlcinéSep 12, 2026
Sharding my Online Identity
It helps to have a slim place for folks to find information about oneself.
essay
Up There They Love
Up There They LoveSep 10, 2026
GenAI as Three Flawed Analogies
An essay on forklifts, machine guns, and farm animals.
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generative aigenai
Jacky Alciné
Jacky AlcinéSep 6, 2026
The ease of protest against generative AI is a problem
When the target of protest is virtual, the reward for saying no feels virtually larger as well.
essay
Jacky Alciné
Jacky AlcinéAug 28, 2026
Being kicked out of the tech industry
After 250 job applications in four months, I'm giving up.
essay
Dirk Bachhausen
Dirk BachhausenAug 6, 2026
(WOZ) Essay: Von der Verantwortung für den Schutz queerer Leben
6. August 2026 Am 25. Juli tötete ein islamistischer Attentäter am Berliner CSD eine Frau und verletzte 31 weitere Menschen. Die rechten Reaktionen waren erwartbar - aber in der Linken wäre es Zeit für eine produktivere Aufarbeitung. Direktlink Hier den Artikel weiter lesen...
essayleben
Anaphylactery
AnaphylacteryJul 18, 2026
Lost Tales of the Boundary Street Markets
personal essaypreviously published
APEX PREY
APEX PREYJul 17, 2026
WILLOW SPRINGS REIMAGINED
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essaymotorsport
Jacky Alciné
Jacky AlcinéJun 12, 2026
'There's More Black People Over There': False Equivalences in Platform Distribution and Gimmicks of Platform Capitalism
Of course there's more Black people on a platform that holds a billion people and has been around for twenty years. Expecting the same experience across different platforms with different profit (and sustainable) incentives is naive, disrespectful and dangerous.
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Redowan's Reflections
Redowan's ReflectionsJun 7, 2026
Putting this blog on ATProto with standard.site
Mirroring a static Hugo blog onto ATProto with standard.site and Sequoia, plus the GitHub Actions wiring that republishes the records on every push without any manual steps.
EssayDevOps
Effortpost
EffortpostJun 5, 2026
All Politics is Gamergate
How righteous grievance made us all follow Steve Bannon and Vivian James down the rabbit hole.
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politicsgamergate
Effortpost
EffortpostJun 2, 2026
Nice Politics vs. Asshole Politics
The rise of the Age of Assholes doesn’t mean we should give up on niceness.
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politicsDemocratic Party
Anaphylactery
AnaphylacteryMay 30, 2026
Magical Girlhood
How did girly media reimagine our feminine presenting selves?
essaycreative nonfiction
Redowan's Reflections
Redowan's ReflectionsMay 30, 2026
If you won't carry the pager, maybe don't push to mainline
Drive-by AI changes break the shared model a team builds around its code, and the ICs end up cleaning up the mess. Why pushing to mainline should come with the pager.
EssayAI
_koanvai ✍️
_koanvai ✍️May 21, 2026
Into another void
A nomad's thoughts on the new way of sharing my thoughts
Essay
Melo's OC Hub
Melo's OC HubMay 8, 2026
Darrel Milton
The man who loved an eternal women (and design discussion)
essayOc origin story
Matt's Newsletter
Matt's NewsletterMay 7, 2026
Overcoming anxiety.
anxietyessay
Taggart
TaggartMar 30, 2026
I used AI. It worked. I hated it.
I used Claude Code to build a tool I needed. It worked great, but I was miserable. I need to reckon with what it means.
aiessay
Melo's OC Hub
Melo's OC HubMar 23, 2026
Ted
The aquatic skinwalker (and design discussion)
original characteressay
Casual Essays
Casual EssaysMar 19, 2026
Analogue Gaming: Cards & Dice as Game Consoles
An essay about the "analogue" movement and its lack of analogue gaming.
essaygaming