There’s something quietly countercultural about completely eschewing computer technology and existing in sole communion with one’s thoughts.
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Monthly Roundup III: Guess Who’s Back
”Wait, you mean I actually have to post to that thing?”
”If you want readers, then yeah.”
”Well, shit.”
It’s the nineteenth, and you know what that means, ladies and germs: it’s time for another monthly roundup.
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Of War, Peace, and Passing
(Or: The Belated Monthly Roundup)
This feature went on hiatus due to a death in the family a few days before I was set to write the second installment. It just didn’t feel right to sit down with my MacBook in my local Starbucks, dark-roast coffee in hand, to muse about the stuff keeping my mind occupied when in truth, most of my mental bandwidth found itself concerned with the unfolding tragedy. But the tragedy has since passed and we are now nineteen days into the year 2026. What have I learned, observed, etc., thus far this year?
This was meant to be posted on January 19. I’m not late. I’m never late.
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The 2026 BFT Reading List
Reading is making a comeback in a big way for me in 2026. In this post, I talk about books I hope to read in the coming year in philosophy, literature, poetry, and mathematics.
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2025
It is the last day of the year as I write this, and in open contradiction to my recent notice of a hiatus, which I stated would last until the new year, I feel compelled to write something about the imminent end of this decidedly unusual year. As I write, 2025 has about 9-1/2 hours remaining in my time zone, and I am definitely glad to see it go.
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Momentary Hiatus
Due to a death in the family, this site is on hiatus through the remainder of December. I will see you with the next installment of my monthly roundup on January 19, 2026, if not before then.
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This is how you nerd out.
In response to a TikTok trend. Level, up, nerds.
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A Millennial’s Lament
Society interviewed me recently. Presented without further comment is the full interview, complete and unexpurgated.
Content warning: language.
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Charlie Kirk
A father, husband, and son was shot and killed for daring to speak his mind. And the reaction to the man’s death on the part of people I formerly identified with, namely liberals and intellectuals, has caused me to repudiate any association I may once have had with that community. At best, the responses of some on the left to Kirk’s death were in exceedingly poor taste. At worst, those responses desecrated his memory and caused undue pain and suffering for his family.
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