Archive - Excerpts from Pocket Observatory

Outside of Totality

I am a particle that wishes it were a wave.

Apr 12 •

March 2024

Is there a Right Kind of White?

Spoiler Alert: The Answer is No.

Mar 26 •

Life is not a folktale but I still wish some curses could be lifted.

Mar 9 •

We Should Take Katie Britt Seriously

She's weaponizing the kitchen table because she understands its power. Which is more than I can say for many of the Democrats.

Mar 9 •

February 2024

Breakfast can take you quite far

I grew up in a mixed reality.

Feb 25 •

January 2024

Pocket Observatory is no longer on Substack.

A quick introduction to our new home.

Jan 9 •

You've been migrated.

Jan 5 •

It's time to expose the dead (year)

Jan 1 •

December 2023

an impossible horizon

ghosts, grief and hope at maximum tilt

Dec 21, 2023 •

Wonka and the problem of old stories

Roald Dahl’s framework has a different physics than the world King is trying to build

Dec 21, 2023 •

I left you a voicemail

Happy birthday, darkling. We love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much

Dec 16, 2023 •

27:42

Substackers Against Nazis

Oh my gosh, what the fork is Substack doing.

Dec 14, 2023 •

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