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Today: Why Everyone Wants the Same Things Why Is Thinking Clearly So Difficult? The Art of Consolation Psalm 16 (Song of Forgiveness) What Kind of Man…

Dec 2

I wrote the piece below on the Friday after Thanksgiving 2015. At the time, I was working for this big company in Chicago, saving up all my nickels and…

Nov 25

Today: I’m sending this week’s IDST a little early to get ahead of Thanksgiving, a shining beacon of light that has afforded me 2.5 days off from work…

Nov 23

Today: Is progress a myth? A piece about Kendrick Lamar’s refreshingly ballsy album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers “The Heart Part 5” by Kendrick Lamar…

Nov 20

Hurt people hurt people. The guiding lights in those words are many. Our own hurt is unavoidable. There's no such thing as a life without it, and I…

Nov 17

Video: The loudspeakers are real.Watch now (3 min) | Re: the first few paragraphs of Ghost Stories #3: Prospector, I took a short video just after the music started to play from the…

Nov 13

One of the ways word gets around in the village where I live is they have these loudspeakers mounted above the mess of electrical wires on the utility…

Nov 11

Today: It’s Veterans Day, which years ago became the the day I spend in my head with my grandpa. So I will be eschewing the usual IDST format this week…

Nov 11

November marks the beginning of my favorite few months of the year in Thailand. The temperature drops significantly overnight and stays pleasantly cool…

Nov 8

Some of you might recall that I started a second Substack in January called Ghost Stories. I’ve since done a pretty great job of neglecting it. More…

Nov 7

Today: Ari Shaffir. Jew. Weed in Thailand Study: medical cannabis reduces opioid usage A conversation about psychedelics Breathwork tutorials Destiny 1…

Nov 4

The last time I spent any real time walking around Chiang Mai was in July, a few weeks after cannabis was decriminalized in Thailand. Before the drive…

Oct 31

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