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I took 33,000 selfies during the pandemic and here's what I learned from it
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Allow Me To Solve Your Engineering Manager Hiring Problem
Amy Writes Words, #16
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The Sorting Hat
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Some Notes on Doublethink
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How to Talk To Me About Amy Wears Boots: A Primer, for Men
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On Post-Hike Malaise
After you do the thing, then what?
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Some Thoughts on Trauma-Informed Management
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10 pounds, 15 pounds, 17 pounds
baggage of a few different kinds
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A roundup of the mostly or entirely unpaid labor I have been doing lately
tl;dr: Town Meeting is a lot of weird unpaid civic work, parenting is a lot of weird unpaid emotionally intensive work, art is a lot of weird and…
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Selfish, egotistical, irresponsible, and lazy
Why I'm planning a thru-hike even though I pretty much hate myself for it
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Facts, feelings, and fascism
content advisory: suicide and related stuff
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Fuck your idea of grit: Simone Biles edition
Lots of people are angry at Simone Biles. This pisses me off. Let me explain why, by talking about my own experiences stepping back from…
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