The Line Protestors Refuse to See
Protest begins where trust ends.
Institutions drift and people gather.
no-one
When Good Stories Replace Accountability
A particular kind of writing appears in moments of social
The Real One
Mira had three imaginary friends. There was Bello, a purple
The Brittleness Before the Break
It usually begins with care.
A desire to protect people.
A Reliquary of Sins
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Transmission
It printed my obituary at 3 AM. My name. Next
Rewound
The label says "Christmas 1993." I pressed play.
Pager
Dad's pager sat in a drawer nine years
Messages
Originally published as substack note on January 9, 2026.
The
Obsolete Technologies
Dead machines refusing to stay silent. Answering machines with messages from the deceased. Fax machines negotiating with death. VHS tapes recording futures. Pagers buzzing with calls from 1987. The old technologies remember what we tried to forget.