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Recent Dispatch Entries

• Do You Want To Play Pickleball? Nov 29, 2025
  Plus Other Signs of a Plastic Culture and a General Societal Collapse. There’s nothing wrong with pickleball... in the same way there’s nothing wrong with eating marshmallows for dinner. It’s not... Read more
• If You’re on Substack for Discovery, You’re Dreaming Oct 10, 2025
  Originally posted on Substack on October 10, 2025 Here I was told Substack would be a haven for creators. A place where stories find their audience. Where truth rises through the... Read more
• They Weaponized Email - How Google Broke the Internet's Promise Oct 1, 2025
  I used to believe “Don’t be evil.” I think for a while, Google did, too. They were the good guys with the best search. Now they’re just a terrible company... Read more
• How Does This Site Stay Alive? Sep 9, 2025
  I’m taking the hard road, because the easy road is rarely the best one. Let’s get something straight: this site doesn’t run ads. You won’t see blinking banners, auto-playing videos, creepy... Read more
• Stop Letting Websites Gaslight You About Passwords Aug 18, 2025
  If a site tells you your password can only be 8–12 characters, can’t use certain symbols, or must start with a letter, you’ve just learned something very important. They don’t know... Read more
• You Just Paid for a Nintendo Switch 2? Congratulations, You Don’t Own Anything Aug 10, 2025
  Welcome to the future, where “buying” means “renting with strings.” You fork over your hard-earned cash for a shiny new Nintendo Switch 2, but here’s the kicker: you don’t own it.... Read more
• Apparently We Elected Big Brother to Our School Board Aug 9, 2025
  There’s a war for the minds of our children, and it’s being waged with algorithms, webcams, and predictive analytics. Public schools across the United States are rapidly adopting AI-driven surveillance systems... Read more