That Dispatch does not exist.
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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...
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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...
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independent publishing
substack
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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...
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consolidated web
digital sovereignty
email
independence
ownership
self-hosting
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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...
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ads
direct support
donations
google analytics
privacy
wordpress
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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...
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bad security practices
cybersecurity
hashing and salting
security
security standards
web development
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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....
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digital ownership
eula
ownership
privacy
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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...
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artificial intelligence
children
educational
orwellian
privacy
surveillance
