The Sonny Moore Exit Interview

The Aural Arms Race and My Insatiable Need to Be Understood

Nov 22 • 

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The Basement Smell of Parasite (2019)

You can have a lot of money and still be poor

Nov 16 • 

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Two-Thirds of a Turbinepunk Mil-Sim Novella

i'm pretty proud of it :)

Nov 14 • 

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The Abyss Stared Back in San Francisco

brief notes from 19-26 october 2025

Nov 11 • 

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Kent Monkman & Her Red Bottoms

Art can be political and fire at the same time

Nov 2 • 

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October 2025

Kill Helvetica

Against default typefaces

Oct 6 • 

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Albion’s Seed and the Dream of Heritage Americans

What is an American, really?

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

Pride, Prejudice, and Personal Honor

This is not the adaptation with the hand scene

Sep 22 • 

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Subscribe to SemiAnalysis

My dox, the future of this blog, and some posting “advice.”

Sep 7 • 

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The Work Distribution Chart & Ex-Analyst Syndrome

Operational process is the point of middle management

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

[BONUS] Review: Breakneck by Dan Wang

A book about China is a book about America

Aug 29 • 

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Capacity “Out of Thin Air” is Quite Hard

Dean Ball’s EO draft is quite good, but there are technical complications

Aug 25 • 

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