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Despair, Anger, and the Right to Feel Hopeless (for Today)
The Supreme Court's rulings on trans athletes and birthright citizenship make today a hard day to argue against doomerism
Jun 30
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Sean Bugg
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Books & Bakes Preview: My Old (Western) Kentucky Home
A Books & Bakes preview of T.J. Martinson's Blood River Witch — a murder mystery set in the rural Western Kentucky that shaped me as a kid, plus why I…
Jun 22
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Sean Bugg
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Books & Bakes Preview: From Discworld to Immigrant America
Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters is a perfect intro to his satirical world, while Viet Thanh Nguyen is a preeminent chronicler of the Vietnamese immigrant…
Jun 15
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Sean Bugg
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Dreaming of Immortality
In the January issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories we find overoptimistic predictions of life spans alongside a stellar meditation on aging
Jun 5
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Sean Bugg
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May 2026
Books & Bakes
Combining two things I love into a read-a-thon benefiting Cake4Kids
May 30
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Sean Bugg
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Not-So-Final Fantasies
Ignoring my “to be read” pile to revisit the mammoth Wheel of Time fantasy series; plus, how my ebook reader pushed me back to reading physical books
May 19
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Sean Bugg
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2001: Kubrick’s Audacious Masterpiece and Clarke’s Big Idea
Arthur C. Clarke’s novel 2001: A Space Odyssey is basically a 1960s version of a YouTube “2001, the Movie, Explained!” video
May 10
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Sean Bugg
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Grope a Dope
The conversation over Barney Frank’s “hands on” nature is highlighting the gay Gen X tendency to minimize sexual bad behavior
May 8
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Sean Bugg
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Landyn Pan: Trans Fitness, Body Image, and Gender Euphoria
Landyn Pan (they/them) is a transmasculine, non-binary fitness and nutrition coach whose mission is to help queer and trans people build strength…
May 4
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Sean Bugg
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February 2026
Growing Up Southern
Two gay white Southerners on their experience with race, class, religion, and privilege from the post-Civil Rights Act '70s to the politics of today…
Feb 26
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Sean Bugg
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The Short Life and Early Death of Tech Optimism
For decades, science fiction writers touted technology as the solution for human suffering while sowing the seeds of their own disappointment
Feb 16
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Sean Bugg
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Post Toasted
We've seen lots of hometown papers die but the Washington Post's collapse is a straight-up murder
Feb 9
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Sean Bugg
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