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Odin Wishes You a Merry Christmas!
With a Christmas film recommendation and a book about cheese.
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From Odin, 2023's Penultimate Newsletter... or is it?
Details on format changes, news from the world, big updates on my novel and writing, lots of video content, and more!
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Politics
Henry Kissinger — The Wicked Witch is Dead
On the nature of centralized power’s inevitable corruption.
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Review
Without the Cliff by Caitlin Coey — A Review
Childhood traumas, reflections, and poetry for a brighter world.
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Review
Killers of the Flower Moon
Critiques, genius, and how art can change the world. When I was nine years old, my parents gave me a couple of books to read: Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Woun
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Pandemic
Holding Onto the Future
What really robbed us wasn’t the pandemic. I just finished reading a poignant article by Rachel Hislop entitled “Testing My Fertility at the End of My World”.
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Libraries
Libraries on the Front Line: Amazon and the Last of the Big Fish
How the big five paved the way for Amazon’s predation and the enshittification of publishing. There can be no question on this issue: electronic books provide
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Holidays
Carl Sagan Day 2023
Our shared humanity is visible in the light of the stars. Today is Carl Sagan day, and I am stirred, as always, to take a moment to pause, look toward the heav
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AI
What We Have to Fear from AI
The most dangerous consequence of AI proliferation is not a Terminator-style future, it’s people passing laws.
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