Odin Halvorson

Society

Space Enough for Billionaires?

Space exploration matters and it should be publicly funded.

6 min read Jul 12

Health

The Tragic Thing About Vaccines

The Tragic Thing About Vaccines… is that they work.

5 min read Jun 29

Pop-Culture

Stargirl: Indubitably a Review

Stargirl tries to be a modern Superhero-themed Buffy… but where does it succeed in being itself?

3 min read Jun 28

Essay

The Unenlightened Generalists

Self-betterment and the power of failure.

4 min read Jun 23

Social Media

How Privacy-First Social Media Fails

A story of MeWe and the bad actors who now call it home.

6 min read Jun 4

History

How the Barcode Was Born

The whole thing started when an inventor named Joe Woodland sketched Morse Code in the sandy shore of a beach

2 min read Jun 1

Fediverse

An Alternative to YouTube: Internet Freedom in an Age of Giants

A good YouTube alternative is hard to find.

7 min read May 27

DIY

DIY Kitchen Lighting

A home improvement crafting project: The perfect DIY upgrade for an old and janky kitchen.

4 min read May 8

Writing

The Relationship of Geography and the Inhabitants of a Secondary World

The geography of any secondary world is just as important as plot or character — indeed they are inexorably interlinked.

31 min read Apr 16

Technology

The Future of the Internet

How we got here and were we are going

6 min read Apr 7

History

Trains Are Awesome

So why is this most effective transportation technology not used more in the United States?

3 min read Apr 2

Philosophy

Sacredness and Work

How can we experience the numinous in a world like ours?

5 min read Mar 15