Odin Halvorson

Shadow-purposes, Baldur's Gate, and more....

Details on format changes, news from the world, big updates on my novel and writing, lots of video content, and more!...

On the nature of centralized power’s inevitable corruption....

Childhood traumas, reflections, and poetry for a brighter world....

Critiques, genius, and how art can change the world. When I was nine years old, my parents gave me a...

What really robbed us wasn’t the pandemic. I just finished reading a poignant article by Rachel Hislop entitled “Testing...

How the big five paved the way for Amazon’s predation and the enshittification of publishing. There can be no...

Our shared humanity is visible in the light of the stars. Today is Carl Sagan day, and I am stirred,...

Inktober, what's next, and some Deep Thoughts...

Take your lectures to the next level: Activate your students!...

The most dangerous consequence of AI proliferation is not a Terminator-style future, it’s people passing laws....

From Inktober, to ramen, from moon viewing to anti-capitalism. This newsletter has it all, folks....

Until we stop looking at other human beings as the enemy, we’re going to keep having problems....

Fires, Student Loans unpausing, a trip to Seattle, and more!...

For this pandemic, and all those to come, we must build the resilience of an open heart and mind....