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Odin Wishes You a Merry Christmas!
With a Christmas film recommendation and a book about cheese.
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Happy Solstice from Odin!
Shadow-purposes, Baldur's Gate, and more.
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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!
Henry Kissinger — The Wicked Witch is Dead
On the nature of centralized power’s inevitable corruption.
Without the Cliff by Caitlin Coey — A Review
Childhood traumas, reflections, and poetry for a brighter world.
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 Wounded Knee and People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. I’d never exactly been
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”. It’s a personal essay with some melancholic teeth, and is the first in a series I’m certain to continue reading.
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 easier access to knowledge and entertainment for people than has ever before been possible. Hundreds, even thousands of books can be carried around
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 heavens, and see in that awe-inspiring firmament all the hopes, fears, sorrows, and joys of our strange and beautiful
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Happy Halloween from Odin!
Inktober, what's next, and some Deep Thoughts
Teaching
Active vs. Passive Teaching
Take your lectures to the next level: Activate your students!
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.