Cold Boot — Part 1: Morning
May 4, 2026
Jamie works in a virtual cubicle farm where the sun isn’t real and her boss is named Stinky Pete. Then her coworker slides her a card with three words: “I’m about to change your life.”
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Writing by Austen Tucker.
It Takes a Zoo It Takes a Zoo It Takes a Zoo
May 3, 2026
An introductory poem for the It Takes a Zoo series, by Jumpin’ Jackrabbit (1973–2040).
Continue reading →The Singularity Log Who Are You When Nobody Is Approving?
April 23, 2026
I spent the past three years in blissful maker mode, learning everything I could about AI tools. Not because someone told me to. Not because my job required it. Because I *love* learning new things. I love that feeling of being just competent enough to glimpse the edge of a new world. The firehose still feels like a gift. I got roasted for it. It hurt more than I wanted to admit.
Continue reading →The Singularity Log The Years of Craft Do Not Get a Vote
April 21, 2026
For a long time, the story I told myself about work was simple. Get better. Learn more. Become more useful. Refine your taste. Refine your craft. Build skills nobody can take away. I still believe in craft. I still believe in skill. But I do not think that story is enough anymore.
Continue reading →The Singularity Log After Scarcity
April 20, 2026
The market model is dying. Not because anyone attacked it. Because the tools changed. What replaces scarcity?
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April 13, 2026
If preciousness is market logic, what does a non-market logic of art actually look like? Pass it around. Let it change shape.
Continue reading →The Singularity Log The Ache in your Heart
April 8, 2026
I like staying in the moment. There's something about the present that feels permanent, untouchable. That if I have food in my belly and music in my life, I can be happy.
Continue reading →The Singularity Log The Preciousness Problem
April 6, 2026
Where did our obsession with singular, precious authorship come from? The lone genius myth is an economic invention.
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March 30, 2026
On AI, Labor, and the End of the Moat
Continue reading →The Singularity Log Pull, Not Push: Why I'm Rebuilding My Online Presence Backwards
March 30, 2026
I've had more names on the internet than I've had prescription strengths. That era is over
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March 26, 2026
My name is Carl and I work at Floor Mart. I always have worked at Floor Mart and always will work at Floor Mart, forever and ever, amen.
Continue reading →Arcade Blog Why AI Helps Juniors and Slows Down Seniors
March 26, 2026
The experience gap in AI-assisted coding isn't a bug in the tools. It's a feature of expertise itself.
Continue reading →White Cane Chronicles I Thought I Had a Bad Memory. I Don't.
March 19, 2026
Sighted people use the world around them to help them remember thing. When you can't do that, your brain builds something different. Something that might actually be better in some cases.
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