Traps, cages and spells

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Traps, Cages and Spells.
The past and future of this newsletter.
Sep 13 • 
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May 2025

Hopeless dreaming
I'm still resisting getting AI to summarize my rambling thoughts, so here is a dream which does more or less the same.
May 3 • 
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February 2025

The Fawn Response
Political ontology for submissives: a freak-out.
Feb 17 • 
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I gave my lady half my heart
a somewhat creepy poem while I work on some more left-brain stuff.
Feb 8 • 
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November 2024

A civilization isn't what is ending.
It’s been a while.
Nov 16, 2024 • 
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May 2024

Unreasonable hope.
In which my heart insists I believe things in the darkness, and I betray a snake.
May 11, 2024 • 
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April 2024

Mr. Dog
Memories about loving leeches, trusting strangers and feeling the night come.
Apr 23, 2024 • 
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The beast with two noses.
A connection is made.
Apr 7, 2024 • 
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March 2024

Disputed blades
Sheaths, cryptozoology, dietary problems.
Mar 24, 2024 • 
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Birds and Dolphins.
A reworked section.
Mar 5, 2024 • 
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December 2023

What is going on here now?
I am not entirely sure....
Dec 5, 2023 • 
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November 2023

Dhanakosa to Kati: epilogue
Some notes from a Cambodian birding trip, after a retreat, a workshop and a dream.
Nov 11, 2023 • 
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