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When you’re growing up you’re conditioned to believe your hero should be a professional sportsperson or rock star or someone similarly famous who has interesting hair or caustic opinions but I think my hero is probably the person who, while building this wall over a century ago, also thought to attach this little complimentary stone stai…

I’m happy to see Mark Zuckerberg announce changes that support freedom of the press at Meta, in particular lifting the restrictions on discussing politics. These are good changes and I give him credit.

I’d love to see this grow into a principle stance that Meta commits to for the long term. He says they are making these changes because th…

One of the less awful photographs I’ve taken of a moorland pony advancing on me as I rolled on the saturated mossy grass beneath it, begging it not to trample me to death.

“Indeed, the moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist, and becomes a dull or an amusing craftsman, an honest or a dishonest tradesman. He has no further claim to be considered as an artist.”

— Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Art and Individualism

Get your tickets! eventbrite.com/e/open-s…

Hey, I’m going to moderate a panel on writing identity at this

Magazine symposium on May 3d. Sign up…

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