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The Licensed Imposter Problem2026-07-20does impersonation entail continuity of consciousness?2.9k words
A Whole New Post2026-06-26what is the meaning of reblogging?3.4k words
Escaping Capepunk Ontology2026-06-18the unquestioned assumptions of parahuman abilities1.7k words
Nuances of Newcomb’s Problem2026-06-14we have logical decision theory at home4.3k words
Choose Your Venom-hex!2026-04-26prompts for ophidian vexation3.6k words
Cutting Apart Scissor Statements2026-04-15a microcosm of the Scott Alexander condition3.5k words
Eusapience (n.)2026-03-31speculations on cognitive evolution2.0k words
The Woes of Writing Markdown2026-03-13And the wishes of SquiggleMark7.8k words
Re: Corporate Intelligence2026-02-27Are we still on for “kill all humans” later, or…?1.1k words
Why Shouldn’t Parasites Rule the World?2026-02-20The unexamined fantasy of global assimilation1.6k words
Toward a Universal Theory of Wizardry2026-01-07Thoughts on magic system emulation1.7k words
Some Hivemind Fallacies2026-01-07a critique of naïve gestalt consciousness3.6k words
The Seven Texture Pie2025-12-01a blogpost1.3k words
Notes on Adding Detail to Scenes2025-11-21Giving some specific pointers1.5k words
Verdant & Vitreous [WIP]2025-10-25a roleplaying game7.3k words
Footnotes on AO32025-08-27Introducing a better way3.2k words
Timelines That Twist and Fray2025-05-07Time splices, retrocausally deepening A*, and toxic yuri selfcest2.8k words
Thresholding Across My Personal Multiverse2025-04-07A recap of the worlds we’ve wrought14.5k words
In Defense of Roko’s Basilisk2025-02-12Stupid, yes, but not that stupid4.2k words
thoughts on dialogue2024-10-24unedited email correspondence1.2k words
Identity is Communication2024-10-18Chains and clans as new metaphors of self2.1k words
The Fallacy of Intention2024-10-13a blogpost1.1k words
On Cooking Characters2024-05-20a blogpost3.3k words
Literary Figure Models2024-04-12a blogpost2.6k words
Review of Six Pomegranate Seeds2024-02-03An Understated Masterpiece1.1k words
Notes on Drawing Mantis Dicks2023-12-01Dead Dove (Do Not Eat)2.4k words
Fear the Sirens2023-02-20Basilisks aren’t the only acausal nightmare1.4k words
We Must Convey What the Video Cannot2023-02-03An incidental exegesis2.4k words
Antimemes and Mesomemes2022-06-07a blogpost1.2k words
The Preposteriat2021-11-18A Slay the Spire character concept3.7k words
Complexity is Not Objective!2021-08-16a blogpost3.4k words
Outline of Silk & Ember2021-07-11a blogpost5.4k words
Problems with Pocket Dimensions2021-06-26a blogpost1.1k words
Pointers on How to Write2020-04-21Where I got started and how to follow1.7k words
Dissolving Identity2019-07-21Sorry, teleporters mean you don’t exist1.5k words
Critique
Escaping Capepunk Ontology2026-06-18the unquestioned assumptions of parahuman abilities1.7k words
Eusapience (n.)2026-03-31speculations on cognitive evolution2.0k words
Why Shouldn’t Parasites Rule the World?2026-02-20The unexamined fantasy of global assimilation1.6k words
Toward a Universal Theory of Wizardry2026-01-07Thoughts on magic system emulation1.7k words
Some Hivemind Fallacies2026-01-07a critique of naïve gestalt consciousness3.6k words
Thresholding Across My Personal Multiverse2025-04-07A recap of the worlds we’ve wrought14.5k words
Murder Drones Fic Recs2024-10-09a blogpost16.4k words
Recommended Fiction [WIP]2024-06-21a blogpost750 words
Review of Six Pomegranate Seeds2024-02-03An Understated Masterpiece1.1k words
Antimemes and Mesomemes2022-06-07a blogpost1.2k words
Problems with Pocket Dimensions2021-06-26a blogpost1.1k words
Technical
The Woes of Writing Markdown2026-03-13And the wishes of SquiggleMark7.8k words
Footnotes on AO32025-08-27Introducing a better way3.2k words
Writing
Notes on Adding Detail to Scenes2025-11-21Giving some specific pointers1.5k words
thoughts on dialogue2024-10-24unedited email correspondence1.2k words
The Fallacy of Intention2024-10-13a blogpost1.1k words
On Cooking Characters2024-05-20a blogpost3.3k words
Literary Figure Models2024-04-12a blogpost2.6k words
Pointers on How to Write2020-04-21Where I got started and how to follow1.7k words
Creative
Choose Your Venom-hex!2026-04-26prompts for ophidian vexation3.6k words
Eusapience (n.)2026-03-31speculations on cognitive evolution2.0k words
Lyretta in the Wutherwyld [WIP]2026-02-21a roleplaying game2.6k words
The Seven Texture Pie2025-12-01a blogpost1.3k words
Verdant & Vitreous [WIP]2025-10-25a roleplaying game7.3k words
Timelines That Twist and Fray2025-05-07Time splices, retrocausally deepening A*, and toxic yuri selfcest2.8k words
Thresholding Across My Personal Multiverse2025-04-07A recap of the worlds we’ve wrought14.5k words
Collected Poems2024-04-04a blogpost739 words
Fear the Sirens2023-02-20Basilisks aren’t the only acausal nightmare1.4k words
The Preposteriat2021-11-18A Slay the Spire character concept3.7k words
Outline of Silk & Ember2021-07-11a blogpost5.4k words
Some RPG Ideas [WIP]2020-11-17a blogpost2.7k words
Polemic
The Licensed Imposter Problem2026-07-20does impersonation entail continuity of consciousness?2.9k words
A Whole New Post2026-06-26what is the meaning of reblogging?3.4k words
Nuances of Newcomb’s Problem2026-06-14we have logical decision theory at home4.3k words
Cutting Apart Scissor Statements2026-04-15a microcosm of the Scott Alexander condition3.5k words
Re: Corporate Intelligence2026-02-27Are we still on for “kill all humans” later, or…?1.1k words
In Defense of Roko’s Basilisk2025-02-12Stupid, yes, but not that stupid4.2k words
Identity is Communication2024-10-18Chains and clans as new metaphors of self2.1k words
We Must Convey What the Video Cannot2023-02-03An incidental exegesis2.4k words
Complexity is Not Objective!2021-08-16a blogpost3.4k words
Dissolving Identity2019-07-21Sorry, teleporters mean you don’t exist1.5k words
Other
Notes on Drawing Mantis Dicks2023-12-01Dead Dove (Do Not Eat)2.4k words
Onward to Providence Image Viewer2023-11-17a blogpost1 words
Mark Forsyth On Poetic Meternulla blogpost3.2k words
Illurien of the Myriad GlimpsesnullReference for one of my favorite monsters985 words
A Brief History of Our Writing [WIP]nulla blogpost493 words
WFG
Review of Creep2020-01-07Relentless Mutation1.0k words
Review of Pyrebound2019-03-226Be stricken of strange suns849 words
Review of Fuji2019-02-25How strait the sunless road that leads to later birth857 words
Review of The New Humans2019-02-05Man’s reach must exceed his grasp.1.2k words
Review of Advent2019-02Feel a Bit Accomplished You Read the Good, Sad Serial485 words
Review of The Star-Treader and Other Poems2017a blogpost752 words
Review of Twig2017a blogpost722 words