The Quiet Signal
An introduction There is a lot of noise. Most of it is loud, urgent, performative.Most of it wants something from you. The Quiet Signal exists for a different reason. This…
Fighting the Pinterest Algorithm
(Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Chaos Goblins) Let’s talk about Pinterest. Not the Pinterest you vaguely remember from 2012, when it was all wedding mood…
When the Robots Decide What You’re Allowed to Say
There’s an overriding sense of powerlessness that comes with being censored by a machine. A human censor, at least, you can argue with. You can appeal to their reason, their…
Freedom of Speech Is Alive and Well…
It’s Just No Longer Invited to the Party There was a time when the great free-speech question was gloriously simple. Can you say the thing? If the answer was yes,…
The Uncomfortable Truth About Getting Eyeballs on Your Thing
Here’s something nobody wants to admit: you could have the best product in the world, and nobody would care. Not because it’s not brilliant. Not because you haven’t worked hard…
A Quiet Opportunity
Featuring Real Offers in Front of a Paid, Opportunity-Focused Community There’s a strange tension online when it comes to opportunity. On one side, people are actively looking for new ways…
When Fiction Stops Entertaining and Starts Pointing
Editor’s note: This piece listens for the moment power moves indoors, where it becomes quieter, cleaner, and harder to see. There’s a moment when fiction stops being a story and…
When the Watchdogs Get Muzzled
On Journalism, Free Speech, and the Quiet Slide Into Something Darker Have you noticed that point in every authoritarian playbook where the press stops being a nuisance and becomes an…
Most of what reaches us now is loud by design.
Most of what reaches us now is loud by design. Not because it’s important, but because it needs to survive competition. The modern world doesn’t reward accuracy, wisdom, or restraint…
The Winter Creativity Grift
A Field Guide to Doing Nothing (Productively) It’s January. You haven’t written anything meaningful in three weeks. Your last “creative session” involved opening a Google Doc, typing the word “Chapter”,…