covid-19 sci-fi: back to the land

it was exactly 4 years ago that trump’s adminstration fell to a coup. he had so incensed his base by botching the coronavirus pandemic that they overthrew him. it was actually kind of funny to watch.

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the long tail of covid-19

i’m not sure how much this is being discussed broadly (maybe this is old news) but i wanted to write up a bit about my experience with the long tail effects of covid-19.

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covid grief journal

an (real-life) example of my grief journaling practice during the covid-19 pandemic

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7 year cycles

the first time i heard about any sort of 7-year framework was on a walk with gibrán when we were both working at IISC. we were walking down at the port and i was telling him a bunch of stuff about my life. at point, he said that he was seeing a pattern in my life arc that he experienced and one that he knew to be true for other folks, too. it wasn’t anything complicated: just that it seemed about every 7 years there would be some major identifiable shift in life stage.

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Covid, Public Health + City Planning? It's Really About Building a Different Urban Economy Centering a Right to the City

guest piece here from my friend, jason spicer! i asked if i could post it here because it’s great thinking and i wanted to be able to share it without having to forward the email every time lol. thanks, jspice!

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