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4/13/2024
8 : 24

Tales from the eclipse

It was not not cool ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
5/24/2023
10 : 14

NEW POST: 10 Thoughts From the Fourth Trimester

1 baby, many thoughts. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
3/30/2023
14 : 44

Reddit AMA starting now

My Reddit AMA is now live ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
3/28/2023
22 : 24

5 Things

Upcoming AMA and 4 other things ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/21/2023
11 : 34

The actual book is actually here

I'm as surprised as you are ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/17/2023
19 : 4

A short history of my last 6 years

Deepest rabbit hole ever ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/5/2023
12 : 24

BOOK

Hey readers, Remember the time I kind of disappeared for two years? And then I triumphantly returned in 2019 with a giant post series called The Story of Us? And then I was part of the way through
4/6/2022
19 : 14

Livestreaming - Day 3 of 3

I'm bad at drawing View this email in your browser Alright we're onto the final day of streaming, going till late evening. Starting with a Google Maps Street View adventure as a procrastination
4/5/2022
19 : 14

Livestreaming - Day 2 of 3

Drawing is still hard View this email in your browser Hey readers, Yesterday's book illustrations livestream was a lot of fun. We drew fat bosses, popes, moths, and other random shit. We also
4/4/2022
17 : 54

My first livestream

Drawing is hard View this email in your browser Hey readers, The very last stage of getting my book off to the printer is finishing the remaining illustrations. I figured why not make it a party and
2/25/2022
14 : 44

My New York Times op-ed and other things

I have three things to tell you about. Hey old friends, I have three things to tell you about: 1) I wrote a New York Times op-ed, based on my post The Tail End. It was hard to refrain from cursing or
4/27/2021
14 : 24

New Post: Why Going to the Doctor Sucks

It sucks and you know it. Hey readers, So two things are happening: 1) My wife is launching a startup (the primary care members club I mentioned in an email last year) 2) I've now spent almost two
4/14/2021
13 : 34

Mailbag!

We have a whole lot to talk about. Hey readers, Last month, I sent an email asking you to send in questions for an upcoming mailbag. You did not disappoint. Without further ado, I present to you: M
3/3/2021
14 : 44

Time for a new mailbag

Things: 1) Miss you / cuddles 2) I'm very close to being done with this book. It's written and now in the drawings/revisions/fact-checking phase. I cannot wait to post regularly again. 3) In
12/13/2020
14 : 4

Religion for the Nonreligious

Not a theist? Okay, so what are you then? Hey readers, This week brings us to the final post in the WBW Greatest Hits series. When we made the greatest hits list, we picked 36 posts from the 100+ posts
12/6/2020
14 : 4

The AI Revolution

The topic everyone in the world should be talking about. This week from the archive, one of the three most popular posts on the site: The AI Revolution. Artificial Intelligence isn't just an
12/4/2020
3 : 34

From Muhammad to ISIS: Iraq’s Full Story

The full, full, full story on Iraq. Hey readers, In the summer of 2014, I went to five countries and wrote a long post about each of them for a series I called Odd Things in Odd Places. Earlier in the
11/23/2020
9 : 41

Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think

We all care way too much what other people think of us. Here's why. Hey readers, This week from the greatest hits, an issue we need to work on: caring less about what other people think of us. This
11/8/2020
14 : 14

Horizontal History

Looking at history from a whole new direction. This week from the greatest hits: a visual take on history. If you imagine history as a vertical timeline going downwards into the past, we usually study
11/1/2020
14 : 4

The Great Perils of Social Interaction

No matter how diligently you try to follow the Social Rulebook, you're gonna get into some of these massively awkward situations. This week from the greatest hits: A topic we're all dealing