I've been on a rabbit hole to learn more about the human memory – it made me reflect on my own strange memory so I wrote about it:

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my strange memory

I've been on a rabbit hole to learn more about the human memory after watching college kids perform seemingly impossible memory feats on a tv ...

#blogging #writing

me: i don't know why i bother, only 20 people read my writing. @npub1z9h9...dmew: 20 is a lot for the weird things you write.

wrote a note about platforms, attention spans, and the possible demise of the paragraph:

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platforms, attention spans, paragraphs

I really like what Robin Sloan writes here about being on platforms like substack– it’s the stupid choices that are the important ones: "I’m ...

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wrote a post on Pride because it is Pride month:

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pride (2025)

The other day I caught myself thinking: my partner is the greatest contributor to my happiness. It is not only because I am a recipient of her gene...

#pride #blogging

some days I review previous years' posts from social media accounts and journals – today I decided to share some commentary on them:

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on this day 18th of june

I go through my old archives from social media and journals etc regularly so that I can input them into obsidian for future review. On some days so...

#blogging #onthisday

this week my partner made a comment that life is like playing a game, so I wrote my thoughts resulting from that – how it is important to figure out what is the game you really want to play vs what society conditions you to:

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playing my own little game

My interest in playing board games got reignited after watching some korean tv puzzle shows. After few days of playing board games my partner was r...

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i wrote some thoughts about the human intelligence after watching korean game shows: the psychology of the participants, the expectations that come with being academically gifted can be a form of imprisonment, how the shows provoked me to be curious about my own brain's learning ability:

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thoughts about human intelligence after watching korean game shows

We started watching korean variety shows since they started appearing on Netflix. I think it started with Physical 100 which gave me the push I nee...

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while migrating some of my old posts from medium to my blog i came across this post which reminded me of the intense kindness i have received in california – it makes me feel sad for the state the US is in right now:

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Experiencing humanity’s grace via flat tires

It was 5pm on a Saturday, still sunny and bright. I was driving back from the lighthouse at Point Reyes. In the next split second I drove into an u...

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wrote about how my inner expectations make me unhappy: I question their origins and the subsequent realisation that what I expect of myself is not aligned with that I truly want for myself (but I keep forgetting):

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on inner expectations

I am not sure when it started, but I tend to feel like I am wasting my life if I am not doing something creative or enriching. Hence it has been di...

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wrote about "pathological demand avoidance" and how it has tremendously impacted my life:

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pathological demand avoidance

I first came across this term when I was browsing the subreddits for adhd and autistic women. After reading more about it I realised belatedly (in ...

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