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Nightshade

03 Aug 2026

Data poisoning gets a bad rap. It's part of a revolutionary toolkit. Discussed here are ubiquitous surveillance, a novel from the late 1970s, some data science nerdery, and an appeal to gently break some stuff that has deserved it for some time.

The Most Difficult Thought

23 May 2026

On the subject of accidental transitory fame. Eugene Thacker writes very seriously about what we can know and how we deal with what we can't, and because he wrote a great title, his work has become symbolic in a way that perfectly describes our times.

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Nightshade

03 Aug 2026

The Tree

01 Jul 2026

An erudite friend told me yesterday that expecting life to be fair is a fool's errand. That fairness is malleable, defined in terms of the wants of the present. Fickle. He used the word. He found grueling victory in a recent deep regret I'd communicated over coffee.

Dusty Tomes

23 Jun 2026

A reflection on Lemonade by Raymond Carver, pulled from the archive of an ancient database. This may become a feature as I have made a lot of words throughout my life, and some of the arrangements just happen to be pretty. That's not quite the right word. But it will do.

On Endings

07 Jun 2026

Musings about Destiny 2's end and what makes games addictive for me. Destiny 2 has a very specific appeal because of one weapon. This post goes into detail about that weapon and what it means for me.

Continue?

30 May 2026

Resuming a saved game used to be a matter of correctly copying down long sequences of letters and numbers, then hoping you'd not made a mistake while writing. Entering them was a matter of entering letters and numbers with a d-pad, then hoping you'd not made a mistake entering in the letters.

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Hi. I'm Luc. I make pretty things by pressing buttons and wiggling a mouse. I do corporate surveillance, after a fashion. I'm working on flight. I make music. I write sometimes too. This site is for all that. Except the surveillance.