On absence and a visit to the internet’s Backrooms

#74—Often, it’s not what we know, but what we don’t know that makes it intriguing.

Aug 5 • Alia Parker

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July 2026

Big Tech wants to ignore your copyright

#73—Is it really too hard to negotiate content agreements with the internet?

Jul 9 • Alia Parker

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June 2026

How to prove you're human in the age of AI

#72—AI detectors are not wholly accurate. Don’t let them be the sole determinant of your credibility.

Jun 4 • Alia Parker

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May 2026

Meditations on electricity and the sixth sense

#71—Here's something we have in common with a power outlet.

May 4 • Alia Parker

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April 2026

On being haunted

#70—An attempt to explain strange coincidences at odd moments.

Apr 2 • Alia Parker

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March 2026

The river that runs in reverse

#69—It's easy to be fooled into believing all nature is natural.

Mar 4 • Alia Parker

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February 2026

The infinite want

#68—Why are we forever wanting? A look at how to find contentment in a world of wants.

Feb 9 • Alia Parker

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January 2026

Life among the invisible

#67—A short flight into the philosophy of hermeneutics while learning to trust the wind.

Jan 2 • Alia Parker

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December 2025

Farewell Cinema and other cultural relics

#66—A nostalgic trip through some things we have lost and something we're losing.

Dec 3, 2025 • Alia Parker

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November 2025

Orcas in the bay

#65—A little autofiction about a time I looked straight at something remarkable and didn't truly see it.

Nov 3, 2025 • Alia Parker

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October 2025

Is this really the Anthropocene?

#64—A major city is running out of water and a great migration has begun.

Oct 8, 2025 • Alia Parker

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September 2025

Time reflections

#63—Scientists can reflect time. I just chase it.

Sep 25, 2025 • Alia Parker

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