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An Early 2000s Coming Out Story (Part 2: Run, Survive, Repeat)
Warning: Discusses abuse of minors, trauma, family violence and mental health crisis. Reader discretion advised. By Paul Brzeski Continued on from Part 1: End of Childhood When morning came, I…
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An Early 2000s Coming Out Story (Part 1: End of Childhood)
Warning: Discusses abuse of minors, trauma, family violence and mental health crisis. Reader discretion advised. By Paul Brzeski Wise people say it takes time to fall in love, but that…
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Gardening Taught Me How to Be a Better Programmer
The front of my house faces west, sunset, which means we get a lot of bright hot light from midday towards the early evening, irrespective of the weather. We’re just…
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The Cup Bearer
Secret Time: 2700 BCSecret Location: Various ancient kingdoms spanning Mesopotamia and North Africa A long time ago, a group of powerful mystics with an advanced knowledge of the material world…
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Machined Memory
Secret Time: 8000 BCSecret Location: Unknown magical empire The Court of Wizards create a new being out of magic called Memento, the first ever artificial general intelligence made entirely out…
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Final Impact: Reclaiming my story a decade later
Warning: Discusses abuse of minors, workplace trauma, drug use and mental health crisis. Reader discretion advised. 2015 was a year of immense pain and suffering for me. For years I…
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The Last Boomer
It is the year 2077. The last boomer is John Smith from New England. The Woke has won, Smith stands alone in a world run by free loving empathic queers…
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10 Ways to Spot Narcissists (So You Can Avoid Them)
I’ve had a lot of problems in my life. Coming from a traumatic childhood, I trusted the wrong people again and again. That’s something a lot of trauma survivors deal…
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The Birds and the Diamond Mountain
We love to mythologise the rich and powerful, especially the further away they are from us in the pages of history. But it’s important to separate the fact from the…
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5 Things Progressives Keep Getting Wrong
We are losing the battle for humanity to the Alt Reich, and I believe it’s time to be honest about our own failings so that we can get better. Nobody…
About Me
Welcome to my blog! I’m Paul, a creative technologist based in Perth, Western Australia. I dabble in a range of things from animation to web dev to 3D shaders. I like to use open source technology and giving back to that community.