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Bookworm Seeks Other Bookworms for Bookworm Things

Aug 4, 2026

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4 min read

Bookworm Seeks Other Bookworms for Bookworm Things

I know we're mostly a pack of introverts, but how might more bookish beauties better support each other? Also, a heads-up about a tech blunder.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Newsletter

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Create More or Go to Hell (As in the Corporate-Obsessed-About-Shareholder-Value kind of Hell)

Jun 29, 2026

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4 min read

Create More or Go to Hell (As in the Corporate-Obsessed-About-Shareholder-Value kind of Hell)

I'm not Catholic, but I did go to a Catholic-affiliated university, so I'm basically qualified to speak on behalf of the pope.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Newsletter

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I wrote you an essay this week. Then I scrapped it.

Jun 20, 2026

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4 min read

I wrote you an essay this week. Then I scrapped it.

It was fine. That was the problem. Thankfully, there's always metawriting exercises and something better to build toward.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

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The Peace of Wild Things

Jun 7, 2026

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6 min read

The Peace of Wild Things

On screens, summers, and the radical act of going outside.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

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A Lesson on Learning: I've Decided I Like it Rough

May 23, 2026

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6 min read

A Lesson on Learning: I've Decided I Like it Rough

But in a Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi way, not (necessarily) a Mae West kind of way.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

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It’s not just Language, it’s Mentality. | Delving into the Mainstreamification of Load-Bearing Corporate and AI Slop

May 8, 2026

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5 min read

It’s not just Language, it’s Mentality. | Delving into the Mainstreamification of Load-Bearing Corporate and AI Slop

LLMs and similar tools have a flattening effect on language. What does that mean for how we understand our place in the world?

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

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Thinking like a forest (and fighting crime in high fashion)

Apr 30, 2026

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6 min read

Thinking like a forest (and fighting crime in high fashion)

On James Bridle, planetary intelligence, and the strange media that teaches us how to exist in the world.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

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Is My Newsletter a Side Project or a Side Hustle? I Genuinely Don't Know.

Apr 18, 2026

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6 min read

Is My Newsletter a Side Project or a Side Hustle? I Genuinely Don't Know.

Regardless, I don't intend to peddle sh*tty t-shirts based on wall-art quotes. (It'll make sense, I promise.)

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

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I Couldn't Focus on My Reading. So I Did This Instead.

Apr 3, 2026

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11 min read

I Couldn't Focus on My Reading. So I Did This Instead.

Haring, Morrison, Le Guin, and dealing with shitty weeks that make creativity hard.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

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My Fantasy Novel is Bad and It's My Fault

Mar 26, 2026

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10 min read

My Fantasy Novel is Bad and It's My Fault

On the Halo Effect, Dunning-Kruger, and giving your creativity table scraps and wondering why it's not growing.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Distraction

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The Rest Paradox: Why Scrolling Doesn't Restore You

Feb 19, 2026

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9 min read

The Rest Paradox: Why Scrolling Doesn't Restore You

Why your weekends feel wasted and what to do about it

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Distraction

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At 15, I Wrote an Entire Novel. Now I Can Barely Write for 30 Minutes at a Time.

Feb 12, 2026

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7 min read

At 15, I Wrote an Entire Novel. Now I Can Barely Write for 30 Minutes at a Time.

On Attention Attrition and the Decline of Deep Focus

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Non-Slop Fun

Witty, irreverent writing about escaping digital exhaustion. For creatives who want to stop scrolling and start reading and making things again.

© 2026 Non-Slop Fun.
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