The dream of "smart cities" can so easily turn into corporate control and surveillance dystopia. When you write about future cities, you're writing about humans and what we might become -- for good or ill. I wrestled with these issues as I wrote my steamy romance. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

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Abusive people get really pissed off when abused people take a stand, as evidenced by all the panicky articles about people cutting off their parents and grandparents. I hope the midterm elections will be a massive, monumental example of people taking a stand against abusive politicians.

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When you realize you’re an adult and there’s nothing stopping you from turning spare vegetables and a little stock and flour and spices into a delicious mushroom gravy and slapping it on some bread for lunch. Our ancestors had it right about bread and dripping.

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especially loved the photos

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Democracies letting platforms carry on as imperial powers is the same thing as surrendering to infinite permanent gerrymandering and election interference and just telling people to vote harder every time to keep up.

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