Beneath the Pavement

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Emptiness Machine

The silence between beats.
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Who gives a fuck? Who gives a damn?
A love letter to every rogue neuron screaming, pleading, demanding "let me live!".
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Most people are silently disappointed with how life turned out
The quiet mass murder of expectation.
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Mass existential crisis
What happens when automation accelerates and we are left with nothing to do?
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You don’t get to be doomers *now*
Performative liberals co-opt despair, offer nothing, and still miss the point.
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If only the sun would save us
A glimpse into an AI-fueled Solarpunk dream—haunted by brutal reality.
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Beneath the pavement, disappointment
How the 1968 French uprising sparked a radical blaze and opened the doors of possibility—then slammed them shut.
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The art of appearing busy at work
"Taskmasking" or whatever you want to call it. I got you some strategies.
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Beauty in the darkness
Life can be worth living, after all.
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A politician's speech
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Beneath the Pavement
Beneath the Pavement
Chronicling our boring dystopia with an unhinged touch.
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Cyan Waters: A Story From the Poolrooms
There are places between places. Endless echoes of tile and chlorine. Welcome to the Poolrooms.
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From the void, you awaken. Not to life, but to the Factory.
Echoes of Tyranny: Freedom Lost
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