Archive - Essays of Beneath the Pavement

Emptiness Machine

The silence between beats.

May 6 •

Antonio Melonio

April 2025

Who gives a fuck? Who gives a damn?

A love letter to every rogue neuron screaming, pleading, demanding "let me live!".

Apr 24 •

Antonio Melonio

Most people are silently disappointed with how life turned out

The quiet mass murder of expectation.

Apr 18 •

Antonio Melonio

Mass existential crisis

What happens when automation accelerates and we are left with nothing to do?

Apr 10 •

Antonio Melonio

You don’t get to be doomers *now*

Performative liberals co-opt despair, offer nothing, and still miss the point.

Apr 5 •

Antonio Melonio

March 2025

If only the sun would save us

A glimpse into an AI-fueled Solarpunk dream—haunted by brutal reality.

Mar 28 •

Antonio Melonio

Beneath the pavement, disappointment

How the 1968 French uprising sparked a radical blaze and opened the doors of possibility—then slammed them shut.

Mar 23 •

Antonio Melonio

The art of appearing busy at work

"Taskmasking" or whatever you want to call it. I got you some strategies.

Mar 18 •

Antonio Melonio

Beauty in the darkness

Life can be worth living, after all.

Mar 9 •

Antonio Melonio

A politician's speech

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Mar 4 •

Antonio Melonio

February 2025

Let us be honest: The Left has failed the world

And the world suffers.

Feb 28 •

Antonio Melonio

You are just your bosses’ little bitch

Workplace dictatorships.

Feb 17 •

Antonio Melonio

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