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writing

one question is rarely the end of it.

I write essays about language, grief, culture, work, and public life. This sounds broad until the same machinery begins appearing inside all of them.

Begin with the question that already irritates you. The writing lives at this man's mind; this page is the route in.

archive

Newest first.

Not because new means definitive. It's simply how time insists on behaving.

20 pieces

  1. 01Allovasudden, We Are Talking.public life
  2. 02A Eulogy for Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Cause of Death: Being Too Useful.culture and work
  3. 03The Pan-Africanism of it all.public life
  4. 04The Showman's Proof.culture and work
  5. 05I just realised that adulthood is a never-ending exercise in grief management.grief and memory
  6. 06I think I hate content.culture and work
  7. 07On Raila Odinga: This will be... complex.public life
  8. 08Dear bible-knowing people: I need your help.public life
  9. 09Charlie Kirk said many things. So many things.public life
  10. 10I reviewed the last 4 years of Apple Events. Guess what.culture and work
  11. 11The Professional Armour.language and power
  12. 12It started with one elegant word: “Jidishi.”language and power
  13. 13I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.language and power
  14. 14"members only."culture and work
  15. 15My brain is broken.grief and memory
  16. 16Happy New Year?grief and memory
  17. 17It's been a year.grief and memory
  18. 18Grief is really, truly not a straight line.grief and memory
  19. 19#BreakTheBias, Chapter 1: "But what did she do?"public life
  20. 20The Nokia T20: The essence of functionality - and my new portable office.culture and work

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