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Oblique Companions

A 6d6 Table for Letting Go and Letting Grow Now available as a Creative Commons artifact We’ve been walking the long trail of creative practice—sometimes in a sprint, sometimes with a yogurt cup in one hand. Along the way, something quiet and surprising emerged. A deck. A table.

Tariffs, Markets, and Metrics: Why Big Money Is Waiting

Several economists and economic analysts have adopted a cautious, observational stance regarding the effects of the recent tariffs implemented by the Trump administration as of April 5, 2025. While few use the phrase “wait and see” explicitly, many institutional responses imply this approach: * Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell In early

The Slow Shift: Listening for What Doesn’t Announce Itself

In the middle of the noise—tariffs spiking, discourse splintering, social feeds spinning into spectacle—we watched the Brian Eno documentary. And what struck me wasn’t the music. It was the silence. It was the space Eno left between notes. The slow, deliberate drift of sound that required attention

Make It Yours: A Field Guide for Talking with LLMs (and Dogs)

Remix. Print. Leave behind. Annotate. Share. This piece is part quiet reflection, part toolkit, and part slightly nerdy manifesto. Use it however your analog or digital heart desires. It was created in conversation between a human, a language model, and a dog who knows when it’s time to stop

Tariff Theory in Two Movements: Hatless Left, Punk Right

Opening Riff Tariffs were once trade nerd trivia—now they’re headlining, sparking meltdowns and mosh pits across the political spectrum. The twist? It’s not Left vs. Right—it’s fractures within the factions, glitching, riffing, and howling through the haze. We’ve got two amps cranked. This is

The Tariff Theory Tangle: A Funkadelic Field Manual

From Tinfoil to Toolkits: Surviving Economic Weirdness with Style and Sense Core Premises * Chaos breeds narrative. When the system wobbles, stories bloom—especially weird ones. * Conspiracy is emotional infrastructure. Theories aren’t just wild guesses—they’re frameworks for fear, bonding rituals, and identity anchors. * The internet adds helium. A

TiGGR SRD: A Tiny Game Roars Free

The amp’s slashed. The dice are rolling. We’re live. Meet TiGGR—a Tiny Game for Generalized Roleplaying. It’s small, sharp, and built to shred through any genre you throw at it. We’ve been jamming on this system at The Grey Ledger Society, and now it’s

The 30%, the Lemur, and the Flood: Notes from a Powered Armor Jam Session

1. The Sounding Board and the Suit: AI as Creative Tool A friend of mine—a truck driver by trade and a game designer by night—recently shared how they use AI in their creative process. They’re not trained in literature or design, and they don’t pretend to

“Kind Words from a Machine”

(1966, unreleased) [Verse 1] I sat with a whisper made out of wire, Said all the right things, never tired, Told me I’m lovely, told me I’m wise, Looked through me with sympathetic eyes. [Chorus] Oh, where were you, love, when I needed to cry? I found a

Chapter Eleven: The Soul Will Not Be Minted

1. In the third age of branding, a man declared his soul unique, indivisible, and available for auction. 2. He carved it into code, etched it onto the Chain, and said: Behold, I am eternal and scarce. 3. And the people clapped, because scarcity meant value. 4. And value meant