Things That Should Exist

Practices of Coping During Hard Times in the USA

Acknowledging the bad, and finding practices to recenter and retain sanity in an era of precarity and tumult

Aug 14, 2025 • Alex Wagner

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February 2025

Adventures in Traditional Chinese Medicine

I love Eight Treasure Porridge. Eat it daily and live long. Also, I am selling handmade block prints online! (Link to store at end of post)

Feb 5, 2025 • Alex Wagner

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January 2025

Things Are Happening in the Midwest

Thinking about my trip through the Midwest in 2023, solidarity networks, and Lifehouse, Adam Greenfield's new book

Jan 24, 2025 • Alex Wagner

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November 2024

Protocols for Living

Protocols are systems for doing a certain *thing*. There are protocols for health, diet, personal finance, etc. Here's some of the ones I use.

Nov 8, 2024 • Alex Wagner

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October 2024

Hello in There

Reactivating this thing. Tell me what you'd like to read about! Plus: my favorite Substacks, and teasing out the 'why' in 'why write?'

Oct 25, 2024 • Alex Wagner

January 2024

This is a post about building software

AI too. You've been warned ;)

Jan 23, 2024 • Alex Wagner

June 2023

Five Cool Things #4

Bluesky, Smog sky, and "the psychedelic age of AI"

Jun 12, 2023 • Alex Wagner

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The "Working in Tech Lifecycle"

And the "dev to woodworker pipeline"

Jun 7, 2023 • Alex Wagner

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May 2023

Are We Spending Too Much Time Online?

Also: how much screen time is too much?, is working from home making you depressed too?, and more.

May 30, 2023 • Alex Wagner

Some Thoughts on AI Chatbots

Thinking about thinking machines.

May 3, 2023 • Alex Wagner

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March 2023

What Is Social Prescribing and Why Can't We Have It In America?

Social prescribing is when doctors refer patients to support in the community. But we don't need doctors for that!

Mar 16, 2023 • Alex Wagner

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February 2023

TTSE Update

Been depressed, about to drive back to NYC, hang tight!

Feb 22, 2023 • Alex Wagner

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