Archive - Things That Should Exist

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 •

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 •

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 •

October 2024

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 •

January 2024

This is a post about building software

AI too. You've been warned ;)

Jan 23, 2024 •

June 2023

Five Cool Things #4

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

Jun 12, 2023 •

The "Working in Tech Lifecycle"

And the "dev to woodworker pipeline"

Jun 7, 2023 •

May 2023

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 •

February 2023

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