https://www.mikedem.dev/ Recent content on Encoding Stress Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:21:21 -0800 https://www.mikedem.dev/posts/hello-there/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:21:21 -0800 https://www.mikedem.dev/posts/hello-there/ Hello there! Welcome readers and content mill robots! Starting a blog in 2023 is, let’s be honest, the behavior of a crank. I’ve been on that trajectory for a while, as my engagement with social media became more sporadic (and more irritable). I find I still miss the way writing forces me to organize the swirling mess of thoughts that characterizes the political moment and the way it requires honest engagement with the ideas of others.