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Exemplars

Vagrant

Vagrant

Diets and vagrancy: our changing relationships with food.
Story & Analysis 3 min read Public
The Impossible Knife

The Impossible Knife

Snowshoeing is hiking in god-mode.
Story & Analysis 7 min read Public
Cheese

Cheese

Cheese is surprisingly gross — but useful.
Research Overview 2 min read Public

Latest

Stint

Stint

Itinerant lifestyles & moments of clarity about powerlessness.
Story & Analysis 5 min read Paid
Art

Art

The line between art, craft, tool — and warning..
Research Overview 2 min read Public
Acumen

Acumen

Idolatry, divinity & the debasement of dead kings.
Story & Analysis 5 min read Paid
Cuisine

Cuisine

Technology & tax regulations impact food culture.
Research Overview 2 min read Public
2022-Jan Updates

2022-Jan Updates

Visual signals as communication & the history of food.
Updates 3 min read Public
Bugs

Bugs

Moth flour, cyanide defenses, & esoteric ways to die.
Research Overview 2 min read Public
Vagrant

Vagrant

Diets and vagrancy: our changing relationships with food.
Story & Analysis 3 min read Public
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