Sunday Digest No. 10

Elections - Death - Identity - ASL

Jan 19, 2025

Welcome to the latest digest, where I share my own writing over the past week, and some of the very best of Substack (and occasionally beyond.) I hope that you enjoy this curated collection, and if you do, that you’ll subscribe.

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Society

The Death Of Online Friends

Cameron M. Bailey

Jan 13

The other day I learned that a man I knew, and admired, died.

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Pseudo Agrippa's Substack

The 2024 Election Is a Spell

The 2024 presidential campaign has increasingly resembled a tale pulled from the pages of a dystopian fantasy novel, with both campaigns feeling as if they are being fueled by a dark and powerful magus behind the scenes. Both the Harris and Trump campaigns seem intent on spell casting the American populous, with each major event designed to captivate, s…

3 months ago · 72 likes · 18 comments · Pseudo Agrippa

Memento Mori Alchemy

AWOL: Humanity

You may be just fine in regard to the intactness of your humanity — but many of you are not…

12 days ago · 18 likes · 11 comments · Tesstamona

Holly’s Substack

About Those Sign Language Interpreters

12 days ago · 122 likes · 34 comments · Holly MathNerd

Reflection

Emeth

Coasters & Boots & Beer

Through the decades, we’ve had this huge explosion of micro beers. Sometimes it seems like everyone out there is opening a new brewery, putting their creations on the market. There’s guys like my friend Ed, now let me tell you, Ed loves a crazy beer, the bitterer the better…

16 days ago · 7 likes · 8 comments · Cameron M. Bailey

Bren's Buzz

Welcome Home

Credit: Cori Bren…

15 days ago · 12 likes · 3 comments · Cori Bren

Dad Explains

Excepting Life

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends…

18 days ago · 23 likes · 3 comments · Andrew | Dad Explains

The Chocolate Taoist ™

Who Owns Your Identity?

In the bustling metropolis of Las Vegas, amidst the neon lights and the cacophony of slot machines sounds, a peculiar incident occurred that would spark for me a profound journey of self-discovery and societal questioning…

22 days ago · 19 likes · 9 comments · Diamond-Michael Scott

Life

Unfiltered by Tim Denning

Normalize Being Difficult to Get a Hold Of

Being always busy is low status…

14 days ago · 146 likes · 19 comments · Tim Denning

Writing

Let's Make Some Enemies

Cameron M. Bailey

Jan 16

I was talking about writing with a friend recently. Some time ago he started writing here on Substack, and was slowly starting to get a bit of traction. But then he stopped suddenly, and hasn’t published a thing since.

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Curation

The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell

🌟 What I'm Reading: 1-12-2025 🌟

The Starfire Codes produces an audience-supported publication with a stellar podcast, consciousness-expanding daily spiritual content, and well-researched articles on forbidden but crucial topics…

16 days ago · 17 likes · 4 comments · The Starfire Codes

Freemasonry

Emeth

Let's Get The Word Out

In our most recent Rummer & Grapes discussion, we talked about the fact that it is difficult for people offering Masonic goods or services to get the word out. Advertising is expensive, and no one is getting rich selling Freemasonic things…

15 days ago · 9 likes · 17 comments · Cameron M. Bailey

Emeth

Not All Transformation Is Good

As a young adult, I did a fair amount of work on our family farm. I also worked off the farm, a blue collar job. I had my own commercial truck, and I’d make deliveries throughout the northern Puget Sound region…

14 days ago · 16 likes · 18 comments · Cameron M. Bailey

Emeth

Size Does Matter

Golly, how’s that for a clickbait headline…

12 days ago · 6 likes · 4 comments · Cameron M. Bailey

I hope that you enjoyed this digest, and I thank you for welcoming it into your home. A final shout out to the great writers featured here today, please check them out:

Pseudo Agrippa

The Starfire Codes

Andrew | Dad Explains

Cori Bren

Diamond-Michael Scott

Tim Denning

Tesstamona