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\nFinished reading: Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison đź“š
\nJust finished this up last night and had a wonderful time reading it. I wasn’t familiar with his work, but he seemingly kept coming up in my wanders recently. I will have to seek out more of his work this year.
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\nFinished reading: On Drugs by Justin Smith-Ruiu đź“š
\nThis was an interesting read. Not sure how well I am designed for philosophy books, but I took one for a spin. Worth a read if you’re curious about psychedelics.
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\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbt.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fb7a87e4ca6.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/2025/12/05/not-sure-what-this-is.html","date_published":"2025-12-06T02:42:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Benjamin Todd","url":"https://bt.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1611501.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bt"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-06 02:42","date_timestamp":1764988930,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79216183","content_html":"I have spent the last few nights doing that whole revenge sleep procrastination thing. Work has been a little too much the last few days and certainly last week.
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