{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Soulcruzer","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/soulcruzer","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"37800","username":"soulcruzer","bio":"Hi, I'm Clay, I'm an indie podcaster and microblogger. I post mostly about things that interest me, which, on any given day, is likely to be life, in general, music, social audio, podcasting, low-brow culture, pop philosophy, and mindset.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":10,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"},"items":[{"id":"92548329","content_html":"

Better Than Sex, 30 Years Later: Revisiting the Book That Broke My Brain: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"07:39. I’m in my lounge chair drinking black coffee, the morning still soft around the edges. For my morning read today, I’ve been revisiting Hunter S. Thompson, starting with the book that began my literary love affair with his work: Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie. There’s somet...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/better-than-sex-30-years-later-revisiting-the-book-that-broke-my-brain/","date_published":"2026-06-20T10:24:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-20 10:24","date_timestamp":1781951042,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92457126","content_html":"

Being, not becoming \"A\"Pebbles, : soulcruzer.com

","summary":"Saturday. Kessingland. A camping field on a sea cliff; the morning is already bright by the time I properly arrive in it. I wanted to watch the sunrise. That was the plan in the loose way plans form when you sleep outdoors and imagine yourself becoming more elemental by morning. But the field gave m...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/being-not-becoming/","date_published":"2026-06-18T13:44:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-18 13:44","date_timestamp":1781790263,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92290037","content_html":"

Episode #422: Why My Blog Is Still My Home on the Internet: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"In this episode, I take the Soulcruzer podcast out of the studio and into the fields. What starts as an experiment in mobile podcasting/vlogging turns into a wandering meditation on labels, blogging, AI, morning rituals, and the strange abundance of media tools we now carry in our pockets. Show note...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/episode-422-why-my-blog-is-still-my-home-on-the-internet/","date_published":"2026-06-16T14:01:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 14:01","date_timestamp":1781618476,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92235375","content_html":"

Choose Your Reality Tunnel Before Breakfast: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I am beginning to think the morning is far stranger than we give it credit for. We talk about mornings as if they are mainly practical things. Alarm clocks. Showers. Coffee. Breakfast. Getting dressed. Checking the weather. Remembering where you have to be and what you have to do. But there is anoth...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/choose-your-reality-tunnel-before-breakfast/","date_published":"2026-06-15T14:15:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 14:15","date_timestamp":1781532920,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92041525","content_html":"

Working Notes: The Quest for the Self: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"A working note on Ruth Netzer, tarot as active imagination, and the Jungian Quest for the Self as a spiral of symbolic integration rather than a simple heroic journey.","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/working-notes-the-quest-for-the-self/","date_published":"2026-06-12T11:12:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-12 11:12","date_timestamp":1781262760,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91901967","content_html":"

Shadow Work as an Ongoing Conversation: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"A short note on rereading Debbie Ford, noticing our reactions, and treating shadow work as an ongoing conversation with the self.","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/shadow-work-as-an-ongoing-conversation/","date_published":"2026-06-10T12:35:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-10 12:35","date_timestamp":1781094929,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91795297","content_html":"

Somewhere I Belong (and it’s not in my head): a mixtape: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"A rock mixtape for crawling out of the rut: Linkin Park, Papa Roach, System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, and the stubborn desire to live the thing instead of performing a brand.","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/mixtape-no-1-somewhere-i-belong/","date_published":"2026-06-08T20:37:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 20:37","date_timestamp":1780951036,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91648820","content_html":"

The Mirror That Answers Back \"the : soulcruzer.com

","summary":"The old questions have not changed much. How should I live? Who am I becoming? What is worth paying attention to? What is freedom? What is wisdom? What is the soul, if we dare still use that word? These questions predate Socrates. They predate writing. They are carved into the bones of the species, ...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-mirror-that-answers-back/","date_published":"2026-06-06T08:38:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 08:38","date_timestamp":1780735106,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91571199","content_html":"

A Lamp at the Doorway \"A : soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I finished Richard Cavendish’s The Black Arts this week. Not in the heroic readerly sense of having sat down and consumed it cleanly from first page to last, pencil in hand, scholar’s lamp burning into the night. I have been reading it on and off for a few months. Picking it up, putting it down, […]","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/a-lamp-at-the-doorway/","date_published":"2026-06-04T12:41:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 12:41","date_timestamp":1780576882,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91490995","content_html":"

Unhinged Bio: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I stole this idea from Justin Brooke on his LinkedIn profile. It’s a FUN PROMPT, and what came back from ChatGPT was pretty cool. I also asked Claude; the results were good, but they lacked an edge. Anyway, the prompt is: Write an unhinged BIO about me. Here’s mine: Clay Lowe is a walking footnote [...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/unhinged-bio/","date_published":"2026-06-03T16:30:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-03 16:30","date_timestamp":1780504259,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91455720","content_html":"

What did God do when he buried his breath in the clay? soulcruzer.com

","summary":"Maybe he made matter remember music. Clay, before breath, is just earth with potential. Dense. Damp. Waiting. It belongs to gravity, riverbed, field, grave, brick, and vessel. But breath is movement. Breath is an invisible rhythm. Breath is spirit entering form without ceasing to be invisible. So wh...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/what-did-god-do-when-he-buried-his-breath-in-the-clay/","date_published":"2026-06-03T10:26:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-03 10:26","date_timestamp":1780482407,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91421549","content_html":"

The Boredom Game: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"The ghosts in the American Ghosts have been dead for centuries. One of them for over a thousand years. They rattle around a house in the Hudson Valley: Revolutionary War soldiers, bootleggers, a Viking, a 1920s lounge singer. Most of their time goes to trying not to go mad from the sameness of it. S...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-boredom-game/","date_published":"2026-06-02T18:57:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-02 18:57","date_timestamp":1780426666,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91421548","content_html":"

Playing Against the Programme: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I used to think the screen was something I looked at. Vilém Flusser makes the more troubling suggestion. The screen is something I look through. That shift matters. It sounds small at first, a neat little media-theory reversal, the sort of thing one writes in the margin of a book and then forgets. B...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/playing-against-the-programme/","date_published":"2026-06-02T16:41:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-02 16:41","date_timestamp":1780418474,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91376118","content_html":"

The illusion of choice: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I was choosing a book to read this morning and realised I wasn’t actually choosing. I was scrolling through recommendations, algorithmic suggestions, and what other people had tagged as important. The menu had been prepared. I was just picking. There’s a difference between choosing and selecting fro...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-illusion-of-choice/","date_published":"2026-06-02T05:38:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-02 05:38","date_timestamp":1780378712,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91319527","content_html":"

The Rucksack, the Drift, and the Thinking Walk \"\" : soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I have been thinking about walking. This week has clarified something about why. You stay alive to your life by staying in motion. The physical motion is part of it. The attention staying awake is the larger part. The question underneath: Do you have a practice that holds? A real one, lived rather t...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-rucksack-the-drift-and-the-thinking-walk/","date_published":"2026-06-01T09:57:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-01 09:57","date_timestamp":1780307830,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91254831","content_html":"

When the hammer works, it disappears. You just …: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"When the hammer works, it disappears. You just hammer. The tool recedes into pure function. Then it breaks. Snaps, slips, refuses. Suddenly, the hammer has an inside. A being separate from its use. Heidegger noticed this first. But he left the human at the centre of the story. The hammer becomes vis...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/notes/4d318eb81d/","date_published":"2026-05-31T08:17:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 08:17","date_timestamp":1780215469,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91202121","content_html":"

I love a good samurai film. Not for …: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I love a good samurai film. Not for the swordplay, but for what happens when an absolute code meets a world that doesn’t care about your code. The best ones are philosophical texts in motion. Honour as ontology. Discipline as worldview. Violence as the moment when the story you’ve been living inside...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/notes/284bca507a/","date_published":"2026-05-30T08:53:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 08:53","date_timestamp":1780131224,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91141700","content_html":"

Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly. When he …: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly. When he woke, he wasn’t sure if he was a man who’d dreamed of being a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming it was a man. What gets missed is what comes after. He doesn’t resolve it. He doesn’t land on an answer. He names the gap between the two […]","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/notes/52366fdda3/","date_published":"2026-05-29T09:09:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 09:09","date_timestamp":1780045752,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91141691","content_html":"

I’ve been working at the intersection of text …: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I’ve been working at the intersection of text and ontology long enough to know when something maps the territory I’m standing in. These seven propositions aren’t philosophy about text. They’re operating instructions. Text is not a record of thought. Text is thought. The distinction collapses the mom...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/notes/b074f94874/","date_published":"2026-05-29T08:57:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 08:57","date_timestamp":1780045079,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91108261","content_html":"

I was in the bookstore just browsing when …: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I was in the bookstore just browsing when a couple of thoughts passed through my mind. The first one was: there’s just so much competition for your eyes. Thousands of books sitting there, all trying in their own quiet way to get picked. Some have famous names on the cover. Some have those bold, clev...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/notes/a2a35556c3/","date_published":"2026-05-28T17:20:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 17:20","date_timestamp":1779988848,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91078927","content_html":"

On Becoming a Soft Cyborg: Notes on Human-AI Symbiosis, Narrative Evolution, and the Next Great Merger: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"The first merger was a hostile takeover that became a marriage. Two billion years ago, a free-living bacterium got eaten by a larger cell, refused to be digested, and instead settled in as a permanent guest. The deal it cut was outrageous. In exchange for shelter, it would produce all the energy. Th...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/on-becoming-the-soft-cyborg-notes-on-human-ai-symbiosis-narrative-evolution-and-the-next-great-merger/","date_published":"2026-05-28T09:15:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 09:15","date_timestamp":1779959753,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90848131","content_html":"

Wrestling with Angels: soulcruzer.com

","summary":"I came across the phrase while reading Spotify the Gnostics, Here’s the First Church of David Bowie by Sean Manseau. Wrestling with angels. Some phrases arrive carrying more weight than their literal meaning. They feel older than language. Older than the person who spoke them. This was one of those ...","url":"https://www.soulcruzer.com/wrestling-with-angels/","date_published":"2026-05-24T20:18:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Soulcruzer","url":"http://www.soulcruzer.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12f2ed4cb202a23d60705a3313634643%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"soulcruzer"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-24 20:18","date_timestamp":1779653904,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90574808","content_html":"

Wisdom Walk: Boxes and the Philosopher Coach \"Wisdom : soulcruzer.com

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Notes Toward a Text-Based Ontology in the Age of Executable Language: soulcruzer.com

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The Text Hacker Self-Portrait I keep returning to …: soulcruzer.com

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@cliffordbeshers I haven’t tried the boil in saltwater. Will have to try that next time. I just coat in olive oil and season with sea salt, corrinder, and paprika and then roast.

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@cliffordbeshers I tried a different recipe this year. I was pleased with the results. 😋

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@ptrck Ah yes, one of the joys of pumpkin season.

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@jaheppler looks bountiful. Well done.

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@DazeEnd wow, that’s interesting. Do they belong to a local farm? Or are they just plain wild?

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@jasraj good job getting the vlog out there.

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