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August 26, 2026
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defector.comOur Favorite Dolly Parton PerformancesA Defector tribute to Dolly Parton featuring three writers reflecting on their favorite performances: 'High Sierra' (collaborative harmonies with Ronstadt and Harris), 'Down From Dover' (a gut-wrenching ballad about unwanted pregnancy), and '9 to 5' (the working-class anthem). The throughline is Par✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
henryaj.substack.comThe sloppification of peptidesHenry Stanley's essay examines how AI-generated 'slop' content has saturated the gray-market peptide information ecosystem, creating convincing but fabricated websites designed to be consumed by LLMs rather than humans. The piece explores the broader implications of synthetic content pollution in ni✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
✎ Essay · Culture
Time Capsule Treasure Hunt
In the summer of 1996, my cousins and I buried a time capsule in my parents' backyard. My mother is the oldest of seven sisters. Five of those six sisters got pregnant within about a year of each other. I was the only boy in…
Read the essay →I will always love you.
Grows and changes just as I do.
Fast forward doesn't work well in red aloud
Grows and changes just as I do.
Fast forward doesn't work well in red aloud
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