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The Mystery of the Returned Pearl
A footnote about an wuxia footnote
Jan 3
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Andrew Leonard
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December 2024
The Universal Language of Tofu
In a post-Babel world of communications chaos, let food do the talking
Dec 20, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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A Pirate King Footnote
With tidbits about Renaissance fort technology and 17th century climate change chaos
Dec 13, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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The New Tower of Anti-Babel
Featuring: A short history of Prussia, the patron saint of cybernetics, and the Key to Chinese. Part IV of the The Universal Commerce of Light.
Dec 12, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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November 2024
How to Cook and Eat and Reform Chinese
Cool Footnote: the Thanksgiving-scallion-pancake-Leibniz edition
Nov 27, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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Missionary Imposition
How one misguided man blew up an imperial mandate for tolerance. Part III of The Universal Commerce of Light
Nov 13, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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All History Is One Bad Dream
Chinese literature and poetry is rife with the contemplation of fallen civilizations and lost grandeur.
Nov 7, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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October 2024
Black Chariots of Pepperoni Fire
A footnote concerning the mysteries of Enoch and Neal Stephenson
Oct 21, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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Hermes Trismegistus Enters The Chat
Leibniz, the Chinese Rites Controversy, and Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. Part II of The Universal Commerce of Light
Oct 15, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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At One With The 99 Ranch Universe
In my quarterly budget spreadsheet, I allot fifty dollars every other month for a 99 Ranch run to stock up on key supplies.
Oct 5, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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September 2024
Cool Footnote: The I Ching and Acid Rain
Or: Why I have no sympathy for libertarian devils.
Sep 25, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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The Universal Commerce of Light
In which Gottfried Leibniz consults the Book of Changes and invents digital technology. With cameos from Neal Stephenson, Philip K. Dick, Joseph…
Sep 23, 2024
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Andrew Leonard
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