Poetry from 2025
A Theory of Entanglement June 2025
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My Greatest Fears
We rode single file down the street past friends’ houses. None happened to be out for a friendly wave. No matter. The air was warm and humid, the rain just holding off. A perfect evening for a bike ride.
Canada Needs to Embrace Finitude
I wrote this article in February 2025 after Donald Trump had announced tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Things have progressed since then. I didn’t post it because it feels a bit incomplete – that said, it mostly captures my ideas on what happens next. I might update it as I learn more.
CWT 2024 Retrospective - predictions with Claude
I recently embarked on a coding project despite being a fairly novice python programmer. I was successful thanks to my cheerful helper named Claude. The goal: make some end of year predictions ahead of the Conversations with Tyler “2024 Retrospective” show on December 25.
Unimagined Horror
Photo by British Library on Unsplash
Eye of God
Photo by Scott Szarapka on Unsplash
More on Why I Left Social Media
In May of last year, I wrote about why I left social media. This was a quick piece, written in the afterglow of finally deleting my Twitter account. It captured many of the main reasons for my quitting social media, though without much detail. In this piece, I’ll expand on these arguments and present a few more.
I Can Wait
Photo by Matt Whitacre on Unsplash
On Owning Books
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Don’t Pity the Second Child (too much)
My youngest son, the second of two, is learning to count. When he sees a collection of objects in a book he’s reading, he’ll grab my finger and point to each while saying: “One, two, free, pour, pibe, sis”. He’s still working on seven to ten.