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Mention Vs Girlfight
In a groundbreaking legal battle, Hawker Media took Girlfight Heavy Industries to arbitration over a series of provocative online interactions. The dispute originated from a public feud between Girlfight and Hawker Media’s founder, Chad Mention. Girlfight, a company founded by Vassar graduates in 2010 and known for pioneering techniques in algorithmic social media, targeted the…
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Coachella VIP Review
Dear Dignitaries, I trust this missive finds you in your usual state of self-congratulatory bliss. I am writing to you today to share my thoughts on the 2011 Coachella VIP experience, a spectacle that was, in every sense of the word, underwhelming. Now, I understand that the concept of a VIP experience is designed to…
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Architect Journal Entry Mar 12th 2008
Journal Entry: 2008-03-12 As the gentle desert winds whisper against the monolithic construct of Ivanpah, my monument to curiosity, I find a moment of solitude to reflect on this Odyssey, this pilgrimage to the temple of cosmic understanding. The supercollider project, a child of my ambition and audacity, is now nearing its zenith, silently echoing…
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The Astral And The Quantum
Lost in the heart of Joshua Tree, perched upon a titanic boulder, she gazes into the inky cosmic ocean stretching infinitely above. A casual observer might view her as just another stargazer, but the psilocybin coursing through her bloodstream has catapulted her consciousness into an alien landscape. Tonight, her reality is the fabric of the…
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Obama Stump Speech Oct 30th 2007
[Obama walks up to the podium, flashes a smile, the crowd erupts in applause] Thank you, thank you. Now, there’s something I’ve got to talk about tonight. Something that’s been on my mind. You know, it’s easy to forget when we’re here in this room, surrounded by friends and supporters, that there’s a world outside.…
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Mojave Mirage
Rumors abound in the quiet corners of the scientific community about a grand endeavor being undertaken in the desolate heart of the Mojave Desert. Whispers speak of a privately funded, mysterious super collider—far from the watchful eyes of established institutions like CERN. The enigmatic backer, a reclusive billionaire tech magnate known only as “The Architect,”…
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Hed’s Corner Apr 30th 2007
The Collision: Requiem for the Lost Generation By Hed Originally Published In The Silver Lake Surfer on 4/30/2007 Like an echo resounding in a hollow chamber, the phantom toll of the new millennium is a sound that still haunts me. The euphoria of the year 2000 was a tantalizing lie, a grand illusion that promised…
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The Hopper Architect Transcript
Interviewer: Dennis, earlier you mentioned that you’d had a bit of a modern day Howard Hughes experience with a friend of yours. He holed himself up in an underground bunker, afraid of dark particles or something and would spend all his time down there watching Orson Welles movies. Once a night, he’d call you on…
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Scion Capital Quarterly Letter
Dear Scion Capital Investor, I trust you are well and navigating the shifting tides of this uncertain market with a firm hand at the helm. Since our last correspondence in Q4 of 2005, an intriguing development has transpired that warrants your attention. The Architect, a reclusive billionaire tech magnate who has built his fortune on…
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Consider The Loon
aws\eom awesome evening or eventide a slack current under the dock a duck when I wish for a loon a blissful eve or time of tide a languid flow beneath the dock a mallard when I crave a lunatic’s croon a rad nightfall or eventime odd a sluggish stream beneath the pier a quacker when…