Welcome to NineTenLevins!#
This is where I stash the small things that refuse to stop tapping on my shoulder. Field notes, playlists, essays, stray curiosities, and the week’s wandering thoughts all settle in beside the predictable misadventures. If you enjoy mild introspection paired with socially awkward commentary, you will feel right at home, or at least amused at your own choices.
Latest Posts#
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Midweek Dispatch: Gravitons Wanted
This Dispatch is a mix of strange discoveries, stubborn mysteries, and the kind of seasonal oddities that make November feel slightly surreal. From squeezable gravy to missing gravitons, the world offers no shortage of questions we are not quite equipped to answer. Consider it a small map of the curiosities cluttering my desk and my brain.
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Sunday Signal: Goodbye Humble Penny
A Sunday collection of things that might be worth your time: a few links, a playlist with feelings, and one overthought idea about aliens. I cannot promise any of it will improve your life, but it should at least pull you away from whatever task you were actively avoiding. And if it does not, there are no refunds, because it was free and I am not entirely sure how to refund spent time.
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Friday! I'm in Love…: Blast From the Past Edition
A Friday mix of Rogers wisdom, Bluth feels, political faceplants, Rian Johnson’s studio-cut judo, and a nostalgic dive into Blast from the Past. I round it out with a good drink and a game, because balance matters.
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Midweek Dispatch: Fall Into Something New
This week’s post moves from LEGO’s to the humble cranberry. It wraps up, fittingly, with Oregon’s exploding whale and a small meditation on human confidence. A good mix of history, nonsense, and curiosity, which feels about right.
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Announcing the Queen's Mercy
Official rules for The Queen’s Mercy! A fast, asymmetric, two-player, trick-taking card duel.