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SATURDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 1957
Mistakes were made.
The Notes app has never once said by whom.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- Start the week strong. Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a…
- Your backlog is a library of things you were going to enjoy. It is…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
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