Posts on this site are timestamped with OpenTimestamps. When a post is published (or later edited), the SHA-256 hash of its Markdown source is recorded in a small proof file and anchored in the Blockchain. That proves the text existed in exactly this form by the date shown — independently of this site, and without trusting me.

To verify a proof yourself, download the .sha256 and .ots files for a post and run, with the OpenTimestamps client installed:

ots verify name.sha256.ots

This confirms the hash inside the .sha256 file was committed to the Blockchain at the stated time. The Markdown source files themselves live in a private repository, so the final step — checking that a given text matches the hash — works on disclosure: given the source file, sha256sum -c name.sha256 confirms the match. Edits are never hidden; a revised post simply gains a new proof line below, and earlier proofs are kept.

July 2026 (4)

July 2, 2026 · Julie Anderson Had the Look

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July 1, 2026 · Sorry About All the Fable Posts

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July 1, 2026 · Kenar Spent Itself Famous

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July 1, 2026 · What Fable Came Back As

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June 2026 (22)

June 30, 2026 · Sonnet 5 Ships, Fennec Doesn't

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June 27, 2026 · By 2028, Permission Is the Product

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June 27, 2026 · Nobody Looks Like Her Now

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  • June 27, 2026 · 0072d3c744df… · .sha256 · .ots · anchored in Blockchain
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June 27, 2026 · Selling Forever in Black and White

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  • June 15, 2026 · 4e808278b7d6… · .sha256 · .ots · anchored in Blockchain
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June 26, 2026 · Worse for Being Gentler

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June 25, 2026 · Exactly Zero Traffic

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June 21, 2026 · When Tokyo Could Buy Paris

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June 20, 2026 · Fable Comes Back Smaller

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June 20, 2026 · Respectability Dates Hardest

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  • June 17, 2026 · e66393b11ebf… · .sha256 · .ots · anchored in Blockchain
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  • June 15, 2026 · 40e0cb2c3821… · .sha256 · .ots · anchored in Blockchain
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June 17, 2026 · A License Nobody Wrote

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June 14, 2026 · What Was in the Box

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  • June 14, 2026 · c26775a6c854… · .sha256 · .ots · anchored in Blockchain
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June 14, 2026 · An Empty Room Was Enough

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June 14, 2026 · A Smell With No Flowers

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June 14, 2026 · Denaka, 1989

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June 13, 2026 · Save the Buildings You Hated

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June 13, 2026 · Spice in an Aquatic Decade

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June 13, 2026 · Continuity Was the Product

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June 13, 2026 · Washington Found an Off Switch

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June 13, 2026 · Classic American Beauty, Born in Paris

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June 11, 2026 · Spielberg Shows His Hand

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June 10, 2026 · Fable 5 and the June 22 Footnote

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June 9, 2026 · A Mill Owner Buys a Page

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