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        <title><![CDATA[Really Lovely Things from Ryan Lee Taylor]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A little space for really lovely things about tech, design, music, and more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Portal at Moritzplatz]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Clubbing is one of the most sophisticated things humans do. We just pretend it isn’t.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Belief Factory: Manufacturing Common Sense in the Answer Engine Era]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Generative AI isn’t just generating text, it’s becoming the way we perceive and create our beliefs. Here I trace the shift from output control to input control: how surveillance, persuasion machines, and “answer engines” can manufacture what feels like common sense before you’ve even had a chance to decide what you believe.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Things Apple Made Me]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Apple named John Ternus its new CEO. Here's what the Prophet, the Custodian, and the Maker reveal about the company's shape — and what it means to be made by something you love and nearly stopped believing in.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Departure from the Default]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syncopation as social technology: living off-beat with ADHD, queerness, masking and code-switching — and why the dancefloor feels like home.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[RLT Wrapped 2025]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A year in charts, metrics, patch notes, and other things that definitely aren’t coping mechanisms.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Desert of the Real]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[What is belief? What is reality? From Elon’s simulation hypothesis to money, religion, branding and even club culture, this is my ADHD unbeliever’s tour of the 'desert of the real'.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finding value in introspection and introversion in a world that won’t stop shouting]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Discover the power of introspection in a noisy world. Learn why Jony Ive's approach to design-thoughtful, deliberate, and detail-oriented-offers a counterculture to Silicon Valley's 'move fast and break things' ethos. For introverts and craftspeople who believe that care and contemplation create better outcomes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Fourth Reich: Europe’s reckoning in the age of technofascism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As America takes a step back from the world stage, what does this mean for Europe, and how can we navigate the rise of technofascism?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Review: “Halluncinating Love” by Maribou State]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It's music time again. Dive into my review of this lush, exquisite world as Maribou State bring us Hallucinating Love, their fourth full-release. A sonic tapestry, from euphoric electronica to soulful vocals. A must-listen.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A rotten Apple: Tim Cook’s betrayal of LGBTQ+ rights]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[When somebody you respect betrays you so deeply, it’s hard to know where to turn. Tim Cook’s actions at Trump’s inauguration are a stark reminder of the fragility of our progress.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Impostor Syndrome: The creative’s constant companion]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Discover how to overcome impostor syndrome in the creative industry through personal anecdotes and practical strategies. Learn to embrace self-doubt and thrive as a creative professional.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dark Matter’s quantum leap and a multiverse of what-ifs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[I discovered Apple TV+’s “Dark Matter” last week. I watched the whole thing in almost one sitting. Weirdly, coincidentally, Google announced its quantum leap with their Willow chip, the chip that uses quantum something something to do calculations faster than something something something.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Walls never solved anything]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[If you make me fill out a login form before you let me read your stuff, I will never read your stuff.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Review: “Begin Again” by Jessie Ware]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[I think ‘Begin Again’ is probably the start of something new for Jessie Ware. And for disco itself.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mansplaining as a Service]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Look around you, and it won’t take long to notice the schisms opening up throughout Tech Land. It’s been a helluva start to the year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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