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Footnotes to myself

Footnotes to myself

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Jun 25, 2025
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For a while now I’ve kept extensive reading notes. A few of the quotes, ideas, and observations are thrown into what I write, but a lot never finds a place.

This series is my attempt to make use of that surplus. Not quite a book review, but not quite a summary either; something a little more like marginalia. Here are the bits I underlined, and here’s why…

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