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How to get sick and die in the post-apocalypse
Modeling health conditions in Oregon Road '83
Dec 7, 2024 • 
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The meme-ification of the "Demon Core"
The strange transformation of a criticality accident into dark Internet humor
Nov 20, 2024 • 
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"Where black is the color, where none is the number"
Bob Dylan's dark, gnomic, and adaptable post-apocalyptic masterpiece
Nov 8, 2024 • 
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Five years, that's all we've got!
Humming along to David Bowie while the Climate Clock counts down
Oct 17, 2024 • 
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Not a drop to drink
The plausible eco-horror of Paolo Bacigalupi's "The Water Knife"
Oct 11, 2024 • 
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