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How Silica Gel Took Over the World
Silica gel packets seem like the only thing keeping our packaged food crispy and our belongings free of mildew. How on earth did they all get here?…
Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.
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Alexis, Oakland, and the Port
In ways that are almost spooky, Oakland ends up concentrating so many of the problems of the Bay Area…
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Notes, 2025-02-16
Let's start at an airport, and see where we go.…
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Postcards, Part 5
Another week, another dozen or so postcards. I've got at least three dozen left to write; as always,…
Postcards, Part 4
I'm learning—I think—how to be a better writer. This project, which I've written about…