The Inkhaven Residency

Highlights from the past week

as voted on by residents

ForeverHaven

(Team)Day 1112 min read

Inkhaven was a writing retreat whose premise was that the writers would each write a post every day. It was meant to run

Against Against Romance

Day 104 min read

Falling in love is real and good

Contra Aella on Status

(Team)Day 716 min read

I’ve visited Berkeley a few times, and whenever I’m with the rationalists, it feels like there will inevitably be at least one conversation about status.

Late pregnancy is pretty bizarre

Day 94 min read

I cannot say that I am a fan

Kamikaze Dreaming

Day 87 min read

An antiresume 𐫱 When theres nothing left to burn,you have to set yourself on fire -Douglas Campbell I recently got a warm introduction through a twitter friend...

My First Fight

Day 103 min read

On refusing to run 𐫱 Yesterday’s post has attracted quite a strong reaction, which I understand to be a little tongue-in-cheek but also, my goodness… A respons...

Inkhaven for You

Day 93 min read

(please read all of this in a dry, deadpan voice)

Is salt salty?

Day 74 min read

Yes!

"Love, Mum" — What AIs can't see about abuse

Day 68 min read

I asked AIs whether my mother abused me. Then I asked as her. On AI, narcissism, and what it costs to not see clearly.

Also sponsored byRational Animations

Sunday, April 12, 2026

8 of 55 residents published · 1 other contributor

Some Questions Nobody In The Inkhaven Discourse Is Actually Asking

3 min read

Sean Herrington maps a conversation that keeps going somehow. This vegan debate has a baseline problem, and it is not th

Are You Alive (Young, Brilliant, and Wrong: Part 12)

2 min read

Coming Up Together with Ash

中文 Literacy Speedrun V: Into the Mountains

2 min read

pride and prosody

Going Back #1: My old writing

(Alumni)2 min read

This week, I will be heading back to Inkhaven, the place where I started this blog. This time, as an alum, I have two new privileges compared to last time. Firs...

Trapped in the Loop

4 min read

Rumination 𐫱 Back in December I made the decision to splurge on a reMarkable tablet and, as punishment, decided to force myself to actually use it. I kept a da...

You can just take less Mounjaro

4 min read

Less Dakka

A Brief Interaction I Once Had With the Worst Hat Salesman of All Time

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The Inkhaven Residency

Highlights from the past week

as voted on by residents

ForeverHaven

(Team)Day 1112 min read

Inkhaven was a writing retreat whose premise was that the writers would each write a post every day. It was meant to run

Against Against Romance

Day 104 min read

Falling in love is real and good

Contra Aella on Status

(Team)Day 716 min read

I’ve visited Berkeley a few times, and whenever I’m with the rationalists, it feels like there will inevitably be at least one conversation about status.

Late pregnancy is pretty bizarre

Day 94 min read

I cannot say that I am a fan

Kamikaze Dreaming

Day 87 min read

An antiresume 𐫱 When theres nothing left to burn,you have to set yourself on fire -Douglas Campbell I recently got a warm introduction through a twitter friend...

My First Fight

Day 103 min read

On refusing to run 𐫱 Yesterday’s post has attracted quite a strong reaction, which I understand to be a little tongue-in-cheek but also, my goodness… A respons...

Inkhaven for You

Day 93 min read

(please read all of this in a dry, deadpan voice)

Is salt salty?

Day 74 min read

Yes!

"Love, Mum" — What AIs can't see about abuse

Day 68 min read

I asked AIs whether my mother abused me. Then I asked as her. On AI, narcissism, and what it costs to not see clearly.

Also sponsored byRational Animations

Sunday, April 12, 2026

8 of 55 residents published · 1 other contributor

Some Questions Nobody In The Inkhaven Discourse Is Actually Asking

3 min read

Sean Herrington maps a conversation that keeps going somehow. This vegan debate has a baseline problem, and it is not th

Are You Alive (Young, Brilliant, and Wrong: Part 12)

2 min read

Coming Up Together with Ash

中文 Literacy Speedrun V: Into the Mountains

2 min read

pride and prosody

Going Back #1: My old writing

(Alumni)2 min read

This week, I will be heading back to Inkhaven, the place where I started this blog. This time, as an alum, I have two new privileges compared to last time. Firs...

Trapped in the Loop

4 min read

Rumination 𐫱 Back in December I made the decision to splurge on a reMarkable tablet and, as punishment, decided to force myself to actually use it. I kept a da...

You can just take less Mounjaro

4 min read

Less Dakka