September 29, 2026
WHO PUT THAT IN MY CART?
Silence isn't a signature. * The extra was waiting under the fold. * Your cart wrote a second life.
Hit #1 on r/darkpatterns
El Sol · Life After Lies
Robin Graves's Life After Lies articles, hosted here on MAElstrOmpArAnOrmAL.com. Each one was first published on Substack, and each one belongs to the Book of Books.
I spy On a I field notes
These two hit #1 on r/darkpatterns, where readers called them truly life-saving. They are the proof behind the I spy On a I watchdog.
September 29, 2026
Silence isn't a signature. * The extra was waiting under the fold. * Your cart wrote a second life.
Hit #1 on r/darkpatterns

September 27, 2026
Daily Dark Pattern Field Note — Sunday, September 27, 2026
Hit #1 on r/darkpatterns
From the Substack

November 2, 2026
... 33/EE ... ABDUL X El-SAYED ... NOT! SuperSubStacked! #191919.

October 29, 2026
Thursday Thor.

October 23, 2026
Grapevines, Think Aliken

October 17, 2026
Four Great Lakes, one summer, and why I'm a water protector

October 17, 2026
How America Got into a Drug War It Could Never Win

October 14, 2026
A 1960s hair story for anyone who remembers the Beats.

October 14, 2026
The Vampire Files I Wrote Before Anyone Was Listening.

October 3, 2026
From the Latin for falling together to a word that never got tested.

October 3, 2026
A mother joke, then public domain back in court: who brands the face, who locked the songs, and who still has them free.

October 1, 2026
It’s voting time again — what would Charlie do?

September 23, 2026
A Folk Devil Calendar Calling: All Ghost Active For Duty.

September 22, 2026
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The two companies
Robin Graves owns two companies that stand opposite each other: I spy On a I, and I spy a I. They are diametrically opposed. IOI is the mark between them.
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