Thoughts on ‘Marty Supreme’, ‘Rental Family’, ‘Kokuho’, ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Cover-Up’, ‘Sentimental Value’, and More

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DIASPORA is Entering its Nonprofit Era

On December 4th DIASPORA launched its fundraising campaign as it enters its nonprofit era! The cocktails and lumpia flowed at Sampa as I made the big announcement that DIASPORA is pivoting and expanding to become a media organization. In addition to launching a...

Thoughts on ‘No Other Choice’, ‘Homebound’, ‘Train Dreams’, ‘Blue Moon’, ‘The Ballad of a Small Player’, and More

This post was originally posted on the DIASPORA newsletter on December 2, 2025.  As the year comes to a close, I am trying to cram as...