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Start Here to Dig into The Ruins

Weekly Stories from an Impossible Place

Jan 3 • Rachel Sager

The Terror of Learning in Public

Words are Like Tesserae, Until They Aren't

Feb 12 • Rachel Sager

Living Between the Machine and the Margins

How I Was Wrong, but Also Right about AI

Jan 29 • Rachel Sager

I'm Writing a Book (and Publishing it Myself)

Why The Ruins is becoming a memoir, why I'm building it in public, and a preview of Chapter 3: Marginalia

Jan 15 • Rachel Sager

Real is the New Real

A Note from Rachel about the Future of AI that is Already Here

Dec 4, 2025 • Rachel Sager

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A Shotgun, One Dog Wedding

Oct 20, 2024 • Rachel Sager

The Art of the Lost Story

Jun 26, 2024 • Rachel Sager

The Agony of Not Doing it All

Dec 11, 2024 • Rachel Sager

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Contemporary mosaic artists and long-dead coal miners telling stories together on the ruins of an abandoned Pennsylvania coal operation

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