Reading has become a performance. An act that signals to others that, unlike everyone else, you don’t need to rely on blue light to feel alive. Unlike everyone else, you don’t need to doomscroll when you can just turn a page. Unlike everyone else, you can engage in a world outside your screens.

Is it possible to truly comprehend humanity's complete discography? Is the human mind capable of harnessing Spotify to its fullest potential? Maybe. Maybe not. Use a MiniDisc instead.

I spoke with Mr. James Tabafunda, a University of Washington alumni, about ever-evolving technology and its impacts on his career in journalism.

you press the power button and stare blankly at the screen. why is it that you feel so lost?‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

0%. 4%. 11%. 21%, 36%, 53%, 75%, 94% – 100%. Loading terrain. Lying in front of a pixelated dirt background, pixels spiral out and expand into an array of squares within squares, until the original 43 by 43 black pixels are filled with color.

some silly poems about earth created by smushing together wikipedia articles‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

Growing up with chefs as parents, I never had the need or opportunity to learn how to cook. As I moved away from home, I realized how much I missed the Fuzhounese flavors that filled my home and my heart. Faced with hunger and homesickness, I call my mom.

What is one thing that your parents did for you that you want to continue for the people you love? ‎ ‎ ‎

Soundtrack for this story is Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in E Minor.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎