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a letter on metacognition [ft. a social experiment]

having the most delicious caramel pu'erh. 

the strip club did indeed make me bonkers!

In which ismatu gwendolyn, public servant, recounts the praxis they got from their local strippery in regards to the acquisition and distribution of US dollar bills. Full transcript available at https://www.threadings.io/the-strip-club-did-indeed-make-me-bonkers/ 

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