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57,803 blogs · [ { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b70907bfef", "title": "Infinite Jest Extraction", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2026/03/26/infinite-jest-extraction/", "published_at": "2026-03-26T16:11:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b7093552d8", "title": "Notes on Afghanistan", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2026/01/05/notes-on-afghanistan/", "published_at": "2026-01-05T22:43:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b70a15cbea", "title": "Notes on Tunisia", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2025/05/29/notes-on-tunisia/", "published_at": "2025-05-29T18:35:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b70aefa684", "title": "Conquest of the Incas", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2025/03/24/conquest-of-the-incas/", "published_at": "2025-03-24T13:59:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b70bb67973", "title": "Notes on Trinidad and Tobago", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2024/12/26/notes-on-trinidad-and-tobago/", "published_at": "2024-12-26T15:09:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b70ca79527", "title": "Notes on Guyana", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2024/11/08/notes-on-guyana/", "published_at": "2024-11-08T19:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b70cae55f2", "title": "Notes on Tajikistan", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2024/06/20/notes-on-tajikistan/", "published_at": "2024-06-20T16:49:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b70da5c3af", "title": "Notes on El Salvador", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2024/03/30/notes-on-el-salvador/", "published_at": "2024-03-30T18:56:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b70e6087dc", "title": "Other Notes on West Africa", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2024/01/27/other-notes-on-west-africa/", "published_at": "2024-01-27T15:17:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a2-2c92-700f-bdb2-04b70e889250", "title": "Notes on the Ivory Coast", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2024/01/01/notes-on-the-ivory-coast/", "published_at": "2024-01-01T23:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc34585a1", "title": "Notes on Guinea", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2023/11/07/notes-on-guinea/", "published_at": "2023-11-07T14:00:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc3b61ace", "title": "Notes on Ghana", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2023/10/09/notes-on-ghana/", "published_at": "2023-10-09T13:30:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc406dbc4", "title": "Notes on Mauritania", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2023/08/16/notes-on-mauritania/", "published_at": "2023-08-16T13:55:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc47e1825", "title": "Notes on The Gambia", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2023/07/10/notes-on-the-gambia/", "published_at": "2023-07-10T19:58:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc57c3f73", "title": "Notes on Benin", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2023/06/08/notes-on-benin/", "published_at": "2023-06-08T13:26:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc58c59ee", "title": "Notes on Nigeria", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2023/05/09/notes-on-nigeria/", "published_at": "2023-05-09T17:58:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc642b538", "title": "Notes on Saudi Arabia", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2022/11/22/notes-on-saudi-arabia/", "published_at": "2022-11-22T21:02:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc6686b18", "title": "Notes On The Balkans", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2022/07/17/notes-on-the-balkans/", "published_at": "2022-07-17T13:59:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc6bab5bd", "title": "Notes on Ukraine", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2022/05/15/notes-on-ukraine/", "published_at": "2022-05-15T08:51:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb54-e1f0-70c2-81c8-be5fc6d9ea3e", "title": "Notes on the Yucatan", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2022/03/18/notes-on-the-yucatan/", "published_at": "2022-03-18T12:00:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d35-7133-8ee6-e943838c0f67", "title": "Notes on the Dominican Republic", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2021/11/08/notes-on-the-dominican-republic/", "published_at": "2021-11-08T15:49:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d36-7026-8309-2f8347d36e58", "title": "Notes on Panama", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2021/08/22/notes-on-panama/", "published_at": "2021-08-22T13:30:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d36-7026-8309-2f8347e6efcd", "title": "Shadow of the Sun", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2021/07/27/shadow-of-the-sun/", "published_at": "2021-07-27T17:01:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d36-7026-8309-2f83483d369e", "title": "Notes on Peru", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2021/06/27/notes-on-peru/", "published_at": "2021-06-27T18:50:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d36-7026-8309-2f8348ee7eb5", "title": "Everything You Might Want to Know about Whaling", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2021/06/01/everything-you-might-want-to-know-about-whaling/", "published_at": "2021-06-01T15:48:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d36-7026-8309-2f83496ba72f", "title": "The 24 Hour “Do Nothing” Challenge", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/12/08/the-24-hour-do-nothing-challenge/", "published_at": "2020-12-08T18:20:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d36-7026-8309-2f83499ccef1", "title": "The Blind, Alone, and Confused for 24 Hours Challenge", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/11/08/the-blind-alone-and-confused-for-24-hours-challenge/", "published_at": "2020-11-08T15:15:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d36-7026-8309-2f8349e0084e", "title": "Thoughts on Meaning and Writing", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/10/06/thoughts-on-meaning-and-writing/", "published_at": "2020-10-06T19:14:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d36-7026-8309-2f834a5d916f", "title": "Everything You Need to Know About Chinese People (According to the US Government in 1943)", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/09/21/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chinese-people-according-to-the-us-government-in-1943/", "published_at": "2020-09-21T14:20:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-9d36-7026-8309-2f834aee9c43", "title": "A Deep Dive into K-pop", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/09/06/a-deep-dive-into-k-pop/", "published_at": "2020-09-06T13:58:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb0931b481ad", "title": "Notes on Spain", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/08/09/notes-on-spain/", "published_at": "2020-08-09T15:38:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb09325973b4", "title": "How Much Would You Need to be Paid to Live on a Deserted Island for 1.5 Years and Do Nothing but Kill Seals?", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/07/10/how-much-would-you-need-to-be-paid-to-live-on-a-deserted-island-for-1-5-years-and-do-nothing-but-kill-seals/", "published_at": "2020-07-10T14:15:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb0932e43a6e", "title": "Polygamy, Human Sacrifices, and Steel – Why the Aztecs Were Awesome", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/06/25/polygamy-human-sacrifices-and-steel-why-the-aztecs-were-awesome/", "published_at": "2020-06-25T14:42:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb0933ba1b4b", "title": "30 Day Vegan Challenge", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/06/15/30-day-vegan-challenge/", "published_at": "2020-06-15T17:00:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb093475b73a", "title": "Pure Kojimism – A Death Stranding Analysis", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/05/25/death-stranding-analysis/", "published_at": "2020-05-25T19:23:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb0934a30b14", "title": "96 hour No-Sleep Challenge", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/05/11/96-hour-no-sleep-challenge/", "published_at": "2020-05-11T13:23:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb0934f7fa5c", "title": "An Attempt at Explaining, Blaming, and Being Very Slightly Sympathetic Toward Enron", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/04/27/explaining-blaming-and-being-very-slightly-sympathetic-toward-enron/", "published_at": "2020-04-27T14:51:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb09350a0e28", "title": "30 Day Carnivore Challenge", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/04/17/30-day-carnivore-challenge/", "published_at": "2020-04-17T16:28:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb0935dbc9e1", "title": "Against Dog Ownership", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/03/21/against-dog-ownership/", "published_at": "2020-03-21T14:28:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-ae6b-7220-bc7b-cb093686f4f3", "title": "Everything You Need to Know About Napoleon Bonaparte", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/23/everything-you-need-to-know-about-napoleon-bonaparte/", "published_at": "2020-01-23T23:15:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-d5fb-711b-89ab-b316652edc71", "title": "Little Soldiers – Inside the Chinese Education System", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/23/little-soldiers-inside-the-chinese-education-system/", "published_at": "2020-01-23T22:41:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-d5fb-711b-89ab-b31665c4ba32", "title": "Peep Show – The Most Realistic Portrayal of Evil Ever Made", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/22/peep-show-the-most-realistic-portrayal-of-evil-ive-ever-seen/", "published_at": "2020-01-23T02:30:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-d5fb-711b-89ab-b31665d3c2df", "title": "Birth of Two Nations – The Hundred Years War", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/22/birth-of-two-nations-the-hundred-years-war/", "published_at": "2020-01-23T01:35:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-d5fb-711b-89ab-b316669e856e", "title": "Examining 1999’s Culture Through Its Best Movies", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/22/examining-1999s-culture-through-its-best-movies/", "published_at": "2020-01-23T00:33:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-d5fb-711b-89ab-b316675b31af", "title": "The New Epidemic – My Experience of 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World", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/22/mongol-apologia-how-genghis-khan-made-the-modern-world/", "published_at": "2020-01-22T16:58:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-d5fb-711b-89ab-b3166ae877a9", "title": "The Phantom’s Pain – A Metal Gear Solid V Narrative Analysis", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/22/the-phantoms-pain-a-metal-gear-solid-v-narrative-analysis/", "published_at": "2020-01-22T15:57:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6d-0820-7263-b641-62097a58abec", "title": "Why We Create – A Transistor Analysis", "url": "https://mattlakeman.org/2020/01/22/why-we-create-a-transistor-analysis/", "published_at": "2020-01-22T14:51:42+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Infinite Jest Extractionoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2026
Notes on Afghanistanoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2026

2025

Notes on Tunisiaoriginal ↗
29 May 2025
Conquest of the Incasoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2025

2024

Notes on Trinidad and Tobagooriginal ↗
26 Dec 2024
Notes on Guyanaoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2024
Notes on Tajikistanoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2024
Notes on El Salvadororiginal ↗
30 Mar 2024
Other Notes on West Africaoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2024
Notes on the Ivory Coastoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2024

2023

Notes on Guineaoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2023
Notes on Ghanaoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2023
Notes on Mauritaniaoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2023
Notes on The Gambiaoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2023
Notes on Beninoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2023
Notes on Nigeriaoriginal ↗
9 May 2023

2022

Notes on Saudi Arabiaoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2022
Notes On The Balkansoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2022
Notes on Ukraineoriginal ↗
15 May 2022
Notes on the Yucatanoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2022

2021

Notes on the Dominican Republicoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2021
Notes on Panamaoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2021
Shadow of the Sunoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2021
Notes on Peruoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2021
Everything You Might Want to Know about Whalingoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2021

2020

The 24 Hour “Do Nothing” Challengeoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2020
The Blind, Alone, and Confused for 24 Hours Challengeoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2020
Thoughts on Meaning and Writingoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2020
Everything You Need to Know About Chinese People (According to the US Government in 1943)original ↗
21 Sept 2020
A Deep Dive into K-poporiginal ↗
6 Sept 2020
Notes on Spainoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2020
How Much Would You Need to be Paid to Live on a Deserted Island for 1.5 Years and Do Nothing but Kill Seals?original ↗
10 Jul 2020
Polygamy, Human Sacrifices, and Steel – Why the Aztecs Were Awesomeoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2020
30 Day Vegan Challengeoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2020
Pure Kojimism – A Death Stranding Analysisoriginal ↗
25 May 2020
96 hour No-Sleep Challengeoriginal ↗
11 May 2020
An Attempt at Explaining, Blaming, and Being Very Slightly Sympathetic Toward Enronoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2020
30 Day Carnivore Challengeoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2020
Against Dog Ownershiporiginal ↗
21 Mar 2020
Everything You Need to Know About Napoleon Bonaparteoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2020
Little Soldiers – Inside the Chinese Education Systemoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2020
Peep Show – The Most Realistic Portrayal of Evil Ever Madeoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2020
Birth of Two Nations – The Hundred Years Waroriginal ↗
23 Jan 2020
Examining 1999’s Culture Through Its Best Moviesoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2020
The New Epidemic – My Experience of Losing a Friend to Heroinoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2020
The Philosophy of Tyler Durdenoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2020
The Opium War – The War On/For Drugsoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2020
Hillbilly Elegy – The Culture of White American Povertyoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2020
Mongol Apologia – How Genghis Khan Made the Modern Worldoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2020
The Phantom’s Pain – A Metal Gear Solid V Narrative Analysisoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2020
Why We Create – A Transistor Analysisoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2020