Maxim Blake
Earth · MMXXVI
A blog about human extinction

The archive · page 3 of 4

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On Longing
Longing 31 Jul 2025 2 min

On Longing

She haunts the frequencies now, compressed into pixels that bear no resemblance to her weight against my ribs. One thousand miles collapse into glass, yet expand infinite when I press my palm to the screen at three am, willing warmth from cold circuitry.

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A Reflection on Religion and Humanity
Philosophy 28 Jul 2025 3 min

A Reflection on Religion and Humanity

There is something deeply, stubbornly human about the need to believe. Not necessarily in truth or proof, but in comfort. Religion, in that sense, is less about God and more about us.

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World Champion
Dark Humor 30 Jun 2025 3 min

World Champion

You're a masterpiece sculpted by cosmic sarcasm, blessed by existence's eternal practical joke, crowned victor in a competition nobody understood whilst everyone else drowned in biological obscurity.

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Unapologetic
Psychological 07 May 2025 3 min

Unapologetic

Survival is not his aim. He wishes dispersion, atomisation, the kind of ending that leaves nothing for mourners to gather around.

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Stones
Critique 02 May 2025 6 min

Stones

A letter to Benjamin Netanyahu and his team. There's a wall in an ancient city. They called it the wailing wall. It's made of stones. People still press their foreheads to it, rock in silence, leaving