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Nostalgia Is Having a Moment

Monday, June 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Nostalgia isn’t about pining for the past. It’s about detoxing from a present that feels too synthetic, intrusive, performative, and fake. From flip phones and vinyl to social media fatigue and dating-app burnout, iPINIONS argues that the past is calling because the future got too creepy. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nostalgia-is-having-a-moment Read more.

Doomscrolling End of Times

Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

iPINIONS imagined the apocalypse would be cinematic; not something we’d scroll through between coffee and deadlines. Eliot said it more poetically, but Huxley depicted our brave new world more accurately. Read my quip on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/doomscrolling-end-of-times Read more.