Shorts

We Were Once Wilderness Men

A short story about confidence, YouTube-induced delusion, tactical poo shovels, and why failure with your son is sometimes the best kind of win.

Ritual North

22 Apr 2025 — 4 min read

`Hand-drawn farmer with torch — the reason we didn’t sleep.

The Algorithm Knew First

In the summer of 2022, YouTube looked into my soul and whispered:

“You belong in the woods now.”

I didn’t question it.
The algorithm knows.

My feed morphed into:

70% wild camping content
20% dads building cabins with their kids
10% suspiciously serene gear reviews

A curated wilderness fantasy:

Dads catching trout with their bare hands
Kids building log cabins with IKEA-level confidence
Every second video titled something like “Primitive Shelter in the Rain (Father-Son Edition)”

You Might Just Be a Brain in Space

A deeply unserious guide to a very serious existential crisis Part of the growing Ritual North archive of cosmic spirals Explore more → I. Welcome to the Void Let’s play a game. You wake up. You’re floating in space. But somehow… you can breathe. There’s no ship. No

Who (or What) Is Satoshi Nakamoto?

What if Satoshi Nakamoto wasn’t a person at all? We dive into the genius, the ghost wallet, and the possibility Bitcoin was never what we thought.

The Universe Is Trying to Ghost Us

A full-length, spiralling field guide to cosmic scale, ancient light, existential silence, and what it means to be alive in all this nothing.

What I Learned From the Most Unhinged Scam Email I’ve Ever Received

A ridiculous scam email led me into the strange theology of modern shame. Turns out crypto, spam, and surveillance all follow the same gospel.