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Fraiku: Black Friday

Posted on 2024-11-29 by Bartholomew Barker

Today I go back to taking things for granted

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Consumer

Posted on 2018-02-22 by Bartholomew Barker

The magnetic strip behind the thin plastic with raised numbers rules my life. An embedded chip establishes my worth, determines where I eat, encourages excess. It encodes my history, tracks my whims. I am a collection of transactions, just a … Continue reading →

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