Quill and Quandary.

The Unkept Ledger

An Essay on Gratitude, Debt, and the Discipline of Owing Everything

Jul 5 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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June 2026

Memory’s Counterfeit Currency

How nostalgia beautifies what was once ordinary

Jun 8 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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May 2026

The Unruled Self

On Akrasia, the Will, and the Ruin of Those Who Know Better

May 10 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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April 2026

On The Exhaustion of Having Opinions

A reflection on the burden of constant judgment in the age of takes

Apr 14 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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March 2026

The Cognitive Cost of Lying

and why we outsource it to ourselves.

Mar 27 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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The Utility of Ruin

What Seneca, Nietzsche, and a Thracian slave can teach us about the only thing suffering is actually good for.

Mar 14 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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The Lessons of a Broken Clock

Nobody writes elegies for broken clocks.

Mar 7 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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January 2026

Are You Ready for a World Without Patriarchy?

For the sake of clarity, the reconciliation of differing views, and the advancement of understanding, I hold this conversation to be necessary.

Jan 20 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́ and Vogel

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December 2025

Love saved me this year.

Of all things certain, love saved me.

Dec 31, 2025 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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November 2025

A November Reckoning

My body won't let me rest.

Nov 24, 2025 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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September 2025

Nigeria's Fake Anti-Intellectual Crisis

what you should know and unknow about anti-intellectualism.

Sep 9, 2025 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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August 2025

You Were My Favourite What If

My intention was to close this chapter with us finally happening, with your arms around me instead of around him.

Aug 24, 2025 • Adéṣẹ̀tọ́

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