<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tunji Williams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tunji Williams]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:05:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[     culture, the cosmos, and longevity]]></title><description><![CDATA[the collection of cigarette butts that have begun to accumulate outside of my apartment, as i've regrettably taken to smoking over the past several months building my new company Is this thing on?  It's been a while. Matthew 18:20 says, "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."  I've been wondering as of late, which one is it?  Two or three?  Similarly, I've been wondering, at which cigarette does one become a "chain smoker?"  Is it the 2nd in the sequence that does it?...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/culture-the-cosmos-and-longevity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a12f6bbd681fe01d1661311</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 13:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77154a_0ed75c9b6fe34457b8c08fc92053371b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[watch the game tape.]]></title><description><![CDATA[i learn by observing behavior, synthesizing lessons, and then applying those lessons in low-stakes, real-world contexts.  it's a tried...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/watch-the-game-tape</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61a60c65306ed00016dc6635</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:56:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ynm4H8IyhY" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the value of a word of encouragement. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[know the power of LOVE.  i'm filled with overflowing, uncontainable love every time I think about each of the people who have offered me...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/the-value-of-a-word-of-encouragement</link><guid isPermaLink="false">619661f0e987230017ad1daa</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 14:35:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYGPcfUqzL0" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[let's agree to agree. shall we?]]></title><description><![CDATA[i sometimes wonder about what keeps it all together.  i'm curious about the invisible hand threading the needle that binds the fibers of...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/let-s-agree-to-agree-shall-we</link><guid isPermaLink="false">618aba8f097004001635f018</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 18:51:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9fkGCCV1o" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[all the lonely people]]></title><description><![CDATA[being on the outside feels so natural to me.  it's not lost on me that the insider-outsider dichotomy is only a distinction of...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/all-the-lonely-people</link><guid isPermaLink="false">617d16448fd14c0016122ff6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:28:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77154a_43ea31f9ddc7409a8694bc0aab33b138~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[rick ross + racism + brute force ]]></title><description><![CDATA[i love Black music, especially rap and hip-hop.  as i do most weekday mornings, yesterday i spent the first couple hours of my day...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/rick-ross-racism-brute-force</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6173f126acf0030016eb0baa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2021 12:02:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOFg7Eb01AA" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[an open-universe game.]]></title><description><![CDATA[if you know, you know. it all seems, in one way or another, to flow back to this simple truth - at least for me. for as long as i can...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/an-open-universe-game</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6165c246a0921200189fe5b7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:46:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77154a_3104205cd0ee4770bcf5e63df728d233~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_265,h_190,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the only way to survive is to go CRAZY.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh my God, think it's the greatest day of my life So glad you arrived But the only way to survive is to go crazy Yeah, the only way to...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/the-only-way-to-survive-is-to-go-crazy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">615dde816d0e1600167819c9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 18:04:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp0KiJs0S5g" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[scared to be seen.]]></title><description><![CDATA[i used to spend most of many days trying to avoid truly being seen.  not as a preoccupation, or an activity for its own sake, but more as...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/scared-to-be-seen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">614a1278ad2ed700171940a7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:47:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77154a_7749d24dc794496ebd69e4f9059129d6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[digital societies.]]></title><description><![CDATA[my mind keeps returning to this idea lately. what's the meaning of "society" anyway?  distill it down to its core essence.  here's a...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/digital-societies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613a48f69b244b00163c1aa8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 18:16:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cytXqxHqvLY" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[life as play]]></title><description><![CDATA[what mystifies me most in life is the magic of varied perception.  each moment is an infinitely-sided polygon, rotating with each of its...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/life-as-play</link><guid isPermaLink="false">612fad31d277880017a55ae1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:09:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ekOXs1-7k" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[who is "me"?]]></title><description><![CDATA[in the past it hasn't taken me very long, or very much, to begin identifying closely with my ambitions, as though they somehow held the...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/who-is-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61252264a2e7ff0015af03fb</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:11:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Id8XdUegE" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[disrupting the simulation ]]></title><description><![CDATA[i used to complain to my wife about what i called, "the simulation" - my lazy shorthand for describing what to me felt like the...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/disrupting-the-simulation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61140b99a9ca110015478791</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 18:04:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bncLxLrkW8A" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[things i (actually) want. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[caption: this is an original photograph of a summer sunrise in Edgartown, MA from earlier this summer. i want to be fine with life, no...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/things-i-actually-want</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61096275b10b480015f783bf</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 15:56:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77154a_c50ea62401f44eb6a283a88c135431c3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[grace. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[i've fucked up a fair amount in my 32 years on earth.  i'm blessed, nothing fatal, irreversible or soul-compromising.  but your basic...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/grace</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60fee6401acf9e0016859eee</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ055hHdxbE" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the apartment complex that shaped my life]]></title><description><![CDATA[caption: this is literally a picture of the courtyard where i grew up from ages 8 to 13 at the Willowtree Apartment complex on Plymouth...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/the-apartment-complex-that-shaped-my-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60f94010b1c64b0015d27964</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:25:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77154a_8aaa343243744eccb8454c556dd92243~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_603,h_463,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[this is my mind on drugs.]]></title><description><![CDATA[it just so happens that this post has nothing to do with "drugs" in the traditional sense.  it has everything to do with fear, which so...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/this-is-my-mind-on-drugs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60eaf29ffef348002b82a334</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 13:52:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y09_dcXEVRE" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[today, i'm struggling. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[today, i'm struggling.  i had another deeply thought out piece i was looking forward to writing today.  but, this is what is flowing. ...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/today-i-m-struggling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60d1e0aba751820015e68443</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:25:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbq016ZOWYw" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[eternal or nah? pick one.  or you could pick nothing at all.]]></title><description><![CDATA[it occurs to me that folks are either radical or agnostic.  you can't be both at the same time, but over time, one can be both. ...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/eternal-or-nah-pick-one-or-you-could-pick-nothing-at-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60c251e18cb56c001530d687</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:14:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLuvyj5Vx34" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[i have a Goodwill problem.]]></title><description><![CDATA[i'm writing this post sitting next to a mound of clothes i've purchased from Goodwill over the past 8 weeks.  in fairness to...]]></description><link>https://www.tunjiwilliams.com/post/i-have-a-goodwill-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60b899b7093d690015715f81</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 09:28:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZnWdA_uwYU" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Tunji Williams</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>