Archive - Achilles Heals

The Great Elephant Migration Boston 2026: What to Know Before You Take the Kids

Where to find the elephants on Commonwealth Avenue, how to move with the herd, and why the humans are the real stampede

Sep 6 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

August 2026

Send in the Crowns: I Guess We Live Here Now

MDI HBD Edition

Aug 31 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

Spencer Pratt Is Such a Prat

There was a legitimate conversation sitting right there about power and consent. Spencer Pratt somehow pole-vaulted over it directly into Harvey…

Aug 25 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

The B0rg Are Coming. Time to Put the Coffee On.

On studying AI from the whale’s belly, building guardrails before the bill comes due, and figuring out who gets a say.

Aug 24 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

The Straw Hat Derby

One child. One vacation wardrobe request. Somehow, a simple sun-hat search became a full field.

Aug 19 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

Pick Me. Choose Me. Prompt Me.

A brief dispatch from the increasingly uncanny world of targeted advertising

Aug 18 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

The Bummer Olympics

Where the Thrill of Victory Meets the Bunions of Da Feet

Aug 13 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

The Missing Peace between Before and After

Aug 12 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

🧠 😴 🔪 🎉

Aug 10 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

Doo-it Yourself

How My Press-On Nail Obsession Morphed Into an AI Experiment

Aug 6 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

July 2026

Jul 21 • Kara Brickman MacDonagh

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