{"id":5504,"slug":"stark-tony","name":"Stark, Tony","type":"person","created_at":"2026-08-08T23:27:02.602140+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"69ea2a30-7bf0-4fa9-93d9-6614109ae087","slug":"s15e01-marks-on-a-flat-plane","subject":"s15e01: Marks on Flat Planes","title":"Marks on Flat Planes","publish_date":"2023-06-08T18:01:41.339766+00:00","year":2023,"month":6,"season":15,"episode":1,"episode_label":"s15e01","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s15e01-marks-on-a-flat-plane/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3502,"context":" … Originally my example was <mark>Tony Stark</mark>, but that's an insipid choice, so let's just go one tiny little bit better and say Sherlock Holmes. 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