Like many people I’m pleasantly surprised by the overall result, given the dominant narratives going into the election. I’m dreading another Georgia runoff, though I’m optimistic about the outcome (more on that below) and I’m hopeful that the Dems can hold the Senate, and maybe even pick up a 51–49 majority that would diminish the […]
Elon Musk versus Hank Green, the online influencer who is everything Elon pretends to be. Since I left Twitter I’ve been fulfilling my social media dopamine needs elsewhere, which is how I learned that yesterday Elon Musk got in a fight about his new toy with Hank Green. It wasn’t a big fight. Elon is
The Founder and the Fraud Read More »
I assume the New York Rangers’ marketing staff don’t know the significance of language about “The Storm,” and they aren’t intentionally trying to appeal to the QAnon crowd. Even so, it seems strange to use lightning as the motif for a playoff hype video when there is a rival team in the conference called The
“A Storm is Coming” Read More »
Online platforms are not owned by their users, and that’s something the users working to make them special must remember.
Elon buying Twitter is a good reminder about platform ownership. Read More »
For every queer person, coming out is a defining experience, not unlike a volcanic eruption. It is preceded by a slow build of pressure as we come to terms with our own identity and consider the potential ramifications of telling the people most important in our lives. Next comes the moment of declaration, a release
On Queer Haircuts, Gatekeeping, and the Value of Identity Read More »
Pete Buttigieg has a talking point he returns to often, in explaining his opposition to proposals that college should be free: He thinks millionaires and billionaires, who can afford tuition, should have to pay for it. He thus supports only means-tested tuition support programs, which are complicated and prone to error–see, for instance, the calamitous
On Free College for Billionaires Read More »
How is writing fiction like baking a cake?
The Tortured Cake Metaphor Read More »
What happened when my running coach girlfriend declined to date a potential client? A small meltdown, that’s what.
How not to hire a running coach Read More »
America will try to portray the killer as an outlier, but he is the product of a poison that pervades our history and our modern-day society.
Dylann Roof is the Monster White America Deserves Read More »
Does the use of heavy metal imagery owe to musical rivalry, or race?
Are criticisms of Kanye West motivated by white supremacy? Read More »
