[AE.Politics] Bad legal arguments, or stumping for sedition?
So last week I read a thread by attorney Mike Dunford (@questauthority) on Twitter, about legal sanctions in one of the Krakenesque lawsuits regarding last...
[AE.Personal] One weird trick for defeating the Twitter algorithm.
I've said this on Twitter a few times, but the nature of Twitter is that things get lost on it, even before and without any algorithmic manipulation. It's so...
[AE.Politics] Lies, Big Lies, and Loyalty Tests
There’s a quote from George Orwell, from (what else?) 1984, that people love to quote in relation to Donald Trump: The Party told you to reject the evidence...
[AE.Personal] The Root of Our Problems
Hey. So, last you heard from me on here, we were having contractors in to look at our basement; most recent a plumber to check out a shady-looking drain...
[AE.Recommendations] Debugging tools... FOR A HOUSE?
I had quite a few people express interest in what products I’d found useful for home pest control, so this letter will include Amazon affiliate links for and...
[AE.Mailbag, AE.Meta] Plates, Pokemon, Pronouns, Policies
Hello, lovely readers and all the ships at sea! Tonight I'm going to try a new feature here at the Erin Endeavor, the reader mailbag. In lieu of a comment...
[AE.Personal, AE.Family, AE.Humor] Wisdom from my Father
So I saw my dad today, which was the first time I'd seen him or any blood relative of mine in two years. He drove out to see us on a little cross-country...
[AE.Personal] Bugs in the Basement
I often feel a little exposed talking about issues in my real life, because of my long experience both with people engaging in weird parasocial relationships...
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[AE.Personal AE.Disability]
I did not at all get into the bullet journal trend even at the height of its hype, not for any reason of claimed discernment but simply because it was not...
[AE.Meta] Tag, you're it! (NB: Contains tags list.)
Hello subscribers and all the ships at sea! I've got a little housekeeping for the newsletter here, a little bit of what the kids call meta, in this sense...
The Mind is a Pokemon
There's a convention in some kinds of RPG-type video games where characters can learn different skills or moves but only have a relatively low limit on how...
Notes from a transitional period.
So, the move to Buttondown is now finished. Mostly finished. There’s some things like pictures not loading that I’m going to see if they can be fixed, as the...
Not All The Insurrectionists Were Tourists... Some of Them Worked There
So the line of defense referenced in the tweet might sound familiar, as it's been used by Trump and the Department of Justice both under his crony and his...
Testing, testing...is this thing on?
No, really, is it? Hello, and welcome to the first tentative installment of the all-new Erin Endeavor, now powered by Buttondown.Email. I had intended to...
Seeing The Magic Doughnut
First things first: if you missed Monday’s announcement, the Erin Endeavor is moving homes from Substack to Buttondown. If you are currently subscribed at...
We're Moving!
So, I mentioned in one of my more recent updates that I’m looking to relocate my newsletter off of Substack, in light of some high-profile business decisions...
Context Clues in the Era of #MeToo
I have a message for our nation’s journalists, and not to be overly melodramatic, but it’s very important that they receive and understand it. Like,...
Liz Cheney Committed The Only Crime Republicans Care About
First, by way of foreword, I’d like to apologize for having left this newsletter fallow for so long. I was just finding my way back into the groove of...
Naomi Wolf on Tucker Carlson: We Must Be Free To Agree
Perennial embarrassment Naomi Wolf, most famous for having been factchecked in real-time on the basic premise of her already published book during a radio...
Just a quick check-in.
I feel weird and self-conscious about making personal check-in posts on here, for a few reasons. One is that I figure most people who subscribe to my...