✨ some notes on borders + our common ground
feat. harsha walia, olufemi taiwo, ta-nehisi coates, & more
✨ pittsburgh blues
short update on Q1 2025, lol
✨ on recognizing the stranger
thoughts on country music, the prince of egypt, + gaza
✨ i've been phoning it in,,,,
some things i've learned from a year of mostly not-writing
✨ it's a wrap!!
my 2024 in books + some errant thoughts on tech and recommendations
✨ ode to wind turbines
a post-move missive
✨ KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid!)
it's me. i'm stupid 😘 on living simply, by way of "Perfect Days" and reddit lmao
✨ four-day work weeks and other signs of moral decay
this headline is sarcastic i promise lmao ... on work and what we "deserve," feat INVENTING THE FUTURE by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams
✨ recomMONDAYtions #6
recs regarding the vibes economy and friendship; images and the taking of them.
✨my year in books (wrapped)
i am not above it!!
narrative shifts
on the stories we tell about security, freedom, and what is possible
summer fantasies (part 2)
some more stuff i've been reading and loving + thoughts on the change of seasons
summer fantasies (part 1)
some stuff i've been reading + loving!
hello july
some notes on this newsletter, writing, creativity, culture, the internet, etc.
if money is fake, and time is money, then time is also fake? lol
some thoughts revolving around jenny odell's "saving time."
eating the donut
not your grandparents' economics!!
it's abundance season
thoughts on Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass
"property will cost us the earth"
early, half-baked musings about climate change + ownership
the mortifying ordeal of letting people know you know them (or at least perceive them)
a recomMONDAYtion
grab ur popcorn, we're going to the movies
a review of nghi vo's siren queen
maybe we were better off as primordial goo
trying to release myself from the chokehold of productivity & optimization culture--thinking about their chokehold on how we work and live.
notes on a dying form
on internet diaries and anonymity and being absolutely Shook while Perceiving someone
conflict, morals, and conflicting morals in Spinning Silver
A review of Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver, with some notes on moral systems and going beyond "good and evil."
centering technology "on the margins," with Blockchain Chicken Farm
A review of Xiaowei Wang’s Blockchain Chicken Farm, plus some attendant thoughts on technology, economics, politics, and the assumptions and values we imbue them with.
recomMONDAYtions #5
hello! it's january 16. here be recs.
looking back on 2022 in books
my favorite reads of the year
every step you take ... every move you make ...
thinking about her ((our capitalist panopticon))
recomMONDAYtions #4
happy monday! it's october 31. on delights and midnights.
becoming obsolete
some thoughts on how technology changes things, and the tradeoffs of standing still.
recomMONDAYtions #3
happy monday! it's october 24. here's some super cool fun very light reading.
"anime was a mistake" except for studio ghibli lmao
a few thoughts on some of my favorite movies
recomMONDAYtions #2
it's not monday, happy fall :)
what is even the point??
a few thoughts on reading & transience & the infinite multitudes
the right to repair (redux)
this girlie? writing about tractors? not as strange as you'd think!
when the vibe is not enough
to vibe or not to vibe, feat. jeremy allen white's sleepy eyes
the tragedy of south oakland's sidewalks
breaking down the commons problem in the crusty thoroughfares of my old college neighborhood.
love island is better for my brain than instagram
an ode to the communal pastime of reality television
recomMONDAYtions #1
happy monday! it's august 15 and i have some things to share.
money is fake
there is no thesis. just thots on the bag.
we are all material gworls (the material is plastic)
Dear friend— I think I am constantly thinking about plastic. When I was a kid, my mother taught me to recycle dutifully, borderline obsessively. On days out,...
lol what if we like "perceived" each other ... haha jk ... unless??
Dear friend— I am thinking a lot about my internet presence these days. A few weeks ago, an essay by R. E. Hawley1 brought me back to a meme that I...
grad school! ... what is it good for? (absolutely something)
One night, a few months ago, I was out for drinks with friends and one of our classmates went around the table asking if we felt we got our money’s worth at...
on convenience and consumerism
I have a confession to make—I am a book snob. Not as in who I read or what I read, but the actual, physical book as material object. There are few things...
what makes a house a home??
rethinking houses, homes, and homeownership via diana lind's "brave new home."
all that's worthy
on memory, history, and storytelling
on summer reading
I wrote this post a few months ago. It's long past end-of-summer-season, closer to edge-of-winter season, but I am simply posting it anyway, for the...
book review: the shallows
thoughts on what the internet is doing to our brains, via Nicholas Carr's "the shallows"
the internet is a little make-believe, isn't it?
I have once again moved platforms for this blog. I wanted something simpler and easier to maintain, and cheaper. The previous iteration of this site was made...
settling into a new place
A (quite edited) sunrise from the common area in my sophomore-year dorm. When I was a kid, the start of the school year signaled the start of a new year,...
book review: on having and being had
In On Having and Being Had, Eula Bliss meditates on the ideas that define our modern world, even if we don’t want them to---capitalism, money, art,...