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✨ some notes on borders + our common ground
May 15, 2025
feat. harsha walia, olufemi taiwo, ta-nehisi coates, & more
✨ pittsburgh blues
April 11, 2025
short update on Q1 2025, lol
✨ on recognizing the stranger
February 13, 2025
thoughts on country music, the prince of egypt, + gaza
✨ i've been phoning it in,,,,
January 24, 2025
some things i've learned from a year of mostly not-writing
✨ it's a wrap!!
January 4, 2025
my 2024 in books + some errant thoughts on tech and recommendations
✨ ode to wind turbines
August 24, 2024
a post-move missive
✨ KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid!)
March 24, 2024
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
March 3, 2024
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
January 29, 2024
recs regarding the vibes economy and friendship; images and the taking of them.
✨my year in books (wrapped)
January 3, 2024
i am not above it!!
narrative shifts
December 26, 2023
on the stories we tell about security, freedom, and what is possible
summer fantasies (part 2)
September 25, 2023
some more stuff i've been reading and loving + thoughts on the change of seasons
summer fantasies (part 1)
September 18, 2023
some stuff i've been reading + loving!
hello july
July 7, 2023
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
May 24, 2023
some thoughts revolving around jenny odell's "saving time."
eating the donut
April 17, 2023
not your grandparents' economics!!
it's abundance season
April 11, 2023
thoughts on Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass
"property will cost us the earth"
March 28, 2023
early, half-baked musings about climate change + ownership
the mortifying ordeal of letting people know you know them (or at least perceive them)
March 14, 2023
a recomMONDAYtion
grab ur popcorn, we're going to the movies
February 26, 2023
a review of nghi vo's siren queen
maybe we were better off as primordial goo
February 16, 2023
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
February 5, 2023
on internet diaries and anonymity and being absolutely Shook while Perceiving someone
conflict, morals, and conflicting morals in Spinning Silver
January 26, 2023
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
January 19, 2023
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
January 16, 2023
hello! it's january 16. here be recs.
looking back on 2022 in books
January 5, 2023
my favorite reads of the year
every step you take ... every move you make ...
November 3, 2022
thinking about her ((our capitalist panopticon))
recomMONDAYtions #4
October 31, 2022
happy monday! it's october 31. on delights and midnights.
becoming obsolete
October 27, 2022
some thoughts on how technology changes things, and the tradeoffs of standing still.
recomMONDAYtions #3
October 24, 2022
happy monday! it's october 24. here's some super cool fun very light reading.
"anime was a mistake" except for studio ghibli lmao
October 13, 2022
a few thoughts on some of my favorite movies
recomMONDAYtions #2
October 6, 2022
it's not monday, happy fall :)
what is even the point??
September 29, 2022
a few thoughts on reading & transience & the infinite multitudes
the right to repair (redux)
September 19, 2022
this girlie? writing about tractors? not as strange as you'd think!
when the vibe is not enough
September 15, 2022
to vibe or not to vibe, feat. jeremy allen white's sleepy eyes
the tragedy of south oakland's sidewalks
September 1, 2022
breaking down the commons problem in the crusty thoroughfares of my old college neighborhood.
love island is better for my brain than instagram
August 22, 2022
an ode to the communal pastime of reality television
recomMONDAYtions #1
August 15, 2022
happy monday! it's august 15 and i have some things to share.
money is fake
August 1, 2022
there is no thesis. just thots on the bag.
we are all material gworls (the material is plastic)
July 18, 2022
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??
July 13, 2022
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)
June 24, 2022
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
May 24, 2022
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??
May 17, 2022
rethinking houses, homes, and homeownership via diana lind's "brave new home."
all that's worthy
February 5, 2022
on memory, history, and storytelling
on summer reading
October 30, 2021
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
August 17, 2021
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?
July 27, 2021
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
July 22, 2021
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
July 13, 2021
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,...
 
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