Jan 27Institutional Collapse Is A Feature of CapitalismLast year, I wrote a story called “How Ethical Dilemmas Become Industries”. It was about a school shooter from 20 years ago, who was being considered for parole. How Ethical Dilemmas Become Industries First, you have an ethical dilemma.medium.com Today I want to build on that idea. Because there is another school shooting in the news and we have to talk…Education8 min readEducation8 min read
Dec 31, 2022An Itsy Bitsy SpiderIs very hard to draw without reference images. I want to tell a story about how some art happens. I feel pretty qualified, as a person who went to art school and has work in the collections. I make and publish new work pretty consistently. I made the choice not…Art7 min readArt7 min read
Dec 9, 2022What Exactly Is Twitter Doing About Sexual Predators?Happening now, on Twitter:Social Media Management6 min readSocial Media Management6 min read
Nov 29, 2022What Does It Mean To Be Christian?Tis the season you know. I want to be frank about the fact that I am not religious. I do however spend a lot of time thinking about the meaning of life and human experience, so I am drawn to religious stories and ideas. …Faith4 min readFaith4 min read
Nov 19, 2022Real GeniusThe implosion of FTX is important because it shows us how much our expert class deviates from reality. There are tons of real journalists covering the story, and I have no hopes of making a blog post that captures all the news and details as it evolves, so I encourage…Money5 min readMoney5 min read
Nov 10, 2022Good Foundations Aren’t Always CheerfulI have some bad news for my progressive allies. Bigotry is really popular. And we have to adapt to that reality to build better tactics. Because that’s kind of the opposite of the way I think most of us imagine that social change works. When people say, “the arc of…Art7 min readArt7 min read
Oct 13, 2022Quiet Power Will Not Save UsWhen Trump first got elected I wrote an essay called, “There’s Not Going To Be A Registry.” There’s Not Going To Be Registry I see so many people I like and admire making pledges that they will register as Muslim when the Trump administration…medium.com My goal then was to help brainstorm ideas for responses to a technologically powerful fascist government: “I see so many people I like and admire making pledges that they will register as Muslim…Politics And Protest6 min readPolitics And Protest6 min read
Oct 11, 2022Pop Quiz, Hotshot…What is “the self-esteem movement”? What is “insecurity”?Family8 min readFamily8 min read
Sep 29, 2022Let’s Talk TacticsI could revisit my comments about abortion today, but I think most of us are past that point. The people who were paying attention to conservative trends in 2016 all saw us losing Roe when Trump won. So let’s talk about how they did that. It starts with the fact…Politics9 min readPolitics9 min read
Sep 26, 2022Prompts I Gave DALL-E at 11:45 The Night Before They ResetWhen you get an account on DALL-E, they give you 50 freebies the first month. Then you get 15 every month after you join. But they do not roll over from month to month. This is how I found myself in bed, furiously thinking of weird shit for it to…Art3 min readArt3 min read
