The Slackening

What happens when you search your own name in your employer’s Slack logs?

Inside The Barista Class

One of the most obscene things I learned as a barista was how eager people are to be liked. NYU sophomores, the…

Pixar and the Incredibly Canny Valley

The trailer for Pixar’s new movie, The Good Dinosaur, is gorgeous.

Internet, Why So Blue?

How to Draw People on the Subway

The Complete Tinder Glossary

As a rule, I don’t download time-sucking games onto my phone. Tinder is the exception. Back in May, when I…

What a Pack of Cigarettes Costs, in Every State

New York City, March 28, 2016

★★★★ The slosh of rainy traffic was, if not louder, more persuasive than the wake-up alarm, through many…

A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage

One of McDonald’s most divisive products, the McRib, made its return last week…

Brutalism’s Bullies

In late April, the city of Baltimore issued a certificate of demolition for the Morris A. Mechanic Theater, prevailing in a…