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01.31 | imagining futures against oligarchies
Let's normalize fables about futures where rich people CAN’T keep their wealth eternally, because we as a society don’t let them.
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01.24 | why is it so hard to talk money?
In theory, I’m all for talking frankly about finances... But when I think about having a conversation with anyone about my own personal P&L sheet, I blanche.
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01.17 | it snowed in new york
When I first came to New York in the middle of a snowstorm during February of 2022, I had no idea that it would be the only snow I'd experience for the next two years. That drought finally ended this week!
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1.10 | finding (and looking) fun in a dystopian timeline
Every day, we get more news showing us going in the direction of the worst techno-dystopian hellscapes authors have imagined for us. We might as well look like we're living in it.
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01.03 | all the best in 2024 from your eldest daughter
I am simultaneously consistently grateful that I can have such an oasis of joy and togetherness amidst such a swirl of global (and some extended family) tragedies... and very, very tired.
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12.20 | a christmas miracle for my composting program
In one of the few pieces of really good news I've had to share this year, I'm excited to say that the GrowNYC community composting program is going to be continuing into at least the first half of 2024.
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12.13 | talking china in new york
If you know anyone in New York that might want to get involved with China-focused events, please let me know about them!
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12.6 | a belated roast of the british museum
“How strange,’ said Ramy. ‘To love the stuff and the language, but to hate the country.’ ‘Not as odd as you’d think,’ said Victoire. ‘There are people, after all, and then there are things.” – R.F. Kuang, 'Babel or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the
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11.29 | the season for cognitive dissonance
This year especially, it felt so hard to do the mental gymnastics that wouldn’t link the celebration and colonization together, especially with you know what happening in you know where.
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11.22 | the sudden end to this chapter in my life
I've had about two weeks now for the news of the very unexpected demise of my job to really soak into my consciousness and, while I still think the whole situation really sucks, I've been pleasantly surprised by how much mental space it's freed up.
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10.8 | how does the world work anyway?
Smils' How the World Really Works reminds me of how a lot of smart dudes somehow always end up overestimating their ability to weigh into things they are not so immediately knowledgeable on.
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09.29 | pirates of the climate collapse
Last month, I briefly mentioned a factoid that’d I’d come across about how the “golden age of piracy” largely happened because a drop in sunspot activity lowered the amount of radiation getting to the earth, which then led to a lull in hurricanes.