Anyone else watching the CA gubernatorial debate? Xavier Becerra is doing really well.

I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

New IVP poll for California Governor; Becerra jumps ahead. Link to details about this poll ivn.us/posts/breaki...

I think a lot of people in LA don't really know what the city attorney does or who even holds the office, but Feldstein-Soto is an absolute train wreck and replacing her with Marissa Roy is one of the most important city races this cycle.

Yes, the fact that I'm attending the White House Correspondents Dinner might SEEM like a supine gesture of complete deference to the insane dullard who demands total obedience from the press, BUT that's until you see the secret message I have on my pocket square

If you kill your wife, you don't get to be a husband anymore Some lessons from the media coverage of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer's murders.

My latest.

I’ve been watching the media coverage of the murders of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer.

One way media can fight back against male violence:

If you kill your wife, you don’t get to be called a “husband” any more.

You’re her killer.

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Frank Herbert I apologize for ever doubting you

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

Who Gets Guggenheims? - Public Books Unfortunately, 100 years of data show that those whom such fellowships might represent the greatest departure from their everyday experience—that is, those not at elite institutions—are least likely t...

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe.

Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities

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Cartoon meme featuring a very round, smiley green frog playing an Ouija board (spelled “wedgie”). The background is a slate blue color, and curving above the frog is the following in black, all caps lettering: FUCK CHATGPT. I’M ASKING GHOSTS.

one of my oldest friends sends totally random monday memes. i thought the skyline would appreciate yesterday’s:

LA's homelessness crisis is a humanitarian disaster - and our response isn't working.

I have a plan to fix this.🧵⬇️

I hate the all-party primary in California. I’d love to be able to cast a vote without having to worry whether a Democrat will be on the general ballot. We need to end this.

Trump: the pope is weak on crime

Pope: [descends to his cave, pulls cowl over face, Batman-growl voice] we’ll see about that

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

To any Hungarians annoyed that Americans are placing the credit for your momentous victory on the shoulders of our stunningly repellent little weasel of a VP: you are correct to feel that way, I'm sorry, we just want to seize any available oppurtunity to humiliate him specificially

This is so well done. 👌

To all who celebrate

My last name gets turned into a city a lot which I suppose I sort of get in that I just imagine the process is "Constantinople oh god there are more vowels why are there more vowels"

He still needs to be removed from office. A war powers resolution will not suffice. He circumvented Congress to start the war. He circumvented them on tariffs and appropriations. Why anyone thinks he'd adhere to a Congressional war powers resolution is beyond me.

This doesn’t seem hyperbolic now

In all seriousness: this is the fellowship that changed my career/life. If you have questions/are considering and want to chat, hit me up, these are magnificent institutions filled with the best people.

My book preview (not AI generated)

Ontology, a term popularized by Palantir, originally comes from philosophy: it is the traditional name for the branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature of being, existence, and reality. To define an ontology of something is to assert its fundamental structure.

this is HILARIOUS

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What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?

adult catholic converts continue to be embarrassing

Honestly a dummymander will be the funniest possible outcome

New project- 出口🏃🏻‍♂️
Shinjuku Station has over 200 exits, I'm going to draw all of them wrongly, not where they actually take you, but the many worlds that they could take you to.

you would never have to wait 6 hours in line at LaGuardia or JFK. Because here we say waiting ON line. "I was on line at TSA for 6 hours" is what you would say.

HOWLING