The Problem With Men
There’s a man sitting in the GP’s waiting room, and he’s doing that thing men do when they’re pretending everything is fine. You know the one. Legs spread wide. Phone…
X as a Free Speech Haven?
Let’s Talk About What’s Actually Happening There’s a narrative doing the rounds right now, and it goes something like this: X (formerly Twitter) has become the last bastion of free…
Your RICE Is Undercooked: Why Data Beats Vibes Every Time
RICE is only as good as the numbers you feed it. And if those numbers are based on hunches, gut feelings, or a slightly delusional belief in your own brilliance……
The Quiet Familiarity
On Working in Tandem With a Machine That Learns You I’ve noticed something happening. Not all at once. Not with fanfare. Just gradually… almost politely. Over time, and with a…
Venezuela Isn’t a Headline… It’s a Slow Human Emergency
There are crises that explode into view… and then there are the ones that never quite end. Venezuela belongs firmly in the second category.Not a breaking story. Not a sudden…
Fuck the Hashtags… Get Your Voice Out There
At some point, without really noticing when, we handed the steering wheel to the algorithm. We didn’t mean to. It happened gradually… a tweak here, a “best practice” there, a…
On Being Hungry (And Why That’s the Point)
I’ve been thinking about Anthony Bourdain and Charles Bukowski lately. Not together, exactly. They never shared a meal, never drank at the same bar, never even existed in the same…
Writing Drunk, Editing Sober (Sort Of)
What Bukowski Taught Me About First-Draft Wildness There’s a quote often attributed to Hemingway… “Write drunk, edit sober.” Whether he actually said it or not doesn’t matter. What matters is…
When Brain Surgery Stops Feeling Like Surgery
I saw something slide past on X the other day that most people will scroll past without blinking… and that’s precisely why it matters. Neuralink plans to move into high-volume…
The Unglamorous Truth About Consistency
We’ve been absolutely gaslit by technology into believing that because we can ask for something instantly, we should receive it instantly. You tap a button, the taxi arrives. You press…