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Thoughts between books. Short essays, observations, and lines of thinking too fresh to have a spine but too worth writing to stay in a notebook.
Here, Lemme Snap You Somethin’
What happens when Snapchat becomes a showroom for personal porn? From unsolicited sales pitches to children's safety, I'm asking who's exploiting whom—and who's responsible for the environment.
Could Old Glory Carry Five More Stars?
America's flag has changed 27 times. Could it change again? From a forgotten 48-star flag to five territories choosing their futures, an exploration of Old Glory, self-determination, and what it means to form a more perfect Union.
Leave the Clock Alone
What if the daylight saving time debate has been asking the wrong question? Instead of changing the clock to fit our schedules, maybe we should leave the clock alone and change our schedules to fit the daylight.
What Is Toxic Femininity?
What is toxic femininity, and how is it different from women’s equality? A look at gender, entertainment, parenting, authority, and the cultural pendulum that can turn correction into permission—and permission into inversion.
"Talking" on a TTY
A random thought about TTYs became a journey through telegraphs, telephones, texting, three little dots, and the signals between us. Maybe better communication isn't always about what technology can add.
Who Loves a Good Movie Easter Egg?
Life is filled with little Easter Eggs waiting to be noticed, wondered about, picked up and shared. But in a world increasingly focused six inches in front of us, perhaps the first challenge is simply remembering to look up.
Taking 10 Seconds
What happens when technology gets faster, but our patience gets shorter? From dial-up to digistressors, Taking 10 Seconds explores glitches, expectations, emotional dials, and what I began noticing when I spent more time in the woods.
What Is (And Isn’t) AI Slop?
AI slop is real. But can you identify it just because AI touched the work? From sewing machines to CNCs, fireflies to 52!, the better question may be how much human thought remains behind the tool.
Circle That Date… Wait, Which One?
From atomic clocks and ancient calendars to Maya cycles, relativity and Mars, humans have found countless ways to measure and organize time. We know what day it is. The more interesting question may be: according to whom?
Did You Hear What Jimmy Did?
Every generation worries the kids are different. The Puritans did too. From Elvis' hips to grunge, disco and today's recycled fashion, America has heard this song before. Maybe the kids aren't the problem. Maybe they're just next.
The Call Is Coming From Within
What if the strangest alien story is already inside us? Journey into mitochondria, where oxygen, electrons, water, electricity and ancient biology collide—and discover why the machinery of life may be stranger than science fiction.
What Is Time Are Time Zones?
What if everyone on Earth used the same clock? Time zones solved a 19th-century problem brilliantly. But with UTC, modern technology, and a global society, it may be worth asking whether the same moment still needs different names.
The Consumable Human
The ancient agora gave Greeks a place to gather and persuade. The digital agora added something new: the ability to measure us.
Putting the Cloud Back on the Map
When was the last time you wondered where the cloud was?
Who Owns the Sewer?
Who owns the sewer? Maybe that’s the wrong question. When infrastructure becomes essential, what should communities expect from it?
The Layers We Live In
Over the past century, humanity has transformed the electromagnetic environment from a relatively simple background into a dense, overlapping web of signals.
The Playground, the Scoreboard, and the Speaker
What happens when the public square learns to respond to the scoreboard?
What a Cool Can!
What can a middle-school science experiment teach us about money, pressure, and productivity? Heat a can, let it cool, and follow a playful thought experiment from thermodynamics into economics—and maybe rethink what growth means.