Most of the time my thoughts aren't long enough for a blog post. My shortform notes get posted on Mastodon and Bluesky, and also wind up here.
Driving across Iowa and Nebraska this weekend. Did the same drive a month ago and gas is up at least $1 everywhere, and diesel more than that. Usually these are some of the cheapest gas states and they're well over $4.
posted at 10:32PM on September 26, 2026
Brains are dumb. I spent literally weeks, maybe even months, beating myself up about writing about how social sucks. "Nobody wants to read this" "It's self indulgent bullshit" etc etc etc. Finally just put the thing out, and like 10,000 people have enthusiastically read it in like 24 hours.
posted at 9:50AM on September 25, 2026
One of those research days where you tug on some threads and discover that the brother of the Imperial Wizard pro tempore of the Klan in the early 20s was the managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution.
posted at 10:40AM on September 23, 2026
Man Califone is such a good band
posted at 3:46PM on September 19, 2026
This Wilco/Sesame Street felt banner is definitely one of my fav new additions to the art collection.
posted at 5:06PM on September 9, 2026
I drove thousands of miles across the country this summer and the number of data center cooling systems I saw being trucked across interstates was astounding. A few years ago, you'd see windmill blades pretty regularly. But this was orders of magnitude more. Every state. Everywhere.
posted at 10:13AM on August 24, 2026
Just kinda think a summer of insane weather worldwide should maybe be a wakeup call for action on a global scale but what do I know
posted at 12:18AM on August 12, 2026
Depertment.
posted at 12:18AM on August 6, 2026
You got that new Cheeze-It slogan I asked for?
Sure do boss, nice and horny just like you asked for.
posted at 8:57PM on August 5, 2026
Parked next to a BYD Chinese electric at a Walmart in Fullerton California. I didn't think they were legal in the US??
posted at 7:43PM on August 4, 2026
It's Steve Albini's birthday today. RIP forever, friend.
posted at 4:58PM on July 22, 2026
absolutely fucking not. 
posted at 9:23AM on June 26, 2026
America flying too close to the sun here.
posted at 8:07PM on June 18, 2026
At the doc this afternoon she asked what I write about, and I had to be like "oh mostly the Confederacy and the Klan," an things got real awkward after that.
posted at 1:48PM on June 18, 2026
The new global forever stamps are cool as hell.
posted at 11:00AM on June 6, 2026
My phone just reminded me that six years ago Steve Albini reached out about me making some masks for the staff of Electrical Audio and I sent him back a bunch of pics of a prototype to determine placement for the logo. Didn't end up doing the thing, but so fun to play around. He's missed every day.
posted at 8:06PM on June 1, 2026
Zohran byline in the Athletic writing about Arsenal (gift link). www.nytimes.com/athletic/...
posted at 7:44AM on May 29, 2026
Absolutely still one of the best moments of my life, Colbert was thoughtful and curious and it's a loss for all of us to not have him on TV after today
posted at 11:59AM on May 21, 2026
Arsenal winning the Premier League is a hell of a reminder to never ever ever give up
posted at 4:15PM on May 19, 2026
Stay humble.
posted at 3:29PM on May 19, 2026