a summer haiku
something short for long days
I made a list of good and bad things and all the good things were flowers.
good things on the internet
Chris Gayomali re-examines a song that encapsulates my first semester of college “Like a G6” in The Believer 🎤
- with the complete historical reference guide for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (my favorite movie of 2025) 🧛
currently reading
The Just City by Jo Walton: What if, through the powers of the goddess Athena, a bunch of philosophers throughout time came together to create Plato’s Republic?
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin: Classic high fantasy that packs a punch, finished this in a few sittings and loved it.
“Not being able to afford full-time childcare — and yet still having to earn a full-time living — has been the bane of my life for nearly three years. But it’s taught me something important. All of this time I’ve spent doing things that don’t impress people on LinkedIn adds up to something else: social currency. It’s a currency you can’t spend in a one-way transaction, but rather give and receive in turns.”
“The historical pattern is brutally consistent. An opposition party’s winning economic campaign hits three marks: 1. Highlight the villains and victims—without alienating swing voters. 2. Offer a kitchen-table alternative. 3. Deploy a messenger with credibility.”
“The data we have from the last election suggests, broadly, at least two types of young voters: “Old Gen Z” — more Democratic, more progressive — and “Young Gen Z” — more Trump-curious and more skeptical of the status quo. That internal split, roughly between those aged 18 to 24 in the latter camp and 25 to 29 in the former, hasn’t dissipated post-election; it is still showing up in polling and surveys. No cohort is monolithic, but a combination of factors — the pandemic, the rise of smartphones and newer social media, inflation, Trump — seems to be driving a wedge within Gen Z.”
this week’s jam
I like to listen to this during early mornings at the airport, wakes me right up
photo of my cats
