Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the exact kind of Democrat I usually criticize. She’s been in Congress for more than 20 years, done nothing particularly remarkable or courageous during that time, did a disastrous job of running the Democratic National Committee in 2016 by pouring gasoline on the Hillary-versus-Bernie fire, and disingenuously suggested that Joe Biden was a…
There is positive national coverage of the Social Housing Bill as it heads into its Second Reading in the House of Lords today. Much of the coverage leads with stronger protections for domestic abuse survivors as well as reforms on Right to Buy.
The Daily Mirror and iNews both report on government measures to protect survivors of domestic abuse in social housing, highlighting that…
For a few months now the consensus amongst many powerful firms & institutions is that the SoH would reopen in June, the world thereafter returning to normality. But with that fallacy now disproven, it's time to consider the possibility that the SoH might remain closed for months, even years on end.
Social psychology explains it.
In mid-May, around two weeks before the Texas Republicans’ Senate primary runoff election, state Attorney General Ken Paxton dropped yet another ad smearing his opponent, incumbent John Cornyn, for having “turned his back on President Trump.” Accompanied by a cinematic score, replete with intense, brassy blasts (BRAAAM!), the ad spliced together Cornyn admitting “the idea of a [border] wall is…
It’s almost quaint to read now, but author Lauren Weisberger spent the majority of her 2003 press tour for the release of _The Devil Wears Prada_ trying to distance it from its obvious source material. “So much of the book is composed of stories from my friends,” she told _Publishers Weekly_ at the time. “A lot of my girlfriends ended up in publishing and in magazines, or doing fashion PR or…
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I've long admired Marc Higgins's contributions to the methodological literature on photovoice—so much so that I invited him to blurb my book. For this week's post, I've reread his 2014 piece titled "Rebraiding Photovoice: Methodological Métissage at the Cultural Interface," which appeared in The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. My main take-aways are below.
When I create a post based…
Twenty-second-century historians tracing the ascent of American technocracy from quirky garage tinkerers grooving on the Whole Earth Catalog to sinister oligarchs enacting Philip K. Dick prophesies may locate its apogee in four lectures that Peter Thiel (net worth: $29 billion), chairman of the data-mining giant Palantir and a co-founder of PayPal,…
The US government’s use of deportation to punish political dissidents harkens back to the history of the New York Hotel Union during the Red Scare. (Bettmann…
By commissioning research that reframes public anxiety about crime in London as mis- and disinformation, Khan is gaslighting his critics.
Geese clearly appeal to a crowd who wants music to matter again. That’s good. And not a “psyop,” as Wired claims. (Emma McIntyre / Getty…
The evisceration of our capacity to use language – to think – will be a problem. Farrow and Marantz refer to it once. They say AI will likely cause “human enfeeblement”. Yes.
Opposing fascism isn't going to make you feel cool. Get over it.
A few posts ago, I wrote about the possibility of a second edition of my book on the photovoice methodology. I outlined several topics that now need consideration for edition two. Generative AI was one such topic.
The pre-work for that post led me to discover AI Voice, outlined in this article, a version of photovoice wherein participants use AI tools to generate images rather than cameras to…
Iranians react to the ceasefire announcement at Enqhelab Square in Tehran, April 8, 2026. (AFP via Getty Images)
Despite having lasted only six weeks, Donald Trump’s war with Iran was somehow…
An honest answer.
HBO’s new _Harry Potter_ TV series is premiering this Christmas Day. Under current plans, it will last at least a decade. The trailer looks like the original films were run through an AI generator, but quality isn't the point. The show is a transparent attempt to induct a new generation—and market—into the lucrative fantasy world while massaging the nostalgia of existing fans. The announcement of…
“Total boomer luxury communism” is the Right’s latest attempt to convince younger Americans to slash their own future benefits under the guise of sticking it to older generations.…
Building web apps, exploring niches, embracing what makes us human
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I joined journalist Wajahat Ali’s Substack show _The Left Hook_. We discuss the policy differences between Democratic Party leaders and voters, including my recent article showing that moderate Democratic voters are quite liberal on many issues. In contrast, many centrist Democratic strategists and politicians are very critical…
Donald Trump claims Iran is responsible for the bombing of an elementary school that killed scores of children, even though evidence continues to mount that the United States is responsible. In a striking exchange with a reporter, Trump was asked why no other government official will confirm what he’s saying. He said straight out: “Because I don’t know enough about it.” He then stumbled through…
Two years ago, I pitched a piece to The Atlantic called "AI Is Blurring the Boundaries Between Booms and Busts." The argument was that the familiar cycle — growth leads to hiring, hiring fills offices, offices fund cities — was breaking down. Not temporarily. Structurally.
San Francisco was my case study. The city was supposedly staging a comeback. AI companies were flooding in, investors were…
Confirmation of what we already knew.
After last week’s howl at the moon, I’m trying to get back into the habit of weeknotes, so I can do the valuable journalling and reflecting that makes things better.
I’ve a fairly sedentary weekend ahead, looking after my partner who’s recovering from surgery and doing my company accounts. The stack of receipts to file isn’t huge, but there’s some accounting admin to be done.
Anyway, what did I…
Mongolia’s political crisis creates an opportunity for the country’s masses to demand a new voice. Whether ordinary Mongolians can…
As an actor, Brendan Fraser can strip down to his core and expose the most vulnerable aspects of humanity. (His heart-wrenching work in Darren Aronofsky's film _The Whale_ earned him a well-deserved Best Actor Oscar at the 2023 _Academy Awards_.)
So, it's not surprising when he gets emotional discussing things near and dear to his heart—like autism awareness. In past interviews, Fraser has…