NBA’s new “The Diff” statistic is catnip for dataheads like me
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
NBA’s new “The Diff” statistic is catnip for dataheads like me
Wow look at this email I just received from the New Yorker
September 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Wow look at this email I just received from the New Yorker
Imagine a university with a student body 100% comprised of the most irritating student in every class you ever taught, for instance the kid who carried around a dog-eared copy of Atlas Shrugged and complained to me that syllabus was too woke because there were two James Baldwin pieces
August 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Imagine a university with a student body 100% comprised of the most irritating student in every class you ever taught, for instance the kid who carried around a dog-eared copy of Atlas Shrugged and complained to me that syllabus was too woke because there were two James Baldwin pieces
This substack post for the University of Austin is so insanely embarrassing that I actually died while reading it and had to be resuscitated and am writing this from an ambulance
August 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This substack post for the University of Austin is so insanely embarrassing that I actually died while reading it and had to be resuscitated and am writing this from an ambulance
Feels like many people's entire political understanding these of days is like at the end of a Scooby Doo episode, where the gang pulls the mask off the bad guy, and it's Capitalism
July 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Feels like many people's entire political understanding these of days is like at the end of a Scooby Doo episode, where the gang pulls the mask off the bad guy, and it's Capitalism
Dave claims his bread is "killer," and yet on the logo he seems to be playing a C add #5 (muting the low E with his pinky). They should rename it Dave's Jazzy Bread imo
June 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Dave claims his bread is "killer," and yet on the logo he seems to be playing a C add #5 (muting the low E with his pinky). They should rename it Dave's Jazzy Bread imo
This is one of those clever twitter thoughts/comparisons that doesn't actually stand up to any scrutiny. The internet has been a massive net negative for humanity, and GPS is one the few totally clear positives to come out of it
June 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is one of those clever twitter thoughts/comparisons that doesn't actually stand up to any scrutiny. The internet has been a massive net negative for humanity, and GPS is one the few totally clear positives to come out of it
Idk I feel like Musk being in an adderall-laced k-hole for four straight months while dismantling the federal government is fair game
May 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Idk I feel like Musk being in an adderall-laced k-hole for four straight months while dismantling the federal government is fair game
Excited to dig into this bad boi by @tmcallister.bsky.social, although I don’t love when things feel impossible, so the jury’s out..
May 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Excited to dig into this bad boi by @tmcallister.bsky.social, although I don’t love when things feel impossible, so the jury’s out..
Another MFA thing about it is the way it often sacrifices meaning at the altar of that gorgeous prose. And look, the writing really is great a lot of the time—but also, wtf does stuff like this really mean
May 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Another MFA thing about it is the way it often sacrifices meaning at the altar of that gorgeous prose. And look, the writing really is great a lot of the time—but also, wtf does stuff like this really mean
If you are in Carrboro, NC on Friday 5/23 and have nothing to do, might I suggest attending my rock band's album release party at the Cat's Cradle Back Room!
May 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you are in Carrboro, NC on Friday 5/23 and have nothing to do, might I suggest attending my rock band's album release party at the Cat's Cradle Back Room!
Did an appearance on the Records Revisited podcast to discuss The Mayflies USA's long, strange career and our forthcoming new album Kickless Kids—our fourth and first in 23 years!
April 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Did an appearance on the Records Revisited podcast to discuss The Mayflies USA's long, strange career and our forthcoming new album Kickless Kids—our fourth and first in 23 years!
Lol here are several dozen screenshots of me licking the worst person in the world's boots, to no avail. He tells me to eat shit in the end :(
April 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Lol here are several dozen screenshots of me licking the worst person in the world's boots, to no avail. He tells me to eat shit in the end :(
Glad to see the fiction Guggenheim going to writers who need the support
April 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Glad to see the fiction Guggenheim going to writers who need the support
It’s endlessly weird and startling to realize that I put more thought and effort into my freshman comp course syllabus, than these fucking idiots put into any aspect of running the country
April 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It’s endlessly weird and startling to realize that I put more thought and effort into my freshman comp course syllabus, than these fucking idiots put into any aspect of running the country
me, heading toward some morose embittered earth that I've been dying to try
#morose
#embittered
#earth
#morose
#embittered
#earth
March 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
me, heading toward some morose embittered earth that I've been dying to try
#morose
#embittered
#earth
#morose
#embittered
#earth
Somewhat obsessed with this food allergy medicine commercial, in particular the made-up school called Daksman College—how did they land on this totally real-sounding name?
March 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Somewhat obsessed with this food allergy medicine commercial, in particular the made-up school called Daksman College—how did they land on this totally real-sounding name?
Nothing but respect for MY president (the student walking around campus with an electric guitar and mini-amp on his belt playing Crazy Train over and over)
February 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Nothing but respect for MY president (the student walking around campus with an electric guitar and mini-amp on his belt playing Crazy Train over and over)
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social sums up the appropriate response, I think:
February 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social sums up the appropriate response, I think:
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single werewolf in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a werewife
February 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single werewolf in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a werewife
Maybe this is simplistic presentism, but it feels to me like everything being broken is the thing that sucks
January 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Maybe this is simplistic presentism, but it feels to me like everything being broken is the thing that sucks
If my house burns down, please do not send me replacement copies of like Middlesex and A Little Life to lug around, thank u
January 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If my house burns down, please do not send me replacement copies of like Middlesex and A Little Life to lug around, thank u
Only 291? (Homer voice)
January 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Only 291? (Homer voice)