a grackle

New posts every Wednesday, each as unimportant as the last.


Posts

4 Jun 2025

What use is obsessive journaling?

It’s pointless. I love it and can’t live without it.

28 May 2025

Kamala Harris and the burden of Fortnite

I’m not sure it’s possible to come up with a worse idea.

21 May 2025

Sometimes I turn incoherent thoughts into something like gold

A few notes on writing good.

1 May 2025

Five hundred years of bureaucratic violence

The methods have changed. The cruel essence remains.

9 Apr 2025

This comic is a glorious mess

A review of Do a Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson.

2 Apr 2025

Who gets to decide what 'real democracy' is?

Anyone, as long as they don’t work at Politico.

1 Apr 2025

Write about whatever you want

I know there’s a lot going on but there always is.

10 Mar 2025

I can’t stop thinking about how vapid this comic was

No one needed to see Art Spiegelman step on a rake.

7 Mar 2025

A short history of fast food brands posting on Twitter

Welcome to the nightmare realm.

6 Mar 2025

POV: Your future landlord is a robot

Searching for a new house causes enough psychic damage already thank you.

5 Mar 2025

Do you have more of a comment than a question?

Kindly shut the fuck up.

4 Mar 2025

It feels strange to review something that destroys you

Some notes about two films: One earnest, one cynical.

17 Feb 2025

What could be more post-truth than this?

I think we’re about to find out.

30 Jan 2025

She is only capable of writing strawmen

The Fountainhead is silly.

26 Jan 2025

Are we cooked? Opposition and kayfabe

At the end of the day, reporters need to file stories.

24 Jan 2025

The internet does not have to suck

Please make your own website!