As a kid I wondered and worried about why people could be allowed to go unfed and unhoused and insecure in the midst of unparalleled, incomparable affluence. That remains the driving question of my research. And the answer remains largely the same. Capitalism in its many guises.

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

Anyone who's tempted to cheer the state going after porn sites like XVideos should think twice. Uthmeier made a name for himself forcing the censorship of LGBTQ+ library books by calling them "patently pornographic" and "harmful to minors." If he's coming after us, he's coming after you.

On Gaza: "A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust." (An essay shared by Robert Reich.) open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God. Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well. forward.com/opinion/7575...

The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

A convincing argument: “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

I just donated to this charity that provides telemedicine services to Ukrainians in need. They are running out of funding. www.pii-foundation.org

Great new article by Hallie Lieberman, giving voice to the incarcerated people being harmed by the anti-trans agenda. How Trans Prisoners Are Dealing With The Trump Administration’s Attacks - defector.com/how-trans-pr.... #transrights

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Atlanta” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

@ericschatzberg.bsky.social take on technology is spot on. The cultural and the instrumental approach. From "Technology: Critical History of a Concept" (Uni. of Chicago Press, 2018)

Something I've been trying to write about is how the right uses the existence of trans people as justification for overthrowing democracy or the state, and how similar that is to the "trans panic defense" deployed by murderers of trans women trying to earn the sympathies of juries and judges