Blog Posts

I’ve tried them all. Todoist’s gamification felt juvenile after two weeks. Notion’s databases became more work than the actual work. Apple Reminders couldn’t handle the complexity of academic life. Things...

It’s the Monday before classes start, and the semester is already creeping in. The groundskeepers were out early, trimming and sweeping, making the place look like it’s ready to host...

What happens when a government stops believing in the public?

Power, legitimacy, and the administrative state in a system the public misremembers—and one they never agreed to

I’ve bounced between a dozen journaling tools over the years:Day One, Standard Notes, Joplin, even bullet journals scrawled in Moleskines. Some were polished but locked down; others were open-source but...

Image: Federalized National Guard in Alabama, 1965. Source: U.S. National Archives (Public Domain)