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October 13, 2026
Neuromancer, Chapters 23-24: The Convergence of the Twain
Till the Spinner of the Years
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October 9, 2026
How Do You Reckon?
Last week on Substack Notes I discussed how odd the New York Times’s approach to the Cornell rape scandal has been.
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October 7, 2026
Neuromancer, Chapters 21-22: Neuromancer, In the Digital Flesh
We have finally met Neuromancer, officially.
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October 5, 2026
Two Grandfathers
privilege, celebrity, and the end of up from below
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October 3, 2026
AUDIO FIXED: Optimistic-Ish Thoughts About the Future
this video has more goddamn versions than Blade Runner
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October 3, 2026
Optimistic-Ish Thoughts About the Future!
Just a too-long discussion of where this newsletter is going, where I’m going, and what I hope to secure in the years ahead.
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October 2, 2026
Subscriber Writing, ~September 2026
Hello folks!
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October 1, 2026
Neuromancer, Chapters 19–20: Feelings Made of Zeros and Ones
Forgive me for the inexcusable delay this week….
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September 29, 2026
The Politics of Fantasy and Entitlement Are Driving Everyone Insane
imperfect reality can’t win in a culture of fantasy
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September 27, 2026
All In Your Head: You Be My People Power
this conversation needs to happen, this book needs to sell
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September 25, 2026
The 50-Year Hangover
thirty years created expectations we haven’t met for a half-century
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September 24, 2026
Call for Subscriber Writing, Septemberish 2026
It’s that time again!
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September 23, 2026
No School Will Decide Najya Hannah-Jones’s Future or Fate
nothing in our educational debates will ever get better until we accept as a society that schools cannot change an individual’s nature
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September 22, 2026
Neuromancer, Chapters 16-18: Bon Voyage, Armitage
Well, things are not looking good for our intrepid crew, which is not much of a crew anymore.
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September 17, 2026
Sooner or Later, You’re Going to Have to Make an Actual Argument
you can’t hide on Tumblr or campus or behind a paywall forever
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September 16, 2026
Neuromancer, Chapters 13-15: Immortal No More
Last week ended with three mysterious figures, waiting for Case to get back to his hotel room.
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September 14, 2026
Nobody Owns Disability
and if adult academics and activists presenting formal papers at a conference are not fair targets of good-faith criticism, who possibly could be?
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September 10, 2026
Germany Proves Again that Censorship Doesn’t Work
the German far right’s rise is happening in a country that has aggressively attempted to censor the far right for 70 years
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September 9, 2026
Talking FOOTBALL with Neil Paine
the only sport I care about is back
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September 9, 2026
Neuromancer, Chapters 10-12: A Doll’s House
Last week our crew left Earth and took a pit stop at Zion, a Rasta colony founded by construction workers who got sick of building luxury habitats for rich people and so one day decided not to fini...
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September 7, 2026
When a Mentally Ill Person Kills, How Much Confinement is Long Enough?
a subscriber-only excerpt from All In Your Head
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September 4, 2026
We Can’t Help Hurting People by Abandoning Basic Epidemiological Rigor
it’s never been less popular, or more important, to be willing to challenge claims about medical disorders and how they’re caused
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September 2, 2026
Neuromancer Book Club, Chapters 7-9: The City of Dub
This is the stretch where the novel leaves orbit, literally and figuratively.
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August 31, 2026
Sorry to Bother You
I had this friend - haven’t seen him in at least fifteen years, not for any reason other than that life happens and you drift - I had this friend and he was a recovering addict.
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August 29, 2026
I Think LLMs Will Prove to Be Consequential Enterprise Software
but that’s not enough, is it?
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August 26, 2026
Neuromancer Book Club, Chapters 4–6
three beings who are running on somebody else’s hardware
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August 25, 2026
The Edu-Optimists, Part II: CREDO, the Pro-Charter Research Shop That Won’t Take No Effect for an Answer
how “days of learning” explains the education reform shell game
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August 18, 2026
Neuromancer Book Club, Chapters 1, 2, 3 - Welcome to Chiba City
a man who hates his own body in a city that will happily sell you a new one
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August 17, 2026
Perhaps "Woke 1.0" is an Admission of Past Mistakes and a Commitment to Doing Better
you can't make progress if you're obsessed with not being owned
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August 13, 2026
My Dog Died During Lockdown
I’m tempted to say that Brooklyn was an odd place to ride out Covid, but I guess it was an odd experience everywhere.
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