Writer | Bylines: @NYTimes, @GuardianUS, @RollingStone, @Esquire, @GQmagazine | Alumnus: @AdAge, @Digiday, @WeAreMEL
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Feb 25
The curse of being a formally trained print journalist is knowing the difference between an em dash (—), an en dash (–) and a hyphen (-) and having to see normies misuse all three, all of the time.
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Another amazing fact: golf carts are the size they are around the world because of this tunnel.
Jun 13
It never gets old walking through the tunnels at Bel-Air. The first one between 5 and 6 was built in 1934!
The Curtis Cup started only two years before that
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Jun 12
I’m shocked at how few people understand the symbiotic relationship Chicago has with northwest Indiana and Hammond, where I’m from. chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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Jun 12
For @bmorrissey's Rebooting newsletter, I wrote about why The Clip Economy is not fake, and how media executives like @brandonwenerd, @chadmumm, @BCC_Mitchell and @JDel are taking advantage. therebooting.com/p/why-the-m…
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Jun 12
What that inane NY Mag piece from a few weeks ago failed to comprehend is that clipping is a media channel unto itself.
The execs quoted in my piece understand this and have made clips an incremental revenue stream, and a PR and marketing tool.
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Jun 12
We evolved from an oral to written tradition because writing allows for a level of intellectual and emotional complexity that speaking does not.
We shouldn’t act like the death of literacy is no big deal. People will become dumber. They already are.
Jun 12
We’re reverting to an oral culture and nothing is going to stop it as long as phones and social media exist.
But that doesn't mean reading has to end.
Someone who hates reading can scroll twitter hours and hours a day even thoug it's filled with text.
It's because twitter is in the maxims/sayings/proverbs/adages category. This is compressed and accessible.
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Jun 12
These spammy tactics worked in the SEO era, and if AI companies really wanted to provide users a good experience, they'd penalize this behavior.
This is why I'm cautiously bullish on journalism — AI will prioritize information that is factual and of actual utility to users.
Jun 11
This is wild—and likely a sign of things to come as we transition to a web that is optimized for bots more than humans. theatlantic.com/technology/2…
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John McDermott retweeted
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF was released 40 years ago today! So obviously I must shamelessly plug the best thing I’ve ever written
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Jun 11
Nas isn’t getting early enough love in this Finals broadcast .
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Jun 10
All the historical examples of book-to-movie adaptations listed at the top of this article are books written by men, and all of the contemporary examples are books written by women.
There's an entire generation of men who have no relationship with mainstream fiction.
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Jun 9
Moved to LA to launch a men's magazine owned by a razor company because I once read you should always take the most adventurous career option.
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Jun 9
I never said masculinity isn't being covered in the media — I said that whenever masculinity is covered (which is often), it is almost always through a feminist or queer lens, and almost never (straight) men explaining themselves.
Jun 5
My belated contribution to the ‘Cut for men’ discourse … why isn’t there a @TheCinesthetic for men who read?
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Jun 8
The European mind literally can’t fathom American abundance.
Jun 8
Lmao how am I supposed to choose from all of this? This is overwhelming me😭😭😭
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Jun 8
Who could have seen that coming
Inside LA's first bikini coffee shop - as baristas reveal how many 'weirdos' show up trib.al/sCRSyzd
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Jun 8
i think it would be fun if instead of class action settlements giving like 7-48 dollars per claimant they randomly awarded the entire settlement to one lucky plaintiff chosen randomly
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Jun 8
The most disorienting thing about New Yorkers is hearing them say wait "on" line.
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Jun 7
I'm a philistine because I think poems don't count unless they rhyme.
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