Note: This essay appeared in my newsletter. If you’d like to receive the next one, subscribe here. Zohran Mamdani Got The Little Things Right I first heard of Zohran Mamdani last summer. I saw him in a video on Reddit. He was being…
Note: This piece originally appeared in my newsletter. One of my first weeks in the garden last year, I walked in and saw a group of half a dozen older gentlemen sitting around the long table. From a distance, I noted…
Our environmental politics has failed. It’s time to chart a new course. Why we’ve failed is complex. Yet, I think many of these reasons funnel into the failure of our language. Let’s Examine Our Language and Offer Fresh Alternatives The…
Note: This essay originally appeared in my monthly newsletter. If you would like to receive my next one, you can subscribe here. As I look back on this year, a theme that stands out is how I have leaned into…
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“I’m going to say this more than once and less than 1000 times.” I heard a TikTok creator say this and it lodged into my brain because it represented a powerful lesson: I feared repeating myself too much. But just…
Once this therapy concept clicked, it gave me a new lens to understand propaganda and political talking points. It took me a bit to grasp it, but once I did, I started seeing it everywhere. It’s called “negative projection,” and…