Early voting in New York City's 2025 general election started today. Yesterday I posted about the six ballot proposals; today I share some recommendations and links about the seven competitive judicial races (that is, races …
Early voting in New York City's 2025 general election starts this Saturday, Oct. 25th. I'm writing two blog posts sharing my thinking and recommendations, one about the six ballot proposals (this one), one about the …
Autumn consistently gets me into this mood, where I want to jot down a constellation of memories and feelings that gesture toward a theme without ever quite defining it.It's Deepavali, as I learned to say …
This past weekend in New York City, the weather's oscillated in and out of crispness, sun and breeze cordially nudging each other out of the way. Talking with a newer volunteer at the outreach table …
Recently, at the outreach table I run, I asked a guy what he's concerned about. He talked about an issue that's breaking his heart. I asked what actions he's taking on that issue, and he …
Up till now, I've mostly abstained from using generative AI. I'm now reassessing whether I should keep doing that. This post preserves a Fediverse thread I wrote yesterday, with better formatting, section headers, some additional …
The weekend after the Presidential election in November 2024, I was seized by the need to meet some neighbors, face-to-face, to be in solidarity with. On a crisp fall morning, I made a sign that …
Last-minute recommendations for New York City's Democratic primary election. (Early voting concluded Sunday; tomorrow, Tuesday the 24th, is the final day to vote.)I'm going to start with lesser-publicized races and move up the ballot.Western Queens …
Twenty-one years ago, Leonard Richardson created the now-popular open source tool Beautiful Soup. He's maintained it ever since. In 2024, the Python Software Foundation recognized his contributions with two service awards, naming him a PSF …
I used to co-run a group blog where we made fun of spam, and someday I do want to resurrect Spam As Folk Art as a static archive*. But in the meantime, I need to …
