Same reason I can't have others research for me. Researching is how I learn and I can only write well when I really understand what I'm explaining.

I have many times seen Neil deGrasse Tyson saying something I knew was patently false or misleading. But when he pops up on YouTube shorts, I am always delighted. I find his careless overconfidence extremely comforting and ASMRy.

Really need someone to do a slow zoom-in on this with the Curb music

Books I read: “Fascinating factoid” Me writing my book: “Fascinating factoid” Fact-checker: “Factoid is FALSE. FALSER THAN FALSE. THE FALSEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED. Here’s what’s correct: [long boring nuanced explanation full of uncertainties] Accuracy is such a bummer.

Scrolling X be like: The printing press worked like this The Jews should all die, especially you The sphinx was made by aliens The truth about Epstein (1/27) Big win for the Sox! Mamdani kicked a baby (1/45) The UK is Islamic This guy is a wrong retard (1/374) Look at this sloth

2 Wimbledon thoughts: - It’s always funny to me that they give the loser a little loser plate to take home. - I’m completely perplexed by the one rando who shouts something as the player is about to serve, after the rest of the crowd has gone silent, and the judge has to yell at them. How are there always adults in the crowd with that little impulse control?

Someone once introduced me and Curtis at a conference. I said I was working on a book about political polarization, at which point he cut me off and went on a (not exaggerating) 30-minute monologue. At some point I walked away and I'm not sure he even noticed.

I have no fewer than 30 baby books stone cold memorized. Those brain cells used to be free to work on other things and now they’re all in inane prison.

My whole world just came undone