The Unraveling

Information resilience, revisited

I'm not quite as gloomy about the state of our information environment as I was back in late January

Nov 8 • 

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October 2025

This is a participation trophy appreciation post

If you’ll indulge me for a minute ...

Oct 30 • 

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Klein, Coates, and what journalism is for

Notes on the conversation Between Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates about journalism's role in covering the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Oct 2 • 

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September 2025

Media notes on the Kirk assassination

Obviously this has been a difficult week in the U.S.

Sep 12 • 

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August 2025

Happy to go blind

What happens when the news becomes overwhelming? How a Black Mirror episode helps me talk about it with students.

Aug 14 • 

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July 2025

Apologize, cash your paycheck

Pat McAfee ruined a person's life, but it's all just content until there are meaningful consequences for what we say.

Jul 24 • 

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January 2025

November 2024

(taps sign) Nobody owes you a listening ear

The complaints about social network echo chambers miss the point, and privilege the advantages online trolls already enjoy

Nov 22, 2024 • 

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A video explainer/lecture/reflection on the media and 2024 election

I’ve not tried this before, but after a week of teaching in the aftermath of the 2024 U.S.

Nov 8, 2024 • 

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How to watch election results like it's not a sporting event

I think a lot about this old tweet from election data guru Dave Wasserman:

Nov 5, 2024 • 

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September 2024

Notes and questions about “Her” for first-year seminar

This semester I’m teaching a first-year seminar at Lehigh on artificial intelligence and society.

Sep 19, 2024 • 

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April 2024