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Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Daily Beast, NBC News and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and science. Newsletter: madness.ghost.io

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Street in Toulouse

Street in Toulouse

Historic building in Toulouse

Historic building in Toulouse

Moody street in Toulouse

Moody street in Toulouse

Phone got stolen in Toulouse, so working on that, but I found a way to post some decent pics with an old phone

03.08.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

This was funny. Thank you

30.07.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll post some pictures later, but this should be known as the pigeon city. I like pigeons, so I'm not mad about it

30.07.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I got to Toulouse recently, and something I've noticed is there are just pigeons everywhere

30.07.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

This guy was just like, "Dude, you can speak English. I can tell you're an American." Lol

26.07.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to fly here, so I needed these things

26.07.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just got to Barcelona and this dude is saving my life. He's got pizza, water and cigarettes

26.07.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha. Eating lots of Spanish food, too! Thanks for the article

25.07.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Made a friend

25.07.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm back at my Mexican restaurant so I might as well be advertising it

25.07.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I just told my server I'm going to Toulouse. "France is boring but very nice." Lolllll

25.07.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

I identify as a silly American

25.07.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyway this restaurant has a pigeon as its host

25.07.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

She said that like five times and I looked at her like an idiot lol

25.07.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently I don't know the Spanish word for octopus because this woman just tried to explain what I was ordering and I was like, "Yeah. Whatever. That looks good."

25.07.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
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Found that Jesus guy

24.07.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm fucked

24.07.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doesn't exist

24.07.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, my French is worse, so that'll be fun

24.07.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I think they get it, but they're not impressed

24.07.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm at least doing broken Spanish!

24.07.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Quickly realizing that my Spanish is not great

24.07.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

The news in Spain is so much better than it is in the U.S., in my opinion

24.07.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The owner of the first place told me she just got a crazy review. I said, "They're idiots."

24.07.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Santos Remedio and I think it was Bardulia Donostia

24.07.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was going to go to this great restaurant that Anthony Bourdain went to in San Sebastian, but there was a line *far* out the door.

However, in the blog where he mentioned it, he said you can't go wrong here if you have any instinct for good food. Boy was he right. Just go with the flow here

24.07.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Didn't go in. Maybe tomorrow

24.07.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The food is so good!

24.07.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think I'm supposed to do selfies so here's an attempt

24.07.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was a kid, I once returned from school on a rainy day and told my mom, "It's so beautiful outside." My mom said, "You're definitely my son." We both liked the rain lol

24.07.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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