Alex

It's generally bad when people I know from grad school, IR twitter, and / or an earlier iteration of my professional life are doing news hits because it usually means war or someone found mass graves.

I've seen two people I know on AJE today.

How has San Diego County changed in 5 years? Incomes haven’t kept pace with housing costs, census data show Data also show more than half of San Diego County renters’ households are cost-burdened, spending more than 30% of their income on housing.

San Diego incomes rose 27% since 2019, but housing costs rose 29%—and the gap is crushing renters. 54% now spend over 30% of income on housing vs 46% nationally.

Meanwhile, kids make up just 20% of residents, down from 22%.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/01/h...

True.

What case? There was no case, he just bombed them

Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files “None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americans’ privacy.

“None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one intelligence official said of plans to share criminal case information with intelligence agencies. “There are a lot of privacy concerns out there, and nobody really wants to deal with them.”

You need to get two fyi

.... i really should go get a measles booster

Anyway, some of these fragile dudes make a mistake, get criticized by someone and criticism victim becomes their whole personality. Jamelle is not that dude. To an extraordinary and creditable extent.

The tariff decision was like 10 days ago

more pink sea creatures 🌊🌸
#art #fish #sharks

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

"U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus" jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...

You can tell if a Jewish holiday is important by whether Orthodox folks are posting through it

How did I miss the Man Ray exhibit at The Met 🤦‍♀️

The reason why some people think the New York Times is a liberal paper is because in like 1986 a far right wing talk radio simpleton called the New York Times a liberal paper. Most American political thought is based on scenarios like this

45-Story, 800-Unit Apartment Building Proposed For New Brunswick A proposal is before the New Brunswick Planning Board to build a 45-story apartment building at 259 George Street, plus a new parking garage

45-story tower proposed for a vacant lot behind the Abundant Life Family Worship Church in New Brunswick NJ. Original abundance bros! If this is approved - and I think it will be - it may be the tallest building in Central NJ! 800 apartments, of which 160 affordable. patch.com/new-jersey/n...

“It If I didn’t represent the government in this terrible case, somebody else would.”

Nope! Not necessarily true!

Stanford increases security after antisemitic emails target Jewish students Stanford University is working with the FBI to investigate antisemitic emails sent to Jewish campus leaders over the weekend.

Stanford University is working with the FBI to investigate antisemitic emails sent to Jewish campus leaders over the weekend.

So since we’re talking about Thomas Chatterson Williams, I have a funny story: one of my friends is German and found one of these books translated into German at a used German bookstore. He bought the book. Was one of the worst things he ever read. He thought it might’ve been the translation (1/2)

Who could have possibly foreseen this level of shortsightedness from the Trump admin

Oh my god what if people just said Hillary Clinton has an “annoying voice” all throughout her political career but really it’s just a harsh Chicago accent

I don’t think it makes me better than anyone else, but I genuinely never had even a “flirting with the GOP” phase from the time I became politically aware onward. I think it sucks how many people say they can never accept Trump voters changing their minds and are themselves former republicans.

Sourdough bread loaf with cheese

Sourdough bread loaf with cheese

Sourdough bread loaf with cheese cut open

Sourdough bread loaf with cheese

#Sourdough #bread #loaf w/ asiago #cheese, herbs, & beer.

1st #bake using beer.
(Happy I didn't murder the microbes! Well, at least, not before the oven did. 😅)

Random geometric scoring. Details muddled. Maybe I'll turn it into an erupting cheese volcano next time.
White = rice flour.

#baking

Nice, happy for you

You're in Miami?

So happy they're finally going to compensate you for your excellent work and you will hopefully have more inside influence in shaping the company

Personal news update: I'm delighted to announce that as of today, I am an actual Bluesky employee! I'll be working to welcome indie media and local govt to Bsky—and supporting those already here.

I'll always want to hear your thoughts on how we can make Bsky the sort of social media we all want!

Renting a bike should not cost the same as hiring a human being to chauffer you in a motor vehicle through the densest city in America.

the administration of rapists has finally found someone who responds to getting punched in the face with "you know what, motherfucker, I don't have to take that lying down" and they quite literally do not know what to do about it besides try to do the "i'm just a little birthday boy" shit

Oxomoco really does have the best Caesar salad though