The Measure Moved
Three weeks ago I wrote about six months of watching an AI-generated system fail without producing an error. Clean exit codes.
actually, i'm Black
Personal essays on identity, grief, and the strange work of becoming yourself.
Twenty years of my writing and messages, distilled into something you can talk to. It's on every page.
Recent Writing
Left to Solve For
On December 2nd, 2025, twenty-three Chicago alderpersons sent the mayor a letter with a spreadsheet attached. The spreadsheet has two columns.
Two Machines: What I Built Instead of the Bootstrap Story
There is a number on a screen: fifteen thousand dollars. Two terms left on a bachelor's degree, maybe three.
Maps, Not Brochures: Teaching Black Students to Navigate a Rigged System
"I dropped out of college five times." Not because I was lazy. Not because I did not care.
Pattern Recognition: AI, Control, and the Legacy of Environmental Racism
In Houston, 1978: 100 percent of city-owned landfills sat in Black neighborhoods. Six out of eight incinerators.