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.
actually, i'm Black
Personal essays on identity, grief, and the strange work of becoming yourself.
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Recent Writing
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.
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.