My first foray into substack essays! I think modern technology misunderstands love. And I think we can reclaim love by taking a cue from dementia. Plus, I break into a house with my mother. Thank you @_pem_pem for the edits! .

RT @micsolana: if you’re living in LA, and safe, please share footage of what you’re seeing in the comments here. think it would be good to….

Personal update: I decided to leave my post at Fifty Grande. I'm so grateful for my time there, and that I get to publish this piece before I go. I look at oyster farms and ask if the push to imagine them as "the next vineyard" actually makes sense:.

In which I ask Grace Potter what to do in Burlington, Vermont, and she answers:.

The idea to have a music festival in the remote desert is intuitive; anybody who’s yelled “hello!” into an open space and waited for the echo knows this. The Moab Music Festival took this impulse to its extreme, and I went to see the result.

It’s not often an airport hotel makes a name for itself, but if you’ve heard of the @TWAhotel, it’s probably because of the pool. I went with @FiftyGrandeMag to see it lived up to the hype.

Ok be honest what age were you when you realized you weren’t a ghost. I was 28.

Based only their supply of late night incredibly mid sushi, Lincoln markets are the closest thing we have student unions outside of college.

The fish are about to be described so well.

The Q train I’m on crossed under the East River around 11:10 p.m. and the subway conductor came over the loud speaker to say “Welcome home!”.

Alternatively, these are just places I got headaches.

Rebranding my twitter as a chronicle of places we mutually dissociate. Dissociation watering holes.

The silent camaraderie of five people silently dissociating while waiting for a dressing room at cos.

This is how you get me to click on a link.

Story to watch: Yale joined Columbia University in arresting pro-Palestine student protesters. 47 of them. They're among 100s asking Yale to divest from weapons manufacturing. A small group enacted an 8-day hunger strike. Yale refuses to divest.

Is there some kind of governing body/cult-forward mob that makes all comedians dress kinda wacky? Like why are we being thrilled by so many women in high-heeled sneakers?.

Read! My! Latest! Trans-led community uplifting a small Vermont town!.

Sometimes posting on social media feels like hanging posters and photos up in my college dorm. Just as meaningful and just as frivolous.

LinkedIn is the most embarrassing app to be caught looking at when you open your phone.

My best friend got married in Mexico and I brought Molly as my beach read because I’m the chill friend of the group.