- Preparing For The Worst Fire Season Ever
- The fact that housing is almost always only being built by investors means it’s not possible to have affordable housing for everyone.
- What’s Coming
- Raised Bed Gardens and Water Distribution
- EDC: Queer Student in Oakland, CA
- Data: Are Shiftpods Actually Cooler?
- DIY High-Precision Multi-Zone Temperature Logger
- Cheap Flat-Top Shade Structure (Alternate Design)
- Psychedelic Glasses From Decomp ($10)
- Interpretatio Germanica
Book Clubs
Books shown by topic. Each topic is a Facebook group containing events and discussions.
Sociological Essays
- “The drug war is the international projection of a domestic American psychosis.”
- Giovanni’s Room Refutes Sexual Orientation
- Conversation with a Professor
- Coronavirus and The Environment
- The fact that housing is almost always only being built by investors means it’s not possible to have affordable housing for everyone.
- Sexual orientation is not a “real fact” about people.
- Why does a latte cost so much? Where does all that money go?
- The State of the Housing Crisis
- Sexism: An Ameliorative Approach
- Queer Studies: Gender Is The Problem
- Manifesta: Gender panopticism must be dismantled.
- Environmental Problems and Solutions: A cautious optimism that some manner of future may still exist for humanity.
- Fall 2019: Weekly Intersectional Privilege Event
- Queer Film History: Compare and contrast Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble
- Internship: Demographic meta-analysis of the Sierra College student body and disparately impacted success of its populations.
- The Fight For $15
- “Criminal Justice System”
- Socialization and Culture
- Theory Vs Field Research
- Comparing and contrasting Queer Theory and Critical Feminist Theory
Content Business
Iterating on successes from the earlier 12 startups challenge, I decided to launch some more startups.
Burning Man!
2020 Burn: The Multiverse
2019 Burn: Metamorphoses
2018 Burn: I, Robot
2016 Burn: DaVinci’s Workshop
The Levels Challenge:
Build 12 Startup Products in 12 Months
- Startup 12: Smart Mailer
- Startup 11: PHP TTS Webhooks
- Startup 10: Astria
- The Levels Finish Line In Sight
- Startup 9: What are you wearing today?
- Startup 8: Stardate.Today
- Startup 7: Top Story Review
- Startup 6: Exotic Weapons
- Startup 5: Condensr
- Startup 4: CronPUT
- Startup 3: Draupnr
- Startup 2: RSI Alert
- Startup 1: Securities Science
- The Levels Challenge
My Reading List (📚,🎥,💻)
The best books, documentaries, and podcast episodes I think you should know about.
- Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn (Thrawn 1)
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein
- Burning Chrome by William Gibson
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Down Girl by Kate Manne
- Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
- Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
- Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
- Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott
- The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
- Woken Furies by Richard K Morgan
- Discussion of Conscious with Sam Harris and Annaka Harris
- Lying by Sam Harris
- Letter To A Christian Nation by Sam Harris
- The End of Faith by Sam Harris
- Understanding Humans In The Wild with Sam Harris
- Tiamat’s Wrath by James S A Corey
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman
- The Magician King by Lev Grossman [10/10]
- I love the show, so I decided to read The Magicians… [No Spoilers]
- Review: Infernal Devices by Philip Reeve
- “Venture capital money kills more businesses than it helps.”
- Homo Deus by Yuval Harari
- Predator’s Gold by Philip Reeve
- Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
- Sapiens By Yuval Harari
- When We Rise By Cleve Jones
- Tim Ferriss Interviews Sam Harris on How to Master Your Mind