It was a seemingly little thing, but Alex Goldman's call for Matt Yglesias to be bullied off Twitter summed up a common idea that seems worth responding to: bullying and harassment are good when directed at the 'right' targets

So I wrote about it:

jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-alex-gold…

It was a seemingly little thing, but Alex Goldman's call for Matt Yglesias to be bullied off Twitter summed up a common idea that seems worth responding to: bullying and harassment are good when directed at the 'right' targets

So I wrote about it:

jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-alex-gold…

The Time I Briefly Clung To The Bottom Millimeter Of The Bottom Rung Of ‘The Onion’

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There isn't much evidence Americans are unwilling to discuss race or hear about racism -- there's more evidence they don't like the weird, religiously tinged way *educated liberals* talk about race. Important not to conflate the two!

jessesingal.substack.com/p/americans-do…

There isn't much evidence Americans are unwilling to discuss race or hear about racism -- there's more evidence they don't like the weird, religiously tinged way *educated liberals* talk about race. Important not to conflate the two!

jessesingal.substack.com/p/americans-do…

Re-upping this for no reason in particular

It Isn’t Journalism’s Job To Hand-Hold People To The Correct Moral Conclusions

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New from me: Scientific American published an article headlined “What Are Puberty Blockers, and How Do They Work?” that included a large number of false claims, exaggerations, misinterpretations, and missing context.

I did a deep dive:

jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-critique-o…

New from me: Scientific American published an article headlined “What Are Puberty Blockers, and How Do They Work?” that included a large number of false claims, exaggerations, misinterpretations, and missing context.

I did a deep dive:

jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-critique-o…

New from me, with free preview

Why You Should Try Not To ‘Theyify’ Your Perceived Ideological Enemies

jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-you-shou…

Newly unlocked:

Some Criticisms Of Effective Altruism Are Silly And Far Too Hypothetical

(You can be an effective altruist without being an online weirdo utilitarian fundamentalist)

jessesingal.substack.com/p/some-critici…

Why Everyone Should Know The Story Of Lucia de Berk

witch hunt + statistical incompetence

(with free preview)

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Why Everyone Should Know The Story Of Lucia de Berk

witch hunt + statistical incompetence

(with free preview)

jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-everyone…

A Random Gripe About Scary-Seeming Aviation Coverage (paywalled)

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Newly unlocked.

More about the gentrified way we talk about mental illness -- 'LOL I am so bipolar I played 10 straight hours of FIFA!!!' -- and the comparative lack of compassion we have for uncuddly mentally ill people than Ye per se.

jessesingal.substack.com/p/allow-me-to-…

New: On Alejandra Caraballo vs. Benjamin Ryan vs. Steven Thrasher

(collapse of science journalism etc.)

jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-alejandra…

New: On Alejandra Caraballo vs. Benjamin Ryan vs. Steven Thrasher

(collapse of science journalism etc.)

jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-alejandra…

Oh Look, An Article About Economic Opportunity That Is Actually Good And Thoughtful

jessesingal.substack.com/p/oh-look-an-a…

It Annoys Me The Way The Hours Fill With Crap

jessesingal.substack.com/p/it-annoys-me…

Newly unlocked in advance of a BARPod segment we'll be recording later

jessesingal.substack.com/p/shoddy-resea…

It Annoys Me The Way The Hours Fill With Crap

jessesingal.substack.com/p/it-annoys-me…