Slow Boring — Archive

If you’re streaming video, you’re not doing homework, reading, socializing, or sleeping.

A few suggestions for your weekend

Plus Mamdani vs the establishment and the Free Press’s hustle

A switch-up for Oklahoma’s public schools

It’s a fragile basis for growth, whether or not it’s a “bubble.”

Some cities work to build more housing while others clean up after local scandals.

Splashy announcements and policy paralysis

“If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr.” Are they?

Endless establishment retreads are not the same as the center of public opinion.

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day (or Columbus Day, depending on where you're reading). This post about the triumph of poptimism originally ran this summer for paid subscribers.