Cogito, Ergo Sumana

In this final post I'll cover the statewide Comptroller race and a few state Assembly and Senate races in central/western Queens.

In this post I'll cover the Democratic Party position elections for District Leader and State Committee in a few central/western Queens districts: Assembly Districts 34, 35, and 39.

This is an update to the recommendation I published last week regarding the New York State Senate election in District 13, in which Jessica González-Rojas and Hiram Monserrate are challenging incumbent Jessica Ramos.

I'm beginning to publish my recommendations for New York City's Democratic primary election, 2026.

Hi, neighbors!

Hey New Yorkers: I'm once again researching local elections, emphasizing lesser-publicized races.

A quick note: I'm participating in WisCon this weekend.

Please enjoy the following satirical piece I wrote, entitled "My Application For A Job As Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Associate Speechwriter", inspired by a job listing posted at cityjobs.nyc.gov April 17, 2026:Associate Speechwriter, Office of the …

Three bits and bobs that I've appreciated lately:Victoria Danclan's adaptation of Thomas Colthurst's sorting game.

Last-minute recommendations for New York City's Democratic primary election.

Early voting in New York City's 2025 general election started today.

Early voting in New York City's 2025 general election starts this Saturday, Oct. 25th.

One of those posts that serves as a marker for future me, noting the kinds of things that seem like furniture now and I may someday nostalgically long for.Saw Queen of Katwe last night, the …

I spent a chunk of last year learning and thinking a lot about Katherine Abughazaleh's campaign for the US legislature.

I know, from personal experience, that it takes a significant amount of effort to research, write, revise, and submit a decently plausible funding proposal to the US government's National Science Foundation.

Autumn consistently gets me into this mood, where I want to jot down a constellation of memories and feelings that gesture toward a theme without ever quite defining it.It's Deepavali, as I learned to say …

This past weekend in New York City, the weather's oscillated in and out of crispness, sun and breeze cordially nudging each other out of the way.

Recently, at the outreach table I run, I asked a guy what he's concerned about.

Up till now, I've mostly abstained from using generative AI.

The weekend after the Presidential election in November 2024, I was seized by the need to meet some neighbors, face-to-face, to be in solidarity with.

Twenty-one years ago, Leonard Richardson created the now-popular open source tool Beautiful Soup.

I used to co-run a group blog where we made fun of spam, and someday I do want to resurrect Spam As Folk Art as a static archive*.

Annually, the last week of the year, singer-songwriter Dar Williams plays at a concert here in New York City.

Ever since I came across the sort of pop psychology metaphor "boundaries" several years ago, I've felt a little out of sync with it.

I'm running a fundraiser for the Election Protection Hotline, 1-866-OUR-VOTE.