Aliens is Absolutely a Christmas Movie
Every December like clockwork, some genius on the internet gets on Reddit to argue that Die Hard is a Christmas movie, as if they’re the first person to ever think of that. It’s such a tedious argument. Die Hard takes place at Christmas for crying out loud—the film explicitly features Christmas part
Will AI Marketing Materials Kill Your Sales?
Stanford tracked 3.2 million images across a major marketplace and found sales increased 39% after AI art was introduced—consumers actively chose AI-generated images. Christie’s AI art auction exceeded estimates by $128,000 despite 6,500 petition signatures opposing it. Consumer detection accuracy h
Can Readers be Trusted with Moral Complexity?
“If everyone in your book is morally gray, no one is.” That was the opening salvo I referred to as “utter nonsense” in a debate about moral complexity in fiction that quickly revealed how prescriptive craft advice collapses under scrutiny. What started as a categorical claim about necessary structur
Algorithmic Skullduggery on X: An Update
I published an article earlier today arguing that X tanked my reach because I removed over a hundred fake accounts. The timing was perfect, the correlation was clean, and I was confident in my analysis. Then I discovered that X rolled out a completely new AI-powered algorithm the very next day—a cha
I Optimized My Audience for Quality, and X Screwed Me for It
I did everything the social media marketing guides tell you to do. Cleaned my X follower base. Removed 137 bot and suspicious accounts degrading my audience quality. Optimized for authentic engagement. My impressions dropped 75% overnight and never recovered. Two months later, I’m still shadowbanned
“It’s Not What You Said, It’s When You Said It.”
I’ve heard this particular criticism from well-meaning individuals more times than I can count: It wasn’t the content of my September 12th post that was my treason, it was the timing. I “capitalized on tragedy.” I was “tone deaf.” I was “reckless” and “irrational.” It was “deranged ranting.” Hold th
An Open Letter to a (Former) Fan
A reader wrote to tell me I have “selective memory” about why my publication contract was canceled. That I “grouped all of the right with racist violence.” That I ignored left-wing transgressions and Trump comparisons to previous presidents. That I alienated “so many people who loved you” because I’
