The Edu-Optimists, part II: Credo, the Pro-Charter research shop that won’t take no effect for an… Freddie deBoer · ·Aug 25, 2026 · 26 min read · Media Criticism
Perhaps "woke 1.0" is an admission of past mistakes and a commitment to doing better Freddie deBoer · ·Aug 17, 2026 · 13 min read · Culture
"I'm not the kind of person who criticizes that sort of thing" Freddie deBoer · ·Aug 5, 2026 · 16 min read · Culture
Please, don't screw up neuromancer (which will be the subject of our next book club!) Freddie deBoer · ·Jul 27, 2026 · 18 min read · Literature
I wouldn't say pangram is broken, but i would say that it's brittle Freddie deBoer · ·Jul 19, 2026 · 24 min read · AI & Tech
Yes, david ellison's merger is bad, but a Netflix takeover of warner bros isn't much better Freddie deBoer · ·Jul 16, 2026 · 19 min read · Culture
The bear fell a little too deeply in love with itself Freddie deBoer · ·Jul 13, 2026 · 22 min read · Culture
Do the YIMBYs want to do politics or not? Freddie deBoer · ·Jul 6, 2026 · 12 min read · Housing & Cities
Google made a sad boomer mark out of me and there's nothing i can do about it Freddie deBoer · ·Jun 17, 2026 · 15 min read · AI & Tech
The watch's chris ryan and andy greenwald in... True detective season one Freddie deBoer · ·Jun 10, 2026 · 24 min read · Culture
Of course this is a coordinated ratfucking of graham platner Freddie deBoer · ·Jun 5, 2026 · 10 min read · Political Strategy
You can and should blame young people when they act like lazy cheaters, actually Freddie deBoer · ·Jun 3, 2026 · 18 min read · Culture
LLMs were mostly (but not entirely) useless at Extra-Textual tasks involved in the composition of… Freddie deBoer · ·Jun 1, 2026 · 21 min read · AI & Tech
The consensus draft board debate is sports culture war at its worst Freddie deBoer · ·Apr 30, 2026 · 17 min read · NBA
The school reformer "accountability era" narrative simply does not add up Freddie deBoer · ·Apr 18, 2026 · 16 min read · Media Criticism
Perhaps there are options other than "toxic confidence" and insecurity-as-identity Freddie deBoer · ·Apr 2, 2026 · 11 min read · Culture
We have to hold the line against the cruel pseudoscience of facilitated communication Freddie deBoer · ·Mar 30, 2026 · 11 min read · Media Criticism
Stephen policoff's "a ribbon for your hair" Freddie deBoer · ·Mar 27, 2026 · 11 min read · Literature
