Things that happen when we don’t share reality

A distorted and fractured view of a face, reality itself twisted in an image of glowing blue

Last month, I wrote a piece for Patreon patrons in which I posed the idea that, increasingly, Americans no longer share the same reality. The impetus for that piece was the Harris-Trump debate and how people’s political views and preferred narratives shaped how people saw the debate and who they deemed the winner. I had …

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Blue state bubble and reality

A hazy/blurry white and blue background dominated by a large clear blue bubble floating in the lower right

A few days ago, I attended and spoke at the press conference launching the Black Maine for Harris-Walz coalition. While I was tangentially involved with the Bernie Sanders campaign in 2020, this is my first time fully committing myself to a candidate and rolling up my sleeves to do whatever it takes to see Harris …

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