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Jesse Singal

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The Wrong Side of the Mountain

A California school district kept its kids out of dangerous snow by keeping sports in Nevada. Then the culture war came.

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Singal-Minded Is Going On A Break

I could use your feedback in the meantime

Jesse Singal2mo

Study-Smoothing Will Never Not Drive Me Crazy

I know I’m being a nerd but this is important!

Jesse Singal2mo

Your Best Comments From May 2026

Another month, a bunch more thoughtful comments

Jesse Singal3mo

Wait. . . *Did* The Endocrine Society Write That Letter Of Support?

A correction, an update, and a gripe

Jesse Singal3mo

How WPATH Thumbed The Scale Of Youth Gender Medicine Research

This isn’t how science should work

Jesse Singal3mo

It’s Immoral Not To Call The Cops On Genuinely Menacing People You Encounter In Public

This isn’t just about you and your pure-as-the-driven-snow political beliefs

Jesse Singal3mo

On The New York Times’ White-Guy Discrimination Case (And Bubbles)

It always comes back to the bubbles

Jesse Singal3mo

Your Best Comments From April 2026

They just fly by, these months do, don’t they, I mean hey look at the time

Jesse Singal4mo

I Completely Disagree With Ken Jennings About Experts

On a popular but very myopic worldview

Jesse Singal4mo

The Woody Brown Saga Required A Number Of Institutional Failures

This is a pretty bad sign

Jesse Singal4mo

I Can't Believe We’re Still Having *This* Debate About Steven Pinker

These are stale arguments, easily refuted

Jesse Singal4mo

My Latest Dispatch Column And A Quick, Annoyed Response

“I am mad at you for being mad at the radical and unpopular policy I chose to champion”

Jesse Singal4mo

Hasan Piker Is An Insufferable Jerk And Of Course Democrats Should Go On His Stream

I don’t understand how we’re having this argument again

Jesse Singal5mo

Your Best Comments From March 2026

A new feature!

Jesse Singal5mo

Here’s An Example Of How To Make A Debate Less Stupid

Which is not the norm!

Jesse Singal5mo

My Review Of John K. Wilson’s Inside Higher Ed Review Of ‘Viewpoint Diversity: What It Is, Why We Need It, and How to Get It’

What is the point of this level of hackery?

Jesse Singal5mo

The Horseshoe Always Wins: Gettin' Mad At Headlines Edition

Stop 👏 normalizing 👏 [whatever] 👏

Jesse Singal5mo

A Response To Critics Of My AI Article And An Apology To Librarians

As usual everyone is wrong except for me, somewhat, except for when I’m wrong too

Jesse Singal5mo

AI Is Too Consequential For Half-Baked Lefty Critiques

Less dime-store philosophizing, less denialism

Jesse Singal6mo

Elon Musk, Standpoint Epistemologist

It’s all the same nonsense

Jesse Singal6mo

What a Trans Shooter Doesn’t Mean

We can’t simply equate a trans identity with violence.

Jesse Singal6mo

Maybe It’s Bad That Recent Progressive Ideas On Race Are So Compatible With White Nationalism

Just sayin’

Jesse Singal6mo

How Can Doctors Like This Provide Competent Care To Their Patients?

Some beef with Dr. Jonathan Howard

Jesse Singal7mo

Why Ubiquitous Video Isn’t Making People More Reality-Based

Human nature has certain stubborn bugs that probably aren’t going anywhere

Jesse Singal7mo

The Trump Administration Is Eroding The Case For Keeping Protests Nonviolent

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