Author:
— A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE: THE EXTRAORDINARY UNTOLD HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS (Running Press, coming soon)
— FROM HOLLYWOOD WITH LOVE: THE RISE AND FALL (AND RISE AGAIN) OF THE ROMANTIC COMEDY (Dey Street, available now)
I write about tech, media, politics, and consumer rights.
that person with the peaches
national magazine award-winning culture critic & writer for hire 🖋️ in bitch, the nation, the verge, rolling stone, &c
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I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age:
www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of
@kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Reporter, covering streaming, AR, VR etc. Writing a weekly newsletter at
www.lowpass.cc.
Senior AI reporter at The Verge.
5+ years covering the AI industry's power dynamics, societal implications & the arms race at large.
Previously: CNBC, Morning Brew, Protocol, etc.
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policy reporter @ the verge ✨other work elsewhere ✨ writing a book about ecofascism
Creative Director at
@theverge.com, writer/drawer of books incl SEEK YOU: A JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN LONELINESS