Blake Chastain

2026-02-18: A couple thoughts on The Fifth Season (and a technical test to boot). This was the first book I finished in 2026, which feels very appropriate. It starts with the end of …

2026-02-03: started going to the gym again at the beginning of the year and there’s just an insane amount …

2025-11-26: There’s something delightfully weird and still so practical about Lower Wacker. Do you hate driving …

2025-11-25: i’ve been experimenting with shortening ‘thanksgiving’ to ‘tgiving’ …

2025-11-24: if you like lo-fi, there’s a good chance you dig instrumental music, so why not try some jazz. …

2025-11-19: oh no, what a completely expected outcome www.nytimes.com/2025/11/1…

2025-11-12: yeah we couldn’t crack real-world immortality, but would you like to generate an NPC facsimile …

2025-11-07: If I could tell me 20 year old self that I’d be at home reading Tillich’s Courage to Be at 7:30 on a …

2025-11-07: Big Loser Energy: fake traffic from a guy who’s supposed to get a real trillion dollars for …

2025-10-27: oof. i will not be elaborating

2025-10-21: The Right Is Attacking a Franchise It Once Loved. The Reason Why Is Laughable. - Slate

2025-10-20: i’ve been going through one of the longest creative droughts i can remember over the last …

2025-10-15: how is this even a question. www.theverge.com/policy/80…

2025-10-09: Elon just posting Ls on main yet again www.theverge.com/2024/11/2…

2025-10-08: Pretty intolerable that the House Speaker tries to claim ignorance instead of actually trying to …

2025-10-06: Chicago forever. www.nytimes.com/live/2025…

2025-09-23: my book will have been out for 1 year tomorrow. it’s still relevant, unfortunately for all of …

2025-09-05: well this will certainly help deflate his god complex i’m sure smh …

2025-09-04: I wonder if there is a NYT Crossword curse like the Madden curse, b/c ARMANI was an answer in …

2025-09-03: every time i’m on a video call and someone walks around with their laptop i just think of …

2025-08-12: i’m gonna need albums i listened to in college to stop coming out with 20th anniversary …

2025-08-07: So many words when two would suffice

2025-08-05: I usually consider the key audience of all announced AI features to be the stereotypical ‘busy …

2025-07-11: for Danny Boy, the “G” in G-Men stands for ‘grift,’ and he needs to get back …

2025-07-10: cool. cool cool cool www.theverge.com/news/7048…

2025-07-10: maybe one day i can re-brand my newsletter from Post-Evanglelical Post to PostEvPost to PEP or …

2025-06-30: i have lots of dreams but one of them includes the desire to not have ‘lolsob’ in my …

2025-06-29: I’ve been thinking about MAGA (and its appeal to its followers) in the context of this song. …

2025-06-27: it’s fun logging into goodreads and reading a review that ticks every single one of your …

2025-06-25: listening to City Pop will continue until morale improves

2025-06-23: nihilism and depression are settling in nicely for their summer residencies

2025-06-09: Just a reminder that since all roads lead to YouTube I have a channel now. My podcasts post there. …

2025-06-06: with the Switch 2 releasing, I don’t think I can fully articulate what N64 Mario Kart & …

2025-06-04: Can’t wait for every word doc I open for work to have an AI-slop inspo-essay at the beginning …

2025-06-04: Honestly looks kinda compelling. …

2025-06-04: can’t stop listening to this album music.apple.com/us/album/…

2025-06-04: great. just great. /s www.reuters.com/world/mid…

2025-06-03: i’ve logged into youtube studio, so yeah you could say i’m a big-time producer

2025-06-02: Me every time I order spicy food in my 40s: this time It will be worth it

2025-05-30: i don’t have an endless supply of interest in “media on media” type coverage, but …

2025-05-30: the more i think about it the more i really like the depiction of the void in thunderbolts* …

2025-05-29: worst and dumbest timeline techcrunch.com/2025/05/2…

2025-05-29: what if we started calling it ‘derivative AI’ since everything this type of AI product/deal makes is …

2025-05-28: dope www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/2…

2025-05-28: new episode! i’m releasing things again. www.postevangelicalpost.com/p/the-goo…

2025-05-27: Thrilled that this project is finally out there. Expect a longer write-up later this evening - but …

2025-05-27: just spitballing here but maybe elon shouldn’t have turned into a living memestock and then also …

2025-05-27: the same congress that is introducing a ‘strategic bitcoin reserve’ is also trying to strip …

2025-05-27: test www.theverge.com/decoder-p…

2025-05-13: I wrote about how my sense of guilt has changed over time, and is rooted in original sin, something …

2025-05-08: as i looked to de-amazon my e-reading over the last couple months, i came across BookFusion, which …

2025-05-08: he’s not wrong: www.theverge.com/news/6633…

2025-05-06: the neurodivergent desire to have an emotion chip that can be turned off like Data has later on in …

2025-05-05: it’s the stupidity of all this

2025-04-29: one time in a fit of insanity i bought blue ink for my pen, ama

2025-04-23: Doing a new thing. I hope to have fun with it. www.postevangelicalpost.com/p/the-goo…

2025-04-22: The first of a couple projects I’m working on, coming into focus.

2025-04-18: oh no a random youtube commenter called one of my guests ‘apostate,’ this will surely …

2025-04-16: cuts so deep the mariana trench looks shallow

2025-04-16: listening to daft punk while typing text into various boxes as our government crumbles. those french …

2025-04-02: Yes, the human spirit can create a lot of vile things. But goddamit, it also created this bit of …

2025-03-21: In light of the DoEd EO, I’ll re-up the excerpt of my book that ran in Teen Vogue in September …

2025-03-21: i know laws don’t exist anymore but can people please stop eating on zoom calls in 2025

2025-03-21: my civic pride in the fact that Illinois jails its governors - because no one is above the law - has …

2025-03-19: March is, historically, a very difficult month for me. Even when something bad doesn’t happen, …

2025-03-13: “Democracy dies in unironic affiliate links shared by the President” isn’t as …

2025-03-13: the fun thing about having negative self-talk is that even after you achieve new things, your brain …

2025-03-12: www.theverge.com/gadgets/6…

2025-03-12: every day i think to myself ‘today’s the day i’m gonna have a regular, manageable …

2025-03-12: it’s literally the easiest thing to not platform Steve Bannon. i do it every single day. …

2025-03-11: i know i shouldn’t be, but i am continually surprised by the way moderate-to-liberal …

2025-03-10: my mind is still reeling from learning that Mr Beast spent/lost $200M over the course of the last …

2025-03-07: Prompt: What is your favorite movie about writers or writing and why is it Finding Forrester?

2025-03-06: the end state of a significant percentage of online forums is one faction complaining about …

2025-03-06: literally the only AI tool i really want is a calendar syncing agent. i have had so many scheduled …

2025-03-06: if you have to vilify trans people to sell your political agenda, your agenda is garbage.

2025-03-05: I published this yesterday, and as is often the case, I’m better able to articulate what I was …

2025-03-04: i don’t know if i’ll ever like recording video. i can’t stand the way i look on …

2025-03-04: Lent is the most emo liturgical season

2025-03-04: had a take go viral on Threads yesterday and didn’t notice for hours because i use micro.blog …

2025-03-04: “who could have seen this coming?” only tens of thousands of commentators, jan

2025-03-03: having retired billionaires tell people to work 60 hours a week is laughably absurd.

2025-02-25: My book has been out for 5 months today! Go buy a copy! bookshop.org/a/11130/9…

2025-02-24: all the favorite albums of my youth need to stop hitting 20 year anniversaries. as i am the first …

2025-02-21: Today I’m kicking off my new podcast/YouTube series, The Good Books! I spoke with Dr. Matthew …

2025-02-18: well, to say i’m discouraged would be an understatement.

2025-02-18: sometimes i feel like my book was written about a dark future i hoped we would avoid and has instead …

2025-02-14: just a really chill friday gizmodo.com/a-drone-s…

2025-02-14: ‘god, why am i so anxious today?’ the middle-aged man thought to himself as he proceeded …

2025-02-13: winamp style visualizers deserve to make a comeback. what’s the point of all these screens if …

2025-02-13: zoomers are incorrect to disregard gifs in favor of emoji. they didn’t have a formative …

2025-02-13: i’m not like a regular coworker, i’m a cool coworker (uses gifs in teams)

2025-02-13: have waiting for guffman songs in my head today. i don’t hate it

2025-02-12: lol www.theverge.com/news/6112…

2025-02-11: remembering the good old days (when travolta said ‘the wickedly talented adele dazeem’)

2025-02-11: hell yeah i believe in takes! taking from the rich to give to the poor, through taxation and public …

2025-02-11: “bob & weave!” me, giving advice to myself, about managing my emotions

2025-02-10: Larry the Cable Guy voice to undercut the vulnerability boy I sure was discouraged this weekend, I …

2025-02-09: I am still figuring out what it means to be ‘resilient’ right now. I am oscillating …

2025-02-04: An Honest Emotional Reckoning with What’s Happening

2025-02-04: Democracy doesn’t have to die in darkness when it can just as easily die in broad daylight.

2025-02-04: ‘not great, bob’ is my current spirit meme

2025-02-04: It’s telling that the footsoldiers in this coup are, essentially, Musk Youth, w/ moral codes …

2025-02-04: A good overview of where things stand by Liz Lopatto, who has covered Musk for years: …

2025-01-29: trying to pair work that saps my hope with work that brings me joy. thank you, dualidean, for …

2025-01-29: EXCLUSIVE: DeepSeek’s strategy explained by 30 year old Simpsons episode

2025-01-29: First mover status is especially helpful when you are doing things that a questionably legal at best …

2025-01-28: with bookshop.org’s announcement, i really want there to be a renaissance in ereader apps. …

2025-01-28: ‘the chaos is the point’ is the evolution of ‘the cruelty is the point’ from …

2025-01-28: i love print books. i love ebooks. i love audiobooks. i am pro-books. and the possibilities of …

2025-01-28: the bookshop.org ebook management stuff is definitely v 1.0 (no option to download ebooks to use a …

2025-01-28: You can now buy my ebook on Bookshop.org! bookshop.org/a/11130/9…

2025-01-28: been waiting for this announcement for years. www.theverge.com/tech/5971…

2025-01-27: currently listening to an incredible album of music on the afghan rubâb instrument. my music tastes …

2025-01-24: New from me. I’m a bit more vulnerable than usual, at least in the beginning. …

2025-01-24: How can someone be this rich an powerful and still post Ls like this …

2025-01-24: I tried to trade my sorrows for the joy of the lord like the worship song says and they told me they …

2025-01-24: If all I do is contemplate the cruelty of those in power, I will fall into despair. I am falling

2025-01-24: “Family values” was always a dog whistle and never meant sincerely, wasn’t it Trump Admin. Axes …

2025-01-24: More like facsimile-book amirite? Bazinga, roasted that billionaire Mark Zuckerberg wants you to …

2025-01-24: Hey are you a human with an internet connection? Register for this awesome event I’m going to be a …

2025-01-24: Oh no I accidentally wore my grumpy pants today

2025-01-23: Now you can schedule to obey in advance just like Zuck www.theverge.com/2025/1/23…

2025-01-23: Youth pastor energy and alpha bro energy are too close for comfort.

2025-01-23: apple.news/AspI5Eg7f…

2025-01-23: The Global Far Right Is Celebrating Trump’s New World Order - WIRED

2025-01-21: Doom AND gloom? In this economy? No siree bob, I’ll take damned and glammed tyvm

2025-01-21: If you’re looking for a book that contextualizes how we got to this moment in the US, including …

2025-01-21: surfing is the rodeo of the sea

2025-01-21: “reactions” to emails are terrible. this isn’t a chat, and email clients differ in …

2025-01-21: a little too on-the-nose gizmodo.com/the-u-s-c…

2025-01-20: is this the revival the evangelicals who raised & formed me want, because i know i won’t …

2025-01-17: and yet they’ve never told the american public what those security threats are. …

2025-01-16: My POSSE set up didn’t work for that last link. Here it is: slate.com/technolog…

2025-01-16: Mark Zuckerberg Just Destroyed the Case for Meta’s Threads - Slate

2025-01-15: NotebookLM is the sort of AI tool that is useful: limited sources, provides citations. I don’t …

2025-01-15: there needs to be even more competition in the epub/ereader space, especially in the app space (ofc …

2025-01-14: maybe zuck could sell a few 900k watches to avoid layoffs idk

2025-01-14: the 1-2 punch of playing Ghost of Tsushima and watching Shogun has unlocked a new special interest …

2025-01-14: Huge change for the comic direct market www.theverge.com/2025/1/14…

2025-01-14: Meta employees are gonna be laid off faster because of woke - Zuck in a couple weeks, probably …

2025-01-14: my working-title approach to social media this year is “I post here, but I don’t live …

2025-01-14: i swear our world could bear the weight of all our collective virtues and vices for millennia but …

2025-01-14: lol [legislators, oh legislatin'] www.theverge.com/2025/1/14…

2025-01-14: what stories and legends will be written about the era of the billionaire thousands of years from …

2025-01-14: the similarities b/w the profile pics of pastors and VCs is telling

2025-01-13: Idea: a podcast about Indian food called Naan-Specific

2025-01-13: Trying a POSSE (post on site, syndicate elsewhere) approach to Bluesky and Threads. It’s …

2025-01-13: music.apple.com/us/album/…

2025-01-13: the clarinet is underrated. that is all.

2025-01-13: www.theverge.com/2025/1/13…

2025-01-13: the unfortunate part is that high profile journalists can take risks like this because they built …

2025-01-13: [taps mic]