Dᵇ(Monkey) Alex Scheffelin
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Dᵇ(Monkey) Alex Scheffelin
@chmonke
Graduated from @UW-Seattle studying math. I like AG and commutative algebra. 2nd year PhD student @Columbia



new york runs trains every 4 minutes at 2am and the rest of america can’t run a bus every 15 minutes at noon. we don’t have a transit technology problem we have an ambition problem. one city decided trains were essential and 300 others decided they were optional




I’M FUCKING CRYING WHY DOES MY DAD HAVE TOJI AS HIS WHATSAPP PFP


Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10K to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving. My cover story on the online betting boom warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

























