Talking Brexit, Trump and knowledge as currency — Manu Saadia is many things: a Parisian, an immigrant, an erstwhile academic (formerly of the University of Chicago and the Sorbonne), a soccer devotee, a writer (he has written for the Washington Post, Fusion, and the The Huffington Post), a tech consultant, an avid Twitter user, an Angeleno, a husband…

We need a nightly antidote to political toxicity (and Trevor Noah’s not cutting it) — To write this essay I had to do something I’ve been putting off: watch Jon Stewart’s last episode as host of The Daily Show. It was not easy. Seeing the faces of every correspondent from his tenure reminded me of all the segments I’d loved — “This Week in God,”…

Los Angeles is overdue for a big one. Will you be ready? — Last October, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration released a study giving Los Angeles a 99.9 percent likelihood of experiencing a 5.0 earthquake in the next five years. Math was my least favorite subject in school — I had a nightmare about 11th-grade calculus this very morning — but 0.1…

From flirtation to unfollow in eight easy steps—it’s internet dating’s equivalent of the Circle of Life — Who among us hasn’t flirted to pass the time on Twitter? There’s only so much to say about SCOTUS appointments, cats and boring family gatherings. Sooner or later you’ll be trading compliments on profile selfies. The eggplant emoji will attain a permanent spot in your “recently used” tab. Still awake…