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Tech and Tea
What would you do if you had pizza money? A fun thought experiment around finances, time, and what you are or aren't willing to sacrifice for...
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4 months ago
A fun thought experiment around finances, time, and what you are or aren't willing to sacrifice for financial independence.
The Honest Broker
12 Predictions on the Future of Song Investing Who will eventually own all the dead stars of rock & roll?
a year ago
The Honest Broker
The Dying Singer Who Cured Himself with Music The strange case of Leo Kofler
10 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
one-year covid anniversary reflections Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the day I tested positive for covid for the first time....
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Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the day I tested positive for covid for the first time. All things considered I thought I had done well to avoid it for three years...
Both Are True
numbers aren't real and other realizations during BATLIVE #002 Mike Sowden is an enemy of the BAT
a month ago
Passing Time
Aridity Incarnate The American West, Fiction, and Water
9 months ago
Diaries of Note
The sound of bombs makes the air tremble Mary Berg, much like Anne Frank, was a young girl who chronicled the horrors of the Holocaust...
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over a year ago
Mary Berg, much like Anne Frank, was a young girl who chronicled the horrors of the Holocaust through the pages of her diary. However, while Anne’s ended when her family was in their Amsterdam hideout and was sent to a concentration camp, Mary’s extended until after her...
Diaries of Note
I can’t find the words Andy Horwitz had been sitting at his desk for a quarter of an hour when a loud bang shattered the...
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a year ago
Andy Horwitz had been sitting at his desk for a quarter of an hour when a loud bang shattered the morning calm. The time was 8:46 a.m., and the first of two planes had just been flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center that stood two blocks from his office. But soon...
journal – Winnie Lim
learning to be physically stronger After thinking about it for more than three years, I’ve finally signed up for personal training so I...
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After thinking about it for more than three years, I’ve finally signed up for personal training so I can learn how to strength-train. We start to have muscle loss as we age:...
Left To Write
#5 Writemas: The Way You Present Something Matters If you had asked me 5 years ago, “Would you do sales?” I would’ve looked at you with disgust. I’m...
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a year ago
If you had asked me 5 years ago, “Would you do sales?” I would’ve looked at you with disgust. I’m introverted, typically quiet and observant. But as Bloomstory’s co-founder, it’s one of my roles within the business. In fact, I volunteered for it. Most of my responsibilities...
Diaries of Note
My heroic composure was wasted Philip Toynbee, born in Oxford in 1916, was an English journalist and author best known for his...
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a year ago
Philip Toynbee, born in Oxford in 1916, was an English journalist and author best known for his insightful and often controversial reviews in the The Observer—including, most famously, his 1961 critique of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “dull, ill-written, whimsical and childish” Hobbit novels...
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Most Powerful Life Hacks I’ve Found Shortcuts to a life full of freedom, more money, more time, and a kickass network
3 months ago
The Prism
40 Useful Concepts (Spring 2023) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
The World's Largest Search Doesn't Want You to Search Why is Google abandoning its core mission?
4 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Jethro Tull: A Beginner's Guide To Turnips for Science
6 months ago
Tech and Tea
🍲 Announcing Startup Soup: A Pragmatic Take on Startup Operations A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage...
4 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Additive Domains, Multiplicative Domains 1 and 1 and 1 is 3, unless you're multiplying
9 months ago
Tech and Tea
Seasonal Changes Finding space and time to sloooooow down
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Family: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/f4sPP8SkiYQ Family was, without a doubt, an important element in the...
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Previous Next https://youtu.be/f4sPP8SkiYQ Family was, without a doubt, an important element in the lives of the ancient Stoic philosophers. While Stoicism teaches that we shouldn't become too attached to people and that we should remember everyone can be taken from us, it also...
The Honest Broker
How Coffee Became a Joke The crisis at Starbucks is a sign of our un-serious times
a year ago
Diaries of Note
A very wonderfull scene In 1768, British botanist Joseph Banks was one of nearly a hundred crew members to join Captain...
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In 1768, British botanist Joseph Banks was one of nearly a hundred crew members to join Captain James Cook on the first of three historic voyages of exploration. For three years they journeyed, visiting South America, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and Java as they...
The Convivial...
The Work of Art The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
a year ago
Raptitude.com
Push the Fence I know how to replace a kitchen faucet. If you have a janky old faucet that needs to be replaced...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
I know how to replace a kitchen faucet. If you have a janky old faucet that needs to be replaced with a smoothly operating new one, I can do that for you or show you how. This wasn’t always true. It became true May 27, 2024, after pulling everything out of the under-sink...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Masterpiece Hallucinations What can you see through blurry eyes that you can't see with 20/20 vision?
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Now is the time Shortly after writing this diary entry on 3rd December 1988, 21-year-old Jennifer Bonner was wheeled...
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Shortly after writing this diary entry on 3rd December 1988, 21-year-old Jennifer Bonner was wheeled into the operating theatre at the University of Minnesota Hospital where her battle-scarred heart, heavy with hope and history, was to be replaced with that of a donor—the hopeful...
The Map is Mostly...
Everything I know about gardening I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies...
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over a year ago
I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies and roses, or my fields, and several people have asked me to write about gardening, or for gardening advice. But this request encounters a ridiculous shortcoming: I know almost...
Mark Manson
33 Powerful Books That May Change Your Life I've read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I...
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I've read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I can honestly say they changed my life, who's to say they won't change yours too? Don't just take my word for it though. Read on for my summary of all 33 books and see for yourself...
The Honest Broker
My 12 Favorite Existential Songs It's not a real genre—but should be
3 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Why YourStack failed
a year ago
Daniel Bourke
31 Simple Pleasures Simple doesn’t mean small.
a month ago
Both Are True
bad hair day (terrible, horrible, no good, very bad tbh) a new, never-before-seen haircut for Alexander
8 months ago
Mind Mine
shrinking hurts stop making yourself small because it’s convenient <3
5 months ago
RhysTranter.com
Henri Nouwen on the Practice of the Presence of God In a November entry of The Genesee Diary, Henri Nouwen reflects on the writing and spirituality of...
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Weight Loss In some sense, the 80/20 of weight loss is to take ozempic, though maybe that's less of an 80/20 and...
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3 months ago
In some sense, the 80/20 of weight loss is to take ozempic, though maybe that's less of an 80/20 and more of a 95/5. Still, suppose that you want to lose some weight but sans zempy – where does that leave you? I'm
Tech and Tea
Ask vs guess culture When unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the...
a year ago
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a year ago
When unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture, at home and at work.
Diaries of Note
I WAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME Everything changed for British musicologist Clive Wearing in 1985, the year he contracted...
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Everything changed for British musicologist Clive Wearing in 1985, the year he contracted herpesviral encephalitis. The disease severely damaged his memory-forming brain regions, leading to one of the most extreme cases of anterograde amnesia ever recorded and a memory span that...
The Map is Mostly...
[subscribers only] Ask me Anything
a year ago
Paul Cudenec
Zionism versus the world As I have said before, Israel’s current long-planned genocidal landgrab – and the complicity of...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
As I have said before, Israel’s current long-planned genocidal landgrab – and the complicity of world puppet “leaders” – has fatally exposed the nature of the single global mafia.
Stoic Simple
Did Stoicism Have Any Influence on Ancient Rome? Stoicism is a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece in the 3rd century BC. It was founded by...
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Stoicism is a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece in the 3rd century BC. It was founded by philosopher Zeno of Citium and was quickly adopted and expanded upon by his successors, including the influential Roman philosopher, Seneca. Stoicism's focus on self-discipline,...
journal – Winnie Lim
random scenes from busan I tend to forget about my photos once too much time had passed, so today I deliberately dug into the...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
I tend to forget about my photos once too much time had passed, so today I deliberately dug into the archive from my korea trip a couple months ago. It is an...
Passing Time
Full of Eternity Home is a place where you have never been.
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Compass Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily...
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8 months ago
Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily life. I've touched on my design ethos before, but this feels like something more personal. It's a lightweight breakdown of who I am, both as a designer and a human, shaped by the...
Charlie Becker
Those who support you may not support your art. Castles in the Sky #43
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Where Do Music Genres Come From? A new section from my online book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
9 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
The Al Capone Problem Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion, and didn't go to prison for tax evasion.
a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Fort Pickens Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's...
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over a year ago
Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's around the fire, and then the next day we headed out to the Fort Pickens portion of Gulf Islands National Seashore. If St. George is the best spot in the panhandle, Fort Pickens is...
The Honest Broker
How the Internet Went to Threads And how we can sew it back together
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Blloc Phone I’ve been embedded within the Apple ecosystem for years, using an iMac at home as well as the...
over a year ago
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I’ve been embedded within the Apple ecosystem for years, using an iMac at home as well as the office, owning an iPhone since the iPhone 3G, and my latest investment was a pair of AirPods—probably Apple’s best product design for years. I was stuck on the iPhone 6s for a long time...
The Honest Broker
In 2025, Your Boss Will Launch a Podcast I warn about new grifts in my latest arts & culture briefing paper
6 months ago
Diaries of Note
Why am I always struggling to get them to blend? In March of 1976, Eleanor Coppola and her family waved goodbye to their home in California and...
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a year ago
In March of 1976, Eleanor Coppola and her family waved goodbye to their home in California and headed for the Philippines, the filming location for her husband’s next film, Apocalypse Now. As the lush landscape of the Southeast Asian archipelago sprawled out before them, little...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Resignation Letter I Couldn’t Send Writing a resignation letter is easy. Knowing whether or not to send it is the hard part.
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
The 6 Laws of Dying Hollywood Franchises Here's how you kill an entire genre
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Dealing with Loss & Suffering: What Stoicism Teaches In our lives, we all face moments of loss and suffering. Whether it's the loss of a loved one, a...
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over a year ago
In our lives, we all face moments of loss and suffering. Whether it's the loss of a loved one, a job, a relationship, or something else, such experiences can be devastating and difficult to manage. While it may seem impossible to cope with these trying times, Stoicism offers a...
Scarlet Ink
Managers Make Teams Deliver More Value, Not Deliver More Output True productivity for a team is measured by the value created, not the work completed. The job of a...
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True productivity for a team is measured by the value created, not the work completed. The job of a manager is to focus on the value hidden behind the piles of work.
Mark Manson
3 Steps to Stop Negative Thinking Ever find yourself drowning in a sea of negativity, wondering how you can escape the relentless...
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a year ago
Ever find yourself drowning in a sea of negativity, wondering how you can escape the relentless tidal wave of self-doubt and judgment? Well, you're not alone. We all suffer from negative thoughts, and it's about time we learned how to deal with them effectively. In this...
Diaries of Note
I found myself nervous and tense to the point of tears On 21st March 1960, the South African Police opened fire on thousands of black protestors in what...
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On 21st March 1960, the South African Police opened fire on thousands of black protestors in what came to be known as the Sharpeville Massacre, a shocking event which saw 69 people killed, triggered a state of emergency, and led to mass detentions—including that of Hilda...
journal – Winnie Lim
happiness is a difficult thing to bear I am an unhappy person in general. But once in a while, an acute sense of awareness strikes me and I...
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I am an unhappy person in general. But once in a while, an acute sense of awareness strikes me and I experience the totality of that particular moment – I catch a...
journal – Winnie Lim
what a physical notebook provokes I’ve been a digital-first person for as long as I can remember. Typing words on a keyboard onto a...
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I’ve been a digital-first person for as long as I can remember. Typing words on a keyboard onto a screen had always felt more intuitive than moving a pen with my hands....
Diaries of Note
I do not know the origin of this ugly sport For most, Boxing Day is a time for leftovers and lounging, but in the New Forest of England during...
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For most, Boxing Day is a time for leftovers and lounging, but in the New Forest of England during the late 1800s and early 1900s it signified something more primal. On the 26th of December each year, the winter-stilled woods echoed with the sounds of a cruel and peculiar...
Diaries of Note
Thanks be to God! On 14th December 1911, after years of preparation and a gruelling journey in treacherous conditions,...
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On 14th December 1911, after years of preparation and a gruelling journey in treacherous conditions, Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole and raised the flag of Norway—an achievement that marked them as the first to stand at this geographical zenith having beaten...
The Honest Broker
Is There a Crisis of Seriousness? Back in 1996, critic Susan Sontag warned that seriousness was disappearing from society...
8 months ago
Passing Time
27 Things I know
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
why i love hong kong Hong Kong still seems like the same place in many ways, but it feels different. I don’t know how...
a year ago
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Hong Kong still seems like the same place in many ways, but it feels different. I don’t know how much of it is due to the changes in me or the changes...
The Prism
The Rise of Neotoddlerism Why activists are behaving like infants
11 months ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
I Used to Be Impressed by People Who Had a Lot of Money — But Now I’m Impressed by People Who Have... Being told what to do is the adult daycare 99% of people live in.
8 months ago
Rubenerd
Postal voting in the 2025 Australian election The 2025 Australian Federal election will be taking place when Clara and I are outside our...
2 months ago
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The 2025 Australian Federal election will be taking place when Clara and I are outside our electorate, so we opted for a postal vote. This means no democracy sausage on polling day, but we’re still able to perform our civic duty. Well, that and the fact voting is comulspry in...
Unfiltered by Tim...
Advice For Building A Business Boiled Down Into One-Sentence Harsh Truths A 3-minute read
2 months ago
Jason Fried
Motivation I can fake enough. I can fake a lot. But I’ve noticed there’s one thing in particular I can’t fake:...
a year ago
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a year ago
I can fake enough. I can fake a lot. But I’ve noticed there’s one thing in particular I can’t fake: Motivation. And in the end, at least for me, it all comes down to motivation. I may have the talent, I may know the tricks, I may be able to go through the motions. But if I deeply...
Both Are True
they begged me not to publish this miranda july would tho
4 months ago
Raptitude.com
How to Stop Eating Candy for Breakfast There’s a particular scene in an early episode of the Simpsons that I found especially relatable, as...
2 months ago
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There’s a particular scene in an early episode of the Simpsons that I found especially relatable, as a ten-year-old whose main interest was candy. Bart and Lisa wake up the morning after Halloween, so miserable from eating sweets that they can’t even look at their candy pile....
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Stepping Inside Hallucinations The cake tilted precariously as I stumbled into my parents bedroom. Panic gripped me as I tried to...
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over a year ago
The cake tilted precariously as I stumbled into my parents bedroom. Panic gripped me as I tried to steady the massive cake.
journal – Winnie Lim
9 years together To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it sounds unromantic but age has taught me that the way to truly sustain...
The Honest Broker
In the Music Business, 80 Is the New 20 It's never been better for dead and dying musicians
5 months ago
Diaries of Note
There is something delicious to me in my little spot of garden Gamaliel Bradford was born in 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts, the sixth successive Gamaliel Bradford...
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a year ago
Gamaliel Bradford was born in 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts, the sixth successive Gamaliel Bradford to take that name in an enduring family tradition. Despite being poor of health for much of his life, Bradford’s prolific writings became legendary. He authored an incredible 114...
Tech and Tea
Transformed into a couch On taking this time to slooooooow down
over a year ago
Scarlet Ink
You Can't Schedule Creativity: Putting Inspiration Into Your Outlook Calendar Creation can't be forced, but it can certainly be encouraged gently.
5 months ago
Diaries of Note
They will pay in full Lena Mukhina was sixteen when the German army invaded the Soviet Union in June of 1941, setting off...
a year ago
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a year ago
Lena Mukhina was sixteen when the German army invaded the Soviet Union in June of 1941, setting off a chain of events that would lead to the Siege of Leningrad—a brutal and devastating blockade that lasted more than two years and led to the deaths of 1.5 million people. Mukhina...
Diaries of Note
It was the finest excitement I ever had Captain Alfred A. Cunningham, the first Marine Corps aviator, was born on March 8, 1882, in Atlanta,...
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Captain Alfred A. Cunningham, the first Marine Corps aviator, was born on March 8, 1882, in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1917, under the directive of Major General Commandant George Barnett, he embarked on a crucial mission to France to observe Allied air operations and training during...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Uniform Ever thought of having a personal uniform? Not the typical work attire, but a carefully curated...
a year ago
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a year ago
Ever thought of having a personal uniform? Not the typical work attire, but a carefully curated capsule wardrobe that reflects a cohesive style. My interest in fashion is limited, yet the concept of capsule wardrobes has fascinated me for years. I've been chipping away at...
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Ending up in Shin-Takaoka Yesterday was probably our first proper rest day on this trip, so we mostly hung around the hotel...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Yesterday was probably our first proper rest day on this trip, so we mostly hung around the hotel and surrounds. It always feels like a waste loitering in an amazing place, but sometimes you need some downtime or you feel exhausted! Or maybe that’s just us. We started the day at...
The Ruffian
Jemima Kelly on Trump: Part II On Melania, and Trump's Taste In Music
4 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
Using axis lines for good or evil Say you want to plot some data. You could just plot it by itself: Or you could put lines on the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Say you want to plot some data. You could just plot it by itself: Or you could put lines on the left and bottom: Or you could put lines everywhere: Or you could be weird: Which is right? Many people treat this as an aesthetic choice. But I’d like to suggest an unambiguous...
DYNOMIGHT
My 16-month theanine self-experiment The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now sold as a nutritional supplement for anxiety or mood or memory. Many people try theanine and report wow or great for ADHD or cured my (social) anxiety or changing my life. And it’s...
Diaries of Note
Today is Mother’s Day Born in the Brazilian town of Sacramento in 1914, Carolina Maria de Jesus was unemployed and...
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Born in the Brazilian town of Sacramento in 1914, Carolina Maria de Jesus was unemployed and pregnant when she moved to the favela of Canindé, São Paulo in 1947. There, living with her children in a wooden shack and working as a scrap collector, she faced seemingly insurmountable...
Diaries of Note
I’ll have to grow it again As the creative force behind such movies as Stalker, Mirror, and Solaris, Russian filmmaker Andrei...
over a year ago
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As the creative force behind such movies as Stalker, Mirror, and Solaris, Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, born in 1932, is widely considered to be one of the greatest directors to have ever lived, his pioneering use of long takes and his profound philosophical and poetic...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Barenbrug House In the summer of 2021 I made the decision to plan a house project. Not just to save, find, and buy a...
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over a year ago
In the summer of 2021 I made the decision to plan a house project. Not just to save, find, and buy a pre-existing house—that would be far too easy—and boring (unless you're doing an interesting renovation). Instead, my partner and I are opting to buy a plot of land in Scotland...
Ryan Hoover's...
New haircut, Product Hunt?
over a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
The Bad Goal of $5m by 30 And perhaps a better framing
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
the amazing tools and research we now have for our metabolic health [cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes...
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[cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes complications. When I was younger I couldn’t understand what it meant to die of diabetes complications –...
The Intimate Mirror
When Love Breaks Open How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
6 months ago
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6 months ago
How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
How to Be a Stoic
The evolution of ancient Stoicism, and why it matters today Modern Stoics are interested in picking up the ancient tradition while at the same time updating it...
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over a year ago
Modern Stoics are interested in picking up the ancient tradition while at the same time updating it and molding it to modern times. For some reason, this is often considered a controversial thing, with flying accusations of cherry picking and dire warnings about the result not...
Both Are True
A link to my daily log as a person who is offline here it is
a year ago
The Ruffian
The Fight Notes on the Oval Office Debacle, Plus a Rattle Bag
4 months ago
Both Are True
we're all just watching the numbers with jelly donuts dribbling down our shirts + BATWRITE tomorrow Sat 12p EST - be there or be an absolute *****
a month ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Two Imaginary Cages One mouse, one bird, and two cages. A grim parable for modern workers.
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
7 years of love, bound in a handmade booklet photoessay: documenting 7 years of togetherness
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Terry Gibbs Celebrates His 100th Birthday—but Why Isn't He a NEA Jazz Master? A newly-discovered recording from 1959 reminds us of this artist's greatness
9 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Substack's Secret just one guy's opinion
2 weeks ago
Both Are True
remember me nots why do i forget the things i most want to remember?
4 months ago
Both Are True
The self is a gut-hole - the first podcast ever made Are Both True?? - The Podcast is a new form of media entertainment that is making studio execs go...
a year ago
Paul Cudenec
Grenfell Tower: a chemicals cover-up This is a news report I wrote for the latest Acorn bulletin over on the Winter Oak site.
8 months ago
Diaries of Note
Poor wreck that I am John L’Heureux, a renowned Massachusetts-born novelist and poet, spent seventeen years of his life...
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John L’Heureux, a renowned Massachusetts-born novelist and poet, spent seventeen years of his life as a Jesuit before embracing the literary world. On June 11th, 1966, after twelve years of rigorous study, he was ordained as a priest. During the three years leading up to this...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Nike's Two-Hour Marathon and the Source of Sensational Failure If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the impossible. Instead, he is a loser. Or maybe we are the ones who are losing.
The Honest Broker
How Miles Davis Hired John Coltrane A fascinating interlude from James Kaplan's new book '3 Shades of Blue'
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Racing Shadows and Dodging Doldrums When I get down, one of the things that pulls my head back above water is running. If snow blocks me...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When I get down, one of the things that pulls my head back above water is running. If snow blocks me from the trails, the cabin fever sucks the life out of me.
The Honest Broker
I Revisit My Doom-and Gloom Forecasts What did I get right? What did I get wrong? And what will happen next?
over a year ago
The Ruffian
Birth Of the Nudge Economy Minutes of a momentous meeting in Napa Valley
a year ago
Both Are True
I felt more human after this conversation Isabel Cowles Murphy and I talk parenting and writing and and the “hideous and holy” aka babies with
2 months ago
Mark Manson
Why Skills Matter More Than Goals Welcome to the first Monday of the new year. It’s 2022 and if you’re like me, it still feels like...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Welcome to the first Monday of the new year. It’s 2022 and if you’re like me, it still feels like 2019 was last year. Talk about a mindfuck. This is that time of year where most productive and growth-minded people sit down and focus on their goals, their identity, and who they...
Atoms vs Bits
Did the Cybertruck Bomber Have CTE? In what currently appears to be two unconnected events, two veterans committed acts of terrorism...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
In what currently appears to be two unconnected events, two veterans committed acts of terrorism within just a few days. The Cybertruck bombing, in particular, is notable because the alleged perpetrator was in the US Army special forces. This suggests two things about him: He...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
I Am Data Drivel Consider quitting Google Analytics With Me
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
A Special Hell for Designers Like Me In case you think I am pointing fingers from my ivory tower, today I want to confess my own...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In case you think I am pointing fingers from my ivory tower, today I want to confess my own contribution to this mess.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
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I have always struggled with my mind, but the intensity seemed to worsen in the past few months. Tracing back, I think it was since my covid infection.  I wasn’t surprised to...
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Stoic Simple
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