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Capsule Wardrobe A capsule wardrobe is simply a collection of essential items of clothing that don’t really go out of...
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A capsule wardrobe is simply a collection of essential items of clothing that don’t really go out of fashion, which can then be augmented with seasonal pieces. Although a capsule wardrobe could certainly be defined as minimal in its own right, my wardrobe goes a little beyond...
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...
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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...
Luxagraf:...
What Vanlife is Really Like I have no idea what Vanlife is or is like. But I can tell you that if you think you're just going to...
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I have no idea what Vanlife is or is like. But I can tell you that if you think you're just going to cruise around in an old vehicle, living the life, um, yeah, not all the time. Some of the time, sure. Maybe even most of the time, but there's a good bit of work to be done on the...
Diaries of Note
Who is there for me? When she wrote this entry in her journal, Elizabeth Smart was pregnant with the second of four...
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When she wrote this entry in her journal, Elizabeth Smart was pregnant with the second of four children to fellow poet George Barker, a married man who, by the time of his death, had fathered fifteen children to four women. Smart essentially raised their brood alone, whilst...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism and the Subtle Art of Acceptance Stoicism is a philosophy that has been practiced for centuries and has more recently been gaining...
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Stoicism is a philosophy that has been practiced for centuries and has more recently been gaining popularity as a means of promoting mental well-being. At its core, Stoicism teaches us the art of acceptance, that is, the ability to accept what we cannot control and focus on what...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Pseudo Sacrifice vs. Speculation Observers are stunned when they witness a queen sacrifice. For a chess player to abandon their most...
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Observers are stunned when they witness a queen sacrifice. For a chess player to abandon their most powerful piece seems like a daring risk. The sacrifice is followed by a decisive combo resulting in checkmate. Bravo, the crowd goes wild.
Both Are True
TALK TO STRANGERS! WATCH MOVIES! MAKE WEIRD ART GOOD! SAME ART BORING! talking w Eliza McLamb about stealing from WiSpa, leaving LA, and reading what ppl say about you in...
3 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
living life like a solo rpg player One of my all-time favourite games is stardew valley. I don’t actually play a lot of games,...
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One of my all-time favourite games is stardew valley. I don’t actually play a lot of games, partially because they trigger migraines and motion sickness for me, and partially because a combination...
The Ruffian
My Book of the Year Yes, I'm Calling It Early
10 months ago
The Honest Broker
A Tribute to Tony Bennett (1926-2023) I've been a fan since childhood—and it feels like I've lost a part of my extended family
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Doing Things Differently The salience of different-ness gets in the way of doing things differently.
over a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Halloween in the Outer Banks From Virginia Beach we drifted south, making the short drive down to Oregon Inlet in the Outer...
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From Virginia Beach we drifted south, making the short drive down to Oregon Inlet in the Outer Banks. Our plan was to spend a couple of weeks there, visit friends, get some time at the beach, and then head to Ocracoke for Thanksgiving. It was pretty good plan, but it didn't work...
journal – Winnie Lim
documenting everyday moments because they will become precious A few months ago someone popped up on the Singapore reddit and started posting photos of old...
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A few months ago someone popped up on the Singapore reddit and started posting photos of old Singapore from the 1950s-1970s. He is the grandson of Ivan Polunin, a medical doctor who...
Tech and Tea
Hustle culture is over-rated Let's celebrate sustainability over all-nighters and re-define what hard work looks like.
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
The "Rice Knuckle Rule" Rule If you didn't actually follow the rule you said you followed, what use was the rule?
7 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
A dangerous new game called Camera Rollette
over a year ago
Rubenerd
Blog questions challenge: TV shows The imitable R.L. Dane tagged me in this blog post challenge, which I will not take sitting down....
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The imitable R.L. Dane tagged me in this blog post challenge, which I will not take sitting down. That’s a blatant lie, I’m 100% sitting down as I write this. I’m also drinking coffee, in case that was never obvious. What TV character from a beloved show do you wish you could be...
The Honest Broker
Fela Kuti in Prison How Nigeria literally went to war against one musician—and lost
10 months ago
Farza's Newsletter
been playing mario kart on my tamagotchi Hey everyone! Chilling at a little cafe right now. Got a cappuccino and a cheese danish. So, we’re...
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Hey everyone! Chilling at a little cafe right now. Got a cappuccino and a cheese danish. So, we’re working on _buildspace now and a lot of folks have asked me about why we pivoted away from ZipSchool. I’ll answer that question with a screenshot from our investor update below:
The Honest Broker
Can You Fool the Audience? The future of culture may depend on this question—and the answer is now evident
2 months ago
The Honest Broker
Why I Take Gifts Seriously The digital economy is built on the unpaid labor of the gifted. What can we do to protect them?
a week ago
The Ruffian
Why It's Good To Be Biased When everyone is rational, reasonable and nice, we all get a little dimmer
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
osaka, and thoughts on travel blogging We were surprised to discover that Osaka has quite a number of outdoor dining options. Our first...
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We were surprised to discover that Osaka has quite a number of outdoor dining options. Our first meal was okonomiyaki of course, and my partner found a okonomiyaki restaurant with outdoor seating:...
Ryan Hoover's...
Silicon Valley isn’t “Mainstream”
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Today was truly, absolutely the worst day ever in Sarajevo In April 1992, following Bosnia’s declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, simmering tensions...
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In April 1992, following Bosnia’s declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, simmering tensions among the region’s ethnic groups escalated into the devastating Bosnian War. It wasn’t long before the city of Sarajevo found itself under siege. Amidst the chaos, a courageous young...
Diaries of Note
I have received a singular warning Charles Baudelaire, born in Paris in 1821, is best known for Fleurs du Mal, a thrilling and...
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Charles Baudelaire, born in Paris in 1821, is best known for Fleurs du Mal, a thrilling and controversial poetry collection that led to him being prosecuted when published in 1857. Sadly, his life was riddled with personal and financial struggles, and when he wrote this entry in...
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099 + Framer 099 Supply is a collaborative project that builds tools for creators. We began with a catalogue of...
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099 Supply is a collaborative project that builds tools for creators. We began with a catalogue of photorealistic product mockups made for Photoshop. And we're continuing to grow this collection slowly, but we recognised that we need to diversify. So we're building out a new...
journal – Winnie Lim
the reality that exists in me I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this...
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I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this time I tend to wonder why the body finds it so difficult to...
Isabel Unraveled
on trading potential for something actual just make a choice
6 months ago
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
Stoic Simple
What Does Stoicism Teach About Death & Mortality? Stoicism, an ancient philosophy that dates back to the third century BC, has become increasingly...
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Stoicism, an ancient philosophy that dates back to the third century BC, has become increasingly popular in modern times. This philosophy, which focuses on self-control, rational thinking, and acceptance of the inevitability of life's ups and downs, has much to offer those who...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Taste We need good taste to make good things, but we must first qualify and understand what good means in...
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We need good taste to make good things, but we must first qualify and understand what good means in the sense of design. Taste is the ability to identify quality. To understand quality we need to look critically at: materials that are fit for purpose, ergonomics that considers...
Diaries of Note
My love of solitude is growing with my growth Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume collection, Poems, published in 1844, and the verse novel Aurora Leigh, which came out in 1856. It was in 1831, three years after the death of her mother, that Barrett Browning kept...
The Honest Broker
The Death of the Slow Dance (and Other Emerging Trends) My latest briefing paper on the state of the creative economy
a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Research, Sketch, Collect Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came...
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Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came to buy land Curiosity — Advice on starting Research, Sketch, Collect ← You are here Defining Constraints — What can we do without The Elements — Heating and cooling and airflow
Wait But Why
The 2024 Trump-Biden Debate Jeez The post The 2024 Trump-Biden Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill? A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in...
9 months ago
Mark Manson
My Response to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock Last weekend, Will Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke...
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Last weekend, Will Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife. Since that moment, my phone and inbox have been inundated non-stop with people (friends, family, readers, journalists) wanting my “take” on the situation. After all, I...
The Ruffian
What Does It Mean For a Brand To Be Radical? Thoughts on Jaguar's Relaunch, Plus a Juicy Cultural Rattle Bag
7 months ago
Passing Time
Backyard Skiing You don’t have to go far from home for adventure
a year ago
The Ruffian
Maybe Your Opinion Is Just a Feeling About a Story On Changing My Mind About the Elgin Marbles. Plus: How To Get Hold of An Advance Copy of 'John &...
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On Changing My Mind About the Elgin Marbles. Plus: How To Get Hold of An Advance Copy of 'John & Paul'. Plus a Juicy Rattle Bag of Goodies.
The Honest Broker
My Ultimate Texas Songwriter Playlist I've handpicked 56 tracks from the Lone Star State (3 hours of music)
a year 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
journal – Winnie Lim
why I refuse to learn drawing properly When some people want to learn to draw, they do it the “right” way. They take a drawing class, watch...
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When some people want to learn to draw, they do it the “right” way. They take a drawing class, watch youtube videos, or buy a book – starting from the basics. I...
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A Blog Post Marketplace This is a response to Manu's post, Adoption Sponsorships. How can bloggers monetise their content...
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This is a response to Manu's post, Adoption Sponsorships. How can bloggers monetise their content without going down the path of a paywall such as Patreon or premium newsletters? Donations are possible but rely on a small number of very generous people. A blogger definitely isn't...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Locker Room Talk of Mentors and Minions I saw myself at 22, lifting a wheel, struggling under its weight to attach it to a car. Behind me...
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I saw myself at 22, lifting a wheel, struggling under its weight to attach it to a car. Behind me was an experienced mechanic who has mastered the heavier machinery. He worked with skill, with a quickness that hid the forces he was wielding, making the power required to rip tires...
RhysTranter.com
Seeking Love of Neighbour Dorotheus of Gaza, quoted in an entry from Henri Nouwen’s The Genesee Diary
a year ago
Charlie Becker
To go and lay down in that sense of it. Castles in the Sky #45
a year ago
Both Are True
i used to play poker, now i play social media "Raise," I say, splashing the pot with six $0.50 green chips like I’m Matt fuckin Damon in the...
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"Raise," I say, splashing the pot with six $0.50 green chips like I’m Matt fuckin Damon in the classic film Rounders, “three bucks.” // S1E9
The Honest Broker
My Lost Gumby Essay Or how I overcame ontological horror with the help of a rubbery toy
a year ago
The Convivial...
Apocalyptic AI The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 5
over a year ago
Jason Crawford
Announcing Progress Studies for Young Scholars Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of...
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Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of technology: Progress Studies for Young Scholars. Daily online content, plus a speaker series featuring Tyler Cowen, Patrick Collison, Max Roser, Joel Mokyr, Deirdre McCloskey, and more....
Ryan Hoover's...
Email-First Startups
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Carrot Problems It's not the crime, it's the coverup.
over a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Do scary things
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Cruising for Classical Music in LA A section from Dana Gioia's new book
8 months ago
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Seeing Beauty in Basic To-Do Lists I like making lists. A lot of people do. And this is reflected in the abundance of to-do apps...
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I like making lists. A lot of people do. And this is reflected in the abundance of to-do apps available today. There's a silly amount of them. Designed to augment and organise our lives, they end up being far more complex and clunky than they need to be. The rise of the...
The Honest Broker
The 6 New Rules of Communicating The era of teleprompters and talking points has come to an end
8 months ago
The Prism
A Conversation with Chris Williamson A recent podcast appearance
over a year ago
Mark Manson
The Outrage Cycle The Outrage Begins First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far...
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The Outrage Begins First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far and wide. Most of this happens on Twitter, but placeholder web pages are thrown together on various news sites and cable news channels interrupt the latest car chase to give you...
The Works in...
Links in Progress: rising incomes do not always mean fewer births And how having a baby can make you believe in the future
9 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
Quarterly Author Update: October 2024 Book sales, next projects, and a blog update
9 months ago
The Honest Broker
"The Next New Thing in Music Will Not Come from New York, Los Angeles, or London" Highlights from my conversation with The Ankler
a month ago
Tech and Tea
Coaching Toolkit: Balance coaching to find new perspectives The power of mindset shifts and choice and a Tech and Tea balance coaching tool to guide you through...
a week ago
journal – Winnie Lim
a wet mouldy sponge Yesterday after a strength-training session I had a very innocuous mini argument with my partner...
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Yesterday after a strength-training session I had a very innocuous mini argument with my partner about misplacing some things at home. Which after I simply slumped and curled up into a ball...
Both Are True
we laugh so that we do not cry but we end up crying anyway a recap + recording of BATWRITE #001
2 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Special Hell 6, Dymaxion Man Meet Buckminster Fuller, the visionary crackpot who held Earth’s rudder.
over a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
To Improve Yourself You Must Know Yourself How to make change stick
4 months ago
bookbear express
always on your side friendship is magic
2 months ago
The Convivial...
"Lonely Surfaces" (Audio Version) Listen now (21 min) | The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 20 (supplement)
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Optimal Suffering If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
a year ago
Both Are True
gentle advice for sensitive souls who wanna make somethin outta nothin
10 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Building Your Personal Efficiency-O-Meter Inefficiency is the result of wasted energy. Understanding this you can start looking for ways to...
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Inefficiency is the result of wasted energy. Understanding this you can start looking for ways to plug the leaks and recapture the lost energy that is slowing you down.
The Convivial...
The One Best Way Is a Trap The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 9
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Love Will Never Do without You In the early hours of 14th August 2013, Kevin Coughlin was stunned to notice light reflecting off a...
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In the early hours of 14th August 2013, Kevin Coughlin was stunned to notice light reflecting off a mirror in his bathroom, marking the beginning of an extraordinary recovery. Having lost his sight in 1997 due to a rare genetic disorder named Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy,...
Diaries of Note
It is like a building site, abandoned in November Seamus Heaney, born in April 1939 in Northern Ireland, was a towering figure in the world of poetry...
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Seamus Heaney, born in April 1939 in Northern Ireland, was a towering figure in the world of poetry whose mastery over the lyrical evocation of place and past earned him numerous accolades, culminating in the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. It was fifteen years before this...
Daily Stoic
What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy? “These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.”...
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“These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.” — Seneca We all know those people who have lots of money, and yet, they are miserable. On the flip side, we all know people who live happy and fulfilled lives despite not having...
Jason Fried
Lighten your grip I recently took up drumming. Again. One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is...
a year ago
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I recently took up drumming. Again. One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is that you’re gripping the sticks too hard. A tight grip denies certain degrees of freedom, limits subtlety, and ups the fatigue factor. Plus you give up the gift of bounce the drum...
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: smears and revelations In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2023.
Raptitude.com
Do Quests, Not Goals South Island, New Zealand, a.k.a. Middle-Earth If you were to make a list of what you want to get...
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South Island, New Zealand, a.k.a. Middle-Earth If you were to make a list of what you want to get done this week, it would mostly consist of things you have to do. Get groceries. Book a hair appointment. Get back to so-and-so. Read that health and safety thing for work. If you...
Diaries of Note
The home of the chimps 14th July 1960 was a pivotal moment in the annals of primate research. It was on this day, with...
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14th July 1960 was a pivotal moment in the annals of primate research. It was on this day, with nothing more than binoculars, a notebook, her boundless curiosity, and the company of her mother, that 26-year-old Jane Goodall first stepped into the wild and untamed landscape of...
Laetitia@Work
What if generative AI was actually underwhelming? Laetitia@Work #69
a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
The Oak and the Reed Dear friends, there is a tale, The oak one day said to the reed: You have good reason to curse...
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Dear friends, there is a tale, The oak one day said to the reed: You have good reason to curse nature — A simple sparrow for you is a heavy burden. The slightest wind that by chance Makes the face of the water ripple Forces you to lower your head. However my own forehead, Not...
Tech and Tea
Three Maternity Leaves at Early-Stage Startups How it was with different companies, roles, and experiences
11 months ago
Daniel Bourke
A Learners Fight: Adaptation vs. Education Education saves time. Adaptation sharpens instincts.
a year ago
Passing Time
Alpine Starts You need all the hours you can get— you better start early (or go very late).
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
A Nice Little Party Gimmick for your friends to make more friends
a year ago
Scarlet Ink
The Hidden Advantage of Sharp Edges — Why Being Disagreeable is Best Anyone can be valuable if they have the right motivation, but strangely enough, being disagreeable...
5 months ago
The Honest Broker
Do Drummers Live Longer? And can listeners also enhance their health through rhythm?
12 months ago
Left To Write
#4 Writemas: When A Man Loves A Woman Dear Ladies, I wish you could see inside a man’s head when he falls in love with a woman. It’s so...
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Dear Ladies, I wish you could see inside a man’s head when he falls in love with a woman. It’s so surreal and stunning that you’ve got to experience it to believe it. First, it starts small. He begins to notice things about her appearance. Like the curve of her small nose, the...
Paul Cudenec
A call for resistance For once, a video message…
5 months ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Kindness: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/YzvbxsGNH0A There's an unfortunate mischaracterization of Stoic...
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Previous Next https://youtu.be/YzvbxsGNH0A There's an unfortunate mischaracterization of Stoic philosophy that has recently sprung up that implies that Stoicism cares more about overcoming our feelings than it does about showing kindness to others. The truth is that a true Stoic...
The Honest Broker
A 2000-Year-Old Argument Over the Flute Is the Most Important Thing in Our Culture Right Now This bitter debate from ancient times helps us understand today's crisis in music and other creative...
11 months ago
Diaries of Note
His first remark was, taking up a book: “Human skin” Arnold Bennett was one of the most successful British novelists of the Victorian era, a prolific...
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Arnold Bennett was one of the most successful British novelists of the Victorian era, a prolific wordsmith whose output spanned 34 novels, seven collections of short stories, a dozen plays, and hundreds of articles—and amidst it all, he somehow found time to keep a daily diary...
Both Are True
well this is embarrassing when you're madsad about the caviar problems
a year ago
Jason Fried
Achieving optionality It took me a while to fully realize the value of something my company achieved years ago, and...
a year ago
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a year ago
It took me a while to fully realize the value of something my company achieved years ago, and continues to savor today. It’s one of our greatest quiet advantages, full stop. It’s not something you hear much about in business circles. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I...
Paul Cudenec
The British population is under attack The illusion that their government has their best interests at heart is rapidly fading for millions...
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The illusion that their government has their best interests at heart is rapidly fading for millions of people in Britain, particularly since the arrival in power of Keir Starmer, longstanding member of the criminocrats’ Trilateral Commission and ardent proponent of their chilling...
The Ruffian
Seven Features Of Post-Literate Politics Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
2 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Negative Space One of the most important lessons you learn as a student of design is the importance of negative...
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One of the most important lessons you learn as a student of design is the importance of negative space. For every mark you make you are changing the space around it. Artists understand that this negative space is just as important as the mark itself. Visually this is a critical...
Scarlet Ink
Inside a High-Severity Outage: A Late Night Sev-2 at Amazon A detailed narrative of how we communicated about, worked on, and resolved a technical mess we...
2 months ago
The Ruffian
27 Notes On Growing Old(er) A Universal Process That's Also Mighty Strange
a week ago
Paul Cudenec
For one people's resistance! by Paul Cudenec
6 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
am i actually autistic? Recently I chanced upon a tweet stating that highly sensitive persons (HSPs) are basically autistic...
a year ago
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Recently I chanced upon a tweet stating that highly sensitive persons (HSPs) are basically autistic without admitting it. It surprised me, since the traits of HSPs as I know it seem to be the...
Thu Le
Stubborn determination What music hunts, design struggles, and running have in common.
4 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
RIP emojis. The future of communication.
over a year ago
Passing Time
In Defense of Trying Hard Being a try-hard is good, actually
a year ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Cameras, and Ninomae Ina’nis I’m typing this today as we travel from Tōkyō to Nagoya on the Shinkansen, the best form of...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I’m typing this today as we travel from Tōkyō to Nagoya on the Shinkansen, the best form of transport in the world. It’s fast, quiet, convenient, smooth, spotless, punctual, and the booking system is even understandable after you’ve made a bunch of mistakes! The seats in the...
journal – Winnie Lim
endure: book notes and thoughts In recent years I’ve begun to develop an interest in the concept of endurance, be it psychological...
9 months ago
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In recent years I’ve begun to develop an interest in the concept of endurance, be it psychological or physical. This is a response to a combination of recent world events, the imminent...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Evidence that Steve Jobs was aware of his reality distortion field I thought that the reality distortion field theory was just an invention that Apple haters invented...
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I thought that the reality distortion field theory was just an invention that Apple haters invented in hindsight. I didn’t realize that it was a part of Steve Jobs vision from the beginning.
The Honest Broker
The New Romanticism Just Found an Unexpected Spokesperson Sometimes heroes really do wear white hats
2 months ago
Mind Mine
embrace the exhale beware of the constant-tension trap (pt. 2 to ‘slow down’)
a year ago
Passing Time
The Daily Pancake A pancake in the morning feels indulgent... but every day?
a month ago
RhysTranter.com
Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of...
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In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of Terrence Malick's 2019 biopic of the Austrian conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter—executed in 1943 for his refusal to swear allegiance to National Socialism. Cooprider explores...
The Honest Broker
I'm Recommending These 12 New Recordings You can still find great music in 2025—you just need to know where it's hiding
4 months ago
Scarlet Ink
The Ideal Manager Exercise — How to Choose and Communicate With Your Current or Future Manager The reflection exercise that helped me find and cultivate a successful relationship with my manager.
11 months ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Divorce, Separations & Breakups: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
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Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
The Intimate Mirror
When Love Breaks Open How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
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How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
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Design Masochism and the Five Stages of Anguish Early on I remember choking back tears when my designs made first contact with outside eyes. The...
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Early on I remember choking back tears when my designs made first contact with outside eyes. The feedback stung. Every word holding a hint of negativity was a dart that penetrated my tender puerile flesh. I wondered if I had chosen the wrong career.
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Why YourStack failed
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In the end, judgment comes first. And that means hiring is a gut decision. As much science as people want to try to pour into the hiring process, art always floats to the top. This is especially true when hiring at the executive level. The people who make the final calls — the...
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099 on Product Hunt If you're unfamiliar with Product Hunt, it's a platform used to share and discover new digital...
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If you're unfamiliar with Product Hunt, it's a platform used to share and discover new digital products. Its usefulness has probably waned a lot in recent years unless you're prepared to inject an advertising budget, but I still think there's value in sharing projects...
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Two Ways to Change Your Momentum This is hardly a brilliant insight, but I’ve noticed that making small, “good” decisions early in...
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This is hardly a brilliant insight, but I’ve noticed that making small, “good” decisions early in the day makes the whole day work better. If I wake up and avoid screen time and loafing around, I get more and better work done, I make more sensible meal choices, I’m less needy and...
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My First Golden Combover My design education had indoctrinated me with belief in the purity of flat design. I was a true...
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My design education had indoctrinated me with belief in the purity of flat design. I was a true believer. I was faced with a moral dilemma on my very first assignment. What did I do?
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Ten food hacks to make your life easier This was almost a post on why millennial motherhood is so challenging, but turned into tactical food...
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Grey morning Alexandra Feodorovna, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, was born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine...
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Alexandra Feodorovna, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, was born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine on June 6, 1872. Twenty-two years later, she wed Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, and adopted her new name. Her reign as Tsarina was turbulent, marked by her controversial...
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Secularization Comes for the Religion of Technology: Or, how to make sense of techno-optimist... The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
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The Luminous Man As Deputy Director-General of MI5 from 1940 to 1952, Guy Liddell was one of the its key figures...
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As Deputy Director-General of MI5 from 1940 to 1952, Guy Liddell was one of the its key figures during a pivotal time that included World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Known for his role in elaborate counter-espionage schemes including the famous “Double Cross...
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The Slow, Steady, Inevitable March Towards Oatmeal Pushing back against the idea that you are doomed to become a commodity.
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This is the home for all the original art in Castles in the Sky that is an AI generation, original commission, or some collage of the two. When the art is AI-generated, I will link to the first time it appeared in Castles in the Sky along with the prompt I used.
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,...
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I wrote this time last year that I felt like I was coping better than the year before. This year I don’t feel like I have made much progress, and perhaps I...
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Of Gods and Men (2010): Witnesses to Faith Xavier Beauvois’s 2010 film, Of Gods and Men, begins with this ominous epitaph from the...
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Xavier Beauvois’s 2010 film, Of Gods and Men, begins with this ominous epitaph from the eighty-second psalm. It is to be a portent of the narrative’s themes of death and dignity, explored in conversation with the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love.
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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...
journal – Winnie Lim
running 10km, and making life’s calculations I completed my only 2023 resolution this last week by finally running my first 10km in my life. It...
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I completed my only 2023 resolution this last week by finally running my first 10km in my life. It had seemed like an unattainable goal: I was struggling even to finish 5km,...
journal – Winnie Lim
on inner expectations I am not sure when it started, but I tend to feel like I am wasting my life if I am not doing...
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I am not sure when it started, but I tend to feel like I am wasting my life if I am not doing something creative or enriching. Hence it has been difficult...
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Exploring Generative Art I am diving into a new project that is focused on generative art. Before I go into the details, you...
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I am diving into a new project that is focused on generative art. Before I go into the details, you might be wondering what the hell that is. Generative art is art made using a predetermined system usually applied in digital form. It's a process of algorithmically generating...
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2024: one pull up One of my biggest goals last year was to run 10km – for me it is not just a distance goal for the...
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One of my biggest goals last year was to run 10km – for me it is not just a distance goal for the sake of having a distance goal, but rather cultivating...
Both Are True
This really is it no time to review this cuz the kids are screaming again lol I hope it doesn't suck
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Oh Misery or the reverse! In January of 1932, Barbara Pym was diligently studying English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford,...
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In January of 1932, Barbara Pym was diligently studying English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, honing her craft eighteen years before publication of her debut novel, Some Tame Gazelle. It was around this time that she was thinking deeply of Henry Harvey, a fellow student two...
Daniel Bourke
Small sways in the breeze make you strong I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind. When they were small, they’d almost fall...
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I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind. When they were small, they’d almost fall over. But the post kept them up. Now they’re big enough to stand on their own. A breeze comes along and their branches move with it but
RhysTranter.com
Visit to Oxford Oratory This week I had the joy of taking a group of students to the University of Oxford open day. In a few...
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This week I had the joy of taking a group of students to the University of Oxford open day. In a few quiet moments, I had an opportunity to pray at the Oxford Oratory on Woodstock Road
Both Are True
Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
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Charlie Becker
The Limits of Novelty as a Value Proposition Early thoughts on writing about Russian Cosmism and "the common task"
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Thu Le
My design process I came across Damien Newman’s story of the Design Squiggle some time ago. You can read more about it...
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I came across Damien Newman’s story of the Design Squiggle some time ago. You can read more about it at thedesignsquiggle.com. It has resonated with me since, and prompted me to document my own design process in the last five years collaborating with teams and businesses as a...
Raptitude.com
Feedback is What Makes Everything Work The other day I closed a savings account at a tiny credit union branch. I expected it to take about...
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The other day I closed a savings account at a tiny credit union branch. I expected it to take about five minutes, but the teller took so long that I started to experience time distortion. I knew it had been at least fifteen minutes, but perhaps it was much longer. Twenty-five...
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Boston's Evolution: 1897–2018 My Boston Marathon dataset expands to encompass the last 121 years. With the benefit of another...
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My Boston Marathon dataset expands to encompass the last 121 years. With the benefit of another century of data, what will we learn?
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Qualifying for Boston in 2021 Will Be Harder than Ever Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for...
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Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for analysis. If you are one of the runners who was accepted, congratulations! Qualifying for Boston is not easy, and as we will see shortly, it shows no signs of getting easier.
Diaries of Note
You’d think I would be happy all the time Nikki Sixx was twenty-two when he co-founded Mötley Crüe, a heavy metal band destined to become one...
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Nikki Sixx was twenty-two when he co-founded Mötley Crüe, a heavy metal band destined to become one of the most successful music acts in history. As the band’s bassist and principal songwriter, Sixx played a key role in developing their iconic rebellious persona, his escalating...
The Honest Broker
“The Only Sensible Person in the World” 10 Perspectives on Joan Didion
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Charlie Becker
The Power of Being Weird There are a lot of different ways to be an outsider. Nobody really wants to be a misfit or a "noob."...
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There are a lot of different ways to be an outsider. Nobody really wants to be a misfit or a "noob." But there is wisdom in outsiders. They can be characters who challenge societal norms and reshape our understanding of what it means to belong. There are some people for whom...
The Honest Broker
In Search of Dupree Bolton (Part 2 of 2) I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early...
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Introducing Whisper, A New Way To Write For The Web Today I want to tell you about a writing tool called Whisper that I created for authors who don't...
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Today I want to tell you about a writing tool called Whisper that I created for authors who don't want to let their art touch the gunk. But before I get to that, I need to describe my writing process.
Both Are True
hello, i love you, won't you pick up your phone??? seriously haven't heard from you in seven minutes please pick up we're worried about you not a joke...
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seriously haven't heard from you in seven minutes please pick up we're worried about you not a joke please answer now hello?
Diaries of Note
Very many delightful things were shown On 12th July 1520, German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer, accompanied by his wife, Agnes,...
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On 12th July 1520, German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer, accompanied by his wife, Agnes, embarked on a significant journey from Germany to the Netherlands, both to attend the coronation of Charles V in October and ensure the continuation of the pension he had received for...
Both Are True
remember, dad, who we are? storytime in the land of milk and bee spit
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Farza's Newsletter
me and satoru iwata were chilling at target and bought some beef jerky I’ve been having a ton of fun lately with ZipSchool. We’re evolving fast in terms of our...
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I’ve been having a ton of fun lately with ZipSchool. We’re evolving fast in terms of our understanding of the product, problem, user. We’re following the data and have numbers we can point to when making a majority of our decisions. We’re focusing on growth.
Mark Manson
3 Hard Truths You Need to Hear Welcome to the realm of uncomfortable truths, where I, Mark Manson, will make you question...
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Welcome to the realm of uncomfortable truths, where I, Mark Manson, will make you question everything you've ever believed in. Buckle up, buttercup. Let's dive into the rabbit hole of reality. Remember the past you? The one with embarrassing beliefs and naïve ideas? Well, guess...
The Honest Broker
Who Are the Real Experts Now? Q&A on the people I trust—and why
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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...
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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...
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Minimalism Life®: A New Chapter This week sparked a new chapter, direction, and era for Minimalism Life®, a project I cofounded in...
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This week sparked a new chapter, direction, and era for Minimalism Life®, a project I cofounded in 2016. Almost 8 years on from then, with much experimentation, many highs and lows, strategy changes, and a lot of ground work, we announced the relaunch of our website:...
Jason Crawford
What went wrong with the ventilator stockpile? The New York Times reports on how the federal government tried and failed to increase the stockpile...
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over a year ago
The New York Times reports on how the federal government tried and failed to increase the stockpile of ventilators. Some are reading this as a story about the private sector, the profit motive, or “greed”. I think it’s a story about incompetent project management. The story in...
journal – Winnie Lim
the compression of our experiences My partner and I were both born in the early 1980s which is quite fortunate for our relationship...
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My partner and I were both born in the early 1980s which is quite fortunate for our relationship because we can talk about some shared experiences we have had while growing up....
Both Are True
Ode to an Inside Joke (guest post) How an inside joke with Rachel Katz turned into a hot little orb of love
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journal – Winnie Lim
how we were loved profoundly influences how we live and love a personal review of "A general theory of love"
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DYNOMIGHT
Fahren-height The Internet is well into middle-age, and yet doesn’t seem to have answered humanity’s most pressing...
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The Internet is well into middle-age, and yet doesn’t seem to have answered humanity’s most pressing question: If you pour boiling hot water from various heights, how much does it cool in flight? First attempt I figure there are two key variables: The height you pour from, and...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Unchecked Depression Boxes And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a...
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And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a major health epidemic. I understand that they can't treat an invisible disease without asking if you are suffering from it. But all I wanted was to get a wart frozen off the...
Luxagraf:...
Autumn Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit...
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9 months ago
Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit the road, packing away the paddle boards, washing the bus, and burning through the last of the firewood. Sometime around the middle of the month we say goodbye to friends and head...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
A Lambo for the People If you count eyeballs, the zombie-mobileis the most popular story I have written. This week instead...
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over a year ago
If you count eyeballs, the zombie-mobileis the most popular story I have written. This week instead of my normal essay I want to simply point you to a show that will surely appeal to fans of car design and haters of the crossover.
Paul Cudenec
The Acorn 102 Here’s the latest Acorn bulletin, which I edit over on the Winter Oak site…
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The Honest Broker
How We Became a Techno-Optimist Family You can too!
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The Intimate Mirror
Guide to Healing the Mother Wound A Practical Path to Fundamental Safety and Belonging
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Left To Write
What A Bottle of Coke In A Luxury Five Star Resort Taught Me About Selling Where Is Just As Important As What
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Being an idiot and writing your newsletter - an interview I did for Creator Spotlight + my brand deal with an indie shoe company called ADIDAS
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Stoic Simple
7 Stoicism Exercises for Self-Improvement Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that has gained popularity in recent times due to its emphasis on...
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Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that has gained popularity in recent times due to its emphasis on practical, actionable exercises designed to help individuals improve their lives. By practicing specific exercises, referred to as "spiritual exercises," individuals are able to...
journal – Winnie Lim
widening the spectrum of future possibilities I used to really dislike washing dishes. I would leave them in the sink, and they would feel...
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I used to really dislike washing dishes. I would leave them in the sink, and they would feel overwhelming when I finally had to do them at the end of the day....
Rubenerd
Brolific R.L. Dane enquired about how one maintains a regular blogging habit, and counted my number of posts...
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3 months ago
R.L. Dane enquired about how one maintains a regular blogging habit, and counted my number of posts with a simple bash script. I wouldn’t say I have a specific recipe for a successful blog, though there are always a few points to keep in mind: Never write filler. People can tell...
The Honest Broker
When a Single Person Controlled the Copyright on All Music (Even Blank Music Paper) Music copyright law is a mess today—but it's always been that way
over a year ago
Passing Time
Book Review: Primates of Park Avenue Despite my quips, far from a hate read
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Both Are True
bits all the way down also: remember when you said you'd write something and then you just...didn't? i have a solution lol
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also: remember when you said you'd write something and then you just...didn't? i have a solution lol
Diaries of Note
A veritable organ concert It was May of 1967, and Che Guevara, the Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, was in Bolivia,...
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It was May of 1967, and Che Guevara, the Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, was in Bolivia, leading a small band of guerrillas in an attempt to spread socialism across Latin America. Facing harsh environmental conditions and the pressure of the Bolivian military backed by US...
The Honest Broker
Today You Can Talk About Anything and Everything (Well, Almost) It's open mic day at The Honest Broker
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The Ruffian
The Google Gemini Debacle Shows Us Why Office Politics Matters More Than Ever On the Real Alignment Problem
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To Day is the most Best day ever in my Life On 25th August 1989, Canadian geneticist Lap-Chee Tsui and his stellar team at Toronto’s Hospital...
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On 25th August 1989, Canadian geneticist Lap-Chee Tsui and his stellar team at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children made a groundbreaking announcement: they had pinpointed the gene behind cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that can lead to serious breathing problems and chronic...
The Ruffian
Notes on Succession Life is not a story
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Diaries of Note
Armageddon in Europe! It was in 1915 that Vera Brittain left Somerville College, Oxford to become a nurse during the First...
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It was in 1915 that Vera Brittain left Somerville College, Oxford to become a nurse during the First World War, a decision that would profoundly shape her life and literary career. Eighteen years later, having experienced the devastating realities of the battlefield, Brittain...
Tech and Tea
Space to create (and bonus kids' art 👩🏻‍🎨) Unexpected creative outlets beyond writing
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Using ChatGPT as a Writing Coach How to improve instead of atrophy
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The Honest Broker
An Executive Briefing Paper on the Creative Economy Here's my latest culture and arts survey
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Mark Manson
Mark Manson’s 3 Rules for Life Hey party people! It's Mark Manson, and today I want to talk about Dr. Jordan Peterson and his...
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Hey party people! It's Mark Manson, and today I want to talk about Dr. Jordan Peterson and his books, "12 Rules for Life" and "12 More Rules for Life." I've had the pleasure of chatting with him on his podcast and even got some F-bombs out of him. But what really stuck with me...
The Intimate Mirror
Predictive Processing and The Sacred Liberating Reality from Our Priors
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Caution, Workers at Play I am going to take a wild guess that your workplace isn’t condusive to play. In fact, playfulness is...
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I am going to take a wild guess that your workplace isn’t condusive to play. In fact, playfulness is probably frowned upon in your office. I was once lucky enough to work in a place where that wasn’t the case.
Diaries of Note
I thought once or twice we were done for In the late 1860s, amid the rugged landscapes of post-Civil War America, countless cowboys undertook...
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In the late 1860s, amid the rugged landscapes of post-Civil War America, countless cowboys undertook arduous journeys herding cattle from Texas to Kansas where the demand for beef was on the rise. One such cowboy was Jack Bailey, a 37-year-old North Texan who herded approximately...
Laetitia@Work
Why midlife women walk out of corporate jobs Laetitia@Work #67
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Paul Cudenec
Zionism: the bigger picture As I have been explaining for some time now, our contemporary world is in the grip of a...
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As I have been explaining for some time now, our contemporary world is in the grip of a Rothschild-dominated criminocracy, which I have termed the Zionist single global mafia.
The Intimate Mirror
The Future Breaking Through How Personal Crisis and Collective Transformation Call Each Other Forth (Breaking Open: Part 6)
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Left To Write
№ 72: The First Wealth Is Health For most of my twenties, I valued money, women, friends, family and material possessions. But around...
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For most of my twenties, I valued money, women, friends, family and material possessions. But around 28 years old, something in my psychology began to change. Perhaps it was inching towards 30 years old. Perhaps it was being tired of constantly feeling anxious. Perhaps it was...
Atoms vs Bits
Jethro Tull: A Beginner's Guide To Turnips for Science
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Did the Cybertruck Bomber Have CTE? In what currently appears to be two unconnected events, two veterans committed acts of terrorism...
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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...
DYNOMIGHT
Against dystopian views of high-speed audiobook listening There was recently a thread on r/slatestarcodex about “What life hacks are actually life changing”....
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9 months ago
There was recently a thread on r/slatestarcodex about “What life hacks are actually life changing”. One of the examples given was: Buy audiobooks to read much more books, listen at 1.5-2x speed This led to the following thread (later removed): Aaa: A midwit in making Bbb: Audio...
Atoms vs Bits
I Rarely Saw The Plots Resolve What (doesn't) happen next will shock you
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The Invisible Golden Age
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Charlie Becker
Vikings, Origami, and New Mexico | Friday Footnotes #1 What are the things that enrich your life?
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Hot weather is the mother of procrastination Although Thomas Edison filled numerous notebooks with writings pertaining to his groundbreaking...
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Although Thomas Edison filled numerous notebooks with writings pertaining to his groundbreaking inventions, he kept a personal diary only once in his eighty-four years. Spanning a period of just nine days in July of 1885, the diary was written when Edison was already renowned and...
Passing Time
How to improve traffic efficiency and save time Why merging early when there is a lane closure makes YOU the asshole
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Diaries of Note
A disgusting day! In April of 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made the long journey to New York where...
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In April of 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made the long journey to New York where he was to play a pivotal role in the inauguration of the city’s new music hall, later known as Carnegie Hall—a momentous occasion and the first time he had set foot in the United...
Both Are True
THERE ARE 23 SLIDES IN TODAY'S BATWRITE AT 930am EST this is a record for most slides. be there. link below
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Stoic Simple
How Stoicism Can Calm Anxiety and Bring Peace of Mind Anxiety can be a debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide. While there are...
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Anxiety can be a debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide. While there are countless treatments available, many individuals find relief in ancient philosophies like Stoicism. In this article, we explore Stoicism's teachings and practical techniques for...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Web Design and Carbon Impact How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web more energy efficient? From data centres to...
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How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web more energy efficient? From data centres to transmission networks to the devices that we hold in our hands, it is all consuming electricity, and in turn producing carbon emissions. According to recent estimates, the entire...
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
journal – Winnie Lim
happy birthday to my favouritest person Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east...
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Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east to west so we can’t do any local travelling. Travelling is vital...
RhysTranter.com
St Ambrose on the Psalms A short passage from this morning’s Office of Readings in the Breviary (Friday, Week 10 of Ordinary...
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A short passage from this morning’s Office of Readings in the Breviary (Friday, Week 10 of Ordinary Time)
Jason Crawford
Reflections on six months of fatherhood To be fed from a spoon requires three distinct skills. First, you must open your mouth when the...
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To be fed from a spoon requires three distinct skills. First, you must open your mouth when the spoon approaches. Second, you must close your mouth around the spoon once it has fully entered the mouth (and not before). Third, you must swallow the food that remains in your mouth...
journal – Winnie Lim
the ability to our selves as who we are My tcm (traditional chinese medicine) appointment a couple of weeks ago was postponed because my...
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My tcm (traditional chinese medicine) appointment a couple of weeks ago was postponed because my physician was sick. I thought it would be fine to go a couple of weeks without, but...
Abhishek Chakraborty
Truth is Ruthless If your wife asks you if she looks overweight, you will utter “no” without flinching, whatever you...
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If your wife asks you if she looks overweight, you will utter “no” without flinching, whatever you actually think. On the other hand, all of us consider it morally wrong (under all circumstances) to make sexual advances on children. This fuzziness however creates some interesting...
Both Are True
comedic catastrophes (The Chatfield x Dobrenko Tapes) + why being mediocre at your art is the best way to not get copied by the AI
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Diaries of Note
Poor little warbler Few writers of the 19th century were as widely read as George Sand. Born Amantine Lucile Aurore...
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Few writers of the 19th century were as widely read as George Sand. Born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil in 1804, she was twenty seven when her first novel was published under the pseudonym for which she is now known. By the time of her death in 1876, she was a giant of...
Paul Cudenec
Life philosophy: beyond left and right The global industrial-financial complex has been doing its best for decades now to ensure there is...
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The global industrial-financial complex has been doing its best for decades now to ensure there is no real ideological opposition to its life-hating agenda.
Laetitia@Work
Looking for precious time Laetitia@Work #49
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Luxagraf:...
Tall Ship Tales March saw the kids and I head to California to visit my parents again. This time we flew out of...
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March saw the kids and I head to California to visit my parents again. This time we flew out of Duluth, which is a delightfully tiny, empty airport that knows nothing of lines or hassles. When the four of us went through security we were the only people in the line, and we...
Passing Time
Reconsidering Reading While it may feel good to be able to say you've read something, that doesn’t mean it’s the most...
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While it may feel good to be able to say you've read something, that doesn’t mean it’s the most effective way to learn.
Both Are True
why isn't there an A24 for kids? my toddler has terrible taste and I've had enough
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Unfiltered by Tim...
How To Make Enough Money to Retire in the Next 5 Years It isn’t obvious, despite the hype.
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Diaries of Note
I have woken fairly early to think about human life Frances Partridge was a remarkable British diarist born in 1900 whose long life was interwoven with...
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Frances Partridge was a remarkable British diarist born in 1900 whose long life was interwoven with the illustrious Bloomsbury Group. By 1967, when she wrote the following entry, she had already lost two of her nearest and dearest: her husband, Ralph, in 1960, and then tragically...
Passing Time
A Rivalry Plucked From Fiction Nadal, Federer and the (D)Joker
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Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Off to Toyama and Takaoka When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up...
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When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up from Nagoya like so many of those NHK travel documentaries we’d seen. We laboured for days deciding whether we had the time to stop in Takoyama along the way; and if so, whether...
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3D Printing and Rethinking How You Buy I previously wrote about the beauty of 3D printing and how in recent years, we have seen incredible...
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I previously wrote about the beauty of 3D printing and how in recent years, we have seen incredible advancements and accessibility to technologies that have impacted the health sector and everyday consumers. 3D printing is still a very new concept to most of us. At least in terms...
Raptitude.com
In Favor of Reading Aloud When I read Jane Eyre, I stalled for a full year between the opening part at the boarding school and...
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When I read Jane Eyre, I stalled for a full year between the opening part at the boarding school and the rest of the book. I tend to dislike boarding-school openings in books, but the real problem was I found myself having to reread too many of Charlotte Brontë’s winding,...
Scarlet Ink
4 Patterns in Software Development Projects Which Lead to Failure With experience, you can recognize the less obvious patterns which lead to costly disasters.
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Charlie Becker
To Discard, To Preserve, To Bury, To Build | Friday Footnotes #2 Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reflection meets real life.
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journal – Winnie Lim
minimum effective dose I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the...
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I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the procedure), so I have been hesitant in taking up my regular exercise again because I...
The Honest Broker
It's Open Mic Day: Tell Us What You're Doing Here's a chance to pitch your own project
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Gathering Feedback Although I've effectively stepped away from running Minimalissimo®, it's still a site I adore and...
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Although I've effectively stepped away from running Minimalissimo®, it's still a site I adore and visit pretty much daily for a well-curated dose of minimal design. Manu is doing a sterling job in evolving it, which I'm 100% behind. He's looking to create support through a small...
Passing Time
Manufactured Data Scarcity All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the...
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All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the engine.
The Honest Broker
Why Recording Studios Are Unplugging From the Internet And other recent articles of interest
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Passing Time
Mourning a Dam to Love a River Hurricane Michael's Destruction of Kapps Mill Dam
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Techniques for Getting Traction with your Social Site
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Paul Cudenec
The Parable of Emperor Zigazagazoga Long long ago and far far away there was a land called Yogania, whose ruler – officially at least –...
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Long long ago and far far away there was a land called Yogania, whose ruler – officially at least – was King Sossidge the Dull.
Left To Write
№ 65: How To Call Someone A Dumbass Without Calling Them A Dumbass It's not what you say but what you hear - Copywriting & Obliquity - The court jester
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The Ruffian
42 Reflections On the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything An oldie but goldie
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Nat Eliason's...
The Most Useful Feedback Hurts Plus a sci-fi novel update
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Top 17 Design Tools You Must Master in 2016 to Stay Relevant Could there be a single skill that makes all that software irrelevant?
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Jason Fried
A company is a language Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural...
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Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural nuances. And I think this explains why it’s so hard for executives — especially executives — to come in from outside an organization and find their way. At lower levels within an...
DYNOMIGHT
Sloth was not the right answer Once, when I was 12, my parents asked me what my favorite animal was. And I thought: OK, self, what...
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Once, when I was 12, my parents asked me what my favorite animal was. And I thought: OK, self, what you’ve got here is a totally safe question. There are no “right” or “wrong” animals and no need to worry about any consequences. Let your heart soar! At school recently, I had seen...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Nirvana Sucks Why some people “just get it” while the rest of us end up looking dumb time and time again. Is there...
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Why some people “just get it” while the rest of us end up looking dumb time and time again. Is there anything we can do?
Left To Write
#3 Writemas: Developing Taste Last week, on a Bloomstory team day out to the Design Museum in London, I said to my friend Myles,...
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Last week, on a Bloomstory team day out to the Design Museum in London, I said to my friend Myles, “Given we’re in a creative field, it’s important we develop taste.” I know it’s subjective, but I’ve often wondered about how universal ‘good’ taste is. However, instead of driving...
Diaries of Note
I have myself lost recollection of much that was interesting On 20th November 1825, shortly after reading the diaries of Samuel Pepys and Lord Byron for the...
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On 20th November 1825, shortly after reading the diaries of Samuel Pepys and Lord Byron for the first time, Scottish poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott began his own diary by way of the following opening entry. Fifty-four at the time, Scott had already established himself as a...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Best Lawn in the Entire Post-Apocalypse What kind of an idiot am I that I would be doing lawn maintenance during the zombie apocalypse? Let...
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The Honest Broker
10 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
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Jason Fried
Surface area vs. Depth in product design Some of the most rewarding features to add to products are ones that don’t increase surface area,...
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Some of the most rewarding features to add to products are ones that don’t increase surface area, but increase depth. This is how you continue to make a product a whole lot better without it feeling like it got a whole lot bigger. Basecamp’s new References feature is a great...
journal – Winnie Lim
gyeongju, the city of beautiful tombs Spent a few days in gyeongju. I knew there were going to be tombs, but what I didn’t expect was them...
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Spent a few days in gyeongju. I knew there were going to be tombs, but what I didn’t expect was them to be everywhere, not just concentrated in one area. I didn’t...
Both Are True
the 'many escape rooms' theory of why our smartphones suck the big one a confession that things have also been v hard + a pretty elaborate escape room metaphor // S1E8
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Nat Eliason's...
Insecurity Screams, Confidence Whispers “What am I trying to convince myself of?”
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Both Are True
What's the one thing we all hate but can't stop doing? achieving ourselves to death within the social media industrial complex
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Ryan Hoover's...
You’re looking good (on Product Hunt) 😽
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Atoms vs Bits
Intuitions for Georgism Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, every other week we re-issue a favorite...
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Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, every other week we re-issue a favorite from deep in our archive. You can unsubscribe from Reissues but continue receiving our new posts by updating your preference here. Last year, Atvbt’s bloggers published a piece...
Both Are True
Now That's What I Call BAT: Volume 1 greatest hits + a short new essay + an entire album of music all about rocks!!
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Letters of Note
Please don’t let anyone Americanise it! Born in Cambridge in 1952, Douglas Adams was best known for creating The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the...
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Born in Cambridge in 1952, Douglas Adams was best known for creating The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a wildly successful project that began in 1978 as a science-fiction comedy radio series and eventually evolved to become something much larger, in many formats and in many...
Stoic Simple
Understanding the Stoic Concept of Virtue . Stoicism is a philosophical school that originated in ancient Greece and went on to influence...
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. Stoicism is a philosophical school that originated in ancient Greece and went on to influence Roman thought. Its central tenets revolve around the attainment of personal happiness through the cultivation of virtues, which allow individuals to lead a life of tranquillity and...
The Convivial...
The Pathologies of the Attention Economy The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 16
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The Ruffian
How - and Why - To Read... ...in a World That's Giving Up On It
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Time I Saw a UFO and Only One Person Believed Me I was lying on my back in a field in Nebraska when the alien ship flew by. I went out that night...
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I was lying on my back in a field in Nebraska when the alien ship flew by. I went out that night hoping to see a shooting star and saw a UFO instead.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
12 Things to Live Without In 2018 I undertook a social experiment to see if I was self-disciplined and self-aware enough to...
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In 2018 I undertook a social experiment to see if I was self-disciplined and self-aware enough to live without 12 things. These 12 things would last just one month at a time between January–December, with the intention of identifying whether or not doing without these things...
Atoms vs Bits
Use AI for Slow-Solve-Fast-Check tasks just another human having thoughts about LLMs
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Laetitia@Work
The Mystery of Mastery Laetitia@Work #64
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Scarlet Ink
4 (More) Good Things and 2 (More) Bad Things and 2 Misunderstandings About Working at Amazon: From... A continuation of my previous article about my experiences at Amazon. What they do well, what they...
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A continuation of my previous article about my experiences at Amazon. What they do well, what they don't do well, and in this article, I also mention a few common beliefs I disagree with.
The Honest Broker
How to Know If You're Living in a Doom Loop Let's look at the warning signs
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Paul Cudenec
The stench of the system: conspiracy Something is smelling decidedly ‘off’ in today’s world, with nauseating levels of corruption, mass...
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Something is smelling decidedly ‘off’ in today’s world, with nauseating levels of corruption, mass murder, lies, hypocrisy and repression.
Diaries of Note
The French coast was torn up On July 1, 1944, Vincent “Roi” Ottley boarded S.S. Scythia in New York and began his unprecedented...
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On July 1, 1944, Vincent “Roi” Ottley boarded S.S. Scythia in New York and began his unprecedented journey as the first African American war correspondent in World War II. Arriving in a Europe scarred by conflict, Ottley reported for three different publications, providing...
Both Are True
sex stories all real from my life
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Mind Mine
being in bloom don’t forget to smell the roses
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Ryan Hoover's...
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Stoic Simple
What Caused the Growing Popularity of Stoicism in Modern Culture? Stoicism - a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece - has been gaining increased popularity in...
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Stoicism - a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece - has been gaining increased popularity in modern culture. It has been embraced by people from all walks of life, from high-powered business executives to the average person seeking ways to cope with the daily stresses of...
DYNOMIGHT
Things that don’t work (Or: Things where there’s a case worth considering that they don’t work all that well for most...
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(Or: Things where there’s a case worth considering that they don’t work all that well for most people.) Acupuncture. (link) Phenylephrine. (link) Multivitamins. (link) Phosphoric acid. (for nausea; link) Tree-based knowledge organization. The physical world whispers to us to...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Unusual UI I knew if I built my app exactly the way I wanted there was a chance it might not make it through...
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I knew if I built my app exactly the way I wanted there was a chance it might not make it through Apple’s approval gauntlet.
Luxagraf:...
Repair Fail One of the most underappreciated, least talked about aspects of repair is the hierarchy. There are...
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One of the most underappreciated, least talked about aspects of repair is the hierarchy. There are repair wizards and there are newbies and there are the rest of us, somewhere between those two poles. This hierarchy of skill and experience requires that you earn your way to the...
The Honest Broker
How an Exiled Russian Noble Became a Great American Songwriter His story spans everything from Belarus to Balanchine to Bacharach
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Left To Write
#10 Writemas: Uncovering High Agency Talent I’ve met many people in my adult life who are so much more intelligent than I am. But most of them...
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I’ve met many people in my adult life who are so much more intelligent than I am. But most of them have ended up in well-paid corporate roles. Now, there’s nothing wrong with doing a 9 to 5. These corporate companies are needed, but whenever I walk away from conversations with...
Both Are True
you don't need everyone to like your work (2018) revisiting something i wrote years ago
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Let's Just Admit it: The Algorithms Are Broken So I'm begging the tech overlords to let us opt out from their dystopia
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RhysTranter.com
These are some of the things that we see on our walks.
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Paul Cudenec
Gordon Brown and the single global mafia Gordon Brown was prime minister of the UK from 2007 to 2010, having, from 1997, been chancellor of...
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7 months ago
Gordon Brown was prime minister of the UK from 2007 to 2010, having, from 1997, been chancellor of the exchequer under Tony Blair, whose links to the Rothschilds I explored in 2023.
Luxagraf:...
Gone Fishin' Every morning when I step outside I am greeted by a chorus of ospreys circling in the glint of the...
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Every morning when I step outside I am greeted by a chorus of ospreys circling in the glint of the rising sun. There are between four and six of them, depending on the day. They spend their days fishing, building nests, and fighting. Every evening, sitting out by the fire as dusk...