Sherman's Food...
Naniwa Okina なにわ 翁
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1st Dec 2025
Wanting to go for something light, we decided to hit up Naniwa Okina in Osaka. This Michelin Bib Gourmand spot is small and cozy featuring handmade soba noodles. It was a bit of a walk from the Kitahama Station, especially in the scorching heat (in July). Glad their A/C held...
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Brainstorming Advice from a Long Lost Isaac Asimov Letter
When a writer like Isaac Asimov talks about creativity I take note. What can a lost letter about...
19th Jan 2015
When a writer like Isaac Asimov talks about creativity I take note. What can a lost letter about creativity written by Isaac Asimov from 1959 teach us?
Laetitia@Work
4 Reasons why too few of us will work in the future
Laetitia@Work #84
14th Aug 2025
Tech and Tea
Three Maternity Leaves at Early-Stage Startups
How it was with different companies, roles, and experiences
17th Aug 2024
How it was with different companies, roles, and experiences
Vittles
How did Zohran Mamdani win over New York’s small restaurants?
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3rd Nov 2025
A dispatch from NYC by Apoorva Tadepalli.
The AI Underwriter
Who told you you couldn't do that?
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1st Jan 2026
To those who said it couldn’t be done
Luxagraf:...
The North Shore, Part II
A couple weeks after Olivia and I went to the north shore, Lilah decided she wanted to do a similar...
5th Nov 2025
A couple weeks after Olivia and I went to the north shore, Lilah decided she wanted to do a similar trip. The weather had turned much colder by then, reminding me why we used to head south long before now. I dug out the heavy sleeping bags and we bundled up for what was likely...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimal Email Setup
This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop...
4th Jan 2022
This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop visual results of applying this method.
Some people love emails. Some people hate them. Most of us experience both emotions. Yet there's no denying—as Manu points out—emails are...
Lefineder’s Substack
The Pacification of War
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23rd Apr 2024
Battle Massacres may have gone out of fashion
Tech and Tea
My First Vibe Coding Project: The Trader Joe’s Snack Box Builder
A surprisingly delightful experience
5th May 2025
A surprisingly delightful experience
Both Are True
September BATCAVE Schedule is here
hang, write, and even some office hours?
2nd Sep 2025
hang, write, and even some office hours?
Atoms vs Bits
Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters
Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, we occassionally re-issue a favorite...
2nd Oct 2024
Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, we occassionally 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. If you'd like to share or comment on this post,
Laetitia@Work
5 toxic forces that prevent you from quitting when you should
Laetitia@Work #56
27th Feb 2023
Charlie Becker
Here's Where It All Stands | #101
Book Club, New Bio, New Podcast, and a New Place to Buy Used Books
2nd Apr 2026
Book Club, New Bio, New Podcast, and a New Place to Buy Used Books
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...
11th Sep 2024
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,...
Hickman's...
Stumbling Toward the Cosmopolitan Christ
On Apocalypse, Schism, and "Trad" Religion
21st May 2026
On Apocalypse, Schism, and "Trad" Religion
Winnie Lim
drawing & painting as a form of meditation
I just started drawing and painting again last week after stopping for a couple of months. Since...
1st Jun 2024
I just started drawing and painting again last week after stopping for a couple of months. Since then I’ve been trying to do it more regularly, hoping to incorporate it as a...
The Convivial...
Why An Easier Life Is Not Necessarily Happier
Remembering Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
10th May 2023
Remembering Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
Scarlet Ink
Good Employees Follow the Rules. Great Employees Break Them.
Because the rules are meant for those who aren't as smart and brave as you. Seriously.
7th Oct 2024
Because the rules are meant for those who aren't as smart and brave as you. Seriously.
Wait But Why
The Big and the Small
I have a surprise for you.
The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
22nd Sep 2020
I have a surprise for you.
The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
A random list of silly things I love
Another blogger challenge, but this time one I’m initiating. I previously wrote about a list of...
2nd Feb 2026
Another blogger challenge, but this time one I’m initiating. I previously wrote about a list of silly things I hate. So to balance this, I’ve decided to write a more positive list of some random things I like, because it’s good to smile at the world now and...
Isabel Unraveled
The life-changing magic of asking for help
Strangely feel like I’m just learning this one!
9th Jul 2026
Strangely feel like I’m just learning this one!
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...
29th Apr 2022
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...
Laetitia@Work
Make Work Seasonal Again
Laetitia@Work #79
27th Mar 2025
Luxagraf:...
Greenfield Village
It's always seems slightly perverse to me to head east in a country that once lived by the slogan,...
4th Oct 2023
It's always seems slightly perverse to me to head east in a country that once lived by the slogan, go west. Whatever the case, we're eastbound again and when planning our route we ran across something called Greenfield Village.
Greenfield Village is difficult to describe, but...
Tech and Tea
Leaning into joy and community
Processing this past week and some joyful things in my life
11th Nov 2024
Processing this past week and some joyful things in my life
Winnie Lim
44
I read last year’s post before writing this. Writing is a strange phenomenon. Though I am reading my...
6th Apr 2025
I read last year’s post before writing this. Writing is a strange phenomenon. Though I am reading my own writing, it feels like I am reading the writing of another person. Perhaps...
Mark Manson
Why You’re So Unhappy
This isn't going to be your typical pep talk about how the universe works in mysterious ways, or how...
6th Jul 2023
This isn't going to be your typical pep talk about how the universe works in mysterious ways, or how everything will fall into place if you're patient.
Spoiler alert: it won’t.
The cold hard truth is this: the universe doesn’t care about your happiness. You do.
Maybe you've...
What To Cook
a toast to breastfeeding
Hi!
First of all, I recorded a voiceover of this So Into That! Click the play button above if you’d...
11th Mar 2026
Hi!
First of all, I recorded a voiceover of this So Into That! Click the play button above if you’d like to listen. I really, really tried not to cry, but it was just a crying kind of day apparently.
I’ve had a wild few weeks of travel — both for pleasure to Mexico with the...
Letters of Note
How clever and capricious you are
How to take on a troll, 1950s style
14th Apr 2026
How to take on a troll, 1950s style
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Nuances of Minimalism
Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many...
3rd Aug 2021
Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many nuances to the movement. Is it even a movement? It’s perhaps better described as a guiding principle. Some of these nuances are highly commercial, some are focused on personal wellbeing...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Taste
We need good taste to make good things, but we must first qualify and understand what good means in...
31st Jul 2024
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...
Laetitia@Work
Why we need more older female role models at work
Laetitia@Work #92
11th Feb 2026
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Mirror
As the year draws to a close with gloomy December days compensated with lots of artificial lighting,...
4th Dec 2024
As the year draws to a close with gloomy December days compensated with lots of artificial lighting, it's not surprising that many people take the time to reflect on their recent past — what we've managed to achieve, what we learned, what we failed in, where we went, and what we...
The Honest Broker
Can You Really Treat Cancer with Sound?
And other updates on recent articles.
1st Nov 2025
And other updates on recent articles.
Laetitia@Work
What does psychological safety at work depend on?
Laetitia@Work #75
21st Oct 2024
Daily Stoic
HIRING: YouTube Video Producer – Daily Stoic
YouTube Video Producer – Daily Stoic Daily Stoic is a leading philosophy and self-improvement brand,...
18th Aug 2025
YouTube Video Producer – Daily Stoic Daily Stoic is a leading philosophy and self-improvement brand, reaching millions of people each month across our newsletter, YouTube, podcasts, and books. We’re looking for a YouTube Video Producer to help us continue growing our channel....
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
About Being Grateful
Reflecting on the importance of gratitude in a world driven by consumerism.
1st Jan 2026
Reflecting on the importance of gratitude in a world driven by consumerism.
Laetitia@Work
The Mystery of Mastery
Laetitia@Work #64
20th Dec 2023
Jason Fried
Why am I still doing this?
I’ve been doing this for 25 years, so I’ll often be asked why I’m still in it and how I stay...
3rd May 2024
I’ve been doing this for 25 years, so I’ll often be asked why I’m still in it and how I stay motivated.
It ain’t the money, as I’ve been fortunate enough to make more than I’ll ever be able to spend.
I enjoy the work and we have a great crew, each a true pleasure to work with. I...
Winnie Lim
minimum effective dose
I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the...
1st Feb 2025
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...
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Perks of Being Relentlessly Curious
Being relentlessly and randomly curious about everything around us is something that each of us can...
2nd Dec 2021
Being relentlessly and randomly curious about everything around us is something that each of us can push ourselves to do, every waking hour, just as Leonardo did.
Passing Time
Bits from Boulder
Three true stories from the People's Republic
5th Aug 2024
Three true stories from the People's Republic
Sherman's Food...
Utopia Bagels
On our last day in NYC before an evening flight, we made the trek out into midtown searching for...
2nd Aug 2026
On our last day in NYC before an evening flight, we made the trek out into midtown searching for some bagels. The first stop was at Utopia Bagels out on East 34th Street. Founded in 1980 at its original Queens location, Utopia is known for its hand-made bagels. We made it...
Hickman's...
A Woodchuck's Daydream
In Search of a Swamp
1st Apr 2026
The Intimate Mirror
When Love Breaks Open
How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
31st Dec 2024
How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
The Ruffian
Postcard From Venice
Reflections on a Stupefying City
1st Nov 2025
Reflections on a Stupefying City
Diaries of Note
Diaries of Note: 366 Lives, One Day at a Time
A diary is a rare thing: an unfiltered space where a person can meet themselves without judgement,...
1st Jul 2025
A diary is a rare thing: an unfiltered space where a person can meet themselves without judgement, without audience, and (for most, at least) without performance. In an age of constant sharing and curated lives, the diary remains stubbornly private, gloriously unedited. It offers...
Thu Le
Why I rebuilt this site
The journey of building this site.
31st Oct 2024
The journey of building this site.
The Convivial...
Re-sourcing the Mind
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
1st Aug 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
Nat Eliason's...
Quarterly Author Update: April 2025
Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
8th Apr 2025
Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
DYNOMIGHT
Why read novels?
Why should you read novels? We tell children they’re magic carpets for the mind / exercise for the...
22nd Jan 2026
Why should you read novels? We tell children they’re magic carpets for the mind / exercise for the soul instead of the body / lighthouses in the great sea of time. But aren’t they ultimately a form of entertainment?
Many years ago, I read Crime and Punishment. Here, with no...
Scarlet Ink
Wishing for a Better Outcome Isn't a Mechanism. The COE Approach to Continual Improvement and...
Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen,...
7th Jul 2025
Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen, the right question is: Why did your system allow it? How could you have influenced that result?
Charlie Becker
Chelsea is not a metaphor.
CITS #92 | May 22, 2025
22nd May 2025
Jason Fried
Doing what you think, not what you thought
Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now...
8th Apr 2025
Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now rather than before, I get a question like this...
"If you don't have a backlog, or deep sets of prioritized, ranked items, how do you decide what to do next?"
My answer: The same...
Stoic Simple
Unleash Your Inner Sage: 5 Powerful Mindsets Fostered by Stoicism
By Michael McGill The Stoics had a name for a person who fully realized the virtues of Stoicism. A...
2nd Jun 2023
By Michael McGill The Stoics had a name for a person who fully realized the virtues of Stoicism. A person who overcame all of their personal defects to achieve a life of complete tranquility and goodness. The perfect Stoic, if you will. They referred to this person as the Stoic...
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...
6th Jan 2025
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.
Winnie Lim
[instagram]
115 months: bending towards love
we have both somewhat become more and more ourselves as we got older, and hence also more eccentric...
2nd Dec 2025
we have both somewhat become more and more ourselves as we got older, and hence also more eccentric and particular - it is not easy to adjust to each other because the other keeps changing. do we have the confidence to keep up with each other's changes, especially without knowing...
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Light
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have...
12th Apr 2023
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Bed in Summer This post is part of a series about building a house that looks and feels traditional in New Hampshire. However, this...
Winnie Lim
my strange relationship with time
I have a strange relationship with time. On one hand, I have time anxiety: the fear that time will...
12th Feb 2023
I have a strange relationship with time. On one hand, I have time anxiety: the fear that time will pass too quickly and I’ll run out of time. On the other hand,...
Laetitia@Work
Future of Work: 12 books I read in 2022
Laetitia@Work #54
13th Dec 2022
Tech and Tea
How to know the right next step when everything feels uncertain
A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering...
10th Sep 2025
A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering filmmaking
What To Cook
introducing the what to cook SHOW!!!!
I mentioned earlier this summer that I have been working on something BIG and it’s finally time to...
16th Jul 2026
I mentioned earlier this summer that I have been working on something BIG and it’s finally time to share what that something is:
I’m launching a show here on Substack!!!
What To Cook is (for now!) an eight-episode series that takes you inside our home, right into the dinnertime...
Jason Fried
Thoughts on the search for life
Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life,...
22nd Jun 2024
Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life, what is life, etc. It was a wonderfully refreshing, nourishing conversation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwhTfyX9J34
It made me want to spill out some random thoughts on the...
Both Are True
Wacky Guy One: prepping for the audition that coulda changed everything
a raw and unvarnished look at what it takes to make it in hollywood with celebrated commercial actor...
5th Dec 2023
a raw and unvarnished look at what it takes to make it in hollywood with celebrated commercial actor Alex Dobrenko
Atoms vs Bits
Optimal Suffering
If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
8th Nov 2023
If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
Diaries of Note
To day has bin a memorable day
Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in...
1st Jan 2023
Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in the city of Philadelphia. It was in 1863, aged 24, that Davis began to keep a written record of life during the Civil War in the first of three pocket diaries to have survived,...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
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...
28th Feb 2023
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...
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...
7th Jun 2021
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.
Charlie Becker
What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty
Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
13th Jun 2024
Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Hidden Power of Working on Your Goal in the Early Morning or Late Night
The intensity determines the outcome
4th Feb 2025
The intensity determines the outcome
Luxagraf:...
The Lost Coast
Driving west on Florida's highway 98 is a little like traveling back in time. It's hard to believe...
12th Apr 2023
Driving west on Florida's highway 98 is a little like traveling back in time. It's hard to believe standing amidst the crowds of Panama City Beach, but not ten miles east, once you pass through the actual Panama City, the crowds disappear, along with everything else.
After...
Mark Manson
5 Life-Changing Levels of Not Giving a Fuck
Every day, hundreds of millions of people suffer from giving too many fucks. They spend their lives...
25th Jan 2024
Every day, hundreds of millions of people suffer from giving too many fucks. They spend their lives imprisoned by meaningless anxiety and unnecessary concerns. But it doesn't have to be that way.
In this article, I'm going to walk you through the five levels of non-fuck-giving,...
bookbear express
first days of summer
"self-portrait at 28"
25th Jun 2025
What To Cook
a VERY BIG pre-order giveaway!!!!
ONE OF YOU IS WINNING A TRIP TO CARMEL!!!!
I promise I’ll stop yapping about pre-orders soon,...
14th Jul 2024
ONE OF YOU IS WINNING A TRIP TO CARMEL!!!!
I promise I’ll stop yapping about pre-orders soon, because the book will BE IN YOUR HANDS IN LESS THAN A MONTH! But until pub day on August 13th, it’s pre-order city, baby.
And to show you just how SERIOUSLY, UNENDINGLY GRATEFUL I am to...
Luxagraf:...
Goodbye Florida
In the evenings the song of whippoorwills echoes on all sides. Spring peepers croak and creak in the...
10th May 2023
In the evenings the song of whippoorwills echoes on all sides. Spring peepers croak and creak in the marsh reeds. Here and there through the trees I can catch a glimmering flicker of flames from a campfire. Only the truly committed are having fires in this heat. The air is still...
Letters of Note
It’s a masterpiece
Martin Scorsese's filmmaking idol sends some glowing feedback
14th Nov 2025
Martin Scorsese's filmmaking idol sends some glowing feedback
RhysTranter.com
The Life of Saint Pambo
Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390)...
18th Jul 2020
Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390) thought to be a disciple of St Antony. I was struck by the following passage...
Atoms vs Bits
ATVBT Survey: April
post about posts
2nd May 2025
The Convivial...
The Thing That Is Silence
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 14
31st Dec 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 14
Atoms vs Bits
The Good Sides Of Nepotism
It is very largely bad, to be clear. But the good sides are worth thinking about.
2nd Jul 2025
It is very largely bad, to be clear. But the good sides are worth thinking about.
Isabel Unraveled
how good will you let it get?
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
1st Apr 2025
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
Farza's Newsletter
started eating pea protein and wtf this makes my shakes taste like peas its literally made of...
Hello my friends.
12th Aug 2025
The Map is Mostly...
Breadcrumbs
One belief I have is that if you wish to be virtuous you will learn to eat cereal virtuously.
19th Oct 2024
One belief I have is that if you wish to be virtuous you will learn to eat cereal virtuously.
David Senra
Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind the Inditex Group
My top 10 highlights from the book:
1. Ortega has created a business model that is studied in...
1st Dec 2024
My top 10 highlights from the book:
1. Ortega has created a business model that is studied in universities he could not access.
2. “One afternoon, after school, I went with my mother to a store to buy food. The store we walked into was one of those old-time grocery stores,...
Atoms vs Bits
Is This Anything? 11
getting mad + drinking occasionally
1st Aug 2025
getting mad + drinking occasionally
Wait But Why
The Second Presidential Debate
In case you missed it, here's what happened.
The post The Second Presidential Debate appeared first...
10th Oct 2016
In case you missed it, here's what happened.
The post The Second Presidential Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
Ryan Hoover's...
Why I’m excited about profit-sharing startups
9th Jan 2024
Laetitia@Work
The Upside Down: 4 lessons about the workspace
Laetitia@Work #89
4th Dec 2025
Laetitia@Work
What future of work in a warmer world?
Laetitia@Work #60
20th Aug 2023
The Map is Mostly...
Dispatches from childhood
Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with...
23rd Feb 2023
Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with this perspective, they could not live any other way. Everything is visceral to them, and they carry this visceral interiority everywhere.
The Ruffian
Seven Features Of Post-Literate Politics
Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
3rd May 2025
Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
DYNOMIGHT
Do blue-blocking glasses improve sleep?
Back in 2017, everyone went crazy about these things:
The theory was that perhaps the pineal gland...
3rd Jul 2025
Back in 2017, everyone went crazy about these things:
The theory was that perhaps the pineal gland isn’t the principal seat of the soul after all. Maybe what it does is spit out melatonin to make you sleepy. But it only does that when it’s dark, and you spend your nights in...
Tech and Tea
A Day in the Life of a Solo-ish Builder
What my days actually look like right now, AI workflows, and some random tangents.
12th Mar 2026
What my days actually look like right now, AI workflows, and some random tangents.
Charlie Becker
Cathedral: A Short Story
Castles in the Sky #42
10th Nov 2023
The Honest Broker
In 2024, the Tension Between Macroculture and Microculture Will Turn into War
And I can already tell you who will win
6th Dec 2023
And I can already tell you who will win
Both Are True
The meet-cute (rom com, Act One)
a tale of two idiots who fell in love as told by one of those idiots, full of sound and fury,...
5th Mar 2024
a tale of two idiots who fell in love as told by one of those idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying everything
Both Are True
The worst country in the world
Besides all the other ones
4th Jul 2026
Besides all the other ones
DYNOMIGHT
Heritability puzzlers
The heritability wars have been a-raging. Watching these, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s...
7th Aug 2025
The heritability wars have been a-raging. Watching these, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s near-universal confusion about what “heritable” means. Partly, that’s because it’s a subtle concept. But it also seems relevant that almost all explanations of heritability are very,...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Five Words That Might End Your Design Career
It is rare to be confronted with a truth so obvious, so devastating, that it causes you to abandon...
6th Jan 2018
It is rare to be confronted with a truth so obvious, so devastating, that it causes you to abandon your belief system, to walk away from the thing that defines you as a person. My design career ended when I read five words.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Phone Setup 2021
An annual review of the minimal phone setup sees it considerably different from last year, yet a lot...
31st Jul 2021
An annual review of the minimal phone setup sees it considerably different from last year, yet a lot has remained the same. I am still rocking the iPhone 11 with no immediate desire to upgrade. Don't get me wrong, I think the iPhone 12 is a far better design than the 11, but I...
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Problem With Too Much Comfort
The recurring advice for writing any good story: keep the interesting parts, remove everything else....
6th Jan 2022
The recurring advice for writing any good story: keep the interesting parts, remove everything else. If you watch a good biopic, you wouldn’t want to know about their boring afternoon visit to the doctor unless it contributed to the screenplay of the movie.
bookbear express
always on your side
friendship is magic
5th May 2025
The Intimate Mirror
You Are Invited
On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
14th Jun 2026
On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
Nat Eliason's...
The Past and Future of Vibe Coding
Thoughts from 2 years of yelling at digital gods
7th Oct 2025
Thoughts from 2 years of yelling at digital gods
Farza's Newsletter
pointed my tv remote at my microwave and then i met the Beatles, wild.
What’s going well: talking to users. I used to think that talking to users meant, like, talking to...
7th Mar 2021
What’s going well: talking to users. I used to think that talking to users meant, like, talking to them on the phone. And, well, it does! That’s one way to talk to users. But, when I started Zip I wanted “talking to users” to be literally built into
DYNOMIGHT
Everything is espionage: Things I learned researching Assange
(espissange? asspionage?)
Who is this Julian Assange guy? Is he good or bad? Did he do espionage?...
14th Mar 2024
(espissange? asspionage?)
Who is this Julian Assange guy? Is he good or bad? Did he do espionage? Why is the US so obsessed with getting its hands on him?
At dynomight.net we don’t like to answer questions. Instead, we prefer to replace them with more abstract questions that we...
Diaries of Note
More of London’s madness!
Born in South Africa in 1934, Gordon Forbes was a seasoned tennis professional who clinched his...
1st Jul 2023
Born in South Africa in 1934, Gordon Forbes was a seasoned tennis professional who clinched his first junior title at the tender age of twelve, initiating a stellar career among the tennis elite. Forbes and his doubles partner, Abe Segal, formed an unstoppable force in the...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Friction by Design
What gets lost when everything is effortless?
For years, good digital design has been framed as the...
2nd Dec 2025
What gets lost when everything is effortless?
For years, good digital design has been framed as the removal of friction. Faster flows. Fewer steps. Instant feedback. Smooth, seamless interactions that disappear into the background. If something slows a user down, it’s treated as...
Winnie Lim
because we are both pessimists
It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is...
2nd Mar 2025
It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is almost 9 years, a little less than a quarter of my life....
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Polaroid, you broke my heart.
What does it feel like to be contacted by a brand you love and admire? Well, if the person reaching...
15th Sep 2015
What does it feel like to be contacted by a brand you love and admire? Well, if the person reaching out to you is a lawyer from their trademark protection team it probably feels like a kick in the gut.
DYNOMIGHT
What’s with all the slide decks?
News from the world of real jobs: Apparently, sometime between 10 and 20 years ago, it became...
13th May 2026
News from the world of real jobs: Apparently, sometime between 10 and 20 years ago, it became standard for people to communicate by sending slide decks around. These slides are never presented. They aren’t intended to be presented. They’re born, they’re sent around, and they die....
Both Are True
i have a fear of i know not what
and that's okay
20th Mar 2026
Letters of Note
I AM NOW ON CLOUD 9,000
An Elvis fan writes to her idol
a week ago
An Elvis fan writes to her idol
Scarlet Ink
How Senior Leaders Evaluate Ideas — And a Story of Amazon's 3-Year Planning Process
Ideas are valuable if they're not simply a desired outcome. A path to an outcome is the core element...
29th Jul 2024
Ideas are valuable if they're not simply a desired outcome. A path to an outcome is the core element of a good idea.
Atoms vs Bits
What Are We Doing To Ourselves
I do not find it amusing
1st May 2026
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
Why Paying for Spotify Mostly Pays Taylor Swift
Your money isn't going to the bands you love, it's going to the ones everyone else listens to.
10th Aug 2025
Your money isn't going to the bands you love, it's going to the ones everyone else listens to.
Winnie Lim
restarting from scratch
I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini...
5th May 2023
I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini celebration with my partner. I am not sure if I overdid it, but...
Jason Fried
Subjectivity in productivity
Precision. Certainty. Specificity. Everyone wants to know exactly what and exactly when, and they...
23rd Jan 2025
Precision. Certainty. Specificity. Everyone wants to know exactly what and exactly when, and they want a statistic attached to corroborate it.
But numbers are rarely answers — just as projects are rarely math problems.
Where are we in this process exactly?
How far along in this...
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on...
4th Mar 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on various topics.
Passing Time
Respecting Repose
There's a difference between noise and sound.
29th Mar 2022
There's a difference between noise and sound.
Winnie Lim
scenes from tsukiji & asakusa
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at...
1st Dec 2023
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at 740am because I read that the crowds will start to get crazy at...
Winnie Lim
the answer I must seek
My partner pitter patters around the house constantly, always looking for something to do, always...
1st Sep 2024
My partner pitter patters around the house constantly, always looking for something to do, always scheming up some new creative project of hers. Being with her is an ongoing lesson and reminder...
Passing Time
How I passed the time in 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
28th Dec 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
Charlie Becker
Thought Bananas (Castles in the Sky) 23
“Failing is not the end of growth”
13th Jan 2023
“Failing is not the end of growth”
The Works in...
Links in Progress: Snakebites, Pig Hearts, and More
A round up of the most important things happening in biotechnology and medicine
3rd Feb 2025
A round up of the most important things happening in biotechnology and medicine
Tech and Tea
Building Community Tech
Three recent community tech builds, lessons from vibe coding, and rediscovering the joy of building
8th Nov 2025
Three recent community tech builds, lessons from vibe coding, and rediscovering the joy of building
Passing Time
As Wild as It Gets
Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow.
13th Aug 2025
Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow.
The Tao Of Wealth
The True Meaning Of Concentration
Q: My sweet beloved Mother, I read in the Conversations: “Concentration alone will lead you to this...
24th Jan 2020
Q: My sweet beloved Mother, I read in the Conversations: “Concentration alone will lead you to this goal.” Should one increase the time of meditation? Concentration does not mean meditation; on the contrary, concentration is a state one must be in continuously, whatever the outer...
Laetitia@Work
Women’s Experience Trap
Laetitia@Work #82
13th Jun 2025
The Intimate Mirror
Buddhism Consumed
The Unbundling of Dharma by Secular Materialism
5th Mar 2025
The Unbundling of Dharma by Secular Materialism
Daily Stoic
HIRING: Fulfillment Manager – Daily Stoic
About the Role We’re hiring an on-site Fulfillment Manager to lead day-to-day shipping operations...
31st Jan 2026
About the Role We’re hiring an on-site Fulfillment Manager to lead day-to-day shipping operations for The Painted Porch Bookshop and Daily Stoic e-commerce products. This person will manage the fulfillment team, ensure orders go out accurately and on time, and continuously...
DYNOMIGHT
Optimizing tea: An N=4 experiment
Tea is a little-known beverage, consumed for flavor or sometimes for conjectured effects as a...
5th Jun 2025
Tea is a little-known beverage, consumed for flavor or sometimes for conjectured effects as a stimulant. It’s made by submerging the leaves of C. Sinensis in hot water. But how hot should the water be?
To resolve this, I brewed the same tea at four different temperatures, brought...
Jason Fried
Questions and Answers vs. Features and Benefits
When making products, you can think of them as a collection of features or answers.
Some people may...
12th Sep 2024
When making products, you can think of them as a collection of features or answers.
Some people may say "you mean features or benefits?" No, I mean answers. Answers are counterpoints to questions people have in their heads. Answers fill holes, answers snap into sockets. Benefits...
The Prism
30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
5th May 2024
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
Luxagraf:...
Blanco
I've never been much of a car driver. I had one in high school, but pretty shortly after I got a...
11th Mar 2026
I've never been much of a car driver. I had one in high school, but pretty shortly after I got a truck and never looked back. Trucks are an entirely different, and better, driving experience. You get an elevated view of the world, and the drive is more relaxed, like you're...
Luxagraf:...
Mobile Bay
We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go...
20th Mar 2024
We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go to New Orleans, and then up into the Ozarks, before heading back up to Wisconsin for the summer, but given how mild the winter turned out to be, we decided to press north sooner...
Daniel Bourke
Imagination misused
You gotta have a level of conviction that it’ll happen. That whatever you’re trying to do will...
2nd Aug 2026
You gotta have a level of conviction that it’ll happen. That whatever you’re trying to do will happen. That it’ll all work out.
And it will.
I mean hell the same energy that turns seeds into forests is within you.
I am continually amazed
The Honest Broker
I'm Recommending 12 New YouTube Videos
Let's support indie voices instead of Netflix
1st Feb 2026
Let's support indie voices instead of Netflix
bookbear express
How they made it: The Molehill's Viv Chen on career transitions and fashion writing
creativity, security, and changing careers in your late 20s
4th Mar 2025
creativity, security, and changing careers in your late 20s
Atoms vs Bits
Namespace Clashes
what's in a name?
5th Jan 2026
Atoms vs Bits
If Not Could Not
Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at...
10th Apr 2024
Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at selling things." Well, that's nice: the job is all about selling things, so someone good at selling things would indeed be a good fit.
The Works in...
The antibody factory
If antibodies were cheaper, they could prevent millions of deaths from rabies, malaria, and dengue.
1st Oct 2025
If antibodies were cheaper, they could prevent millions of deaths from rabies, malaria, and dengue.
The Convivial...
The Waters of Lethe Flow From Our Digital Streams
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
20th Mar 2025
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
Nat Eliason's...
The Most Useful Feedback Hurts
Plus a sci-fi novel update
14th Aug 2024
Plus a sci-fi novel update
The Convivial...
Eye to Eye
"Is This Anything?"
5th Jun 2023
Hickman's...
A Rural Public Transit Odyssey
Across New York's North Country by Rural Transit Bus
5th Jun 2025
Across New York's North Country by Rural Transit Bus
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...
4th Nov 2017
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...
Laetitia@Work
Rethinking work and HR for 100-year lives
Laetitia@Work #86
9th Oct 2025
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...
19th May 2020
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....
Mark Manson
Why We Do Things We Hate
Many of us harbor a deep-seated desire to adopt a particular identity, often picturing ourselves as...
12th Oct 2023
Many of us harbor a deep-seated desire to adopt a particular identity, often picturing ourselves as something that we are not.
For example, I've longed to be a surfer for years. The idea fascinated me so much that I even booked several weeks of surf lessons in Costa Rica.
Surfing...
The Ruffian
How To Choose Your Nemesis
What Makes a Rivalry Productive?
6th Dec 2025
What Makes a Rivalry Productive?
Letters of Note
Do you think I shall ever write a really good book?
On this day in letters
1st Oct 2025
Daniel Bourke
30 years old
I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool.
Being 9 years old and...
9th Sep 2023
I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool.
Being 9 years old and telling my mum how excited I was to turn ten.
Double digits!
I feel the same way about 29 to 30.
I hardly even got used to saying I’
Passing Time
The Illusion of Solitude
Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
1st Nov 2024
Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
Atoms vs Bits
Short Posts
Why are posts so long?
14th Feb 2024
The Works in...
One week left to apply for Invisible College 2026
Our residential seminar for 18–22 year olds was such a success that we are running it again. Apply...
1st May 2026
Our residential seminar for 18–22 year olds was such a success that we are running it again. Apply this week or forever hold your peace.
RhysTranter.com
Keeping Silence
Saturday afternoon. Revisiting Merton, Newman, and this from Madeleine Delbrêl…
11th May 2024
Saturday afternoon. Revisiting Merton, Newman, and this from Madeleine Delbrêl…
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...
7th Aug 2024
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...
Farza's Newsletter
me n Krillin just grabbed starbucks
Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two...
18th Jan 2021
Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two weeks. So, that’s pretty wild. Just working hard to execute now. Create curriculum. Hire teachers. Scheudle classes. Add the necessary features to the product. All that jazz :).
Passing Time
Alpine Starts
You need all the hours you can get— you better start early (or go very late).
8th May 2023
You need all the hours you can get— you better start early (or go very late).
The Ruffian
How - and Why - To Read...
...in a World That's Giving Up On It
4th Jan 2025
...in a World That's Giving Up On It
Atoms vs Bits
Developing An Intuition For Georgism
WIRED published our weird ramblings on Land; here's the even weirder ramblings.
4th May 2023
WIRED published our weird ramblings on Land; here's the even weirder ramblings.
Both Are True
how to write about the vulnerable stuff your family doesn't know about (and other fun easy topics...
therapy for writers // batcave live #001 w special guest Isabel Cowles Murphy
1st May 2025
therapy for writers // batcave live #001 w special guest Isabel Cowles Murphy
Hickman's...
To Heal an Ancient Schism
A Letter from a Catholic to an Eastern Orthodox Christian
8th Mar 2025
A Letter from a Catholic to an Eastern Orthodox Christian
Passing Time
A Wednesday at Arapahoe Lakes
Not because it's there, but, instead, to feel something
6th Apr 2023
Not because it's there, but, instead, to feel something
Winnie Lim
43
I wrote this time last year that I felt like I was coping better than the year before. This year I...
6th Apr 2024
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...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Hidden Weaknesses and Outsourced Risk
The benefits of not asking for help (even when you desperately need it)
9th Jan 2016
The benefits of not asking for help (even when you desperately need it)
The Map is Mostly...
Agency and Schooling (and gardening)
Dear friends, Over at Palladium I have written School is Not Enough. The beginning may be familiar...
7th Jun 2023
Dear friends, Over at Palladium I have written School is Not Enough. The beginning may be familiar to some readers, the post is an elaboration of my thinking about agency. I speak a bit more about the problem, and potential solutions. I leave it implicit that I find it this very...
Unfiltered by Tim...
You Don't Want to Be Rich, You Want Independence
“Autonomy is wealth”
2nd May 2025
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...
27th Jun 2024
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...
Passing Time
Sweatshop Labor and the Exploitation Problem
Labor faces a coordination problem: the actors involved can’t reach a better moral position via...
23rd Jul 2022
Labor faces a coordination problem: the actors involved can’t reach a better moral position via unilateral action.
Both Are True
Love myself? Knowing what I know?
A lunchtime meditation on whether 'being the best' is even a real thing
9th Jul 2024
A lunchtime meditation on whether 'being the best' is even a real thing
Luxagraf:...
First Snow
Snow brings a stillness to the world. Life hides away, burrowed under, tucked in. Sound is muted,...
11th Dec 2024
Snow brings a stillness to the world. Life hides away, burrowed under, tucked in. Sound is muted, lost in the hush of falling flakes. Only the soft brush of wind through the pines.
I would like to say that Winter's first snow dumped a substantive number of feet, but it did not....
Vittles
The Best Place to Eat Cypriot Food in the UK
Alex Mylonas maps the movement of four fine souvlatzidika out of north London and into Potters Bar....
3rd Oct 2025
Alex Mylonas maps the movement of four fine souvlatzidika out of north London and into Potters Bar. Photographed by Michaël Protin.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Bandwidth
I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too...
3rd Oct 2023
I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too quickly for my liking, but that's also because I'm nearing an age of self-reflection, but let's not go there! I enjoy routine and with that, life can get a little hazy albeit...
DYNOMIGHT
Why the chicken crossed the road, according to various entities
When I started this blog, I promised myself that I would always steer into weirdness. (As they say,...
4th Dec 2025
When I started this blog, I promised myself that I would always steer into weirdness. (As they say, “Get busy being weird, or get busy dying.”) While time has shown there are limits to what y’all will tolerate [1 2 3 4], I still sometimes feel an uncontrollable need to publish...
Atoms vs Bits
There's a New Country Ranking and You're Not Going to Like it
What makes Israel, Qatar, and the Faroe Islands so great?
2nd Dec 2024
What makes Israel, Qatar, and the Faroe Islands so great?
The Prism
40 Useful Concepts (Spring 2023)
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
17th Mar 2023
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
Passing Time
Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks
Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
9th Feb 2023
Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
Einbürgerungsantragsjubiläum
A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants...
19th May 2026
A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants the country says it needs.
Atoms vs Bits
Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters
Some newsletters just tell you the same few concepts again, and again, and again
5th Apr 2023
Some newsletters just tell you the same few concepts again, and again, and again
Charlie Becker
Nothing shifted. | #106
Dispatches from vacation Summer 2026
3rd Jul 2026
Dispatches from vacation Summer 2026
What To Cook
cooking with caro (and thrive!): smoky mole chicken enchiladas
Thanks to everyone who joined for today’s Substack live cooking demo — if you couldn’t make it, find...
27th Apr 2026
Thanks to everyone who joined for today’s Substack live cooking demo — if you couldn’t make it, find a full replay above!
In the demo, I cooked smoky mole chicken enchiladas with lime crema, a recipe that turns a few humble pantry staples (peanut butter, chocolate chips,...
Daniel Bourke
Superglue and milk
We walked out of the movies and it was still daylight.
I helped Dad get onto the escalators.
He...
3rd Mar 2024
We walked out of the movies and it was still daylight.
I helped Dad get onto the escalators.
He moves slower than most.
It keeps me in check when I’m steaming along.
Walking into the movies I looked at the time.
We were late.
Friday afternoon traffic.
So
Charlie Becker
If you let it, AI will prompt you.
Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers to Castles in the Sky!
9th Sep 2024
Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers to Castles in the Sky!
The Honest Broker
How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult?
Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
3rd Jul 2024
Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
Wait But Why
Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.
The post Neuralink and the...
20th Apr 2017
I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.
The post Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future appeared first on Wait But Why.
Winnie Lim
2025: may I have an uneventful year
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to...
12th Jan 2025
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to progress uneventfully. I first started using the word “uneventful”...
The Map is Mostly...
A lot with a little
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool,...
10th Mar 2023
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool, King Lear Some works are better for their brevity. Fan Ho needs very little: Most of the image is black, or blurry. You can scarcely tell what materials you’re looking at. But the...
Charlie Becker
Living the Questions, Reading the Clown-Arounds
Embracing the Trivial in a World Obsessed with Takeaways
12th Aug 2024
Embracing the Trivial in a World Obsessed with Takeaways
Jason Crawford
The lessons of Xanadu
One of my all-time favorite articles is “The Curse of Xanadu,” by Gary Wolf, which ran in WIRED...
7th Aug 2022
One of my all-time favorite articles is “The Curse of Xanadu,” by Gary Wolf, which ran in WIRED Magazine in 1995. On the surface, it’s a piece of tech history, a story of a dramatic failure. But look closer, and you can find deep philosophical insight.
Xanadu was a grand vision...
Winnie Lim
experimenting with Obsidian
Books have radically changed my life. One of the original purposes of this website was to share the...
1st Jul 2023
Books have radically changed my life. One of the original purposes of this website was to share the learnings I had from them – read through my personal lenses, layered with the...
Both Are True
the bravest thing you can do this 4th of july
if america is so bold, why aren't you?
4th Jul 2025
if america is so bold, why aren't you?
Atoms vs Bits
Feedback Loops Rule Everything Around Me
Feeeeed meeee
3rd Nov 2025
Wait But Why
How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You)
Our career path is how we spend our time, support our lifestyles, make our impact, even define our...
12th Apr 2018
Our career path is how we spend our time, support our lifestyles, make our impact, even define our identity. Let’s make sure we’re on the right track.
The post How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) appeared first on Wait But Why.
Sherman's Food...
Selene Aegean Bistro
Here we go with another restaurant on my "to eat at" list but it has taken me until now to actually...
2nd May 2026
Here we go with another restaurant on my "to eat at" list but it has taken me until now to actually pay them a visit. When Bluebeard and Nikita wanted to meet up for dinner, it was as good as any time to suggest Selene Aegean Bistro out on Pentiction at Hastings. Not be...
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...
8th Jan 2023
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...
Both Are True
'all food is unhealthy' and other dumb shit I believe about cooking
Some strange realizations I had while making some truly delicious fuckin yum yum food from Hungry as...
2nd Nov 2023
Some strange realizations I had while making some truly delicious fuckin yum yum food from Hungry as Hell, the new cookbook by Michelle Albanes-Davis that I highly recommend !
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