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The Honest Broker
I Receive a Letter from a High School Student I share this dispatch from 11th grade in its entirety
a year ago
Paul Cudenec
The Big Plan and the Great Gaslighting Earlier this year I published an essay about “modernisation” in post-WW2 France which exposed how it...
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3 months ago
Earlier this year I published an essay about “modernisation” in post-WW2 France which exposed how it was part of a deliberate strategy of dispossession and control.
Both Are True
due to sick, today's batwrite is cancelled next batwrites are Wed and Thur of this week and there are links for you to register here
2 weeks ago
Paul Cudenec
The global mafia and its designs on Africa Rwanda has in recent years become an important nerve-centre for the global criminocracy’s...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Rwanda has in recent years become an important nerve-centre for the global criminocracy’s financial-imperialist designs on Africa, as I set out in an August 2023 article entitled ‘Cogs of corruption and control’.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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?
Scarlet Ink
Dave's Path to Amazon — And He Makes Fun of the Midwest My path to Amazon wasn't obvious, or all that intentional. But it changed my life forever.
9 months ago
Paul Cudenec
For localism and the love of humanity I have been writing a lot recently about Zionism, as is sadly unavoidable for anyone genuinely...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
I have been writing a lot recently about Zionism, as is sadly unavoidable for anyone genuinely intent on exploring and exposing the nature of the single global mafia.
Diaries of Note
Look! Land! From May to November of 1876, Philadelphia hosted the Centennial International Exhibition, a world...
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over a year ago
From May to November of 1876, Philadelphia hosted the Centennial International Exhibition, a world fair that attracted ten million visitors keen to marvel at the innovations, cultures, and achievements presented by thirty-seven countries. For China, this represented a unique...
Luxagraf:...
Fly Navy The one upside to getting kicked out of Fort Pickens for a storm that never hit, was meeting the...
a year ago
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a year ago
The one upside to getting kicked out of Fort Pickens for a storm that never hit, was meeting the pilot. The bus, wherever it goes, is conspicuous. It is especially conspicuous in the middle of an otherwise empty parking lot. Next to the parking lot was a collection of condos,...
Scarlet Ink
Work Enemies: Actions You Can Take to Protect Yourself From Bad Relationships You won't always get along with your co-workers. What can you do to protect yourself?
10 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Stepping Inside Hallucinations The cake tilted precariously as I stumbled into my parents bedroom. Panic gripped me as I tried to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The cake tilted precariously as I stumbled into my parents bedroom. Panic gripped me as I tried to steady the massive cake.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Mental Spacecraft: Two Contradictory Views from Space Fifty years after humanity’s first steps on the moon seems like a good excuse to imagine the view...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Fifty years after humanity’s first steps on the moon seems like a good excuse to imagine the view from space. You are floating, weightless, taking in the beauty of Earth, a tiny blue marble dangling below. An umbilical cord tethers you to your spacecraft.
Charlie Becker
How I Make Room for the Year The first of a three part series marking the transition from 2024 to 2025
5 months ago
Rubenerd
Ten pointless facts regarding me David over at Forking Mad+ did one of those blog post challenges I thought looked like fun. Do you...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
David over at Forking Mad+ did one of those blog post challenges I thought looked like fun. Do you floss your teeth? Yes, several of them! An accident when I was a kid left me with crooked teeth and little choice. Tea, coffee, or water? That’d be great, thanks. Footwear...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Three Designs, All Invisible The first invisible design hides in plain sight. It is as transparent as a window, allowing the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The first invisible design hides in plain sight. It is as transparent as a window, allowing the meaning to shine through. When properly executed, it never draws attention to itself.
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...
over a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
Why make something beautiful? on starting a rose garden
4 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Amsterdam, gaslighting and the horrible truth In terms of what physically happened, the much-publicised events in Amsterdam last week don’t amount...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
In terms of what physically happened, the much-publicised events in Amsterdam last week don’t amount to much.
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Social Anxiety: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Thu Le
Pen and paper The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
2 months ago
The Prism
Debunking Lies About Israel Some difficult truths
a year ago
Left To Write
Stoicism: The Philosophy I Use To Guide Me Through Life Last week, I had a Zoom call with someone from Daniel Vassallo’s Small Bets community. The person —...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Last week, I had a Zoom call with someone from Daniel Vassallo’s Small Bets community. The person — let’s call him B — was leaving a cushy tech job and wanted to give the whole solopreneur thing a try. So given my background, B wanted insights into how I deal with uncertainty.
journal – Winnie Lim
messy thoughts while in hong kong I haven’t been well since my birth day. The very next day I woke up with elevated heart rate again –...
a year ago
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a year ago
I haven’t been well since my birth day. The very next day I woke up with elevated heart rate again – I am more aware of this because I use a bunch...
Diaries of Note
People who gush at me and don’t really like me Antonia White, born Eirene Botting in 1899, was a British writer who won plaudits for Frost in May,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Antonia White, born Eirene Botting in 1899, was a British writer who won plaudits for Frost in May, a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1933 in which her experiences in a Catholic convent school were vividly depicted. At this point in her life, White had been married three...
Diaries of Note
I will strive not to lose my temper easily Born in The Netherlands in 1926, Moshe Ze’ev Flinker was a Jewish teenager whose family fled to...
a year ago
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a year ago
Born in The Netherlands in 1926, Moshe Ze’ev Flinker was a Jewish teenager whose family fled to Brussels in 1942 to escape Nazi persecution. It was there, in November, that 16-year-old Flinker began to keep the diary for which he is now remembered: a deeply personal record of the...
Ryan Hoover's...
How Has Turntable.fm Grown So Rapidly With No Marketing?
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Are There Alternating Cycles of Hot and Cool in American Cultural History? (Part 2 of 2) I grew up in a cool culture. But that era has now ended. Right now, we are clearly sizzling in the...
over a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
Slow Habits Change without Force
11 months ago
The Map is Mostly...
How to Cook for Odysseus Health is not merely about one’s diet, but it feels like a natural place to start. What follows are...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Health is not merely about one’s diet, but it feels like a natural place to start. What follows are a few beliefs of my own.
DYNOMIGHT
My 16-month theanine self-experiment The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now sold as a nutritional supplement for anxiety or mood or memory. Many people try theanine and report wow or great for ADHD or cured my (social) anxiety or changing my life. And it’s...
Stoic Simple
Can Stoicism Help Us Improve Our Mental Health? . Stoicism is an ancient philosophical school of thought that originated in Athens, Greece, in the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
. Stoicism is an ancient philosophical school of thought that originated in Athens, Greece, in the early 3rd century BCE. It emphasizes the importance of self-control, rational thinking, and resilience, which are all essential qualities for promoting mental well-being....
Stoic Simple
How Stoicism Helps Us Conquer & Overcome Fear Fear is a natural part of the human experience. It can be a powerful motivator, helping us avoid...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Fear is a natural part of the human experience. It can be a powerful motivator, helping us avoid danger and stay safe. However, fear can also hold us back from achieving our goals and living our best lives. But what if there was a way to conquer fear, to rise above it and become...
Passing Time
A Morning and Night in the Desert These moments in time seem to have a higher density than usual.
over a year ago
Both Are True
this is some real game of thrones shit this season of USA is insane
12 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were crushed or drowned as their sleeping quarters filled with water after the collision. At the heart of the tragedy is a single checkbox on a touchscreen. This is the untold story of...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Seeking Good Light There used to be a small park just off a Colorado highway down in the Big Thompson Canyon. If you...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There used to be a small park just off a Colorado highway down in the Big Thompson Canyon. If you stopped there you would usually see several photographers pointing their cameras at the glow of pre-married couples, the awkward smiles of pimply high school seniors, or toddlers...
Diaries of Note
Art is local On 24th October 1967, American painter Raphael Soyer found himself standing amidst a lifetime of his...
a year ago
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a year ago
On 24th October 1967, American painter Raphael Soyer found himself standing amidst a lifetime of his creations at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born in Russia in 1899, Soyer emigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1912, eventually becoming a prominent figure in the Social...
Jason Fried
Hooks, towel bars, and software Strangely, a recent bathroom renovation crystalized my perspective on product development. When...
a year ago
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a year ago
Strangely, a recent bathroom renovation crystalized my perspective on product development. When being asked to choose between towel hooks or a towel bar, the choice was obvious: Hooks, of course. Hooks take up no space. Towel bars suck up space. Hooks hold towels no matter how...
Nat Eliason's...
Preorder My Sci-Fi Novel, Husk A limited time, first-edition signed hardcover with bonuses
3 months ago
The Prism
23 Truths I Wish I Knew at 23 But which are never too late to learn
a year ago
Both Are True
locker room talk all of us different, all of us same
2 months ago
The Honest Broker
"I Told Three Big Lies That Changed My Life" A story from the comments section
11 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
Proof You Can Do Hard Things An Essential Piece to Your Life Resume
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Heavy rains have fallen On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end...
a year ago
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a year ago
On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end in Jonestown, Guyana, in a mass murder-suicide orchestrated by their leader, Jim Jones. Among the victims was Edith Roller. Born in Colorado in 1915, she had worked at San...
Daniel Bourke
Nutrify Goes to School (V1) 📸 -> 🍌 @ 🏫 | Whole Food Education for Schools
8 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Values
11 months ago
Diaries of Note
How easy it is to say the wrong thing! Hugh Gaitskell found himself at the centre of an unintended media storm in November 1947, shortly...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hugh Gaitskell found himself at the centre of an unintended media storm in November 1947, shortly after being appointed as Britain’s Minister of Fuel and Power. In a speech addressing the stark realities of post-war austerity and fuel conservation, a comment about personal...
Thu Le
Things I have changed my mind about lately On some perspectives of mine that have shifted over time.
4 months ago
The Map is Mostly...
The King and the Hermit Dear friends, there is a tale, Long ago there lived a king who had two sons. Both children were...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Dear friends, there is a tale, Long ago there lived a king who had two sons. Both children were overindulgent in spending and habits, and the king was much vexed by this careless nature. Being very old, he worried that after his death they would shortly blunder away their...
Stoic Simple
Becoming a Better Leader with Stoicism: The Stoic Leadership Lessons Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that originated in Greece in the 3rd century B.C. It is a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that originated in Greece in the 3rd century B.C. It is a philosophy that emphasizes the development of emotional resilience, personal ethics, and wisdom. Stoicism has gained popularity in recent years as an effective tool for personal growth,...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Marriage: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next What exactly did the ancient Stoics think about marriage? It's true, there isn't a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Previous Next What exactly did the ancient Stoics think about marriage? It's true, there isn't a huge amount of quotes to find from them specifically about marriage, although there are plenty about love, relationships and caring for people in our lives. It's worth keeping in mind...
Farza's Newsletter
me and george lucas just made a sound cloud hit Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my thoughts here, ignore this :). — I hear this really often from friends: I am currently doing X I really really want to do Y In order for me to leave X to do Y, I need to first do A, B,...
The Ruffian
If Gervais and Chappelle are so unfunny why are they so popular? An enquiry into the nature of comedy
a year ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Nagoya for the first time Yesterday we took the Shinkansen fron Tōkyō to Nagoya, a city I’ve never been to before. Clara had...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Yesterday we took the Shinkansen fron Tōkyō to Nagoya, a city I’ve never been to before. Clara had been for a brief stopover, but hadn’t seen much of it beyond its port. Much of yesterday’s post may have been spent extolling the virtues of high-speed trains before I even got to...
Diaries of Note
An impossible scene in the real past For a period of eighty days, beginning on 14th October 1964, Russian-American novelist Vladimir...
a year ago
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a year ago
For a period of eighty days, beginning on 14th October 1964, Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov kept a diary devoted exclusively to his dreams. Drawing inspiration from J.W. Dunne’s influential 1927 work, An Experiment with Time, Nabokov embarked on this introspective...
Jason Fried
The Teenage Engineering TP-7 I finally picked up a Teenage Engineering TP-7. I've been experimenting with dictating random ideas...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
I finally picked up a Teenage Engineering TP-7. I've been experimenting with dictating random ideas lately. And while the phone is typically more convenient, I wanted to have a separate recorder on my desk. The TP-7 is an absolutely charming piece of hardware. Reminds me of all...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
White Space You’ve probably heard the term ‘white space’ before, which is also often referred to as negative...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
You’ve probably heard the term ‘white space’ before, which is also often referred to as negative space and is used widely in digital and print design. It is the portion of a canvas left unmarked: margins, gutters, and space between columns, lines of type, graphics, figures, or...
Luxagraf:...
St. Andrews Leaving Fort Pickens made me a little sad. We've spent so much time here over the years its started...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Leaving Fort Pickens made me a little sad. We've spent so much time here over the years its started to feel like one of our many homes. But there are time limits. We can't stay any more this season, and with our current plans we probably won't be back for several years. I'll miss...
The Honest Broker
The Parable of Anna Akhmatova Who is more powerful, the artist or the dictator?
6 months ago
Diaries of Note
A duty, not a pleasure John Fowles was twenty-three when he wrote this journal entry in 1949. Just a few years after...
a year ago
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a year ago
John Fowles was twenty-three when he wrote this journal entry in 1949. Just a few years after spending two years in the military, he was now navigating his final year at Oxford, and as the festive season descended he found himself back at home, enveloped in the annual Christmas...
Paul Cudenec
Starmer's regime declares war on nature All that talk by the world’s biggest polluters about going “green” and wanting to “save the planet”...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
All that talk by the world’s biggest polluters about going “green” and wanting to “save the planet” has always been a transparent fraud.
The Ruffian
Why you should only trust people with imposter syndrome Or how to tell the difference between Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Today is Mother’s Day Born in the Brazilian town of Sacramento in 1914, Carolina Maria de Jesus was unemployed and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Born in the Brazilian town of Sacramento in 1914, Carolina Maria de Jesus was unemployed and pregnant when she moved to the favela of Canindé, São Paulo in 1947. There, living with her children in a wooden shack and working as a scrap collector, she faced seemingly insurmountable...
bookbear express
Dear Bear: do you feel doubts about your unconventional career path? + matchmaking results mostly out
2 months ago
Both Are True
How close we got to having an 8th day of the week (and other new truths learned during E1 and E2 of... Season One, Week One: A Recap
a year ago
Passing Time
How to improve traffic efficiency and save time Why merging early when there is a lane closure makes YOU the asshole
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
first impressions of khao yai Khao Yai is about 2 – 3 hours drive from bangkok airport. For the past few years we usually go to...
4 days ago
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4 days ago
Khao Yai is about 2 – 3 hours drive from bangkok airport. For the past few years we usually go to places where we don’t have to drive because I tend to...
Charlie Becker
Becoming an adult, one toddler tantrum at a time. A letter from a father
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Why Love Songs Are Badass And how to read Sappho
11 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
The Product Hunt Shop is Now Open
over a year ago
Passing Time
Pave the 14ers We must democratize access to 14ers.
over a year ago
Passing Time
On Resting They say running is cheaper than therapy...
a year ago
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 27 Next Big Steps
over a year ago
Passing Time
Overthrowing Overstimulation Making time to do nothing doesn’t have to be in pursuit of the profound
over a year ago
Charlie Becker
The Third Year Online Creator Playbook How I'm going to have my most productive and creative year yet
a year ago
The Prism
The Riddle of Luigi Mangione My encounter with the alleged CEO killer
6 months ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
How To Make Enough Money to Retire in the Next 5 Years It isn’t obvious, despite the hype.
6 months ago
Jason Fried
Separation In my experience, a key skill to develop is the ability to separate one thing from another. To...
a year ago
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a year ago
In my experience, a key skill to develop is the ability to separate one thing from another. To prevent the small from becoming the all. Take a policy, for example. Could be a government, or a school, or a home owner’s association, or something at work. Whatever it is, you don’t...
Daniel Bourke
Copying Tesla's Data Engine (for food images) A cooking recipe for building Nutrify's data engine.
over a year ago
Passing Time
What Makes a Local? Eventually, I'll be a local of somewhere
10 months ago
The Honest Broker
Who Was Kid Bailey? I try to solve the last big mystery of the Delta blues
11 months ago
The Convivial...
Secularization Comes For the Religion of Technology (Audio Version) The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
a year ago
Left To Write
A Slight Change In Cadence A small tweak in the essay newsletter for a better creative future
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Could Any Other Jazz Trumpeter Match Up with Louis Armstrong in the 1930s? The short answer is no—but these eight horn players came close
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
blog questions challenge Though I’ve already done something similar for people & blogs, I thought it could be interesting to...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Though I’ve already done something similar for people & blogs, I thought it could be interesting to answer similar questions in a different slice of time after being tagged by Naz Hamid...
The Prism
Avoiding the Automation of your Heart A correspondence with Freya India
3 months ago
Diaries of Note
Hot weather is the mother of procrastination Although Thomas Edison filled numerous notebooks with writings pertaining to his groundbreaking...
a year ago
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a year ago
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...
Scarlet Ink
How I Transformed Amazon's Internal Transfer Process Anecdotes, ranting, and some personal philosophy.
7 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
Links for April (1) Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi You probably heard that Colossal Biosciences recently reconstructed...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
(1) Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi You probably heard that Colossal Biosciences recently reconstructed the DNA of dire wolves and created live dire wolves, bringing them back from extinction. But have you heard that also they did no such thing and you’re a bunch of chumps? Jeremy...
Passing Time
The Daily Pancake A pancake in the morning feels indulgent... but every day?
a month ago
Diaries of Note
You have to see it On 6th December 1912, at the ancient site of Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, a team led by German...
a year ago
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a year ago
On 6th December 1912, at the ancient site of Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, a team led by German Egyptologist Ludwig Borchardt made a remarkable discovery: they uncovered a workshop once belonging to Thutmose—more formally known as ‘The King’s Favorite and Master of Works, the Sculptor...
Passing Time
27 Things I know
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Functional Energy Maintenance Are you as glad as I am that December is here? November did its best to bring me down. A pinched...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Are you as glad as I am that December is here? November did its best to bring me down. A pinched nerve derailed my running. There was an unexpected death in the family. Then there was the typical stress of interstate travel over Thanksgiving. And just as the worst of it seemed to...
Unfiltered by Tim...
Break Society's Money Rules If You Want to Be a Quiet Millionaire And never worry about money again
7 months ago
Charlie Becker
The Virtue of Tourism Castles in the Sky #40
a year ago
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...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
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,
The Works in...
Links in Progress: Should we give babies the vote? And births rise in South Korea
5 months ago
Wait But Why
What’s Our Problem? a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But Why website The post What’s Our Problem? appeared first on Wait But Why.
Stoic Simple
What Does Stoicism Teach About Fate and Destiny? Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for centuries, with roots that can be traced back to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for centuries, with roots that can be traced back to ancient Greece. It is a philosophy that emphasizes personal ethics, logic, and rationality, which are often used to help individuals cope with the hardships and unpredictability of...
The Ruffian
Seduced By The Machine Why We Allow Apps and Corporations To Tell Us How To Live
a year ago
Both Are True
switching to a "dumb" phone made me feel pretty dang smart the Light Phone diaries
a year ago
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
Charlie Becker
If you let it, AI will prompt you. Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers to Castles in the Sky!
10 months ago
Charlie Becker
CATHEDRAL | Chapter One - Four Years Out Cathedral | Castles in the Sky #60
a year ago
Charlie Becker
Orson Welles as Falstaff on Late Night TV This post is in the Notebook - my digital workshop for anecdotes, links, excerpts, sketches, lists,...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
This post is in the Notebook - my digital workshop for anecdotes, links, excerpts, sketches, lists, and anything else I want to explore in brief, revisit later, or post for reference.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
ML® Wallpaper Pack Since the relaunch of minimalism.com, where we created a series of technical drawings inspired by...
a year ago
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a year ago
Since the relaunch of minimalism.com, where we created a series of technical drawings inspired by some iconic and beautifully designed objects to the homepage modules, I wanted to further explore this line art direction. So I continued my collaboration with Bakir Fazlic to...
The Convivial...
Lonely Surfaces: On AI-generated Images The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 20
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
VERITAS Subsidies For Media Support media, better.
a month ago
Diaries of Note
Now all is gone For a period of four years, beginning in 1860, William Henry Brewer travelled the length and breadth...
a year ago
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a year ago
For a period of four years, beginning in 1860, William Henry Brewer travelled the length and breadth of California as part of the state’s first official geological survey, his role as the survey’s principal assistant providing him with a unique vantage point from which to...
Both Are True
can everyone kindly shut the fuck up about AI The robots aren't coming, but the people who can't shut the fuck up about them are already here.
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
dining in the cold as a former comfort addict (& thanks for the comments) The perks of searching for outdoor places to dine at is that we discover and experience places we...
a year ago
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a year ago
The perks of searching for outdoor places to dine at is that we discover and experience places we normally wouldn’t. Today we had coffee at a cafe with an amazing riverside view:...
The Ruffian
Why Margaret Thatcher Didn't Jump The Difference Between Charisma and Charm
a year ago
Farza's Newsletter
drinking chai with xi jinping talking about the nintendo gamecube Obsession is a pretty powerful thing. It’s awesome how you can get obsessed with something and spend...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Obsession is a pretty powerful thing. It’s awesome how you can get obsessed with something and spend all your energy just being obsessed with that thing. Some of my favorite musicians are like that. Matt Bellamy from Muse would always talk about how he’s just been obsessed with...
The Ruffian
Best of The Ruffian 2024 Catch-up service:
6 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Two Imaginary Cages One mouse, one bird, and two cages. A grim parable for modern workers.
over a year ago
The Tao Of Wealth
The Meaning Of “Om” With the help of “Om” one can realize the Divine. “Om” has a transformative power. “Om” represents...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
With the help of “Om” one can realize the Divine. “Om” has a transformative power. “Om” represents the Divine. They say that all the aspirations of the world when going towards the Divine make “Om”, like that. I was in France, some, I think 60 years ago. There was a Frenchman who...
Jason Fried
Randomly right One of the great lessons of nature: Randomness is the most beautiful thing. Every forest, every...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
One of the great lessons of nature: Randomness is the most beautiful thing. Every forest, every field, every place untouched by humans is full of randomness. Nothing lines up, a million different shapes, sprouting seeds burst where the winds — or birds — randomly drop...
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...
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The Jewish police have been ordered to erect the gallows Avraham Tory (born Avraham Golub in 1909) was a Lithuanian Jew who played a significant role during...
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Avraham Tory (born Avraham Golub in 1909) was a Lithuanian Jew who played a significant role during one of history’s most harrowing periods. As the secretary of the Jewish Council of Elders in the Kovno Ghetto during World War II, he was privy to the inner workings of the...
Both Are True
today's batwrite starts in 25 minutes at 830am est and according to multiple sources on both sides of various aisles, 'you're not gonna...
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at 830am est and according to multiple sources on both sides of various aisles, 'you're not gonna wanna miss this'
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Mirror As the year draws to a close with gloomy December days compensated with lots of artificial lighting,...
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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...
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World Youth Day Pilgrimage, Portugal 2023 In July and August, I accompanied the Archdiocese of Cardiff and the Diocese of Menevia on a...
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In July and August, I accompanied the Archdiocese of Cardiff and the Diocese of Menevia on a two-week pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. I acted as one of the Team Leaders joining over fifty other pilgrims on the journey, including Archbishop Mark O'Toole and five...
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Little Girl's Point The rest of my family loves rock hounding. I don't even know if that's what you call it, but that's...
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The rest of my family loves rock hounding. I don't even know if that's what you call it, but that's what I'm going with. They enjoy walking around, hunting for rocks. Agates are especially popular with rock lovers, and one of the best agate beaches in the area is across the lake...
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precarious health, and bringing the whole self to every encounter I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my...
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I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my heart rate and heart rate variability every morning when I wake up to...
journal – Winnie Lim
a small life A few weeks ago my host emailed me that for some reason google bot was hitting my site so much that...
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A few weeks ago my host emailed me that for some reason google bot was hitting my site so much that it slowed down the entire server – since it was affecting...
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Fortified From Edisto we worked our way south, stopping off a Hunting Island for a few dismal days in the cold...
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From Edisto we worked our way south, stopping off a Hunting Island for a few dismal days in the cold and rain, camping in a site that was just a smidge above actual bog. We escaped that dreariness for the much more uplifting Fort McAllister, the first of a string of forts we...
journal – Winnie Lim
my first hate comment This morning I woke up to my first ever hate comment in response to my latest post in the history of...
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This morning I woke up to my first ever hate comment in response to my latest post in the history of this blog. I am sharing a screenshot because I don’t wish...
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China, Hong Kong and the global bankers “China is today the most important BRIC in the wall of global greed”, I wrote in July 2023.
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Misunderstandings about performance, promotions, influence, and leadership that most people only realize late in their careers.
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Trading stuff for money Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney....
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Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney. Donating a kidney sucks, but having zero working kidneys really sucks. Paying people for kidneys would increase the number available, but it seems gross to pay people for part of their...
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A glorious, wonderful climax Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a poet, journalist, and occasional diarist who spent much of her life...
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Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a poet, journalist, and occasional diarist who spent much of her life advocating for the rights of African Americans and women during the tumultuous early decades of the twentieth century. Born in 1875 in New Orleans, Louisiana, her mixed-race heritage...
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Sympathies (influences pt. 1) One of my goals in life is to become head waiter of a refined cafe (white apron, silver tray), with...
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One of my goals in life is to become head waiter of a refined cafe (white apron, silver tray), with tables set in a quiet and shaded garden. The patrons would be middle-aged or elderly women, and despite knowing their names and cultivating an immense fondness
journal – Winnie Lim
practicing is also a practice Most skills if not all requires practice. Recently I realised to be capable of the discipline and...
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Most skills if not all requires practice. Recently I realised to be capable of the discipline and regularity that practicing needs, is a practicable skill too. We think of discipline as some inherent character...
journal – Winnie Lim
playing my own little game My interest in playing board games got reignited after watching some korean tv puzzle shows. After...
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My interest in playing board games got reignited after watching some korean tv puzzle shows. After few days of playing board games my partner was reminded that life is like playing a...
Stoic Simple
What Did Epictetus Teach About Stoicism? Stoicism is a philosophy that has been gaining popularity in recent years. It emphasizes personal...
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Stoicism is a philosophy that has been gaining popularity in recent years. It emphasizes personal ethics, rationality, and self-control. One of the most influential Stoic philosophers was Epictetus, who lived in the first and second centuries AD. Epictetus was born a slave but...
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...
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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...
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Ridding the World of Talent One Child at a Time Do you believe in a talent fairy fluttering around blessing special folks with abilities and flying...
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Do you believe in a talent fairy fluttering around blessing special folks with abilities and flying over the rest of us unlucky souls? I don’t believe it. I prefer to use the word _skill_ and give credit to the countless hours spent honing one’s craft.
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by Tanner Campbell What does it mean to be a Stoic? I think Christianity can be used as a quasi-parallel to help answer this question. What does it mean to be a Christian? I think the base-line of the faith is the belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.  In Stoicism that...
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Green Fashion at the Green Man Festival 2023 In late August, Jenn and I attended the Green Man Festival in Wales, UK. While representing the...
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In late August, Jenn and I attended the Green Man Festival in Wales, UK. While representing the Fashion Department of the University of South Wales, Jenn, her colleague Emma, and several of their students facilitated upcycling workshops with industry partners Hiat Denim and...
journal – Winnie Lim
“ugly” drawings from korea The first couple of days in korea we stumbled into a 3-storey stationery shop called Object. There...
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The first couple of days in korea we stumbled into a 3-storey stationery shop called Object. There was a particular section where they sell stationery and stickers by a particular artist with...
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A grotesque spectacle of lies and abuse It may seem odd, at first sight, that someone who recently warned against taking political...
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It may seem odd, at first sight, that someone who recently warned against taking political “personalities” too seriously is now reviewing a book about the lives of the French presidential couple.
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In one of my favorite blog posts of all time, Jai writes: The Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics says that you can have a particle spinning clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time – until you look at it, at which point it definitely becomes one or the other....
journal – 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...
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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...
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DYNOMIGHT
What if you just bought everyone air purifiers? I haven’t written about air quality in a while. Ominously, sometimes people ask me if I still care...
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I haven’t written about air quality in a while. Ominously, sometimes people ask me if I still care about it. So, lest anyone think I have some kind of dreadful healthy mental balance, I thought I should do some Fermi estimates. Say you’re one of the five humans who have $100...
Both Are True
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journal – Winnie Lim
generating mini turning points Because of multiple factors my mind seem to be perpetually stuck in an unwanted state of sadness,...
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Because of multiple factors my mind seem to be perpetually stuck in an unwanted state of sadness, fatigue and paralysis. I have learnt that it is possible to break out of this...
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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...
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: we are the 99%! 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 2020.
Diaries of Note
At some stage in the season, failure is going to stare you in the face Originally, Eamon Dunphy had set out to document a full year in the life of a professional...
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Originally, Eamon Dunphy had set out to document a full year in the life of a professional footballer. However, fate had different plans, and four months into the 1973/4 season he left Millwall to sign for Charlton Athletic, thereby cutting his diary short. The result was an...
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The human is a creature of paradox When he wrote the following diary entry in 1973, 30-year-old Arthur Ashe had already carved out a...
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When he wrote the following diary entry in 1973, 30-year-old Arthur Ashe had already carved out a distinguished place in sporting history, not just as a formidable tennis player, but also as a pioneering African-American athlete in a predominantly white sport. With the US Open...
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There Is Only Time Balance is a really tricky word, because I don’t think there’s such a thing. There’s just time....
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Balance is a really tricky word, because I don’t think there’s such a thing. There’s just time. There’s just where you are and what you do. And it doesn’t make sense for me to have to spend time on something that feels like a sacrifice. I try to do things that are part of the big...
The Ruffian
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On not tolerating intolerance Why all companies, institutions and leaders should care about free speech
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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...
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journal – Winnie Lim
5 scenes from fukuoka I was too tired to post anything yesterday, so I guess this wouldn’t be a daily thing. But something...
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I was too tired to post anything yesterday, so I guess this wouldn’t be a daily thing. But something is better than nothing, so I am back posting a few highlights. We...
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It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always do right. But that’s not how the world is. That’s not who you are. If left to our own devices, with enough opportunities, eventually we’ll mess up—we’ll drift, we’ll stray. That’s...
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,...
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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...
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How to Be a Stoic
Stoic Q&A: can virtue justify evil? [Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org.]...
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[Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org.] V. writes: My question is: can Stoic virtues be used as excuses to conduct evil deeds? I’m asking this question for several reasons. First, in the current political climate, the...
Jason Fried
Introducing Writebook You know, it's really easy to publish short form content on a variety of social platforms. And...
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You know, it's really easy to publish short form content on a variety of social platforms. And individual blog posts on a number of other platforms. These are solved problems. But it's surprisingly challenging to publish books on the web in nice, cohesive, tight, easy-to-navigate...
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A greater public calamity could not have occurred On 6th November 1817, the British public was plunged into deep mourning following the unexpected...
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On 6th November 1817, the British public was plunged into deep mourning following the unexpected death of Princess Charlotte of Wales. The only child of the Prince Regent (later King George IV) and Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Charlotte was admired for her spirited personality...
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№ 69: What's It Like To Have An Autistic Brother My brother Alan has autism. We are four years apart — I'm the older sibling. My brother is a gentle...
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My brother Alan has autism. We are four years apart — I'm the older sibling. My brother is a gentle soul. Yes, there are times when he can be irrationally angry. But most of the time, he’s so quiet and lost in his own world that it’s difficult to sense out what he’s thinking.
Isabel Unraveled
the mind is a trap be careful what you convince yourself of
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Dog Days Are On Just some facts about pet lifespans, honestly.
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The slow death of all that is known The know-it-all can never be surprised. Everything he learns is an appendix to some distant...
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The know-it-all can never be surprised. Everything he learns is an appendix to some distant education. What little new insight is gained is but a footnote to that framework of original knowledge, the dusty document of knowledge canonized long ago when his education was...
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End of Winter Around the middle of March winter started to lose its grip on the lake. The end came quickly, the...
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Around the middle of March winter started to lose its grip on the lake. The end came quickly, the ice broke up just as fast as it had formed, there one day, gone the next, almost precisely on the solstice. For...
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They have to fight an eagle on the top of the Empire State Building Michael Palin, born in Sheffield on 5th May 1943, is best known as a member of Monty Python, the...
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Michael Palin, born in Sheffield on 5th May 1943, is best known as a member of Monty Python, the iconic comedy group who redefined the world of comedy with their surreal, subversive humour and innovative performances. However, Palin’s career extends beyond comedy thanks to...
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The problem with "educate yourself" Why there's only one acceptable way to use it
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At dusk it takes on a life of its own Born in Keswick in 1905, Enid J. Wilson grew up surrounded by the majestic beauty of the Lake...
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Born in Keswick in 1905, Enid J. Wilson grew up surrounded by the majestic beauty of the Lake District. As the daughter of both a climber and a botanist, Enid developed a deep understanding and appreciation for the natural world. Her love for the environment, combined with her...
Left To Write
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Both Are True
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You must be looking for Stuart Kevin Bentley was twenty-one when, in July of 1977, he left El Paso and headed for the bustling...
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Kevin Bentley was twenty-one when, in July of 1977, he left El Paso and headed for the bustling streets of San Francisco—one of thousands of young gay men flocking to this vibrant city in search of acceptance, community, and hedonism. San Francisco offered an enticing allure of...
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The joy of side projects is that you don't have to answer to anyone but yourself. Free from the bureaucracy of your day job you can listen to those little voices that would normally get shouted down in business situations.
Charlie Becker
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Thu Le
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In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from books, conversations, and everyday life.
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This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel of want-buy-want upgrade, opt out of the comparison games, stop cramming a month’s worth of engagements into a weekend, refuse to live your life according to trends, tread lighter...
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Anti-Hero, Abandoning the Movie Inside Your Head If we are stuck as the heroes in our imaginary movies our lives are destined to be controlled by...
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If we are stuck as the heroes in our imaginary movies our lives are destined to be controlled by rationalization. Change is not possible. But if accept the movie for what it is, an illusion, perhaps we can abandon our imaginary hero personas and become people that actually change...
Jason Fried
Appetites instead of estimates The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes...
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The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes there's a 3 week version of something. And a 6 week version. And a 4 month version. And a 12 month version. That's correct. Yet, you'll almost always be wrong whichever you pick....
Farza's Newsletter
just bit into a baklava but it was a cement brick damn what a scam It was a fun week. Tough, but fun! Zip doubled in size which is cool. Startups are a cool thing...
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It was a fun week. Tough, but fun! Zip doubled in size which is cool. Startups are a cool thing where learnings really stack on top of each other regardless of the product/company… Going to try our best to keep the growth going into next week! Something that’s going well:...
Stoic Simple
What Does it Mean to be a Stoic? Using Christianity to Explain Stoicism by Tanner Campbell What does it mean to be a Stoic? I think Christianity can be used as a...
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over a year ago
by Tanner Campbell What does it mean to be a Stoic? I think Christianity can be used as a quasi-parallel to help answer this question. What does it mean to be a Christian? I think the base-line of the faith is the belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.  In Stoicism that...
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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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over a year ago
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...
Rubenerd
Heading out for long service leave I’m heading off for a long service leave trip. Tickets are booked, bags are packed, anxiety about...
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I’m heading off for a long service leave trip. Tickets are booked, bags are packed, anxiety about whether we’ve missed anything is once again running rampant. We’ve had to postpone this four times owing to factors outside our control, so we can’t believe it’s finally happening....
Passing Time
What My Friends Have to Say About Me A Japanese proverb states that if the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Inverse Grudges and Brand Burns I am not the kind of person who thinks people should be rewarded for doing their job. That's why I...
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I am not the kind of person who thinks people should be rewarded for doing their job. That's why I surprised myself by calling an 800 number to praise the service of the guy who sold me a water heater. I look for Bill when I am at Lowes and struggling with a weekend home project...
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Talent Myths and the Story of Imperceptible Gains I made a discovery as I sifted through the running data I have been collecting for the last nine...
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over a year ago
I made a discovery as I sifted through the running data I have been collecting for the last nine years. After 897 runs and 4,659 miles I have gotten faster. How much faster? Well, for every mile I run I get 0.012 seconds faster. That's about as imperceptible as a fart.
Luxagraf:...
Ready to Start If you're not excited about where you're going, you're going the wrong way. Where you're going may...
a year ago
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a year ago
If you're not excited about where you're going, you're going the wrong way. Where you're going may be challenging, difficult, a real pain in the ass even, but come what may, you should be excited about getting there—both the getting, and the there. That's how you know you're on...
Unfiltered by Tim...
This is What Happens To Your Brain When You Start A Business How my daily habits transformed within 14 days of going full-time on my business
2 months ago
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
8 months ago
Passing Time
On For Grantedness Finding secular thankfulness
over a year ago
Left To Write
№ 63: They Accused Me of Collusion, Confiscated My $$$ and Taught Me A Priceless Lesson In Real Risk From fleecing Chinese Players to being fleeced - The Ludic Fallacy - Avoiding being a sucker - The...
a year ago
Daniel Bourke
Placebo yourself If there’s something that you’d like to do or some condition you’d like to be true, let it...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If there’s something that you’d like to do or some condition you’d like to be true, let it happen. Believe it’s going to happen. Write it down. Start talking about it with yourself. I’ve got this. You (I) can do
journal – Winnie Lim
documenting my mom making kueh lapis I cannot remember how long has it been that my mother has been making kueh lapis for the lunar new...
a year ago
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a year ago
I cannot remember how long has it been that my mother has been making kueh lapis for the lunar new year every year. Kueh means cake, and lapis means layers, so kueh...
Farza's Newsletter
drinking a spanish latte but i dont speak spanish is this legal I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a...
a year ago
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a year ago
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a society, no matter where you're from -- we have a tendency to look at those that did something really hard, but didn't figure it out as a person who "failed".
The Map is Mostly...
Love Grows The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
5 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Frank Lloyd Wright and Kitchen Toilet Camo Don't let anyone say you can't have a toilet in your kitchen. You can. It isn't about aesthetics, a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Don't let anyone say you can't have a toilet in your kitchen. You can. It isn't about aesthetics, a kitchen toilet is all about utility. It is about convenience. It is about value add. Efficiency. Optimization. ROI. If your architect tries to talk you out of that request that's...
Left To Write
Soul In The Game Going all in on life
over a year ago
Laetitia@Work
How much rest do we really need? Laetitia@Work #52
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
The New Aesthetics of Slop Or what happens when vulgar technocrats control the arts
4 months ago
Both Are True
i interviewed a bunch of cool ppl and now it's a...print publication??! Whoa, Vol 1: Conversations to make you feel human
8 months ago
The Honest Broker
How Musicians Invented the Law Songs are far more powerful than you think
a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
Study Human Psychology, Then Make Money Doing Whatever You Want The way to legitimately influence people without being manipulative
7 months ago
Naveen Arun's Blog
Please Let Me Monetize My Hobbies Please, let me monetize my hobbies. After all, what’s the point of doing something purely for fun...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Please, let me monetize my hobbies. After all, what’s the point of doing something purely for fun when I could be making money off it? Please, let me turn my relaxing gaming sessions into high-pressure performances with commentary. Who wouldn’t enjoy transforming a leisurely...
The Ruffian
Britain's Peculiar Brand of Patriotism, In Three Ads Heroes To Zeroes
a year ago
Mark Manson
Everyone Is Mostly the Same… (And Why This Is Good News) I started my first blog in 2007. By 2011, writing and publishing online was my full-time job. By...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I started my first blog in 2007. By 2011, writing and publishing online was my full-time job. By 2013, that writing was being read by over a million people each month. And while the exact number has fluctuated over the years, that still remains true. Early on in my career, as you...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Pattern Recognition Machine At some point our work inevitably makes contact with people who won’t be able to match your work...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
At some point our work inevitably makes contact with people who won’t be able to match your work with their mental patterns. Pattern recognition is convenient when we are stocking the shelves but it can be stifling when we interact with concepts that want to change us.
Charlie Becker
Statistics are people, too. What we celebrate is what we value, and what we ignore is what we normalize.
8 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
5 Years of Product Hunt
over a year ago
Scarlet Ink
6 Ways that Good People Build Trust, and Become Leaders That Others Follow What type of leader do you want to be? One core identifying feature of admired leaders is how many...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
What type of leader do you want to be? One core identifying feature of admired leaders is how many people follow them to their next role. And trust is the core tool to improve that metric.
The Ruffian
NEW POD: James Marriott on whether AI will make writers redundant In Which I Put the Case For Optimism
3 weeks ago
Laetitia@Work
Future of Work: 12 books I read in 2022 Laetitia@Work #54
over a year ago
The Convivial...
The Stuff of (a Well-Lived) Life The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 7
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Fela Kuti in Prison How Nigeria literally went to war against one musician—and lost
10 months ago
Both Are True
HERE IS THE REAL LINK FOR BATWRITE the last one didn't work is what people are telling me
a month ago
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Selfish Reason Behind Our Helpful Nature We have an inbuilt habit to help those in need. While it wouldn’t be wrong to assume that human...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
We have an inbuilt habit to help those in need. While it wouldn’t be wrong to assume that human beings are good in spirit and hence they help out, it wouldn’t be as much interesting to understand why we really help others (as a species) and how it actually benefits us (as an...
Jason Crawford
My simple guide to life I first made a version of this chart seven years ago today. It’s worth a re-up (and it’s never been...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I first made a version of this chart seven years ago today. It’s worth a re-up (and it’s never been on my blog). The meaning of this chart is: Everything you do should be justified either by being inherently enjoyable, or by being important for some other purpose. Absolutely...
Nat Eliason's...
The Window of Opportunity is Here Don't get stuck in neutral
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Travel & Moving to a New Home: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Strength Training or, weightlifting for lazy people
over a year ago
The Ruffian
My Year In Reading Books I Read Or At Least Picked Up In 2023
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Is There Such a Thing as Western Harmony? Does anyone really own music theory, and who gets to decide?
over a year ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Around Jinbōchō and Akihabara Yesterday was our first full day in Japan again! It was so much fun getting back into the routine of...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Yesterday was our first full day in Japan again! It was so much fun getting back into the routine of konbinis, train station jingles, wanderings, and spontaneity. It really hits different to anywhere else in the world, a fact I’m sure you don’t find shocking. The urban landscape...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Racing Shadows and Dodging Doldrums When I get down, one of the things that pulls my head back above water is running. If snow blocks me...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When I get down, one of the things that pulls my head back above water is running. If snow blocks me from the trails, the cabin fever sucks the life out of me.
journal – Winnie Lim
pride (2025) The other day I caught myself thinking: my partner is the greatest contributor to my happiness. It...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
The other day I caught myself thinking: my partner is the greatest contributor to my happiness. It is not only because I am a recipient of her generous love, but what is...
Rubenerd
Australia’s and Canada’s Elections We take a quick break from #Japan2025 to mention the results back home. Clara and I both submitted...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
We take a quick break from #Japan2025 to mention the results back home. Clara and I both submitted our postal votes before we left, and largely ignored the news while we tried to enjoy our holiday and break. My sister messaged last night to tell us it was safe to check now, and...
The Honest Broker
Why Do Heroes Always Have Theme Songs (Part 1 of 2) An excerpt from my new book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How the Internet Went to Threads And how we can sew it back together
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
On Writing Better: 43 Things I Learned from My Insane 2 Years of Study You'll wanna save this one
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How to Survive as the Only Opera Fan in Elementary School My brother Dana shares a story about his unusual childhood
a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Niagara Fails We left Long Point Canada bright and early, headed back to the United States to check out Niagara...
a year ago
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a year ago
We left Long Point Canada bright and early, headed back to the United States to check out Niagara Falls. We originally planned to see the falls from the Canadian side because the view is better, but then there was a lot of traffic and on the map it didn't look like there was much...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The IKEA Defense of Flat Earthers Flat Earthers are perhaps the only group of people that it is still socially acceptable to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Flat Earthers are perhaps the only group of people that it is still socially acceptable to discriminate against. We just can’t bring ourselves to tolerate people who believe the world is flat. And yet the fundamental ideas powering a flat Earth believer is an approach that most...
Left To Write
I Want What You Have Let's talk about envy and its shenanigans
a year ago
Paul Cudenec
Leaving the "Left" behind I have never regarded myself as belonging to the “Left” or the “Right” – I think these labels have...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
I have never regarded myself as belonging to the “Left” or the “Right” – I think these labels have been manufactured and maintained in order to limit our individual thinking and to rule over us by division.
Mind Mine
have you noticed that rule is arbitrary? stop playing by Bad Rules
7 months ago
Diaries of Note
When in my hand thy pulse is prest, I feel it alter mine Born in Yorkshire in 1791, Anne Lister was a landowner famed for keeping detailed diaries that...
a year ago
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a year ago
Born in Yorkshire in 1791, Anne Lister was a landowner famed for keeping detailed diaries that totalled over four million words, a sixth of which was written in a code she devised to conceal her sexuality and intimate encounters. Discovered and deciphered by a descendant in the...
Charlie Becker
Get into Character Characters drive the story
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
The air crackled with a mixture of excitement and tension On the day of her 77th birthday in 1997, proving that it’s never too late to begin, acclaimed...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
On the day of her 77th birthday in 1997, proving that it’s never too late to begin, acclaimed detective novelist P. D. James wrote her first diary entry—one of many she would pen over the course of twelve months in a concerted effort to “record just one year that otherwise might...
The Intimate Mirror
Predictive Processing and The Sacred Liberating Reality from Our Priors
2 months ago
The Honest Broker
How Bing Crosby Made Silicon Valley Possible The singer who popularized "White Christmas" was also a visionary tech innovator
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Come ennui When he wrote the following diary entry in September of 1918, John Dos Passos was already a veteran...
a year ago
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a year ago
When he wrote the following diary entry in September of 1918, John Dos Passos was already a veteran of the ambulance service, having served in the battlefields of Verdun and Mort Homme in 1917, as well as on Italy’s Mt. Grappa. But he now found himself entangled in the...
The Ruffian
What's the Point Of Protests? Maybe Not What We Think It Is
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Unchecked Depression Boxes And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
End of Year Book Review (2022) I enjoy books (more so audio books than reading), but I don't consume them very much or as often as...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I enjoy books (more so audio books than reading), but I don't consume them very much or as often as I'd like. At least in my own mind I don't get through many, but what's the global average? I don't honestly care. This year I wanted to make a concerted effort to consume more...
Luxagraf:...
Wagoneer My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed down our travels though, spending more time in an area makes it nice to have a car to go exploring, run errands, and get to places the bus can't. For that reason we bought a 2006...
Scarlet Ink
The Art of Simplification: Why We (over) Build When We Should Simplify Removing things is often just as complex as adding things. It is a way to add value which is often...
4 months ago
The Ruffian
The State of the Culture Is...Not Bad, Actually Reflections on a good year for the Oscars
a year ago
Isabel Unraveled
a return to soul bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
8 months ago