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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
23

Polaroid, you broke my heart.

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

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.
'Weird' Should Not Be An Insult Not If You're On The Left Anyway
3rd Aug 2024
85

'Weird' Should Not Be An Insult

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Aug 2024
Not If You're On The Left Anyway
always on your side friendship is magic
5th May 2025
39

always on your side

from bookbear express [alt+shift+b] in life

5th May 2025
friendship is magic
12 (Stoic) Rules For Life: An Ancient Guide to the Good Life It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always...
16th Feb 2022
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12 (Stoic) Rules For Life: An Ancient Guide to the Good Life

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

16th Feb 2022
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...
The book of discoveries Long before modern science, Europeans learned to see their own time as an age of invention rather...
5th Jan 2026
1

The book of discoveries

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jan 2026
Long before modern science, Europeans learned to see their own time as an age of invention rather than decline.
3rd Feb 2026
0

Many Victorian cities grew by tenfold in a century

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Feb 2026
Could ours do the same?
Obvious travel advice Mindset matters more than where you go. Who you go with matters more than where you go. After seeing...
20th Jun 2024
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Obvious travel advice

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

20th Jun 2024
Mindset matters more than where you go. Who you go with matters more than where you go. After seeing each other for a few months, many new couples take a short trip, which often ends in an apocalyptic, relationship-destroying fight. My theory is that’s the trip working as...
How to process news of the Israel-Hamas conflict A guide for the ignorant and perplexed like me
1st Nov 2023
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How to process news of the Israel-Hamas conflict

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Nov 2023
A guide for the ignorant and perplexed like me
Vote for Nobody! Nobody cares.
1st Nov 2024
5th Jan 2024
Your life is your art use it to get to know yourself
10th Nov 2025
1

Your life is your art

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Nov 2025
use it to get to know yourself
Castles in the Sky 25 Thought Bananas is now Castles in the Sky
2nd Feb 2023
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Castles in the Sky 25

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Feb 2023
Thought Bananas is now Castles in the Sky
The Illusion of Solitude Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
1st Nov 2024
90

The Illusion of Solitude

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Nov 2024
Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
i got suitcases full of matcha tea don't mess with me punk Got back from Dubai a few days ago. Life has been…intense heh. In just the last 2.5-weeks: We ran a...
12th Jun 2023
44

i got suitcases full of matcha tea don't mess with me punk

from Farza's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Jun 2023
Got back from Dubai a few days ago. Life has been…intense heh. In just the last 2.5-weeks: We ran a live gameshow I hosted and gave away $100,000, had 225 of our graduates fly out for N&W IRL in SF, and then the following week had 125 of our graduates fly out for N&W IRL in...
biometrics pre, during & post-covid A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health...
3rd Sep 2023
39

biometrics pre, during & post-covid

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Sep 2023
A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health trends from the health app: Obviously this is because I had covid: being...
30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
5th May 2024
19

30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

5th May 2024
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
The subtle shade of the clouds Garlic takes six to seven months to grow. I’m still working it out. I planted my garlic too...
27th Nov 2023
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The subtle shade of the clouds

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Nov 2023
Garlic takes six to seven months to grow. I’m still working it out. I planted my garlic too late. Not the farm garlic though. They’ve had practice. Over a thousand bulbs this year, maybe more. Tens of thousands of cloves. Garlic is the biggest harvest of
12 observations of people i know here are the things I resist saying
21st Aug 2026
5

12 observations of people i know

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

21st Aug 2026
here are the things I resist saying
just saw a pigeon rollerblading on the streets wow didn't know they made rollerblades for pigeons Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group...
2nd May 2021
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2nd May 2021
Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group of like 25 people in front of me right now with fake samurai swords doing some sort of sword fighting class it’s pretty lit. They be dueling right now in groups of two. Poggers.
My Rule of the 6 Spheres Like most people, I'm reluctant to discuss personal matters, but I take this rule very...
2nd Feb 2024
113

My Rule of the 6 Spheres

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Feb 2024
Like most people, I'm reluctant to discuss personal matters, but I take this rule very seriously—it's at the heart of my worldview and keeps me on the right path
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 Apr 2026
1

My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Apr 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on various topics.
Fake Debates and Late Converts Malcolm Gladwell's Trans Sports Apology and What It Tells Us About This Whole Debate
6th Sep 2025
42

Fake Debates and Late Converts

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Sep 2025
Malcolm Gladwell's Trans Sports Apology and What It Tells Us About This Whole Debate
What Would a Stoic Do? Dating “Dating” is a word I was not familiar with before coming to the United States. Especially with the...
22nd Jun 2018
60

What Would a Stoic Do? Dating

from How to Be a Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

22nd Jun 2018
“Dating” is a word I was not familiar with before coming to the United States. Especially with the advent of modern dating apps, it essentially means that you are trying out different people to see who “wins” the alleged honor of being your (next) partner. Except, of course, that...
The Problem with Too Much Fairness We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it....
7th Oct 2021
18

The Problem with Too Much Fairness

from Abhishek Chakraborty [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Oct 2021
We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it. Research shows that just to ensure shirkers get what they deserve, we are prepared to make ourselves poorer.
Why Growth Requires Struggle I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions...
10th Oct 2022
62

Why Growth Requires Struggle

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Oct 2022
I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions were some variation of, “Is there such a thing as being exposed to too much pain?” or “Are there situations where pain and struggle aren’t helpful but only hurtful?” or “What...
Waiting Is a Revelation The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 1
1st Jan 2026
2

Waiting Is a Revelation

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 1
more of the same Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and...
5th Mar 2023
57

more of the same

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Mar 2023
Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and even, my legs were going at a consistent rhythm, and I found myself thinking:...
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
22

Five Words That Might End Your Design Career

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

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.
The Real Story Behind 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' How this book was written is as strange as the novel itself
3rd Mar 2026
1

The Real Story Behind 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Mar 2026
How this book was written is as strange as the novel itself
The Bad Goal of $5m by 30 And perhaps a better framing
6th Mar 2023
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The Bad Goal of $5m by 30

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Mar 2023
And perhaps a better framing
With thanks to Steven Rosenberg Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest...
3rd Nov 2025
1

With thanks to Steven Rosenberg

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Nov 2025
Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest troll or person angry about something I didn’t say. In a word, not great… assuming you hyphenate not and great, which I didn’t do there for some reason. This morning, I got this...
Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing The siren song of subs
9th Oct 2023
104

Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Oct 2023
The siren song of subs
Don't Tell Me This Town Ain't Got No Heart; Or, Sphere and Loathing Dead and Co and Authenticity at the Sphere
1st Jul 2024
Viscerality some notes on pleasure
2nd Nov 2025
21

Viscerality

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Nov 2025
some notes on pleasure
Why Write? Other than the egotism, of course…
15th Jul 2023
59

Why Write?

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

15th Jul 2023
Other than the egotism, of course…
Get into Character Characters drive the story
8th Mar 2023
49

Get into Character

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Mar 2023
Characters drive the story
Nike's Two-Hour Marathon and the Source of Sensational Failure If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the...
6th May 2017
22

Nike's Two-Hour Marathon and the Source of Sensational Failure

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

6th May 2017
If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the impossible. Instead, he is a loser. Or maybe we are the ones who are losing.
1st Jan 2021
How Stoicism Helped Me Navigate Divorce: My Obstacle to Flourishing by Benny Voncken We Need to Talk “We need to talk.” Those famous four words we are all too familiar...
20th Jul 2025
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20th Jul 2025
by Benny Voncken We Need to Talk “We need to talk.” Those famous four words we are all too familiar with. Our instant response to this short sentence is that something bad is about to happen. I remember it well when they came my way. It was the beginning of one of the biggest...
Dogs Of The S&P CNX Nifty: 2016 Update You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy...
2nd Jan 2017
1

Dogs Of The S&P CNX Nifty: 2016 Update

from The Tao Of Wealth [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2017
You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy for 2016 are as follows: Dogs of the Nifty: 23.52 Small Dogs of the Nifty: 45.50% S&P CNX 50: 4.17% The strategy  had a strong beating in 2015 and at the end of 2015 had not...
How 'American Graffiti' Invented Classic Rock (and Changed My Life) My favorite George Lucas film turns 50 tomorrow, and I love it for the soundtrack—but for a whole...
1st Aug 2023
56

How 'American Graffiti' Invented Classic Rock (and Changed My Life)

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Aug 2023
My favorite George Lucas film turns 50 tomorrow, and I love it for the soundtrack—but for a whole lot more
Searching for Ken Griffey Jr Ken Griffey Jr’s face was sandwiched between thick plastic, his friendly grin locked up – screwed...
7th Oct 2017
20

Searching for Ken Griffey Jr

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Oct 2017
Ken Griffey Jr’s face was sandwiched between thick plastic, his friendly grin locked up – screwed tight at four corners. A gold chain hung around his Mariner’s blue turtleneck, a bat rested on his left shoulder, calligraphic letters hovered above a gold star announcing the birth...
Sometimes Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long...
13th Nov 2024
53

Sometimes

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Nov 2024
Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long shadows cut the cold honey sunlight of afternoons that begin to fade at three, turning to a blue-pink twilight over the lake before darkness descends at five. Then four-thirty. Then...
Compass Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily...
2nd Nov 2024
54

Compass

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Nov 2024
Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily life. I've touched on my design ethos before, but this feels like something more personal. It's a lightweight breakdown of who I am, both as a designer and a human, shaped by the...
Are You Entertained—Or Addicted? In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that...
18th Jul 2022
53

Are You Entertained—Or Addicted?

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Jul 2022
In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that anyone who views even a small portion of it will give up all desire to do anything else in life in order to keep watching. Throughout the book, characters who see it give up...
24th Sep 2020
Feeding on Illusions The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
8th Jul 2026
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Feeding on Illusions

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Jul 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
In the Time of The Juncos Autumn comes in on the coattails of a storm, a cool wind chasing clouds. Humidity breaks, there's a...
8th Oct 2025
3

In the Time of The Juncos

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Oct 2025
Autumn comes in on the coattails of a storm, a cool wind chasing clouds. Humidity breaks, there's a colder edge to mornings and evenings. Yellow and red leaves sprout in clusters, and a gradual panorama of color sweeps across the horizon of trees. It's a time of contrasts and...
He looks like a blimp An Important Announcement from the US President
6th Feb 2026
1

He looks like a blimp

from Letters of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Feb 2026
An Important Announcement from the US President
The View From RSS What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
3rd Mar 2026
1

The View From RSS

from Caroline Crampton [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Mar 2026
What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
4th Feb 2026
The antibody factory If antibodies were cheaper, they could prevent millions of deaths from rabies, malaria, and dengue.
1st Oct 2025
20

The antibody factory

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Oct 2025
If antibodies were cheaper, they could prevent millions of deaths from rabies, malaria, and dengue.
The Waters of Lethe Flow From Our Digital Streams The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
20th Mar 2025
59

The Waters of Lethe Flow From Our Digital Streams

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

20th Mar 2025
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
Tighter than Scum A mile of scum clung to the edges of the grocery store aisles. Every night the machine that waxed...
8th Sep 2018
20

Tighter than Scum

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Sep 2018
A mile of scum clung to the edges of the grocery store aisles. Every night the machine that waxed the floor spit excess gunk onto the baseboards. Hal Smith pondered the mess from above, perched in a cloud of cigarette smoke, surveying his store from behind mirrored glass.
Making Space After Burnout What to know if you’re considering a sabbatical
2nd Feb 2026
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Making Space After Burnout

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Feb 2026
What to know if you’re considering a sabbatical
3rd Jul 2026
Hidden Weaknesses and Outsourced Risk The benefits of not asking for help (even when you desperately need it)
9th Jan 2016
21

Hidden Weaknesses and Outsourced Risk

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Jan 2016
The benefits of not asking for help (even when you desperately need it)
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...
4th Jun 2017
26

Talent Myths and the Story of Imperceptible Gains

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jun 2017
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.
Car trouble Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle: When the...
6th Feb 2025
67

Car trouble

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Feb 2025
Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle: When the engine was on, sitting idle, or When accelerating with just the right amount of throttle. This rattle, I did not like it. It sounded like a tiny spoon in a garbage disposal. Which...
How Evil Is Mark Zuckerberg? A Review of "Careless People" by Sarah Wyn-Williams
4th Apr 2026
2

How Evil Is Mark Zuckerberg?

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Apr 2026
A Review of "Careless People" by Sarah Wyn-Williams
The Tiniest Mission Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is:...
15th Jan 2025
81

The Tiniest Mission

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

15th Jan 2025
Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is: placing a jigsaw puzzle piece into the right slot, wiping your phone screen spotless, returning a tool to its designated hook, or making a nice diagonal cut across a lovingly-made...
Randomly right One of the great lessons of nature: Randomness is the most beautiful thing. Every forest, every...
12th Mar 2025
54

Randomly right

from Jason Fried [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Mar 2025
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...
You Are Invited On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
14th Jun 2026
1

You Are Invited

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

14th Jun 2026
On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and...
5th May 2025
40

How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

5th May 2025
Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and improve along the way.
The Father Wound Healing Our Relationship with Authority and Value
4th Feb 2025
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The Father Wound

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Feb 2025
Healing Our Relationship with Authority and Value
Debunking the Laziness Lie Laetitia@Work #53
29th Nov 2022
Leaving my full-time job Just in time to settle into the end of the year with a cozy holiday season
9th Dec 2024
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Leaving my full-time job

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Dec 2024
Just in time to settle into the end of the year with a cozy holiday season
Relying on Your Manager Isn’t a Career Plan The steps to take to grow your skills and career without your manager helping.
6th Apr 2026
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Relying on Your Manager Isn’t a Career Plan

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Apr 2026
The steps to take to grow your skills and career without your manager helping.
50 things I learned in 2024 In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from...
5th Jan 2025
43

50 things I learned in 2024

from Thu Le [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jan 2025
In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from books, conversations, and everyday life.
Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
9th Feb 2023
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Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Feb 2023
Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know + my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
2nd May 2024
112

after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2024
+ my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
let's talk about ai, baby become an ai wizard without losing your soul
17th Feb 2026
1

let's talk about ai, baby

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

17th Feb 2026
become an ai wizard without losing your soul
Lemon Lyme Summer The sun rises as a thin band of orange squeezed between twin blue worlds of lake and cloud. The tips...
22nd Sep 2024
70

Lemon Lyme Summer

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

22nd Sep 2024
The sun rises as a thin band of orange squeezed between twin blue worlds of lake and cloud. The tips of the pines above glow for a moment before the sun slides up and behind the distant clouds. The sun rises near the center of the bay when we arrive in April, but by the solstice...
2nd Jul 2026
Start With Creation Not knowing what one is doing is no prohibition on doing it. We all grope ahead. — Anne Carson
6th Aug 2022
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Start With Creation

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Aug 2022
Not knowing what one is doing is no prohibition on doing it. We all grope ahead. — Anne Carson
The Authority Gap Laetitia@Work #47
7th Apr 2022
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The Authority Gap

from Laetitia@Work [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Apr 2022
Laetitia@Work #47
the two dogs in me words from a private reading i did in Toronto
1st May 2025
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the two dogs in me

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2025
words from a private reading i did in Toronto
Death by Toothbrush Apple products are notoriously hard to open because they are obsessed with hiding screws and...
6th Feb 2016
22

Death by Toothbrush

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Feb 2016
Apple products are notoriously hard to open because they are obsessed with hiding screws and minimizing seams. But if you are able to crack open one of their products you will see something beautiful.
14th Oct 2021
19th Sep 2024
26 Useful Concepts for 2026 Ideas to equip you for 2026.
28th Dec 2025
2

26 Useful Concepts for 2026

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

28th Dec 2025
Ideas to equip you for 2026.
Aridity Incarnate The American West, Fiction, and Water
1st Oct 2024
79

Aridity Incarnate

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Oct 2024
The American West, Fiction, and Water
The Thing That Is Silence The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 14
31st Dec 2023
114

The Thing That Is Silence

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Dec 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 14
Labour Isn't Thinking The Real Point of Blair's Essay
1st Jun 2026
2

Labour Isn't Thinking

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
The Real Point of Blair's Essay
2nd Nov 2023
[instagram] how i wish i can simply tell you how much she means to me every morning without fail when she wakes up she comes to greet me as though i’m the most precious...
2nd Jan 2026
1
2nd Jan 2026
every morning without fail when she wakes up she comes to greet me as though i’m the most precious thing in the world. you would think after 116 months she would grow tired of me and just perceive me like i’m part of our home’s furniture but nope: still the sweetest smiles, the...
Single Mum By Default Laetitia@Work #45
9th Dec 2021
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Single Mum By Default

from Laetitia@Work [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Dec 2021
Laetitia@Work #45
Thoughts on writing without AI, being offline, and course promotion. My realization that I want to write more and without AI assistance and also what we're learning...
22nd Jun 2026
1
22nd Jun 2026
My realization that I want to write more and without AI assistance and also what we're learning about how we want to promote and not promote our courses.
Hate, supremacism and the satanic world order The word “hate” is bandied about a lot by our global overlords.
5th Jan 2026
2

Hate, supremacism and the satanic world order

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jan 2026
The word “hate” is bandied about a lot by our global overlords.
solving my problems happy easter
5th Apr 2026
BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE "omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
1st Aug 2025
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BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Aug 2025
"omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
You must refill the hot tub after your parties A letter to Joan Rivers from her daughter/landlord
4th Sep 2025
1

You must refill the hot tub after your parties

from Letters of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Sep 2025
A letter to Joan Rivers from her daughter/landlord
Imagination misused You gotta have a level of conviction that it’ll happen. That whatever you’re trying to do will...
2nd Aug 2026
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Imagination misused

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

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
Savoring the Unsavory Making Meaning on Mount Adams
4th Jan 2024
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Savoring the Unsavory

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jan 2024
Making Meaning on Mount Adams
Fort Pickens Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's...
11th Jan 2023
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Fort Pickens

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Jan 2023
Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's around the fire, and then the next day we headed out to the Fort Pickens portion of Gulf Islands National Seashore. If St. George is the best spot in the panhandle, Fort Pickens is...
How I Make Room for the Year The first of a three part series marking the transition from 2024 to 2025
17th Jan 2025
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How I Make Room for the Year

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

17th Jan 2025
The first of a three part series marking the transition from 2024 to 2025
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
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Thoughts on the search for life

from Jason Fried [alt+shift+b] in 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...
different realities under the same blue sky My partner and I were were surprised we had radically different interpretations of a particular...
1st Oct 2023
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different realities under the same blue sky

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Oct 2023
My partner and I were were surprised we had radically different interpretations of a particular scene of a kdrama we had just watched. She had thought the lines were full of hope...
ZTM 2023 State of AI Tools & Coding Report How are developers using AI tools?
2nd Aug 2023
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ZTM 2023 State of AI Tools & Coding Report

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Aug 2023
How are developers using AI tools?
Autumn Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit...
9th Oct 2024
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Autumn

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Oct 2024
Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit the road, packing away the paddle boards, washing the bus, and burning through the last of the firewood. Sometime around the middle of the month we say goodbye to friends and head...
The Dying Art We All Depend On A history buff friend of mine said that the art of medieval fencing was lost completely. At some...
13th Jun 2025
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The Dying Art We All Depend On

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Jun 2025
A history buff friend of mine said that the art of medieval fencing was lost completely. At some point, the last person who really knew how to do it had died. There are old treatises that describe the art, and people have learned a lot from them, starting historical fencing clubs...
Ready to Start If you're not excited about where you're going, you're going the wrong way. Where you're going may...
6th Sep 2023
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Ready to Start

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Sep 2023
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...
chronic unease Some people are good at denial, forgetting, and moving on. I am good at none of those. I accumulate...
5th Jun 2023
72

chronic unease

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jun 2023
Some people are good at denial, forgetting, and moving on. I am good at none of those. I accumulate trauma, remember them deeply like they are etched into my bones helpless as...
The Wedge Between Pleasure and Pain Castles in the Sky #40
6th Oct 2023
Conversation-Catalysing Events There's a famous British politics quote where the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aka...
13th Mar 2024
110

Conversation-Catalysing Events

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Mar 2024
There's a famous British politics quote where the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aka Supermac, is asked the hardest thing about government and replies “Events, dear boy, events”. This probably never happened and is absolutely irrelevant to this blogpost regardless, but I...
Transformed into a couch On taking this time to slooooooow down
28th Dec 2022
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Transformed into a couch

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

28th Dec 2022
On taking this time to slooooooow down
Meta-Surprise Surprise!
3rd Mar 2025
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...
9th May 2022
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Everyone Is Mostly the Same… (And Why This Is Good News)

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

9th May 2022
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...
This Is TASTE 832: Pim Techamuanvivit’s First Restaurant Job Was Opening a Now Legendary Restaurant Pim Techamuanvivit left a career in Silicon Valley to become one of the most important Thai chefs...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Pim Techamuanvivit left a career in Silicon Valley to become one of the most important Thai chefs working today. The post This Is TASTE 832: Pim Techamuanvivit’s First Restaurant Job Was Opening a Now Legendary Restaurant appeared first on TASTE.
Vision Con The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
9th Feb 2024
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Vision Con

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Feb 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
act, rest, repeat on finding the right doing-being balance
11th Sep 2024
43

act, rest, repeat

from Mind Mine [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Sep 2024
on finding the right doing-being balance
The World Is Your Toilet Today I am going to share some design advice that you aren’t going to get anywhere else. They don’t...
10th Mar 2018
24

The World Is Your Toilet

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Mar 2018
Today I am going to share some design advice that you aren’t going to get anywhere else. They don’t teach you this at the university. You won’t find articles about it in the glossy magazines. The design blogs won’t touch the subject. Research would inevitably show that there...
17th Mar 2025
to be creative, be where you are and to be where you are, face what you’re avoiding
3rd Jun 2024
22

to be creative, be where you are

from Mind Mine [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jun 2024
and to be where you are, face what you’re avoiding
21 observations from people watching Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move...
1st Apr 2025
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21 observations from people watching

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Apr 2025
Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move through a room.
What is Good Within Social Networks I think we are still in the early days of social networks. We are only just beginning to figure them...
2nd Dec 2022
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What is Good Within Social Networks

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Dec 2022
I think we are still in the early days of social networks. We are only just beginning to figure them out. We certainly underestimate how positive and useful they can be, partly from a careless pessimism, and partly because the owners of major social networks seem to lack vision....
Why Did I Start The Ruffian and Has Paul McCartney Read My Book? Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
3rd Jan 2026
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3rd Jan 2026
Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
This Moment is Your Life How to not waste it
5th Mar 2024
120

This Moment is Your Life

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Mar 2024
How to not waste it
What I'm up to - June 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in...
1st Jun 2026
1

What I'm up to - June 2026

from Philip I. Thomas [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in May - Went to Oaxaca for vacation, which was a culturally rich and walkable place. I enjoyed a lot of ...
Unfortunately-fortunately stories Thoughts on surrendering to the here and now and doing the best with the information we have in any...
4 days ago
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Unfortunately-fortunately stories

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

4 days ago
Thoughts on surrendering to the here and now and doing the best with the information we have in any given moment
In Search of Dupree Bolton (Part 2 of 2) I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early...
3rd Apr 2024
67

In Search of Dupree Bolton (Part 2 of 2)

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Apr 2024
I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early 1960s
Frozen The last few years in this area have not been good to ice fishermen. At least that's what I hear....
15th Jan 2025
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Frozen

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

15th Jan 2025
The last few years in this area have not been good to ice fishermen. At least that's what I hear. Last year the lake barely froze over. By March it had thawed. This year started more optimistically. Parts of the bay were already frozen by New Year's -- the shallower, calmer water...
'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
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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 !
10 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled Mental models for discerning truth
20th Feb 2023
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10 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

20th Feb 2023
Mental models for discerning truth
The Last Lunch A Short Story
1st Aug 2026
80/20 Cooking In short: Salt, fat, acid, heat
3rd Jan 2024
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80/20 Cooking

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jan 2024
In short: Salt, fat, acid, heat
We'll Never Have Flying Cars A look at why flying cars are unlikely to become a reality.
29th Sep 2025
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We'll Never Have Flying Cars

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

29th Sep 2025
A look at why flying cars are unlikely to become a reality.
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
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The Perks of Being Relentlessly Curious

from Abhishek Chakraborty [alt+shift+b] in life

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.
Someone Has to Fly the Plane When I want a thrill, I walk to the corner store without my phone. Leaving the house like that, with...
12th Jan 2026
1

Someone Has to Fly the Plane

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Jan 2026
When I want a thrill, I walk to the corner store without my phone. Leaving the house like that, with only wallet and keys, feels physically strange and wrong, like I forgot to wear underwear. Even though I didn’t have a mobile phone for the first half of my life, ten minutes...
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
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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?
The American vs. European Mindset on Life A personal look at how the American and European mindsets shape the way we live, work, and find...
1st Jun 2025
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The American vs. European Mindset on Life

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2025
A personal look at how the American and European mindsets shape the way we live, work, and find happiness.
You're Stressing People Out or at least, you might be
2nd Feb 2026
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You're Stressing People Out

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Feb 2026
or at least, you might be
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
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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.
Introducing Nutrify | A Pokédex for Food Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
27th Feb 2024
107

Introducing Nutrify | A Pokédex for Food

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Feb 2024
Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
Genuine Poetry Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art,...
9th May 2026
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Genuine Poetry

from RhysTranter.com [alt+shift+b] in life

9th May 2026
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art, the true and the beautiful…
3rd Apr 2024
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
114

Why We Do Things We Hate

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
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
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Optimizing tea: An N=4 experiment

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
Crime rise; more or the same. Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
10th Mar 2023
1

Crime rise; more or the same.

from Lefineder’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Mar 2023
Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy? “These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.”...
31st Jul 2023
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What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy?

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Jul 2023
“These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.” — Seneca We all know those people who have lots of money, and yet, they are miserable. On the flip side, we all know people who live happy and fulfilled lives despite not having...
"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
1st May 2024
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"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2024
A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
Paper Paper is good. Somehow, a blank page and a pen makes the universe open up before you. Why paper has...
10th Apr 2025
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Paper

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Apr 2025
Paper is good. Somehow, a blank page and a pen makes the universe open up before you. Why paper has this unique power is a mystery to me, but I think we should all stop trying to resist this reality and just accept it. Also, the world needs way more mundane blogging. So let me...
new year, same you (hopeful) cannot believe it's already 2024
1st Jan 2026
2

new year, same you (hopeful)

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2026
cannot believe it's already 2024
18th Nov 2021
A Failed Rock Adaption of Dune Might Have Starred Mick Jagger, Orson Welles & Salvador Dalí (with... This gets the top spot on my list of never-made films I'd like to see
2nd Mar 2024
How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In...
9th May 2024
161

How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

9th May 2024
What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In this article, I'm going to help you do exactly that by teaching you five tactics to conquer anything you might be afraid of. Heights, spiders, small spaces, strangely-shaped...
1st Jan 2025
Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of...
5th Jul 2024
143

Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jul 2024
I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of the things life and the world had to offer. It’s difficult to overstate the influence Anthony Bourdain has had on my worldview. For over a decade, whenever someone asked, “what do...
The Second Presidential Debate In case you missed it, here's what happened. The post The Second Presidential Debate appeared first...
10th Oct 2016
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The Second Presidential Debate

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Oct 2016
In case you missed it, here's what happened. The post The Second Presidential Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
Breaking the brainwashing [I read the article here]
2nd Mar 2026
1

Breaking the brainwashing

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Mar 2026
[I read the article here]
camouflage reflections on fitting into many places
5th Jul 2024
27

camouflage

from Mind Mine [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jul 2024
reflections on fitting into many places
State Championships My daughters have been grappling (both in juijitsu and wrestling) since they were eight years old....
1st Apr 2026
1

State Championships

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Apr 2026
My daughters have been grappling (both in juijitsu and wrestling) since they were eight years old. This winter marks almost six years of training (with some gaps when we were on the road). In all that time they've never really tested themselves in any formal way. They've wrestled...
🍲 Announcing Startup Soup: A Pragmatic Take on Startup Operations A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage...
3rd Mar 2025
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3rd Mar 2025
A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage companies!
quests, failure, desire or: contra defensive postures
9th Aug 2024
118

quests, failure, desire

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Aug 2024
or: contra defensive postures
On Being a Slow Thinker For a long time I considered myself a slow thinker. Meaning, I felt I wasn't particularly good at...
2nd Jan 2023
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On Being a Slow Thinker

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2023
For a long time I considered myself a slow thinker. Meaning, I felt I wasn't particularly good at thinking on the spot and articulating what I wanted to express. Probably one of the reasons why I never do podcasts and why job interviews are met with such trepidation. But I...
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
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A lot with a little

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
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...
29th Sep 2019
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The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

29th Sep 2019
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...
Strategies for making your ideas happen This post contains my notes from the book: More Fearless Change: Strategies for making your ideas...
1st Aug 2019
1

Strategies for making your ideas happen

from The Tao Of Wealth [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Aug 2019
This post contains my notes from the book: More Fearless Change: Strategies for making your ideas happen by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising. The book contains many useful strategies for making change happen in an effective manner. Read the strategies from two perspectives: As a...
10 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
2nd Nov 2023
103

10 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Nov 2023
My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
Not just fishing knots Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa. We walked in and mum saw Nana and they...
2nd Apr 2024
129

Not just fishing knots

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Apr 2024
Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa. We walked in and mum saw Nana and they both started to cry. Papa, Alan, Alby, my grandfather was quite sick. The room was quiet and somber but had an unshakable aura of warmth and love. Everyone was
Everything I know about gardening I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies...
2nd Jul 2023
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Everything I know about gardening

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jul 2023
I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies and roses, or my fields, and several people have asked me to write about gardening, or for gardening advice. But this request encounters a ridiculous shortcoming: I know almost...
AI Anxiety A walk into the unknown.
28th Apr 2023
35

AI Anxiety

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

28th Apr 2023
A walk into the unknown.
6 days ago
How To Deal With Regret ( 3 Stoic Strategies to Live Free) What Is Regret? “Two elements must therefore be rooted out once for all, – the fear of future...
23rd Aug 2023
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How To Deal With Regret ( 3 Stoic Strategies to Live Free)

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Aug 2023
What Is Regret? “Two elements must therefore be rooted out once for all, – the fear of future suffering, and the recollection of past suffering; since the latter no longer concerns me, and the former concerns me not yet.” – Seneca, from Letters from a Stoic After a long day at...
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
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HIRING: Fulfillment Manager – Daily Stoic

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
31 Simple Pleasures Simple doesn’t mean small.
25th May 2025
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31 Simple Pleasures

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

25th May 2025
Simple doesn’t mean small.
The power behind the "personalities" When I was a very young boy, my father used to call upon a very special accomplice to encourage me...
3rd Mar 2025
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The power behind the "personalities"

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Mar 2025
When I was a very young boy, my father used to call upon a very special accomplice to encourage me to eat up the unfavoured remains on my plate.
20th Jun 2024
[instagram] the look of love for 119 months it has been a difficult few weeks for me…but i can say that the years have been difficult too. that...
2nd Apr 2026
2

[instagram] the look of love for 119 months

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Apr 2026
it has been a difficult few weeks for me…but i can say that the years have been difficult too. that is why i don’t understand how she can have the love and patience to endure my self with me. sometimes i have terrible insomnia and i end up waking her up tens of times throughout...
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
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To day has bin a memorable day

from Diaries of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

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,...
Incommensurate Goods in ESG When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
28th Apr 2022
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Incommensurate Goods in ESG

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

28th Apr 2022
When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
Mind the Exponential Gap Listen now (54 mins) | Laetitia@Work #42
28th Sep 2021
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Mind the Exponential Gap

from Laetitia@Work [alt+shift+b] in life

28th Sep 2021
Listen now (54 mins) | Laetitia@Work #42
Trading stuff for money Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney....
1st May 2025
40

Trading stuff for money

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2025
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...
How To Develop Extreme Resilience 1. There is no destination. Only the journey. Have you ever said something like, “If I had a higher...
18th Nov 2020
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How To Develop Extreme Resilience

from The Tao Of Wealth [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Nov 2020
1. There is no destination. Only the journey. Have you ever said something like, “If I had a higher salary, then I would be happy”or “I’ll be satisfied when I get this promotion”? Many people don’t find out in time that “when” never comes. Stress appears in our life when we let...
Quarterly Author Update: April 2025 Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
8th Apr 2025
122

Quarterly Author Update: April 2025

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Apr 2025
Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
Reconsidering Reading While it may feel good to be able to say you've read something, that doesn’t mean it’s the most...
10th Jan 2022
53

Reconsidering Reading

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Jan 2022
While it may feel good to be able to say you've read something, that doesn’t mean it’s the most effective way to learn.
Resist Summary painfully quick thoughts about AI
31st Dec 2024
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Resist Summary

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