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A dangerous new game called Camera Rollette
over a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Rest is Resistance Laetitia@Work #59
a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
[subscribers only] Ask Me Anything about My Home (or Yours)
over a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
Your 9-5 Isn’t Killing Your Dreams. Wasting Your 5-9 Is. Complaining does nothing. It's time to get even.
3 weeks ago
DYNOMIGHT
Underrated reasons to be thankful IV That you can apparently learn to meditate your way into a state of profound relaxation and bliss and...
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3 months ago
That you can apparently learn to meditate your way into a state of profound relaxation and bliss and pleasure on par with heroin or orgasm, which was certainly not on my bingo card, which is good because bliss is good, and also because it’s cool that there can still be huge...
Ryan Hoover's...
Making Product Hunt
over a year ago
The Ruffian
Why You Should Ignore All the Polls They Aren't Telling Anything You Need To Know
4 months ago
Thu Le
Blog questions challenge I’m answering questions in the blog questions challenge!
3 weeks ago
Both Are True
why isn't there an A24 for kids? my toddler has terrible taste and I've had enough
a month ago
The Honest Broker
A 2000-Year-Old Argument Over the Flute Is the Most Important Thing in Our Culture Right Now This bitter debate from ancient times helps us understand today's crisis in music and other creative...
7 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Hidden Weaknesses and Outsourced Risk The benefits of not asking for help (even when you desperately need it)
over a year ago
Castles in the Sky
The Unlikely Connection Between Fiction and Travel Castles in the Sky #44
a year ago
Tech and Tea
Transformed into a couch On taking this time to slooooooow down
over a year ago
Mind Mine
being in bloom don’t forget to smell the roses
8 months ago
Passing Time
Mourning a Dam to Love a River Hurricane Michael's Destruction of Kapps Mill Dam
5 months ago
RhysTranter.com
“This is what we are about”: The Romero Prayer A beautiful prayer about vocation by Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw, often attributed to St Óscar...
10 months ago
Laetitia@Work
Single Mum By Default Laetitia@Work #45
over 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...
Both Are True
i guess i wrote a song??? a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
11 months 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...
3 months ago
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3 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.
Passing Time
Fun, Fellowship, and Fractures On the downside of activity-based friendships
8 months ago
Diaries of Note
Maybe that will dispel all this quietness In September of 1941, the Soviet city of Leningrad was encircled by Nazi forces in a brutal siege...
a year ago
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a year ago
In September of 1941, the Soviet city of Leningrad was encircled by Nazi forces in a brutal siege that would last until January 1944 and result in the deaths of nearly a million civilians. The relentless blockade led to devastating food and fuel shortages, and the merciless...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Family: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/f4sPP8SkiYQ Family was, without a doubt, an important element in the...
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Previous Next https://youtu.be/f4sPP8SkiYQ Family was, without a doubt, an important element in the lives of the ancient Stoic philosophers. While Stoicism teaches that we shouldn't become too attached to people and that we should remember everyone can be taken from us, it also...
journal – Winnie Lim
the ability to our selves as who we are My tcm (traditional chinese medicine) appointment a couple of weeks ago was postponed because my...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
My tcm (traditional chinese medicine) appointment a couple of weeks ago was postponed because my physician was sick. I thought it would be fine to go a couple of weeks without, but...
Diaries of Note
A disgusting day! In April of 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made the long journey to New York where...
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a year ago
In April of 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made the long journey to New York where he was to play a pivotal role in the inauguration of the city’s new music hall, later known as Carnegie Hall—a momentous occasion and the first time he had set foot in the United...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
An Are.na of Wonder and Connection I've been mulling over my presence on social media for a while now. There's only three platforms I...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I've been mulling over my presence on social media for a while now. There's only three platforms I actively use, but honestly, it feels like there should only be one — and that one, Are.na, breaks the mould of a typical social media space. You can find me on Instagram, X, and...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Gratitude: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/9GQ1QTVVeNk Did you know that gratitude is actually considered to be...
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a year ago
Previous Next https://youtu.be/9GQ1QTVVeNk Did you know that gratitude is actually considered to be one of the most important, positive emotions that the ancient Stoics believed human beings should develop? In fact, it's such an important emotion that it's even been said that the...
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...
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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...
RhysTranter.com
Cultivating Silence Saturday afternoon. Revisiting Merton, Newman, and this from Madeleine Delbrêl…
10 months ago
Both Are True
meeting my demons with the help of ai is this why i'm so stuck all the time? no, it can't be, unless...
a week ago
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.
Diaries of Note
They will pay in full Lena Mukhina was sixteen when the German army invaded the Soviet Union in June of 1941, setting off...
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a year ago
Lena Mukhina was sixteen when the German army invaded the Soviet Union in June of 1941, setting off a chain of events that would lead to the Siege of Leningrad—a brutal and devastating blockade that lasted more than two years and led to the deaths of 1.5 million people. Mukhina...
Mind Mine
transformations surrender & renew
2 months ago
The Honest Broker
"The Infrastructure of the Recording Industry Is About to Fail” The entire Hollywood ecosystem is tottering on the brink
a month ago
Nat Eliason's...
How to Build Your Own Software with AI (No Experience Necessary) By popular demand...
2 months ago
Both Are True
when the youtube motivational videos stop working how watching Rudy at the gym sort of changed everything (allegedly)
a month ago
The Map is Mostly...
Dispatches from childhood Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with this perspective, they could not live any other way. Everything is visceral to them, and they carry this visceral interiority everywhere.
The Honest Broker
In Search of Dupree Bolton (Part 2 of 2) I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early...
11 months ago
Diaries of Note
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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...
The Ruffian
Threads Isn't Toxic Enough Why I'm sticking with Twitter For Now
a year ago
Jason Fried
Do learn Imagine teaching guitar without putting an instrument in someone’s hands. Or teaching ceramics...
a year ago
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a year ago
Imagine teaching guitar without putting an instrument in someone’s hands. Or teaching ceramics without having people work with clay. Or teaching tennis without swinging the racket and hitting balls. I’m sure there’s some way to teach those things without doing those things, but...
Raw Thought (from...
Confront reality
over a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
To Make Enough Money to Retire Early, Stop Doing These 7 Things What Harvard research bizarrely shows about retirement
2 months ago
Left To Write
Getting Everything You Ever Wanted The two tragedies in life
a year ago
Both Are True
this is some real game of thrones shit this season of USA is insane
8 months ago
The Intimate Mirror
Buddhism Consumed The Unbundling of Dharma by Secular Materialism
a week ago
Stoic Simple
Stoicism & Personal Finance: Stoic Philosophy for Financial Stability In today's fast-paced and often unpredictable world, financial stability and security are high on...
a year ago
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In today's fast-paced and often unpredictable world, financial stability and security are high on everyone's list of priorities. However, achieving financial well-being can be challenging, especially when faced with economic uncertainty, unexpected expenses, and financial stress....
Diaries of Note
This must be a specially sad day Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in...
a year ago
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a year ago
Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in 1941 when her husband, a lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, was captured by Rommel’s Afrika Korps, leading to his imprisonment as a prisoner of war in Italy. She wrote...
Diaries of Note
The film had killed me On the morning of 27th August 1945, shooting commenced on La Belle et la Bête, a French-language...
a year ago
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a year ago
On the morning of 27th August 1945, shooting commenced on La Belle et la Bête, a French-language adaptation of the 1757 fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Directing this grand endeavour in his 57th year was poet and artist Jean Cocteau, a multi-talented creative force known for his...
Daniel Bourke
Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing The controlled accident. Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing". Because the...
a year ago
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a year ago
The controlled accident. Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing". Because the characters 无为 (wu wei) mean nothing (wu, 无) and doing (wei, 为). So although a literal translation would be doing nothing, it doesn’t mean the same as sitting
journal – Winnie Lim
blog questions challenge Though I’ve already done something similar for people & blogs, I thought it could be interesting to...
a month ago
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a month 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 Intimate Mirror
When Love Breaks Open How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
2 months ago
The Intimate Mirror
From Hiding in Concepts to Embodied Understanding How I learned to think from the body instead of hiding in the mind
2 months ago
The Convivial...
The Pathologies of the Attention Economy The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 16
over a year ago
Both Are True
When You're Done with that Condom, Just Throw it Anywhere just a lil guy
2 months ago
Farza's Newsletter
put a sandwich in my pocket and tsa told me to get rid of it thats messed up a short post about investors and getting money for what you're building.
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
gathering different pieces of myself I’ve been back home for a few days now. It feels good to be where I feel the safest, slowly working...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’ve been back home for a few days now. It feels good to be where I feel the safest, slowly working to get back to the routine I had before. Yesterday I...
journal – Winnie Lim
thoughts after the 2024 US election Sometime midway through the pandemic I felt like if I had any hope or optimism for humanity prior, I...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Sometime midway through the pandemic I felt like if I had any hope or optimism for humanity prior, I had lost it all witnessing how we responded towards a disabling virus. If...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Seven Minutes on David Letterman Abandon it in a garden and it may never catch anyone’s gaze. Lost in plain sight, it could be...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Abandon it in a garden and it may never catch anyone’s gaze. Lost in plain sight, it could be mistaken for an odd stone or the tip of a dark root protruding from the earth. The steel egg is alien, not beautiful in the way humans have decided is appropriate for display in art...
Atoms vs Bits
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
10 months ago
Both Are True
hello, i love you, won't you pick up your phone??? seriously haven't heard from you in seven minutes please pick up we're worried about you not a joke...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
seriously haven't heard from you in seven minutes please pick up we're worried about you not a joke please answer now hello?
Passing Time
Valuable, but not productive Consulting & finance as black holes of elite human capital
3 months ago
Diaries of Note
Left the Beatles On the evening of 10th January 1969, after a tough day at work, guitarist George Harrison opened his...
a year ago
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a year ago
On the evening of 10th January 1969, after a tough day at work, guitarist George Harrison opened his diary and in three words noted that he had quit the world’s most popular band. For a week the Beatles had been rehearsing at Twickenham Film Studios, their efforts captured on...
Ryan Hoover's...
The Product Hunt Global Hackathon — Join Us! 🌎
over a year ago
Tech and Tea
Space to create (and bonus kids' art 👩🏻‍🎨) Unexpected creative outlets beyond writing
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Ministry Of Silly Walks lift up your heels already
3 weeks ago
Passing Time
Alpine Starts II Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing The siren song of subs
a year ago
The Ruffian
Why Giving Up On The Humanities Is Self-Destructive The Economic Case For the Liberal Arts In the Age of AI
4 months ago
Left To Write
What A Bottle of Coke In A Luxury Five Star Resort Taught Me About Selling Where Is Just As Important As What
a year ago
How to Be a Stoic
What Would a Stoic Do? Dating “Dating” is a word I was not familiar with before coming to the United States. Especially with the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
“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...
Both Are True
Stop being a philistine and read some good books A conversation w writer, critic, and lover of the classics Henry Oliver on BOTH ARE TRUE LIVE
2 weeks ago
The Map is Mostly...
A lot with a little Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Reflecting on Minimalissimo I was recently asked what my values are in life. It's a very tough question to answer without...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I was recently asked what my values are in life. It's a very tough question to answer without throwing out one word answers off the top of your head. And that's pretty meaningless unless you're prepared to elaborate on that word and what it means in relation to your life and...
The Convivial...
Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
over a year ago
Daniel Bourke
5 Free Resources to Help You Get a Machine Learning Job Learn in public, build your own projects, start the job before you have it, polish your resume and...
a year ago
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a year ago
Learn in public, build your own projects, start the job before you have it, polish your resume and practice, practice, practice!
Atoms vs Bits
It's Not A Bad Restaurant, It's A Bad Dish You go to a restaurant with great reviews, but find the food completely mediocre. What happened? Of...
a year ago
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a year ago
You go to a restaurant with great reviews, but find the food completely mediocre. What happened? Of course there's lots of options: other people have bad taste, the reviews are fake, the place went downhill. But I think an underrated explanation is that there's high variance
The Honest Broker
I Had to Say Something at My Son's Wedding So I'm sharing it with you too
12 months ago
The Ruffian
When will an AI win the Booker? A reflection on whether novelists will ever be made obsolete by ChatGPT
a year ago
The Prism
Why Are We The Way We Are? A conversation with Chris Williamson
a year ago
Tech and Tea
Hustle culture is over-rated Let's celebrate sustainability over all-nighters and re-define what hard work looks like.
a year ago
Castles in the Sky
Tracking how many of The Atlantic's Great American Novels I've Read An ongoing project
11 months ago
Left To Write
Why I Write Five weeks ago, I had pledged to go on a writing journey to write my truth with Foster.co....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Five weeks ago, I had pledged to go on a writing journey to write my truth with Foster.co. Admittedly, I wasn’t too involved in many of the Season 2 workshops. However, the few I did attend left a significant impact on how I approached the writing process. As a result, here is my...
journal – Winnie Lim
the amazing tools and research we now have for our metabolic health [cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes...
a year ago
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a year ago
[cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes complications. When I was younger I couldn’t understand what it meant to die of diabetes complications –...
Naz Hamid — Journal...
🔗 Things I know Last month I turned 30, and I thought I’d share some of the things I’ve learned along the way....
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2 months ago
Last month I turned 30, and I thought I’d share some of the things I’ve learned along the way. Here’s to many more to come. — Thu Le I enjoy reading these reflection lists when people turn another year older. Visit original link → or View on nazhamid.com →
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Inspirational Design Stories You Missed in 2016 There is a good chance you missed some of my best writing in 2016. Let's fix that.
over a year ago
Paul Cudenec
Video: The Corruption is Real and Sickening I am delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
I am delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by Drs Mark and Sam Bailey in New Zealand, based on some of my recent writing.
Ryan Hoover's...
Product Hunt Radio is back
over a year ago
Farza's Newsletter
might drop-out and start a rap career in singapore brb Company So, I sorta see Zip as two problems right now. Problem #1: How can we grow the # of people...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Company So, I sorta see Zip as two problems right now. Problem #1: How can we grow the # of people paying for Zip at least +10%-20% week over week? What levers can we pull to reliably send traffic to Zip either by referrals, ads, or other more grassroot style strategies?
Jason Fried
Subjectivity in productivity Precision. Certainty. Specificity. Everyone wants to know exactly what and exactly when, and they...
a month ago
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a month ago
Precision. Certainty. Specificity. Everyone wants to know exactly what and exactly when, and they want a statistic attached to corroborate it. But numbers are rarely answers — just as projects are rarely math problems. Where are we in this process exactly? How far along in this...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
First Loop Fright Breakthrough success and catastrophic failure seem random at first, but they are more systematic...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Breakthrough success and catastrophic failure seem random at first, but they are more systematic than they appear.
Farza's Newsletter
me and the beatles just ate some waffles in tokyo I've raised $12M for my company + hired amazing people -- and until very recently, whenever anyone...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
I've raised $12M for my company + hired amazing people -- and until very recently, whenever anyone would ask me my 10-year plan I would flat out say "I have no idea".
journal – Winnie Lim
did i just do my first pull-up? Wanted to write a note but I guess this warrants a proper post since I’ve completed my main...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Wanted to write a note but I guess this warrants a proper post since I’ve completed my main aspiration for 2024! Today while trying our home pull-up bar I realised I could...
Stoic Simple
An Introduction to the Ancient Philosophy of Stoicism Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy that has gained popularity in recent years as a practical...
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a year ago
Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy that has gained popularity in recent years as a practical guide for navigating life's challenges. It is a philosophy that places great importance on improving oneself and making the most of one's circumstances, regardless of external...
Luxagraf:...
Renaissance Fair One of the things I find most peculiar about our current pop culture worldview is the utter...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the things I find most peculiar about our current pop culture worldview is the utter disregard for the past. The past is a far away thing that is almost always a-thing-you-are-so-lucky-you-don't-have-to-live-in. Step outside that increasingly tunneled vision the media...
Jason Fried
Lighten your grip I recently took up drumming. Again. One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
I recently took up drumming. Again. One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is that you’re gripping the sticks too hard. A tight grip denies certain degrees of freedom, limits subtlety, and ups the fatigue factor. Plus you give up the gift of bounce the drum...
The Honest Broker
Should We Get Angry When Artists Sell Out? Is it really okay to take the money and run?
4 months ago
The Ruffian
The Age of Centrist Heroes Is Over I Hope You Like Pizza
8 months ago
Scarlet Ink
Why You Can't Teach Leadership — Experience vs. Instruction I'm slightly exaggerating, as I do think there are some very specific things we can teach. But the...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
I'm slightly exaggerating, as I do think there are some very specific things we can teach. But the majority of the leadership job is gained through the school of hard knocks.
Diaries of Note
Today was truly, absolutely the worst day ever in Sarajevo In April 1992, following Bosnia’s declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, simmering tensions...
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a year ago
In April 1992, following Bosnia’s declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, simmering tensions among the region’s ethnic groups escalated into the devastating Bosnian War. It wasn’t long before the city of Sarajevo found itself under siege. Amidst the chaos, a courageous young...
Letters of Note
Diaries of Note Dear all, On 1st January of this year, after what feels like centuries of preparation, I launched...
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over a year ago
Dear all, On 1st January of this year, after what feels like centuries of preparation, I launched Diaries of Note, and though incredibly difficult to plan, the premise is simple: every single day, on the Diaries of Note website, I am featuring a single diary entry from history,...
Mark Manson
How to Stop Caring About What People Think There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think. We all...
a year ago
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a year ago
There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think. We all wish we could be impervious to others' opinions, like Superman deflecting bullets. But instead of bullets, we're out here trying to deflect the fucks we wish we didn't give. We...
Letters of Note
Please don’t let anyone Americanise it! Born in Cambridge in 1952, Douglas Adams was best known for creating The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the...
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over a year ago
Born in Cambridge in 1952, Douglas Adams was best known for creating The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a wildly successful project that began in 1978 as a science-fiction comedy radio series and eventually evolved to become something much larger, in many formats and in many...
Letters of Note
Never get a bulldog When he wrote this letter to his mother in 1944, Roald Dahl was working at the British Embassy in...
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over a year ago
When he wrote this letter to his mother in 1944, Roald Dahl was working at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C.—one of hundreds of undercover agents employed by Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service to spy on the United States. Dahl’s debut novel, The Gremlins, had been...
RhysTranter.com
Easter 2024: A Roman Pilgrimage A selection of the sites visited during a recent Easter pilgrimage to Rome
10 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Screw Management, Point Yourself at Piles of Rubble I knew a guy who cashed in by matching odd jobs with cheap workers. There is good money to be made...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I knew a guy who cashed in by matching odd jobs with cheap workers. There is good money to be made in convincing people to do subhuman work. I was an easy mark.
Ryan Hoover's...
Can I help?
over a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Real friends
a year ago
The Convivial...
Reading As Counter-Practice The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 19
over a year ago
The Ruffian
My Ten Favourite Books of the Year Plus a Rattle Bag of Goodies (and a special Christmas offer)
2 months ago
Diaries of Note
The Last of England Ford Madox Brown was a British artist born in Calais in 1821, widely recognised though never...
a year ago
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a year ago
Ford Madox Brown was a British artist born in Calais in 1821, widely recognised though never officially part of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. It was in 1852 that he started work on two of his most famous paintings: Work, which took thirteen years to complete, and The Last of...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
What Is Too Minimal? I'm currently facing a design and marketing challenge related to minimalism. So I want to present a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I'm currently facing a design and marketing challenge related to minimalism. So I want to present a series of questions that you are welcome to help answer in whatever format you like (email, tweet, blog post, or meme). If you run a website related to minimalism, is it only...
Left To Write
№ 67: The Last Generation of Chinese Takeaway Kids Growing up in a takeaway - Growth is always painful - Struggle is what makes us human
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Greatest Guitar Player’s Worst Concert Phil Keaggy struggled. He is recovering from a detached retina. There’s nerve pain in his hand. His...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Phil Keaggy struggled. He is recovering from a detached retina. There’s nerve pain in his hand. His guitar broke, so he had to borrow one from the opening act. The sound crew was questionable. It might have been the worst concert Phil has ever performed. And yet...
The Intimate Mirror
The Mother Wound and the Return to Love Finding Our Way Back to Sacred World
a month ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Resignation Letter I Couldn’t Send Writing a resignation letter is easy. Knowing whether or not to send it is the hard part.
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Today is Open Mic Anarchy You can talk about absolutely any subject
a year ago
The Prism
23 Truths I Wish I Knew at 23 But which are never too late to learn
9 months ago
Diaries of Note
Thanks be to God! On 14th December 1911, after years of preparation and a gruelling journey in treacherous conditions,...
a year ago
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a year ago
On 14th December 1911, after years of preparation and a gruelling journey in treacherous conditions, Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole and raised the flag of Norway—an achievement that marked them as the first to stand at this geographical zenith having beaten...
Ryan Hoover's...
The New Product Hunt iOS App (described in GIFs)
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Castles in the Sky
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All that talk by the world’s biggest polluters about going “green” and wanting to “save the planet” has always been a transparent fraud.
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On the evening of 14th April 1865, as he sat in Ford’s Theatre with his wife Mary, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth, who fired a .44 caliber Derringer pistol at the back of Lincoln’s head and then fled the scene. A...
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Scott Alexander is my favorite blogger. I’d like to recommend him to more people, but it’s hard to know where to start, since he’s written over 1,500 posts. A little while ago a friend asked me to make a list of my favorite pieces of his. So, here is a beginner’s guide to the...
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I have been involved in running Minimalissimo since 2012, when I took it over from two Dutch designers Maarten P Kappert and Stan Grootes—who did an incredible job to gain a substantial readership. Since then, I’ve looked to evolve the site from a blog into a more rounded...
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There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to concentrate on. There was joy in effort, and the world resisted effort to just the right degree, and yielded to it at last. People cut Mount Rushmore into faces; they chipped here and...
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Previous Next https://youtu.be/_W0xAHnxe6o Because suffering is an unavoidable part of the human experience and worries many of us, we can find many helpful quotes about it from the Stoics. Practicing Stoicism doesn't make us immune to pain, hardships and suffering . . . but it...
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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...
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Born in South Africa in 1934, Gordon Forbes was a seasoned tennis professional who clinched his first junior title at the tender age of twelve, initiating a stellar career among the tennis elite. Forbes and his doubles partner, Abe Segal, formed an unstoppable force in the...
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Someone once called me intense. At first, I thought, is there something wrong with me? But I snapped out of things and realised it’s what makes me me. No one is making it out alive; death knocks at everyone’s door, so why not be obsessed about the things I enjoy?
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Artificial intelligence is capable of forging philosophical concepts that transcend the organic limitations of human neural networks. Is there a way for us to comprehend a "shadow" of this new form of AI wisdom? by Phil Van Treuren Humanity has practiced philosophy for thousands...
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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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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Although not widely acclaimed during his lifetime, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) is now recognised as one of the most brilliant poets of the Victorian era, celebrated for the masterful use of language, rhythm, and evocative imagery in his poetry. A committed Jesuit priest,...
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Emily Shore was just nineteen when she died of tuberculosis—a short life, but one brimming with intellectual curiosity. Born in Suffolk, England in 1819, her now-celebrated journal contains not just her intricate observations of the natural world, but also thoughtful reflections...
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It seemed like a general conflagration In 1807, three years after shooting Alexander Hamilton dead in a duel, former Vice President of the...
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In 1807, three years after shooting Alexander Hamilton dead in a duel, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr was indicted for a second time, for treason. Having once been at the pinnacle of American politics, he was now accused of plotting to carve out his own...
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Hey there, you beautiful bastards. Today, we're diving into the infinite complexities of the self. We'll be exploring the concept of self at five different levels, from simple explanations to brain-melting ideas that'll leave you questioning your very existence. Ready? Let's do...
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Known to many as the “father of existentialism,” Søren Kierkegaard was a pivotal Danish philosopher, theologian, and cultural critic of the 19th century. His extensive published writings grappled with complex themes including ethics, religion, and the intricate facets of...
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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...
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How to Apply Stoicism in the Workplace for Increased Productivity In today's fast-paced, high-stress work environment, it's easy to become overwhelmed and succumb to...
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In today's fast-paced, high-stress work environment, it's easy to become overwhelmed and succumb to emotional outbursts or impulsive decision-making. The ancient philosophy of Stoicism, however, offers a practical and effective approach to managing workplace challenges, improving...
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It was in 2008 that famed British neurologist Oliver Sacks sent a letter to American writer and photographer Bill Hayes, giving rise to a friendship that ultimately evolved into a deeply affectionate partnership, one that endured until Sacks’s death from cancer in 2015. With a...
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Ran through Ritz, walked miles, drank in Dorchester On 15th August of 1945, three months after Nazi Germany’s surrender in Europe, the world rejoiced as...
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On 15th August of 1945, three months after Nazi Germany’s surrender in Europe, the world rejoiced as Japan announced its unconditional surrender, bringing an end to World War II. Streets from New York to London, Sydney to Shanghai, were flooded with jubilant crowds celebrating...
Jason Fried
The Teenage Engineering TP-7 I finally picked up a Teenage Engineering TP-7. I've been experimenting with dictating random ideas...
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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...
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It’s probably just money: Why hosts do well at the Olympics They say that countries win more medals when they host the Olympics. But do they? And if so,...
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They say that countries win more medals when they host the Olympics. But do they? And if so, why? I’ve seen various theories: Jetlag. Maybe it’s because athletes from the host country don’t need to travel as far. Esprit de corps. Maybe athletes feel lifted up by the local crowd...
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Reflections on six months of fatherhood To be fed from a spoon requires three distinct skills. First, you must open your mouth when the...
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To be fed from a spoon requires three distinct skills. First, you must open your mouth when the spoon approaches. Second, you must close your mouth around the spoon once it has fully entered the mouth (and not before). Third, you must swallow the food that remains in your mouth...
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Many people are choosing to slowly improve, enhance, and invigorate their living spaces by making subtle but significant changes to their homes with the addition of good quality, easily transportable furniture and fittings. Even those who are not home owners are taking this...
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I signed up for ETHDenver 2020 hoping to learn more about cryptocurrency. What I came away with was questions about the viability of, well, everything.
Jason Fried
Randomly right One of the great lessons of nature: Randomness is the most beautiful thing. Every forest, every...
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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...
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a tale of two idiots who fell in love as told by one of those idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying everything
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A Beginner’s Guide to Practicing Stoicism The ancient philosophy of Stoicism has recently gained popularity as a way to navigate life's...
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The ancient philosophy of Stoicism has recently gained popularity as a way to navigate life's challenges with a clearer, more level-headed mindset. Here, we will explore the key principles of Stoicism and offer practical ways to incorporate them into your daily life....