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Mark Manson
Why Growth Requires Struggle I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions...
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over a year ago
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...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Compass Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
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...
Mark Manson
Why You Should Have Fewer Opinions https://youtu.be/qJ8aRl1UNgw I'm on an old man rant today. The world's a shitfest, and something...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
https://youtu.be/qJ8aRl1UNgw I'm on an old man rant today. The world's a shitfest, and something needs to be said: Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one, and most are full of shit. So, here's my argument: people need to have fewer fucking opinions. The problem is that...
Laetitia@Work
How housing scarcity influences everything Laetitia@Work #81
a month ago
The Honest Broker
Jim Croce and Me 50 years ago today, the gifted singer-songwriter died in a plane crash
a year ago
Mind Mine
Discussing King, Warrior, Magician, Lover with Co-Author Douglas Gillette masculine archetypes, understanding our shadow, and how we can raise the collective consciousness
6 months ago
Charlie Becker
I have a new face. Reintroducing myself and Castles in the Sky
10 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Doom Loop Triggers Today I want to talk about the difference between unproductive mopes and highly successful people....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Today I want to talk about the difference between unproductive mopes and highly successful people. Imagine a spectrum with prolific artists at the top and ineffective slugs at the bottom.
Ryan Hoover's...
Startup Side Projects
over a year ago
Both Are True
wait no that last email wasn't supposed to get cut off !!! this one has the May schedule for the BATCAVE 🦇🦇 Hey also should teach a workshop in how to send...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
this one has the May schedule for the BATCAVE 🦇🦇 Hey also should teach a workshop in how to send emails good and how you definitely should send a follow up immediately after that is KEY
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Horriffic Symphony There is a faint whistle from the nose of a coworker as he exhales. Someone slurps his morning cup...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There is a faint whistle from the nose of a coworker as he exhales. Someone slurps his morning cup of coffee. I think about the rhythm of these sounds, wondering if they will sync up.
Isabel Unraveled
shrinking hurts stop making yourself small because it’s convenient <3
5 months ago
The Intimate Mirror
The Mother Wound and the Return to Love Finding Our Way Back to Sacred World
5 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
precarious health, and bringing the whole self to every encounter I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my...
a year ago
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a year ago
I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my heart rate and heart rate variability every morning when I wake up to...
journal – Winnie Lim
a hole in my soul I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the...
a year ago
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a year ago
I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the feelings and thoughts I have at this point in time. It doesn’t seem right...
The Honest Broker
How Bing Crosby Made Silicon Valley Possible The singer who popularized "White Christmas" was also a visionary tech innovator
a year ago
Charlie Becker
The Scrutiny Gap Critical Thinking at Critical Times
over a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Miss you, Little D
a year ago
The Honest Broker
The Rise of the Anonymous Music Star Do streaming platforms view famous artists as a threat to their brands?
a year ago
The Ruffian
Stories are bad for your intelligence How Historians (and Others) Make Themselves Stupid
a year ago
Left To Write
Do The Verb To Become The Noun Chasing after who you want to become is hard
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Demented with grief Franz Baermann Steiner was a Czech-born anthropologist and poet whose life was tragically cut short...
a year ago
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a year ago
Franz Baermann Steiner was a Czech-born anthropologist and poet whose life was tragically cut short in 1952 by a heart attack—the final blow in a series of health struggles since his parents were claimed by the Holocaust. His enduring trauma from this profound loss had been a...
The Honest Broker
Open Mic: What Should I Write About? And some coming attractions at The Honest Broker
a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
You Only Have 1 Hour a Day to Build Your Online Empire (If You Work a Job) Here’s the simple system to use
3 months ago
Diaries of Note
Nobody wants to give me what I don’t want Walter Ripton Morris was fifty-four when he was fired from his job. The year was 1961, and the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Walter Ripton Morris was fifty-four when he was fired from his job. The year was 1961, and the company for which he had worked for some time had been swallowed up by a bigger corporation who deemed him to be disposable. Four years later, Morris published the diary he had kept...
Nat Eliason's...
40 Lessons from 30 Years Why keep it to 30
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
A Better Birthday Song One that's actually happy, for a start.
a month ago
journal – Winnie Lim
a small life A few weeks ago my host emailed me that for some reason google bot was hitting my site so much that...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
A few weeks ago my host emailed me that for some reason google bot was hitting my site so much that it slowed down the entire server – since it was affecting...
The Intimate Mirror
The Future Breaking Through How Personal Crisis and Collective Transformation Call Each Other Forth (Breaking Open: Part 6)
5 months ago
The Ruffian
The Six Million Dollar Banana Why I Find Conceptual Artists Inspiring
7 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
thoughts on the suicidal mind [tw: suicide] I watched Roadrunner, a documentary about Anthony Bourdain, and it left me a lot of...
a year ago
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a year ago
[tw: suicide] I watched Roadrunner, a documentary about Anthony Bourdain, and it left me a lot of thoughts as someone who has struggled with my own existence my entire life. Though I am writing...
Nat Eliason's...
Slow Habits Change without Force
11 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Sabotaging the Beautiful Web At the peak of FontBurner’s success it was delivering fonts to thousands of websites. I was so proud...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
At the peak of FontBurner’s success it was delivering fonts to thousands of websites. I was so proud of that tool. That’s why what happened next broke my heart almost completely.
Diaries of Note
BlooOOP, blooOOP In 1949, as she searched for obscure books to feed her reading habit, American author Helene Hanff...
a year ago
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a year ago
In 1949, as she searched for obscure books to feed her reading habit, American author Helene Hanff struck up a correspondence with Frank Doel, chief buyer for Marks & Co., an antiquarian bookshop nestled at 84, Charing Cross Road in London. These letters, filled with Hanff’s...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Why Leaders Should Never Back Their Car In The culture of a company is a hard thing to suss out from the outside. When you are thinking about...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The culture of a company is a hard thing to suss out from the outside. When you are thinking about switching jobs it can be hard to know what you are getting yourself into from interviews alone. Initial meetings are biased by employees who paint rosy pictures of the company in...
The Works in...
Links in Progress: Legalizing the condo Moving the needle on US homebuilding
3 months ago
RhysTranter.com
“Be zealous in amending your whole life”: Vincent Van Gogh on The Imitation of Christ In the years leading up to my conversion, I gradually became fascinated by Thomas á Kempis’s...
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a year ago
In the years leading up to my conversion, I gradually became fascinated by Thomas á Kempis’s devotional text, The Imitation of Christ. I encountered it first in the letters of the young Samuel Beckett, and next in the interviews of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, and then in all...
Both Are True
My son, the two year old soccer prodigy he just doesn't know it yet // S1E2
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
What’s in your stack?
over a year ago
Tech and Tea
Making Space When the World Feels Heavy When creating space feels too hard, a little structure and accountability can be the nudge you need.
2 weeks ago
Luxagraf:...
Autumn Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit the road, packing away the paddle boards, washing the bus, and burning through the last of the firewood. Sometime around the middle of the month we say goodbye to friends and head...
The Ruffian
Nike's Winning Strategy On the Cultural Significance of Its 2024 Olympics Campaign
11 months ago
Jason Fried
Hiring judgement In the end, judgment comes first. And that means hiring is a gut decision. As much science as people...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
In the end, judgment comes first. And that means hiring is a gut decision. As much science as people want to try to pour into the hiring process, art always floats to the top. This is especially true when hiring at the executive level. The people who make the final calls — the...
Tech and Tea
Creating Space: A 6-Week Journaling Course Announcing a journaling course in collaboration with Buster Benson at 750 Words — designed to help...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
Announcing a journaling course in collaboration with Buster Benson at 750 Words — designed to help you step back, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters. Join us!
The Ruffian
Threads Isn't Toxic Enough Why I'm sticking with Twitter For Now
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Both Are True
when the youtube motivational videos stop working how watching Rudy at the gym sort of changed everything (allegedly)
4 months ago
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 32 Weight Loss, Civilization, and Good Reading
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
The "Rice Knuckle Rule" Rule If you didn't actually follow the rule you said you followed, what use was the rule?
6 months ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
It Took Me 10 Years to Realize, and I Will Tell You in 2 Minutes. 1. A 9-5 job is blocking you from reaching your potential.
4 months ago
The Honest Broker
How to Achieve Immortality Let's look at the options
4 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Taste We need good taste to make good things, but we must first qualify and understand what good means in...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
We need good taste to make good things, but we must first qualify and understand what good means in the sense of design. Taste is the ability to identify quality. To understand quality we need to look critically at: materials that are fit for purpose, ergonomics that considers...
The Ruffian
Len vs Glenn How Leonard Bernstein turned a crisis into a productive disagreement
a year ago
Jason Crawford
What went wrong with the ventilator stockpile? The New York Times reports on how the federal government tried and failed to increase the stockpile...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The New York Times reports on how the federal government tried and failed to increase the stockpile of ventilators. Some are reading this as a story about the private sector, the profit motive, or “greed”. I think it’s a story about incompetent project management. The story in...
Atoms vs Bits
Modelling People Smarter Than Me Models of models of models
5 months ago
Passing Time
On Resting They say running is cheaper than therapy...
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Western Music Isn't What You Think Or how my views on culture proved to be all wet
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Can You Fool the Audience? The future of culture may depend on this question—and the answer is now evident
a month ago
Charlie Becker
Open Thread: Castles in the Sky in Your Life Castles in the Sky #37
a year ago
How to Be a Stoic
Stoics should be vegetarian Vegetarianism is a big deal, ethically speaking. It was put on the map in terms of public philosophy...
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Vegetarianism is a big deal, ethically speaking. It was put on the map in terms of public philosophy by utilitarian Peter Singer, with his landmark Animal Liberation, published back in 1975. In truth, utilitarians have been very clear on the subject from the beginning. The...
DYNOMIGHT
Links for January (1) Jimmy Carter rabbit incident On April 20, 1979, President Carter was on vacation fishing in a...
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5 months ago
(1) Jimmy Carter rabbit incident On April 20, 1979, President Carter was on vacation fishing in a pond in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. After returning to DC, he mentioned to some White House staffers that a large rabbit had swum towards him “hissing menacingly” and he’d had...
Rubenerd
Postal voting in the 2025 Australian election The 2025 Australian Federal election will be taking place when Clara and I are outside our...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
The 2025 Australian Federal election will be taking place when Clara and I are outside our electorate, so we opted for a postal vote. This means no democracy sausage on polling day, but we’re still able to perform our civic duty. Well, that and the fact voting is comulspry in...
Daniel Bourke
Small sways in the breeze make you strong I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind. When they were small, they’d almost fall...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind. When they were small, they’d almost fall over. But the post kept them up. Now they’re big enough to stand on their own. A breeze comes along and their branches move with it but
bookbear express
grace discernment without judgment
2 months ago
Raptitude.com
What Human Civilization is All About An assassin is coming to kill you! At midnight tonight! Unless you do 100 pushups first, that is. If...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
An assassin is coming to kill you! At midnight tonight! Unless you do 100 pushups first, that is. If this were true, you would do the pushups, no question, no problem. Any motivation issues would evaporate, thanks to your assassin. If the assassin did this every weekday, you’d...
Charlie Becker
Sandcastles and Wanderlust An Adventure at the Beach
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Open Mic Discussion: How Do You Deal with Disabilities that Put Your Vocation at Risk? A reader asks for your advice
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Beware of labels
11 months ago
The Intimate Mirror
Love's Inevitable Gravity The Sacred Archaeology of Desire
3 months ago
Both Are True
I felt more human after this conversation Isabel Cowles Murphy and I talk parenting and writing and and the “hideous and holy” aka babies with
2 months ago
Raptitude.com
How to Stop Eating Candy for Breakfast There’s a particular scene in an early episode of the Simpsons that I found especially relatable, as...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
There’s a particular scene in an early episode of the Simpsons that I found especially relatable, as a ten-year-old whose main interest was candy. Bart and Lisa wake up the morning after Halloween, so miserable from eating sweets that they can’t even look at their candy pile....
Laetitia@Work
What future of work in a warmer world? Laetitia@Work #60
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Environmentalism: What Stoicism Teaches on Ethics & Environment Stoicism, a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece, has gained significant attention in modern...
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over a year ago
Stoicism, a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece, has gained significant attention in modern times for its practical and pragmatic approach to life. While Stoicism is often associated with personal ethics and self-improvement, its principles can also be applied to...
Both Are True
Gaza, God, and turning toward the hard stuff without needing to solve it Noha Beshir on Both Are True LIVE
4 months ago
Thu Le
50 things I learned in 2024 In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from books, conversations, and everyday life.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Stepping Inside Hallucinations The cake tilted precariously as I stumbled into my parents bedroom. Panic gripped me as I tried to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The cake tilted precariously as I stumbled into my parents bedroom. Panic gripped me as I tried to steady the massive cake.
Atoms vs Bits
Dog Days Are On Just some facts about pet lifespans, honestly.
3 months ago
The Ruffian
How To Fix DEI 'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion' That Works
a year ago
Passing Time
UPPERCASE lowercase Andinbetvveen On stylized titling: the expanding canvas of musical expression
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
the beach I’ve had an affinity with the beach since I was young. Every time I had the opportunity to take a...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
I’ve had an affinity with the beach since I was young. Every time I had the opportunity to take a vacation, it would almost always be the beach. My younger self would...
The Honest Broker
What's the Greatest Live Music Event You Ever Saw? Today is open mic day at The Honest Broker
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The 5 Whys of Running If you ask "Why?" five times you can discover the motivation behind anything. At least that is what...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you ask "Why?" five times you can discover the motivation behind anything. At least that is what this simple interrogation method is supposed to do. It's never worked for me.
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...
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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.
The Ruffian
When will an AI win the Booker? A reflection on whether novelists will ever be made obsolete by ChatGPT
over a year ago
Daniel Bourke
Apple M3 Machine Learning Speed Test I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
a year ago
Charlie Becker
To Love a Dove Castles in the Sky #39
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How I Identify Heroes & Villains in the Music Business Or in publishing, movies, visual arts, and other creative idioms
2 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
Obvious travel advice Mindset matters more than where you go. Who you go with matters more than where you go. After seeing...
a year ago
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a year ago
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...
Both Are True
i guess i wrote a song??? a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
a year ago
Mind Mine
a return to soul bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
7 months ago
Left To Write
I Want What You Have Let's talk about envy and its shenanigans
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Harrison Ford and the Origin of Western Civilization We cover lots of ground at The Honest Broker
a month ago
Raptitude.com
The Best Things in Life Don’t Make Themselves Happen You spend your life doing things. Some of the things you do make themselves happen, and some don’t....
3 months ago
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3 months ago
You spend your life doing things. Some of the things you do make themselves happen, and some don’t. Sweeping the floor, even if you don’t love doing it, will eventually make itself happen, because you’ll get annoyed by walking through filth every day. Same with things like...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Polaroid, you broke my heart. What does it feel like to be contacted by a brand you love and admire? Well, if the person reaching...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
How to Tell if Your Job is Real After quitting his job, a friend made an odd comment. He said, "It’s weird when you realize that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
After quitting his job, a friend made an odd comment. He said, "It’s weird when you realize that none of it is real." His observation stuck me as both profoundly true and maddeningly confusing.
Luxagraf:...
What Vanlife is Really Like I have no idea what Vanlife is or is like. But I can tell you that if you think you're just going to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I have no idea what Vanlife is or is like. But I can tell you that if you think you're just going to cruise around in an old vehicle, living the life, um, yeah, not all the time. Some of the time, sure. Maybe even most of the time, but there's a good bit of work to be done on the...
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...
over a year ago
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over 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...
Luxagraf:...
Greenfield Village It's always seems slightly perverse to me to head east in a country that once lived by the slogan,...
a year ago
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a year ago
It's always seems slightly perverse to me to head east in a country that once lived by the slogan, go west. Whatever the case, we're eastbound again and when planning our route we ran across something called Greenfield Village. Greenfield Village is difficult to describe, but...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
If a manifesto is published on Medium and no one recommends it, does it make a sound? Anybody can write a manifesto and there is nothing that says it has to inspire anybody. But if you...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Anybody can write a manifesto and there is nothing that says it has to inspire anybody. But if you are going to fill space with corporate jargon, what are you hoping to accomplish? Why would you share it with the world if you have nothing new to contribute?
Daily Stoic
Stoicism and Christianity: The History of the Stoics and the Christians It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the...
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over a year ago
It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the same time. That’s right, Seneca and Jesus were both born in the year 4BC. Not only that, they lived roughly parallel lives despite being separated by geography, culture, and social...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Negative Space One of the most important lessons you learn as a student of design is the importance of negative...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the most important lessons you learn as a student of design is the importance of negative space. For every mark you make you are changing the space around it. Artists understand that this negative space is just as important as the mark itself. Visually this is a critical...
Laetitia@Work
The Mystery of Mastery Laetitia@Work #64
a year ago
bookbear express
on one-sidedness giving without getting
4 months ago
Charlie Becker
Relatable Flaws | Review of Ask the Dust by John Fante Ask the Dust is a great book that captures a specific feeling unlike anything else I’ve ever read....
a year ago
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a year ago
Ask the Dust is a great book that captures a specific feeling unlike anything else I’ve ever read. The protagonist is a deeply flawed, almost perverse daydreamer, but it is his flaws that make him relatable in a way I’ve encountered in very few other places.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The most profound message in the history of junk literature I have always been a slow reader. I get discouraged by dense text and I struggle to finish books...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I have always been a slow reader. I get discouraged by dense text and I struggle to finish books thicker than the width of my thumb.
The Honest Broker
A Look at Bill Evans's 15-Year-Old Pianist Grandson And other updates on previous posts
a year ago
The Ruffian
The Improving Mentality Pt II Anton Howes on Britain's Industrial Revolution
a month ago
Diaries of Note
O God is there no redress, no peace, no justice in this land for us? Ida B. Wells was a trailblazing African American journalist, civil rights activist, and suffragist...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Ida B. Wells was a trailblazing African American journalist, civil rights activist, and suffragist who courageously fought against racial injustice and gender inequality throughout her life. Born into slavery in 1862, she grew up to become a vocal advocate for the rights of Black...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimal Twitter Community Pilot My search for an alternative community platform has led me back to, yes, Twitter. Although I am...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My search for an alternative community platform has led me back to, yes, Twitter. Although I am still experimenting with a couple of other platforms, namely Minus and Discord, this new Twitter Communities pilot is interesting. We're all aware of the trials and tribulations of...
The Honest Broker
What Happened to My Search Engine? Or why tech upgrades are now mostly downgrades
a year ago
Scarlet Ink
The Art of Simplification: Why We (over) Build When We Should Simplify Removing things is often just as complex as adding things. It is a way to add value which is often...
4 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Product Hunt Radio is back
over a year ago
The Ruffian
How Silicon Valley Hacked the Science of Human Behaviour Revisiting My 2016 Piece on The Phones
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Poor wreck that I am John L’Heureux, a renowned Massachusetts-born novelist and poet, spent seventeen years of his life...
over a year ago
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John L’Heureux, a renowned Massachusetts-born novelist and poet, spent seventeen years of his life as a Jesuit before embracing the literary world. On June 11th, 1966, after twelve years of rigorous study, he was ordained as a priest. During the three years leading up to this...
Laetitia@Work
5 toxic forces that prevent you from quitting when you should Laetitia@Work #56
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
5 scenes from fukuoka I was too tired to post anything yesterday, so I guess this wouldn’t be a daily thing. But something...
a year ago
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a year ago
I was too tired to post anything yesterday, so I guess this wouldn’t be a daily thing. But something is better than nothing, so I am back posting a few highlights. We...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Tighter than Scum A mile of scum clung to the edges of the grocery store aisles. Every night the machine that waxed...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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.
The Ruffian
Why Britain's Elites Shun Highbrow Culture The Signal Has Flipped
9 months ago
The Honest Broker
15 Observations on the New Phase in Cultural Conflict If the old motto was watch out below, the new one ought to be: Watch out above!
7 months ago
Charlie Becker
This is not an About page. CBL #93 - Some thoughts on thinking/acting, naming/doing, and where this blog is headed
2 weeks ago
Passing Time
A Certain Slant of Light Enhancing the sublimity of snow through art
3 months ago
Stoic Simple
Stoicism and Free Will: What Do Stoics Believe About Choices? Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for thousands of years. It was first developed in...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for thousands of years. It was first developed in ancient Greece and has since spread throughout the world. One of the core principles of Stoicism is the concept of free will. Understanding this concept is vital to understanding the...
Luxagraf:...
Family After a few weeks in the Pensacola area we headed back east, across the Florida panhandle to St....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
After a few weeks in the Pensacola area we headed back east, across the Florida panhandle to St. Andrews state park, a little postage stamp of protected land off the coast of Panama City Beach. Apparently this was once a gem in the Florida State Park system, but the universal...
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A Book on Minimalism and Simple Living Over the past three months or so I have been working on creating an ebook (and perhaps a printed...
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Over the past three months or so I have been working on creating an ebook (and perhaps a printed edition to boot) for Minimalism Life—a side project I cofounded back in 2016. Well, it has now been completed and published, and is available for download. Inside Minimalism Vol.1 is...
Mind Mine
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Isabel Unraveled
it’s okay to want a beautiful life let yourself lust
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Trick plays make headlines Tempting to do the big. Tempting to do the thing no one’s ever done. The trick. Like the old man on...
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Tempting to do the big. Tempting to do the thing no one’s ever done. The trick. Like the old man on the hill. Yelling, kicking, showing off, swinging. Look look look! Get the process right and the rest will follow! That’s the real trick. Process over
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Less and More People typically self-reflect at the start of the year and the end of the year. But I am going to do...
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People typically self-reflect at the start of the year and the end of the year. But I am going to do this in the middle of August, because the notion struck me. A simple exercise to identify what I want/need less of in my life and what I want/need more of. Less Less...
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Introducing Ship by Product Hunt
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Stoic Simple
How to Find Fulfillment in Life with Stoicism In a world that often emphasizes material success and external validation, it can be difficult to...
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In a world that often emphasizes material success and external validation, it can be difficult to find true fulfillment. Stoicism, an ancient philosophy that emphasizes personal virtue, inner resilience, and self-awareness, offers a roadmap for finding inner peace and...
The Honest Broker
10 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
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Diaries of Note
A glorious, wonderful climax Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a poet, journalist, and occasional diarist who spent much of her life...
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Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a poet, journalist, and occasional diarist who spent much of her life advocating for the rights of African Americans and women during the tumultuous early decades of the twentieth century. Born in 1875 in New Orleans, Louisiana, her mixed-race heritage...
Both Are True
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The Honest Broker
Open Thread: What Are Your Picks for the Cultural Highlights of 2023? What music, books, movies, or other creative works made the biggest impact on you this year?
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The Prism
How to Find Good Information And some examples of "Good Information"
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The Honest Broker
My 'Personal Favorites' Carla Bley Playlist I pay tribute to the jazz pianist and composer—who left us yesterday at age 87
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journal – Winnie Lim
one-year covid anniversary reflections Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the day I tested positive for covid for the first time....
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Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the day I tested positive for covid for the first time. All things considered I thought I had done well to avoid it for three years...
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New Creative Direction I have been involved in running Minimalissimo since 2012, when I took it over from two Dutch...
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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...
bookbear express
giving up being the chill girl Karen Kilimnik, “going off to the Battle” tapestry – off to a glittering start, 2015
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Unfiltered by Tim...
If You Only Have 60 Minutes a Day to Build a One-Person Business, Do This Very, very dumb people are making $100K and even $1M with this approach
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The Tao Of Wealth
The Little Book Of Big Weight Loss : Book Notes Big weight loss is mostly about the food. Exercise is important to a lesser extent. Do not eat...
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Big weight loss is mostly about the food. Exercise is important to a lesser extent. Do not eat sugar, especially fructose. Aim for less than 3 added teaspoons per day, which is equal to 12 grams ( 1 teaspoon = 4 grams). Remember there are many names for sugar, so watch out when...
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Art is local On 24th October 1967, American painter Raphael Soyer found himself standing amidst a lifetime of his...
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On 24th October 1967, American painter Raphael Soyer found himself standing amidst a lifetime of his creations at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born in Russia in 1899, Soyer emigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1912, eventually becoming a prominent figure in the Social...
Stoic Simple
What Does Stoicism Teach About Fate and Destiny? Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for centuries, with roots that can be traced back to...
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Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for centuries, with roots that can be traced back to ancient Greece. It is a philosophy that emphasizes personal ethics, logic, and rationality, which are often used to help individuals cope with the hardships and unpredictability of...
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The global mafia's not-so-good club Rockefeller Foundation trustee Patty Stonesifer is a “technology multimillionaire and...
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Rockefeller Foundation trustee Patty Stonesifer is a “technology multimillionaire and philanthropist”.
journal – Winnie Lim
existing in an unsafe world Our current minister of defence had made a public speech last week, stating that the US’s image has...
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Our current minister of defence had made a public speech last week, stating that the US’s image has “changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent.” Considering that Singapore...
Mind Mine
camouflage reflections on fitting into many places
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Diaries of Note
I need solitude. I need space. I need air. English novelist Virginia Woolf was fifteen when she began her first diary; by the time of her death...
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English novelist Virginia Woolf was fifteen when she began her first diary; by the time of her death in 1941, she had filled more than thirty handwritten volumes with reflections, observations, and personal struggles that offer a window into her complex mind. When she wrote the...
The Honest Broker
The Rise and Fall of The Village Voice A new book reminds us what we lost when the counterculture disappeared
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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...
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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.
The Tao Of Wealth
A Prayer For The New Year God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I...
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God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I can,and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time,enjoying one moment at a time;accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;taking, as Your Divine Incarnations...
The Ruffian
The Ruffian Speaks For Money
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The Honest Broker
How to Dress Like Duke Ellington Today I offer fashion tips to clueless guys
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Both Are True
most hated essays from last year (also the ones you loved fine) 2023's flops and favs, bombs and bangers, yucks and yums, duds and dopes, bads and goods, letdowns...
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The Best Books I Read in 2024 My first fiction-heavy roundup
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Diaries of Note
The degradation machine is running Jean Guéhenno was a French essayist and intellectual known for his unwavering commitment to freedom...
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Jean Guéhenno was a French essayist and intellectual known for his unwavering commitment to freedom and truth during a period when both were under severe threat. In the midst of World War II, France had become an eerie silhouette of its former self, ruled by a government that had...
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...
Laetitia@Work
Make Work Seasonal Again Laetitia@Work #79
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Diaries of Note
I distinctly saw the rising sun insignia on his wings On December 7, 1941, a tranquil Sunday morning transformed into a historic tragedy when hundreds of...
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On December 7, 1941, a tranquil Sunday morning transformed into a historic tragedy when hundreds of Japanese aircraft unexpectedly attacked Pearl Harbor—a cataclysmic event that would lead to the United States entering World War II. Fifteen miles away, Major Leonard D. Heaton, a...
Mind Mine
gossip steals your sovereignty talk is easy, action is hard
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Luxagraf:...
Mobile Bay We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go...
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We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go to New Orleans, and then up into the Ozarks, before heading back up to Wisconsin for the summer, but given how mild the winter turned out to be, we decided to press north sooner...
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Using ChatGPT as a Writing Coach How to improve instead of atrophy
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Workspace Setup As more of us are working remotely—particularly from home—I thought it might be quite timely to...
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As more of us are working remotely—particularly from home—I thought it might be quite timely to break down my current home workspace setup. I’d also like to preface this by saying that I’m not offering any advice or tips for remote working (there’s enough guidance out there to...
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100% Functional == Beautiful If something is 100% functional, it is always beautiful. There is no such thing as an ugly nail or...
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If something is 100% functional, it is always beautiful. There is no such thing as an ugly nail or an ugly hammer, but there's lots of ugly cars, because not everything in a car is functional. Sometimes it's very beautiful, if the person who designed it has very good taste, but...
Mind Mine
my parents. the stewards of my soul!
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Diaries of Note
A Midwife’s Tale Esteemed midwife Martha Ballard was fifty when she began to keep a diary—a unique and detailed...
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Esteemed midwife Martha Ballard was fifty when she began to keep a diary—a unique and detailed record of life in 18th-century rural America that would grow to 10,000 entries and cover 27 years. On the day of the following entry in October of 1794, Ballard successfully delivered...
Laetitia@Work
Desperate for more male nurses, teachers and cleaners Laetitia@Work #57
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CATHEDRAL | Chapter One - Four Years Out Cathedral | Castles in the Sky #60
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Blood, sweat and tears Sir John Colville served three Prime Ministers as private secretary, most notably to Winston...
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Sir John Colville served three Prime Ministers as private secretary, most notably to Winston Churchill during the tumultuous years of World War II, and in this capacity had a front-row seat to some of the most consequential decisions and events of the 20th century. His diaries,...
Tech and Tea
Creativity isn't just for painters and poets Making space and time for nurturing the inner artist in all of us
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Notes From The Road Your browser does not support video playback via HTML5. Watch on YouTube
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Diaries of Note
They were struck with terror On the morning of 3rd August 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus departed the Spanish town...
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On the morning of 3rd August 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus departed the Spanish town of Palos de la Frontera and embarked on what would become a monumental voyage across the unknown Atlantic, one that would forever alter the course of human history. Steering three...
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The Ape of Waters Lafcadio Hearn was a remarkable writer of the 19th century best known for his fascination with...
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Lafcadio Hearn was a remarkable writer of the 19th century best known for his fascination with Japanese culture. Born in Greece and raised in Ireland, it was in 1890 that Hearn first visited Japan, its rich tapestry of history, folklore, and traditions instantly enchanting him....
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 30 The First Two of Twelve Questions
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Britain's Peculiar Brand of Patriotism, In Three Ads Heroes To Zeroes
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Diaries of Note
I cannot understand how these people exist without ice R. D. Blumenfeld is best known for being editor of British tabloid the Daily Express for twenty...
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R. D. Blumenfeld is best known for being editor of British tabloid the Daily Express for twenty seven years—a role he took on in 1902. But for the first thirty years he lived in the U.S., and in 1887 was dispatched to England for the first time to report on Queen Victoria’s...