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Ink in the Stomach Something I believe very strongly, mostly from observing changes in myself, is that, once you’ve...
3rd Jan 2026
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Ink in the Stomach

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

3rd Jan 2026
Something I believe very strongly, mostly from observing changes in myself, is that, once you’ve shoved your own hands deep in the entrails of a building, you’ve permanently altered your entire relationship with the world.
Is This Anything? 11 getting mad + drinking occasionally
1st Aug 2025
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Is This Anything? 11

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

1st Aug 2025
getting mad + drinking occasionally
The lessons of Xanadu One of my all-time favorite articles is “The Curse of Xanadu,” by Gary Wolf, which ran in WIRED...
7th Aug 2022
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The lessons of Xanadu

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

7th Aug 2022
One of my all-time favorite articles is “The Curse of Xanadu,” by Gary Wolf, which ran in WIRED Magazine in 1995. On the surface, it’s a piece of tech history, a story of a dramatic failure. But look closer, and you can find deep philosophical insight. Xanadu was a grand vision...
Is an AI company buying up all the used books? (Part 2: Maybe yes, actually.) #109 updates the record on AI companies and used book buying
17th Aug 2026
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17th Aug 2026
#109 updates the record on AI companies and used book buying
on seeing my self as a canvas I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can...
5th Nov 2023
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on seeing my self as a canvas

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

5th Nov 2023
I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can remember, though I am not sure if my...
An Unconventional Guide to Happiness Every day, we're bombarded with messages telling us that we need to be happy all the time—and that,...
1st Nov 2022
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An Unconventional Guide to Happiness

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

1st Nov 2022
Every day, we're bombarded with messages telling us that we need to be happy all the time—and that, in order to be happy, we need the perfect job, the perfect partner, the perfect life. And we're made to think that anything less than perfect happiness is a failure. But the...
How they made it: The Molehill's Viv Chen on career transitions and fashion writing creativity, security, and changing careers in your late 20s
4th Mar 2025
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4th Mar 2025
creativity, security, and changing careers in your late 20s
Audio Guestbook The little creative lab I run with Manu, FormFeelingFunction®, is starting to take shape — albeit...
2nd Jun 2025
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Audio Guestbook

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

2nd Jun 2025
The little creative lab I run with Manu, FormFeelingFunction®, is starting to take shape — albeit slowly. We’ve been mulling over all sorts of concepts. Some might be realised, some probably won’t, and a few definitely will. One that’s just gone live is our most experimental idea...
how to be a domestic goddess notes from nigella & myself
12th Mar 2025
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how to be a domestic goddess

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

12th Mar 2025
notes from nigella & myself
80/20 Cooking In short: Salt, fat, acid, heat
3rd Jan 2024
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80/20 Cooking

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

3rd Jan 2024
In short: Salt, fat, acid, heat
Friction by Design What gets lost when everything is effortless? For years, good digital design has been framed as the...
2nd Dec 2025
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Friction by Design

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

2nd Dec 2025
What gets lost when everything is effortless? For years, good digital design has been framed as the removal of friction. Faster flows. Fewer steps. Instant feedback. Smooth, seamless interactions that disappear into the background. If something slows a user down, it’s treated as...
[instagram] the look of love for 119 months it has been a difficult few weeks for me…but i can say that the years have been difficult too. that...
2nd Apr 2026
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[instagram] the look of love for 119 months

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

2nd Apr 2026
it has been a difficult few weeks for me…but i can say that the years have been difficult too. that is why i don’t understand how she can have the love and patience to endure my self with me. sometimes i have terrible insomnia and i end up waking her up tens of times throughout...
Maybe the Default Settings Are Too High I’ve been reading Lord of the Rings for two months and I’m just at the end of the first part. It’s...
24th Dec 2025
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Maybe the Default Settings Are Too High

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

24th Dec 2025
I’ve been reading Lord of the Rings for two months and I’m just at the end of the first part. It’s not because I’m not enjoying it. It’s one of the most enjoyable reading experiences I can remember. From the beginning, I’ve read the whole thing aloud. I’ve found reading aloud...
Seven Years If you subtract out 2020, when everything shut down and we rented a farm house in South Carolina,...
9th Apr 2025
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Seven Years

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

9th Apr 2025
If you subtract out 2020, when everything shut down and we rented a farm house in South Carolina, April 2025 marks seven years on the road in our 1969 Dodge Travco. We left our previous home of Athens GA on April 1, 2017. Our twin daughters were 4 years old. Our son was not yet...
South of the Haimish Line Orienteering on the hedonic treadmill
8th Jul 2025
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South of the Haimish Line

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

8th Jul 2025
Orienteering on the hedonic treadmill
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.
23rd Dec 2023
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Apple M3 Machine Learning Speed Test

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

23rd Dec 2023
I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
Is this really normal? [Plus audio version]
2nd Apr 2026
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Is this really normal?

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

2nd Apr 2026
[Plus audio version]
Winter White Here in the North, winter effectively begins with the first snow that doesn't melt. This year that...
25th Feb 2026
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Winter White

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

25th Feb 2026
Here in the North, winter effectively begins with the first snow that doesn't melt. This year that was the day before Thanksgiving, almost exactly a month before the calendar says winter begins. It was heavy snow, over a foot, and just like that the world of color is...
Stop using your health wearables Against the tyranny of data
17th Sep 2025
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Stop using your health wearables

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

17th Sep 2025
Against the tyranny of data
The Al Capone Problem Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion, and didn't go to prison for tax evasion.
6th Dec 2023
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The Al Capone Problem

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

6th Dec 2023
Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion, and didn't go to prison for tax evasion.
Trading stuff for money Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney....
1st May 2025
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Trading stuff for money

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2025
Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney. Donating a kidney sucks, but having zero working kidneys really sucks. Paying people for kidneys would increase the number available, but it seems gross to pay people for part of their...
Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
9th Feb 2023
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Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks

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

9th Feb 2023
Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
Softening Our Inner Critic Find nourishment in the weeds
4th Dec 2023
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Softening Our Inner Critic

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

4th Dec 2023
Find nourishment in the weeds
rare is this feeling i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
21st Apr 2026
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rare is this feeling

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

21st Apr 2026
i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
Compass Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily...
2nd Nov 2024
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Compass

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

2nd Nov 2024
Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily life. I've touched on my design ethos before, but this feels like something more personal. It's a lightweight breakdown of who I am, both as a designer and a human, shaped by the...
The Birth of Paradise My novella is out next week!
13th Jan 2026
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The Birth of Paradise

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

13th Jan 2026
My novella is out next week!
A pair of satisfying things The Sound of Music and Tony Bennett might have been eager to sing about their favourite things. I’d...
1st Mar 2026
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A pair of satisfying things

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Mar 2026
The Sound of Music and Tony Bennett might have been eager to sing about their favourite things. I’d like to start Monday by sharing with you two satisfying things. First, this long black coffee I’m drinking at a coffee shop now is lovely. It was a light roast with just the right...
Qualifying for Boston in 2021 Will Be Harder than Ever Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for...
22nd Oct 2019
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Qualifying for Boston in 2021 Will Be Harder than Ever

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

22nd Oct 2019
Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for analysis. If you are one of the runners who was accepted, congratulations! Qualifying for Boston is not easy, and as we will see shortly, it shows no signs of getting easier.
How to redesign mindfulness for our very modern lives You do not need to have to have a lot of time, be spiritual, religious, or unplug from technology to...
5th May 2019
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How to redesign mindfulness for our very modern lives

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

5th May 2019
You do not need to have to have a lot of time, be spiritual, religious, or unplug from technology to meditate. Because meditation is something that we can do anywhere and at any time. An important concept is to take care of how you are aware of rather than what you are aware of....
24th Jul 2025
30 years old I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and...
9th Sep 2023
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30 years old

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

9th Sep 2023
I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and telling my mum how excited I was to turn ten. Double digits! I feel the same way about 29 to 30. I hardly even got used to saying I’
Repair Fail One of the most underappreciated, least talked about aspects of repair is the hierarchy. There are...
6th Dec 2023
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Repair Fail

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

6th Dec 2023
One of the most underappreciated, least talked about aspects of repair is the hierarchy. There are repair wizards and there are newbies and there are the rest of us, somewhere between those two poles. This hierarchy of skill and experience requires that you earn your way to the...
Transformed into a couch On taking this time to slooooooow down
28th Dec 2022
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Transformed into a couch

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

28th Dec 2022
On taking this time to slooooooow down
8th May 2025
Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, we occassionally re-issue a favorite...
2nd Oct 2024
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Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters

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

2nd Oct 2024
Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, we occassionally re-issue a favorite from deep in our archive. You can unsubscribe from Reissues but continue receiving our new posts by updating your preference here. If you'd like to share or comment on this post,
Motivation I can fake enough. I can fake a lot. But I’ve noticed there’s one thing in particular I can’t fake:...
4th Apr 2024
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Motivation

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

4th Apr 2024
I can fake enough. I can fake a lot. But I’ve noticed there’s one thing in particular I can’t fake: Motivation. And in the end, at least for me, it all comes down to motivation. I may have the talent, I may know the tricks, I may be able to go through the motions. But if I deeply...
Are Harvard Graduates Better Than Harvard Dropouts? Or how I spent $503,402 on college education
3rd Jan 2024
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Are Harvard Graduates Better Than Harvard Dropouts?

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

3rd Jan 2024
Or how I spent $503,402 on college education
How To Find And Keep Joy Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your...
8th Aug 2022
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How To Find And Keep Joy

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

8th Aug 2022
Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your passion. Passion, we tell ourselves, is the source of joy. The Stoics disagreed. In fact, they believed that passion(s) were what contributed to our misery. To the experts and gurus...
Incommensurate Goods in ESG When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
28th Apr 2022
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Incommensurate Goods in ESG

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

28th Apr 2022
When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
11th Dec 2024
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Why (And How) I'm Self-Publishing My Novel

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

11th Dec 2024
The First HUSK Update!
Between worlds From moving between worlds to feeling at home wherever I am.
4th May 2025
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Between worlds

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

4th May 2025
From moving between worlds to feeling at home wherever I am.
12 (Stoic) Rules For Life: An Ancient Guide to the Good Life It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always...
16th Feb 2022
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12 (Stoic) Rules For Life: An Ancient Guide to the Good Life

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

16th Feb 2022
It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always do right. But that’s not how the world is. That’s not who you are. If left to our own devices, with enough opportunities, eventually we’ll mess up—we’ll drift, we’ll stray. That’s...
I Have a Design Portfolio For the longest time, I’ve shared my work through blog posts or social media, rather than having a...
3rd Jun 2024
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I Have a Design Portfolio

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

3rd Jun 2024
For the longest time, I’ve shared my work through blog posts or social media, rather than having a typical portfolio. But I’ve decided it’s time to pull together a more cohesive collection of my work, focusing on product design and creative direction. My projects are usually...
Random notes on happiness The answer to the emptiness you feel are the little things right here – spending time with our kids,...
9th Sep 2019
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Random notes on happiness

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

9th Sep 2019
The answer to the emptiness you feel are the little things right here – spending time with our kids, going to the beach, listening to music and talking with people who matter to you. Life hands all of us some hardship. They hone and develop the capabilities we need to succeed...
Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business? Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
6th Dec 2024
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Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business?

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

6th Dec 2024
Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
Five Things I Learned After I Left the Marketing Agency World After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was...
3rd Nov 2013
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Five Things I Learned After I Left the Marketing Agency World

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

3rd Nov 2013
After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was disappointed in the work I was doing. This is the story of why I became an in-house designer.
1st Oct 2025
How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In...
9th May 2024
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How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear

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

9th May 2024
What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In this article, I'm going to help you do exactly that by teaching you five tactics to conquer anything you might be afraid of. Heights, spiders, small spaces, strangely-shaped...
house cats These days, it is easier to let my mind be a house cat.
3rd Aug 2025
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house cats

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

3rd Aug 2025
These days, it is easier to let my mind be a house cat.
How To Make Enough Money to Retire in the Next 5 Years It isn’t obvious, despite the hype.
2nd Jan 2025
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How To Make Enough Money to Retire in the Next 5 Years

from Unfiltered by Tim Denning [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2025
It isn’t obvious, despite the hype.
Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
6th Feb 2023
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Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action

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

6th Feb 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
God help our poor planet in the grip of this madness! World-famous Swedish author Astrid Lindgren is best known for creating Pippi Longstocking, the star...
1st Sep 2023
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God help our poor planet in the grip of this madness!

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

1st Sep 2023
World-famous Swedish author Astrid Lindgren is best known for creating Pippi Longstocking, the star of a series of children’s books first published in 1945 that has since been translated into dozens of languages and enjoyed by millions. But before Pippi captured the imaginations...
100% Functional == Beautiful If something is 100% functional, it is always beautiful. There is no such thing as an ugly nail or...
6th Oct 2022
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100% Functional == Beautiful

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

6th Oct 2022
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...
13th Dec 2022
20th Oct 2022
10 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled Mental models for discerning truth
20th Feb 2023
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10 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled

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

20th Feb 2023
Mental models for discerning truth
5th May 2025
Everything I know about gardening I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies...
2nd Jul 2023
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Everything I know about gardening

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

2nd Jul 2023
I have been sharing pictures of flowers growing around my house, mostly little things like poppies and roses, or my fields, and several people have asked me to write about gardening, or for gardening advice. But this request encounters a ridiculous shortcoming: I know almost...
Blog questions challenge: TV shows The imitable R.L. Dane tagged me in this blog post challenge, which I will not take sitting down....
13th Apr 2025
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Blog questions challenge: TV shows

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Apr 2025
The imitable R.L. Dane tagged me in this blog post challenge, which I will not take sitting down. That’s a blatant lie, I’m 100% sitting down as I write this. I’m also drinking coffee, in case that was never obvious. What TV character from a beloved show do you wish you could be...
Special Hell 7, Stasis Crackers On the hard days I get close to walking away from everything. Goodbye world. So far I have never...
2nd Apr 2016
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Special Hell 7, Stasis Crackers

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

2nd Apr 2016
On the hard days I get close to walking away from everything. Goodbye world. So far I have never given in. Except for that very first time.
Namespace Clashes what's in a name?
5th Jan 2026
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Namespace Clashes

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

5th Jan 2026
what's in a name?
just ate a croissant but then realized it was a steak what a stupid mistake Hey all — been a while. My last newsletter was 6-months ago. In it I was telling you all that we...
26th Feb 2022
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just ate a croissant but then realized it was a steak what a stupid mistake

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

26th Feb 2022
Hey all — been a while. My last newsletter was 6-months ago. In it I was telling you all that we were pivotting away from ZipSchool to this random thing called buildspace. Like with any pivot, you don’t really know what it’ll turn into. You don’t know the vision —
drinking a spanish latte but i dont speak spanish is this legal I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a...
3rd Oct 2023
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drinking a spanish latte but i dont speak spanish is this legal

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

3rd Oct 2023
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a society, no matter where you're from -- we have a tendency to look at those that did something really hard, but didn't figure it out as a person who "failed".
Rome Pilgrimage: Jubilee Year, 2025 This July, Jenn and I journeyed to Rome as part of a Jubilee Year pilgrimage with a group of...
21st Jul 2025
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Rome Pilgrimage: Jubilee Year, 2025

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

21st Jul 2025
This July, Jenn and I journeyed to Rome as part of a Jubilee Year pilgrimage with a group of colleagues from St David’s Catholic College. We passed through the Holy Doors of St Peter’s, St John Lateran, St Paul Outside the Walls, and St Mary Major, where the remains of Pope...
Unchecked Depression Boxes And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a...
4th Aug 2018
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Unchecked Depression Boxes

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

4th Aug 2018
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...
An A-Z of the modern mega-racket [Plus audio version]
4th Sep 2026
Designing a New Old Home: Light In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have...
12th Apr 2023
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Designing a New Old Home: Light

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

12th Apr 2023
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Bed in Summer This post is part of a series about building a house that looks and feels traditional in New Hampshire. However, this...
The Power (and Limitations) of Self-Belief In 1959, a surgeon named Leonard Cobb called bullshit. At the time, the most common procedure to...
8th Nov 2021
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The Power (and Limitations) of Self-Belief

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

8th Nov 2021
In 1959, a surgeon named Leonard Cobb called bullshit. At the time, the most common procedure to help people with chest pain caused by heart disease was something called “internal mammary artery ligation,” where basically, they would intentionally close one of the main arteries...
Podcast: How To Get The Most Out of LLMs Part II Of My Excellent Conversation With Jasmine Sun
3rd Jul 2025
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Podcast: How To Get The Most Out of LLMs

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

3rd Jul 2025
Part II Of My Excellent Conversation With Jasmine Sun
The Mystery of Mastery Laetitia@Work #64
20th Dec 2023
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The Mystery of Mastery

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

20th Dec 2023
Laetitia@Work #64
How To Live Slowly and Simply In A Frantic World This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel...
25th Dec 2020
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How To Live Slowly and Simply In A Frantic World

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

25th Dec 2020
This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel of want-buy-want upgrade, opt out of the comparison games, stop cramming a month’s worth of engagements into a weekend, refuse to live your life according to trends, tread lighter...
He looks like a blimp An Important Announcement from the US President
6th Feb 2026
1

He looks like a blimp

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

6th Feb 2026
An Important Announcement from the US President
Hey, I’m back! I want to go to Jersey I was knocked out hard by something this week. It wasn’t a flu or COVID thankfully, but it turned my...
3rd Apr 2026
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Hey, I’m back! I want to go to Jersey

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Apr 2026
I was knocked out hard by something this week. It wasn’t a flu or COVID thankfully, but it turned my head to mush and my sinuses into fire ants, which among other things made sleep all but impossible. I did in fact do a bunch of work on the blog yesterday, but it was all backend...
Doing More is Often Easier Last year I bought a strength training program from a Canadian bodybuilder named Jeff, and it kind...
7th Apr 2025
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Doing More is Often Easier

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

7th Apr 2025
Last year I bought a strength training program from a Canadian bodybuilder named Jeff, and it kind of made me better at everything. The program was designed for people who don’t have much time to train – busy people cramming 35-minute workouts into lunch breaks. Because you only...
For Richer or Poorer A Love Letter to Weddings
2nd Aug 2023
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For Richer or Poorer

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

2nd Aug 2023
A Love Letter to Weddings
Incognito in Delaware Or: The Hazards of Living in Public
8th Jan 2026
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Incognito in Delaware

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Jan 2026
Or: The Hazards of Living in Public
The Illusion of Solitude Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
1st Nov 2024
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The Illusion of Solitude

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

1st Nov 2024
Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
The Pacification of War Battle Massacres may have gone out of fashion
23rd Apr 2024
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The Pacification of War

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

23rd Apr 2024
Battle Massacres may have gone out of fashion
Fireworks Midsummer heat with no air conditioning. Cars packed full of paddleboards and floats. Sunscreen...
16th Jul 2025
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Fireworks

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

16th Jul 2025
Midsummer heat with no air conditioning. Cars packed full of paddleboards and floats. Sunscreen slicks trail swimmers through the shallows. Afternoons are a haze of Canadian wildfire skies, a world seen through gauze, prematurely pink and orange in the evenings. Summer here...
From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 12
12th Jul 2022
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From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities

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

12th Jul 2022
The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 12
The 16 Greatest Lessons From 16 Years With Marcus Aurelius Just over sixteen years ago, I bought Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t...
2nd Nov 2022
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The 16 Greatest Lessons From 16 Years With Marcus Aurelius

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

2nd Nov 2022
Just over sixteen years ago, I bought Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t exist then and to qualify for free shipping, I had to purchase a few other books at the same time. I was 19 years old. I didn’t know what Stoicism was. I didn’t know who Marcus...
Mobile Bay We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go...
20th Mar 2024
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Mobile Bay

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

20th Mar 2024
We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go to New Orleans, and then up into the Ozarks, before heading back up to Wisconsin for the summer, but given how mild the winter turned out to be, we decided to press north sooner...
Designing a New Old Home: Mistakes But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
5th Mar 2026
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Designing a New Old Home: Mistakes

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

5th Mar 2026
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
Bernie Beigne While walking to the metro station after our visit to Lester's, we noticed a huge lineup for donuts...
1st Mar 2026
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Bernie Beigne

from Sherman's Food Adventures [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Mar 2026
While walking to the metro station after our visit to Lester's, we noticed a huge lineup for donuts at Bernie Beigne.  Not only that, we watched where they took freshly fried donuts and hand-dipped them into glaze.  Then they hung them for all to see in the window.  Wow, if that...
Coaching Toolkit: The Stories We Tell Ourselves How to reframe the stories that hold you back at work
3rd Apr 2025
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Coaching Toolkit: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

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

3rd Apr 2025
How to reframe the stories that hold you back at work
Courage and Moonshots On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
16th Dec 2024
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Courage and Moonshots

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

16th Dec 2024
On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
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....
18th Mar 2025
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The Best Things in Life Don’t Make Themselves Happen

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

18th Mar 2025
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...
publishing a book and starting kindergarten Hi! Woah. I leave for the East Coast to start my Make It Fast (please for the love of ME, pre-order...
5th Aug 2026
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publishing a book and starting kindergarten

from What To Cook [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Aug 2026
Hi! Woah. I leave for the East Coast to start my Make It Fast (please for the love of ME, pre-order it!!!) book tour in less than 48 hours. My literary agent just called to check in on my mental state and I’ll tell you what I told her— I’m honestly feeling great. I haven’t...
You're Stressing People Out or at least, you might be
2nd Feb 2026
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You're Stressing People Out

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

2nd Feb 2026
or at least, you might be
How To Cure Anxiety: 9 Stoic Techniques That Work “We suffer more from imagination than from reality.” — Seneca The 21st century has been described as...
23rd Jun 2022
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How To Cure Anxiety: 9 Stoic Techniques That Work

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

23rd Jun 2022
“We suffer more from imagination than from reality.” — Seneca The 21st century has been described as “The Age of Anxiety,” “The United States of Stress,” “The World of Worry.” The implication is that what we are experiencing—pandemics, terrorism, political and economic turmoil,...
Why new when? When we make something new, people often ask "why don't you just add that to Basecamp?" There are a...
8th May 2025
42

Why new when?

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

8th May 2025
When we make something new, people often ask "why don't you just add that to Basecamp?" There are a number of reasons, depending on what it is. But, broadly, making something brand new gives you latitude (and attitude) to explore new tech and design approaches. It's the...
ZTM 2023 State of AI Tools & Coding Report How are developers using AI tools?
2nd Aug 2023
73

ZTM 2023 State of AI Tools & Coding Report

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

2nd Aug 2023
How are developers using AI tools?
Meta-Surprise Surprise!
3rd Mar 2025
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Meta-Surprise

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

3rd Mar 2025
Surprise!
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...
3rd Aug 2023
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How to Stop Caring About What People Think

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

3rd Aug 2023
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...
batcave schedule for november!!!! it's here and so are we!
3rd Nov 2025
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batcave schedule for november!!!!

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

3rd Nov 2025
it's here and so are we!
we're okay - a quick Asheville update and a list of places to donate
1st Oct 2024
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we're okay - a quick Asheville update

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

1st Oct 2024
and a list of places to donate
Reflecting on Minimalissimo I was recently asked what my values are in life. It's a very tough question to answer without...
5th Mar 2023
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Reflecting on Minimalissimo

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

5th Mar 2023
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...
Stop Making Sense David Lynch, Bob Dylan, and the Beauty of the Inexplicable
1st Feb 2025
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Stop Making Sense

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

1st Feb 2025
David Lynch, Bob Dylan, and the Beauty of the Inexplicable
Fire Hydrant Fury If you are an artist living in a city with a public art project you hope nobody blames you for it....
2nd Jun 2018
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Fire Hydrant Fury

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

2nd Jun 2018
If you are an artist living in a city with a public art project you hope nobody blames you for it. Lincoln, Nebraska is covered with ugly bike-shaped sculptures covered with even uglier paintings. Loveland, Colorado lets people paint their electric boxes. Your city probably has...
The Tiniest Mission Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is:...
15th Jan 2025
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The Tiniest Mission

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

15th Jan 2025
Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is: placing a jigsaw puzzle piece into the right slot, wiping your phone screen spotless, returning a tool to its designated hook, or making a nice diagonal cut across a lovingly-made...
Get into Character Characters drive the story
8th Mar 2023
49

Get into Character

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

8th Mar 2023
Characters drive the story
How to Know If You're Living in a Doom Loop Let's look at the warning signs
2nd Aug 2024
84

How to Know If You're Living in a Doom Loop

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

2nd Aug 2024
Let's look at the warning signs
stones in my pocket a palm full of gems, next time I see you
29th Dec 2022
1

stones in my pocket

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

29th Dec 2022
a palm full of gems, next time I see you
Quarterly Author Update: October 2024 Book sales, next projects, and a blog update
8th Oct 2024
107

Quarterly Author Update: October 2024

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

8th Oct 2024
Book sales, next projects, and a blog update
9 years together To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it...
2nd May 2025
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9 years together

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

2nd May 2025
To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it sounds unromantic but age has taught me that the way to truly sustain...
There's only one global mafia! I have noticed that some people, even those generally receptive to my point of view, beg to differ...
9th Dec 2024
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There's only one global mafia!

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

9th Dec 2024
I have noticed that some people, even those generally receptive to my point of view, beg to differ when it comes to the existence of a single global mafia – the entity I have taken to calling the criminocracy or even demonocracy.
Optimal Suffering If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
8th Nov 2023
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Optimal Suffering

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

8th Nov 2023
If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
[instagram] 123 months: everything is perimenopause as we're both women in our mid 40s we're inevitably entering the dreaded phase in our lives when our...
2nd Aug 2026
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[instagram] 123 months: everything is perimenopause

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

2nd Aug 2026
as we're both women in our mid 40s we're inevitably entering the dreaded phase in our lives when our hormones go out of whack and we start experiencing disturbing symptoms...these days one can search any medical symptom on google and it is definitely a possible perimenopause...
Why Write? Other than the egotism, of course…
15th Jul 2023
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Why Write?

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

15th Jul 2023
Other than the egotism, of course…
Sometimes, You Should Ignore The Studies (And Just Try The Thing) For certain kinds of topics, average impact doesn't really matter.
4th Jan 2023
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Sometimes, You Should Ignore The Studies (And Just Try The Thing)

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

4th Jan 2023
For certain kinds of topics, average impact doesn't really matter.
You must refill the hot tub after your parties A letter to Joan Rivers from her daughter/landlord
4th Sep 2025
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You must refill the hot tub after your parties

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

4th Sep 2025
A letter to Joan Rivers from her daughter/landlord
Small Spaces notes on building blocks
14th Mar 2024
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Small Spaces

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

14th Mar 2024
notes on building blocks
How do you want to spend your time? a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
21st Mar 2023
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How do you want to spend your time?

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

21st Mar 2023
a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
Change the first 100 diapers. #112 is advice for new fathers.
2 weeks ago
1

Change the first 100 diapers.

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

2 weeks ago
#112 is advice for new fathers.
Alaska Range 2026 Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
7th Jul 2026
2

Alaska Range 2026

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

7th Jul 2026
Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Life philosophy: beyond left and right The global industrial-financial complex has been doing its best for decades now to ensure there is...
14th Oct 2024
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Life philosophy: beyond left and right

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

14th Oct 2024
The global industrial-financial complex has been doing its best for decades now to ensure there is no real ideological opposition to its life-hating agenda.
Nuances of Minimalism Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many...
3rd Aug 2021
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Nuances of Minimalism

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

3rd Aug 2021
Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many nuances to the movement. Is it even a movement? It’s perhaps better described as a guiding principle. Some of these nuances are highly commercial, some are focused on personal wellbeing...
6th May 2026
Owning your unique experience moving away from a deficiency mindset
28th Jan 2023
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Owning your unique experience

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

28th Jan 2023
moving away from a deficiency mindset
Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism...
8th May 2023
107

Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe

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

8th May 2023
by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism (referenced in the diagram above), and I wanted to use this opportunity to go over each of these in a little more detail. Hopefully you’ll get an understanding of what they mean,...
4th Nov 2025
Pissing in the Wind Questioning the results of a study criticizing Dyson's hand dryer.
7th May 2016
27

Pissing in the Wind

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

7th May 2016
Questioning the results of a study criticizing Dyson's hand dryer.
Unblogged May 31 unblogged things I did in May Fri 1: To celebrate May Day, and to make the most of the glorious...
1st Jun 2026
1

Unblogged May

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
31 unblogged things I did in May Fri 1: To celebrate May Day, and to make the most of the glorious weather, I went for a 10 mile walk up the Chess Valley from Rickmansworth to Chesham. Along the way I passed 16 dogs, 19 horses, 2 cows, 68 butterflies, 8 birds of prey, 5 bluebell...
What I Read in January 2026 Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
2nd Feb 2026
1

What I Read in January 2026

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

2nd Feb 2026
Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
Uniform boolean definitions in DB schemas are good! I worked briefly in process control when I was younger, and saw Things.™ One of those Things™ was a...
1st Jul 2026
1

Uniform boolean definitions in DB schemas are good!

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jul 2026
I worked briefly in process control when I was younger, and saw Things.™ One of those Things™ was a wall of LEDs to indicate statuses of various valves and sensors across the entire plant. It was old school, but it worked. It also made you feel like you were on a 1960s-era sci-fi...
Small steps, Big dreams proudly announcing Tech and Tea
2nd Apr 2023
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Small steps, Big dreams

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

2nd Apr 2023
proudly announcing Tech and Tea
Motivation: What It Is, How It Works, and Where to Find It We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want...
1st Dec 2022
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Motivation: What It Is, How It Works, and Where to Find It

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

1st Dec 2022
We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want to wake up in the morning with a sense of purpose and drive, ready to tackle the day ahead. But the truth is, motivation is not always easy to come by. We tell ourselves lies about...
The Wedge Between Pleasure and Pain Castles in the Sky #40
6th Oct 2023
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The Wedge Between Pleasure and Pain

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

6th Oct 2023
Castles in the Sky #40
Nuggets from “Opening The Door Of Your Heart by Ajahn Brahm We all commit mistakes and have our shortcomings but at at the same time we have so much that is...
1st Nov 2019
1

Nuggets from “Opening The Door Of Your Heart by Ajahn Brahm

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

1st Nov 2019
We all commit mistakes and have our shortcomings but at at the same time we have so much that is good and right about us. If we remember this, we can live with peace with ourselves and others. Chaos and disorder can sometimes be perfect, like leaves strewn on the floor of the...
The Wonder of Wool by Justine Lee and Jess Morency This was a brilliant Christmas present from my husband. It's partly a non-fiction exploration of the...
1st Jan 2026
1

The Wonder of Wool by Justine Lee and Jess Morency

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

1st Jan 2026
This was a brilliant Christmas present from my husband. It's partly a non-fiction exploration of the history of British sheep and wool, partly a directory of all the different breeds with notes on their suitability for knitting/spinning, and partly a book of knitting patterns...
Australia needs a Mark Carney speech I finally got around to watching Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech from January....
2nd Feb 2026
1

Australia needs a Mark Carney speech

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Feb 2026
I finally got around to watching Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech from January. Wow. This shouldn’t need to be said in the context of a politician, but I don’t agree with everything he said. For one, I thought his attempt to rebrand the curtailing of...
On For Grantedness Finding secular thankfulness
17th May 2022
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On For Grantedness

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

17th May 2022
Finding secular thankfulness
Nothing beats having good references On this day in letters
2 weeks ago
Some things are worth preserving. | #98 Christmas in the stacks
13th Dec 2025
Fly Navy The one upside to getting kicked out of Fort Pickens for a storm that never hit, was meeting the...
21st Feb 2024
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Fly Navy

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

21st Feb 2024
The one upside to getting kicked out of Fort Pickens for a storm that never hit, was meeting the pilot. The bus, wherever it goes, is conspicuous. It is especially conspicuous in the middle of an otherwise empty parking lot. Next to the parking lot was a collection of condos,...
Vote for Nobody! Nobody cares.
1st Nov 2024
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Vote for Nobody!

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

1st Nov 2024
Nobody cares.
Preorder My Sci-Fi Novel, Husk A limited time, first-edition signed hardcover with bonuses
12th Mar 2025
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Preorder My Sci-Fi Novel, Husk

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

12th Mar 2025
A limited time, first-edition signed hardcover with bonuses
Risk-of-Ruin Goods In 2018, the US Supreme Court legalized sports betting (or rather, legalized states to legalize...
7th Apr 2025
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Risk-of-Ruin Goods

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

7th Apr 2025
In 2018, the US Supreme Court legalized sports betting (or rather, legalized states to legalize sports betting), which led to a flurry of new sports bets and online casinos. Anyone who listens to US podcasts has probably heard the consequences: a flood of companies desperately...
Introducing Whisper, A New Way To Write For The Web Today I want to tell you about a writing tool called Whisper that I created for authors who don't...
10th Feb 2018
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Introducing Whisper, A New Way To Write For The Web

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

10th Feb 2018
Today I want to tell you about a writing tool called Whisper that I created for authors who don't want to let their art touch the gunk. But before I get to that, I need to describe my writing process.
Fort Pickens Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's...
11th Jan 2023
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Fort Pickens

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

11th Jan 2023
Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's around the fire, and then the next day we headed out to the Fort Pickens portion of Gulf Islands National Seashore. If St. George is the best spot in the panhandle, Fort Pickens is...
san francisco: after the flood short story. our protagonist is named after a piece of fruit
20th Jan 2023
1

san francisco: after the flood

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

20th Jan 2023
short story. our protagonist is named after a piece of fruit
Heritability of intrinsic human life span is about 50% when heritability is redefined to be... How heritable is hair color? Well, if you’re a redhead and you have an identical twin, they will...
5th Feb 2026
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5th Feb 2026
How heritable is hair color? Well, if you’re a redhead and you have an identical twin, they will definitely also be a redhead. But the age at which twins go gray seems to vary a bit based on lifestyle. And there’s some randomness in where melanocytes end up on your skull when...
Let’s stop counting centuries Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Enlightenment is conventionally placed...
4th Jul 2024
25

Let’s stop counting centuries

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jul 2024
Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Enlightenment is conventionally placed in the last two-thirds of the 18th century, though it flowed out of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Reason in the 17th century and spilled into the heyday of classical...
19th May 2025
1

How to Live on $432 a Month in America

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

19th May 2025
(For All Expenses)
In Praise Of Bulletpoints - they are great
2 weeks ago
Feeding on Illusions The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
8th Jul 2026
1

Feeding on Illusions

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

8th Jul 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
creatures of temperament It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
30th Mar 2025
56

creatures of temperament

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

30th Mar 2025
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
He would not cease singing or feeding for an earthquake Born in 1838 in Scotland, John Muir was 11 years old when his family moved to Fountain Lake Farm in...
1st Feb 2023
2

He would not cease singing or feeding for an earthquake

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

1st Feb 2023
Born in 1838 in Scotland, John Muir was 11 years old when his family moved to Fountain Lake Farm in Wisconsin, USA. It was whilst growing up on that farm, now recognised as a National Historic Landmark thanks to his work, that the “Father of the National Parks” fell in love with...
knocking on strangers doors a portrait of erie, PA before the election
8th May 2025
1

knocking on strangers doors

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

8th May 2025
a portrait of erie, PA before the election
the wince avoidance is a signal
7th Jan 2025
19

the wince

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

7th Jan 2025
avoidance is a signal
How to Find Good Information And some examples of "Good Information"
19th Sep 2023
23

How to Find Good Information

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

19th Sep 2023
And some examples of "Good Information"
What’s Taking Up Your Mental Bandwidth Right Now? Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If...
6th Feb 2025
56

What’s Taking Up Your Mental Bandwidth Right Now?

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

6th Feb 2025
Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If you spent most of your day preoccupied with thoughts about a past failed relationship, for example, that makes for a different kind of day than one in which you’re preoccupied with...
Bang or bust? At Bang Bang Oriental, Mohammed Ali Salha considers the invention of the London food hall....
2 weeks ago
1

Bang or bust?

from Vittles [alt+shift+b] in life

2 weeks ago
At Bang Bang Oriental, Mohammed Ali Salha considers the invention of the London food hall. Photographs by Dashti Jahfar
4th Oct 2023
How I passed the time in 2025 Stories, books, albums, & blogs
28th Dec 2025
1

How I passed the time in 2025

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

28th Dec 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
Visit to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the...
21st Aug 2023
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Visit to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia

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

21st Aug 2023
In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the most-performed living composer in the world, and his life and work played a key role in the development of my faith. We even saw Arvo Pärt and his wife Nora shopping at their local...
The 5 Whys of Running If you ask "Why?" five times you can discover the motivation behind anything. At least that is what...
17th Feb 2019
23

The 5 Whys of Running

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

17th Feb 2019
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.
30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
5th May 2024
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30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)

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

5th May 2024
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
22nd Mar 2024
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...
12th Sep 2020
36

The Little Book Of Big Weight Loss : Book Notes

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

12th Sep 2020
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...
September BATCAVE Schedule is here hang, write, and even some office hours?
2nd Sep 2025
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September BATCAVE Schedule is here

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

2nd Sep 2025
hang, write, and even some office hours?
Love Grows The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
8th Feb 2025
63

Love Grows

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

8th Feb 2025
The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
A Rural Public Transit Odyssey Across New York's North Country by Rural Transit Bus
5th Jun 2025
1

A Rural Public Transit Odyssey

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jun 2025
Across New York's North Country by Rural Transit Bus
“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese I asked ChatGPT to rewrite “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese. This is...
26th Jul 2023
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“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese

from Naveen Arun's Blog [alt+shift+b] in life

26th Jul 2023
I asked ChatGPT to rewrite “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese. This is what it gave me: “WHEREAS, this Agreement is made, entered into and fully understood on this day, by and between two primary entities, both of distinct characteristics and...
The Strange Fruits of Exploration And maybe a beach bar
13th Feb 2025
55

The Strange Fruits of Exploration

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

13th Feb 2025
And maybe a beach bar
Sinister strike On the comparative advantage of left-handed violence
18th Jun 2023
1

Sinister strike

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

18th Jun 2023
On the comparative advantage of left-handed violence
Short Posts Why are posts so long?
14th Feb 2024
102

Short Posts

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

14th Feb 2024
Why are posts so long?
099 SPLY In the spring of 2022, I had a call with Stefan Jandl, who runs Favorit Studio. As we have similar...
3rd Nov 2022
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099 SPLY

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

3rd Nov 2022
In the spring of 2022, I had a call with Stefan Jandl, who runs Favorit Studio. As we have similar tastes and approach to design, we wanted to collaborate on a project together. Initially, we toyed with the idea of NFT art given its rise in popularity at the time, but it didn't...
to be creative, be where you are and to be where you are, face what you’re avoiding
3rd Jun 2024
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to be creative, be where you are

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

3rd Jun 2024
and to be where you are, face what you’re avoiding
Be Open to the Signal There’s a timeless story trope where the hero is wandering the streets, lost in worry or despair,...
23rd Oct 2025
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Be Open to the Signal

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

23rd Oct 2025
There’s a timeless story trope where the hero is wandering the streets, lost in worry or despair, when the universe sends a sign. His gaze lands on a mother bird feeding her chicks, or a neon cross in a tattoo parlor window, breaking him out of his daze and awakening him to a...
how good will you let it get? loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
1st Apr 2025
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how good will you let it get?

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

1st Apr 2025
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
The Waters of Lethe Flow From Our Digital Streams The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
20th Mar 2025
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The Waters of Lethe Flow From Our Digital Streams

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

20th Mar 2025
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
The journey and the destination When is it about the journey, and can it also be the destination?
20th Dec 2024
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The journey and the destination

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

20th Dec 2024
When is it about the journey, and can it also be the destination?
“ugly” drawings from korea The first couple of days in korea we stumbled into a 3-storey stationery shop called Object. There...
4th Aug 2024
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“ugly” drawings from korea

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

4th Aug 2024
The first couple of days in korea we stumbled into a 3-storey stationery shop called Object. There was a particular section where they sell stationery and stickers by a particular artist with...
Progress can be slow We can spend a lifetime working on the same things, and that's ok
10th Jul 2024
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Progress can be slow

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

10th Jul 2024
We can spend a lifetime working on the same things, and that's ok
The 6 Laws of Dying Hollywood Franchises Here's how you kill an entire genre
4th Jun 2024
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The 6 Laws of Dying Hollywood Franchises

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

4th Jun 2024
Here's how you kill an entire genre
just drank a $4 bottle of smart water and im still dumb af someone help Hey all, been a while. Let me tell you a story. 2022 was one of the most challenging years of my...
23rd May 2023
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just drank a $4 bottle of smart water and im still dumb af someone help

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

23rd May 2023
Hey all, been a while. Let me tell you a story. 2022 was one of the most challenging years of my life. In 2022 — buildspace raised $10M at a $100M valuation. This company is by far the most valuable, impactful thing I’ve ever worked on. To this day, the company has continued to...
This really is it no time to review this cuz the kids are screaming again lol I hope it doesn't suck
2nd Aug 2024
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This really is it

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

2nd Aug 2024
no time to review this cuz the kids are screaming again lol I hope it doesn't suck
Postcard From Venice Reflections on a Stupefying City
1st Nov 2025
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Postcard From Venice

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

1st Nov 2025
Reflections on a Stupefying City
The Crypto Mania Has Begun. How to Profit & Understand What's Happening If you missed out last time, this is your opportunity
11th Nov 2024
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The Crypto Mania Has Begun. How to Profit & Understand What's Happening

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

11th Nov 2024
If you missed out last time, this is your opportunity
How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult? Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
3rd Jul 2024
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How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult?

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

3rd Jul 2024
Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
4 (More) Good Things and 2 (More) Bad Things and 2 Misunderstandings About Working at Amazon: From... A continuation of my previous article about my experiences at Amazon. What they do well, what they...
4th Nov 2024
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4th Nov 2024
A continuation of my previous article about my experiences at Amazon. What they do well, what they don't do well, and in this article, I also mention a few common beliefs I disagree with.
Quiet Authority In his commentary on the book of Job, Pope St Gregory the Great outlines a distinction between the...
4th Jun 2026
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Quiet Authority

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

4th Jun 2026
In his commentary on the book of Job, Pope St Gregory the Great outlines a distinction between the imposition of power led by will and the testimony of quiet authority led by conscience.
Cities of the Red Night We swing south to Albuquerque, catching I-40 west for a few miles. The earth turns redder, with a...
6th May 2026
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Cities of the Red Night

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

6th May 2026
We swing south to Albuquerque, catching I-40 west for a few miles. The earth turns redder, with a thin frosting of green -- junipers, snakeweed, and shrubs on the mesa tops. The sky is impossibly blue, littered with tufts of white cloud. Just before the city the oil pressure...
What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy? “These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.”...
31st Jul 2023
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What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy?

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

31st Jul 2023
“These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.” — Seneca We all know those people who have lots of money, and yet, they are miserable. On the flip side, we all know people who live happy and fulfilled lives despite not having...
How We Designed a FUN Nonfiction Book Cover Every step and cover along the way
5th Jun 2024
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How We Designed a FUN Nonfiction Book Cover

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

5th Jun 2024
Every step and cover along the way
Is a Priest Justified in Consulting a Doctor? We must either love God or hate him; we must either believe everything or deny everything; All or...
18th Jan 2023
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Is a Priest Justified in Consulting a Doctor?

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

18th Jan 2023
We must either love God or hate him; we must either believe everything or deny everything; All or Nothing.
#1 Writemas Prioritising time to think, write and publish
1st Dec 2023
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#1 Writemas

from Left To Write [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2023
Prioritising time to think, write and publish
A company is a language Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural...
26th Aug 2024
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A company is a language

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

26th Aug 2024
Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural nuances. And I think this explains why it’s so hard for executives — especially executives — to come in from outside an organization and find their way. At lower levels within an...
i failed vs. i'm a failure the life-changing magic of the failure bow
3rd Jun 2025
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i failed vs. i'm a failure

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

3rd Jun 2025
the life-changing magic of the failure bow
Why You’re So Unhappy This isn't going to be your typical pep talk about how the universe works in mysterious ways, or how...
6th Jul 2023
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Why You’re So Unhappy

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

6th Jul 2023
This isn't going to be your typical pep talk about how the universe works in mysterious ways, or how everything will fall into place if you're patient. Spoiler alert: it won’t. The cold hard truth is this: the universe doesn’t care about your happiness. You do. Maybe you've...
How Social Media Shortens Your Life It's engineered to speed up your time
3rd Aug 2025
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How Social Media Shortens Your Life

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

3rd Aug 2025
It's engineered to speed up your time
Masterpiece Hallucinations What can you see through blurry eyes that you can't see with 20/20 vision?
7th Apr 2018
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Masterpiece Hallucinations

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

7th Apr 2018
What can you see through blurry eyes that you can't see with 20/20 vision?
Humans Are About to Learn Like Never Before Humans aren’t good at predicting the future, but sometimes you can see a trend that promises...
22nd Nov 2024
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Humans Are About to Learn Like Never Before

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

22nd Nov 2024
Humans aren’t good at predicting the future, but sometimes you can see a trend that promises something great — like “a genie is granting your wish” great. I think this might be happening right now with one of my genie wishes, maybe yours too. For me it has to do with the piles of...
Bureaucrats are our heroes now Laetitia@Work #80
23rd Apr 2025
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