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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Inverse Grudges and Brand Burns I am not the kind of person who thinks people should be rewarded for doing their job. That's why I...
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I am not the kind of person who thinks people should be rewarded for doing their job. That's why I surprised myself by calling an 800 number to praise the service of the guy who sold me a water heater. I look for Bill when I am at Lowes and struggling with a weekend home project...
Diaries of Note
When in my hand thy pulse is prest, I feel it alter mine Born in Yorkshire in 1791, Anne Lister was a landowner famed for keeping detailed diaries that...
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Born in Yorkshire in 1791, Anne Lister was a landowner famed for keeping detailed diaries that totalled over four million words, a sixth of which was written in a code she devised to conceal her sexuality and intimate encounters. Discovered and deciphered by a descendant in the...
Luxagraf:...
Copper Harbor After getting kicked out of our site in McLain State Park we weren't thrilled at the prospect of...
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After getting kicked out of our site in McLain State Park we weren't thrilled at the prospect of more time in a Michigan State Park, but there's not really anything else in Copper Harbor. We pulled in around 3 and asked for a site. The woman at this check-in station was very nice...
Both Are True
Talking comedy with God (David Javerbaum who is “tv royalty” according to Arthur from Substack) A recording from Alex Dobrenko`'s live video
5 months ago
Luxagraf:...
Pensacola History From Fort Pickens we came around the entirety of Pensacola Bay to a small park on the western edge,...
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From Fort Pickens we came around the entirety of Pensacola Bay to a small park on the western edge, Big Lagoon. From our campsite there it was a short car ride to Perdido Key, which is another part of Gulf Islands National Seashore. Although it takes the better part of two hours...
The Convivial...
Audio Versions Are Back A Convivial Society Update
a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
School is Not Enough Learning is a consequence of doing
8 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
random scenes from busan I tend to forget about my photos once too much time had passed, so today I deliberately dug into the...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
I tend to forget about my photos once too much time had passed, so today I deliberately dug into the archive from my korea trip a couple months ago. It is an...
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...
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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.
Diaries of Note
I have especially enjoyed this autumn Born in 1819 in rural Warwickshire, George Eliot was a towering figure in Victorian literature known...
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Born in 1819 in rural Warwickshire, George Eliot was a towering figure in Victorian literature known for her detailed portraits of English life. Christened Mary Ann Evans, she adopted her male pen name to ensure her works were judged by their merit rather than her gender; her...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalissimo Shop V2 The second project of the year has successfully shipped: Minimalissimo Shop Version 2. I don’t know...
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The second project of the year has successfully shipped: Minimalissimo Shop Version 2. I don’t know why I held WordPress in such high regard for so many years—it’s Starbucks of the CMS world. So migrating my sites over to Kirby is a great feeling. The latest of which was the...
Diaries of Note
Poor wreck that I am John L’Heureux, a renowned Massachusetts-born novelist and poet, spent seventeen years of his life...
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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...
bookbear express
the wince avoidance is a signal
5 months ago
Both Are True
the 'many escape rooms' theory of why our smartphones suck the big one a confession that things have also been v hard + a pretty elaborate escape room metaphor // S1E8
a year ago
Diaries of Note
I do not seem to care for the “boys” very much Annie Cooper Boyd (born Annie Burnham Cooper) was an artist and feminist who hailed from the whaling...
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Annie Cooper Boyd (born Annie Burnham Cooper) was an artist and feminist who hailed from the whaling village of Sag Harbor, New York, where her father, William H. Cooper, had for years thrived as a local boat builder. She adored her family, painting, and writing, and it’s thanks...
Ryan Hoover's...
Introducing Ship by Product Hunt
over a year ago
The Convivial...
The Stuff of Life: Materiality and the Self The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 13
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
creative experiences in osaka A few months ago I joked with my partner that we should visit Osaka at the end of the year. She...
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a year ago
A few months ago I joked with my partner that we should visit Osaka at the end of the year. She seriously replied that if so we could visit a sewing studio...
The Honest Broker
Why Is Music Journalism Collapsing? This is a bigger problem that you can fix with a Pitchfork
a year ago
Tech and Tea
Small steps, Big dreams proudly announcing Tech and Tea
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Sleep Setup in case you were wondering
7 months ago
RhysTranter.com
“This is what we are about”: The Romero Prayer A beautiful prayer about vocation by Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw, often attributed to St Óscar...
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
I'm Writing a Book! Book Update 1
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Greatest Guitar Player’s Worst Concert Phil Keaggy struggled. He is recovering from a detached retina. There’s nerve pain in his hand. His...
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Phil Keaggy struggled. He is recovering from a detached retina. There’s nerve pain in his hand. His guitar broke, so he had to borrow one from the opening act. The sound crew was questionable. It might have been the worst concert Phil has ever performed. And yet...
Diaries of Note
You’d think I would be happy all the time Nikki Sixx was twenty-two when he co-founded Mötley Crüe, a heavy metal band destined to become one...
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Nikki Sixx was twenty-two when he co-founded Mötley Crüe, a heavy metal band destined to become one of the most successful music acts in history. As the band’s bassist and principal songwriter, Sixx played a key role in developing their iconic rebellious persona, his escalating...
Laetitia@Work
What does psychological safety at work depend on? Laetitia@Work #75
8 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Rational, Not Reactive This week I was faced with an unusual situation. I was blocked on Twitter and Instagram by an...
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This week I was faced with an unusual situation. I was blocked on Twitter and Instagram by an account I have followed for a long time. An account and company I have supported in various formats, and one that I have actually invested in. Sounds odd, right? Do I need to call them...
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...
Stoic Simple
How Stoicism Helps Us Conquer & Overcome Fear Fear is a natural part of the human experience. It can be a powerful motivator, helping us avoid...
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Fear is a natural part of the human experience. It can be a powerful motivator, helping us avoid danger and stay safe. However, fear can also hold us back from achieving our goals and living our best lives. But what if there was a way to conquer fear, to rise above it and become...
Left To Write
#1 Writemas Prioritising time to think, write and publish
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How the Internet Went to Threads And how we can sew it back together
a year ago
The Convivial...
From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 12
over a year ago
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 27 Next Big Steps
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The 2020 Simulator Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and over. I know that sounds like torture but stick with me.
The Honest Broker
What Happened to the Celebrities? Something has changed in the culture
3 months ago
Mark Manson
The Power (and Limitations) of Self-Belief In 1959, a surgeon named Leonard Cobb called bullshit. At the time, the most common procedure to...
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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...
Unfiltered by Tim...
What It Means to Be a Married Man in His 30s with Kids It's not what you think
4 months ago
Charlie Becker
Orson Welles as Falstaff on Late Night TV This post is in the Notebook - my digital workshop for anecdotes, links, excerpts, sketches, lists,...
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4 months ago
This post is in the Notebook - my digital workshop for anecdotes, links, excerpts, sketches, lists, and anything else I want to explore in brief, revisit later, or post for reference.
Diaries of Note
Left the Beatles On the evening of 10th January 1969, after a tough day at work, guitarist George Harrison opened his...
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On the evening of 10th January 1969, after a tough day at work, guitarist George Harrison opened his diary and in three words noted that he had quit the world’s most popular band. For a week the Beatles had been rehearsing at Twickenham Film Studios, their efforts captured on...
Luxagraf:...
Notes From The Road Your browser does not support video playback via HTML5. Watch on YouTube
over a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Consciousness will slip through our fingers I guess life makes sense: For some reason there’s a universe and that universe has lots of atoms...
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I guess life makes sense: For some reason there’s a universe and that universe has lots of atoms bouncing around and sometimes they bounce into patterns that copy themselves and then those patterns go to war for billions of years and voilà—you. But consciousness is weird. Why...
Diaries of Note
Complete silence Born in 1903 in Okayama Prefecture, Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was an extraordinary figure whose life and...
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Born in 1903 in Okayama Prefecture, Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was an extraordinary figure whose life and work took on a poignant significance following the bombing of Hiroshima. Serving as the director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital, he found himself at the epicentre of...
Farza's Newsletter
just drank green tea liquid death and now 15mg of caffeine is coursing through my gd veins bim bop boom boom boom bop bam
4 months ago
Left To Write
№ 63: They Accused Me of Collusion, Confiscated My $$$ and Taught Me A Priceless Lesson In Real Risk From fleecing Chinese Players to being fleeced - The Ludic Fallacy - Avoiding being a sucker - The...
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
The Half Life Of Memory A radioactive model of personal identity
3 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalism, Marketing, and Digital Sales A while ago I published a couple of articles on selling digital products and monetising minimalism....
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A while ago I published a couple of articles on selling digital products and monetising minimalism. Over the past 12 months I have been working extensively in making and marketing digital products in various forms and on various platforms. In the aforementioned articles, I’ve...
RhysTranter.com
Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of...
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In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of Terrence Malick's 2019 biopic of the Austrian conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter—executed in 1943 for his refusal to swear allegiance to National Socialism. Cooprider explores...
Passing Time
Spinning significance out of a senseless slog Contributing to a chosen culture via running
a month ago
Thu Le
Reading out loud Lately I find myself reading stuff out loud and enjoying it.
6 months ago
Both Are True
if have nothing, then how give anything? (help wanted) advice for when your tank is empty
a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
Efforts and Goals and Joy There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to...
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There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to concentrate on. There was joy in effort, and the world resisted effort to just the right degree, and yielded to it at last. People cut Mount Rushmore into faces; they chipped here and...
Mind Mine
slow down what’s the rush?
a year ago
Both Are True
Wacky Guy One: prepping for the audition that coulda changed everything a raw and unvarnished look at what it takes to make it in hollywood with celebrated commercial actor...
a year ago
Diaries of Note
I should like to see him forcibly shaved Born in Manchester, England, in 1904, Christopher Isherwood was a novelist, playwright, and...
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Born in Manchester, England, in 1904, Christopher Isherwood was a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who left an indelible mark on 20th-century literature with novels like Goodbye to Berlin and A Single Man. He was also a keen diarist and since his death in 1986 multiple...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Death by Toothbrush Apple products are notoriously hard to open because they are obsessed with hiding screws and...
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Apple products are notoriously hard to open because they are obsessed with hiding screws and minimizing seams. But if you are able to crack open one of their products you will see something beautiful.
Isabel Unraveled
how good will you let it get? loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
3 months ago
Farza's Newsletter
been playing mario kart on my tamagotchi Hey everyone! Chilling at a little cafe right now. Got a cappuccino and a cheese danish. So, we’re...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! Chilling at a little cafe right now. Got a cappuccino and a cheese danish. So, we’re working on _buildspace now and a lot of folks have asked me about why we pivoted away from ZipSchool. I’ll answer that question with a screenshot from our investor update below:
DYNOMIGHT
The first RCT for GLP-1 drugs and alcoholism isn’t what we hoped GLP-1 drugs are a miracle for diabetes and obesity. There are rumors that they might also be a...
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GLP-1 drugs are a miracle for diabetes and obesity. There are rumors that they might also be a miracle for addiction to alcohol, drugs, nicotine, and gambling. That would be good. We like miracles. We just got the first good trial and—despite what you might have heard—it’s not...
The Ruffian
Hitler's Willing Executioners On the genocidal mindset
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
psychological health vs physical health Travelling keeps me sane. It is only on this trip that I realised how much my brain craves being in...
a year ago
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a year ago
Travelling keeps me sane. It is only on this trip that I realised how much my brain craves being in some sort of engagement, and travelling is a way to keep it...
Diaries of Note
The most sensual thing I’ve ever seen When Pamela Des Barres graduated from high school in 1966, she headed straight for the Sunset Strip...
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When Pamela Des Barres graduated from high school in 1966, she headed straight for the Sunset Strip where the rock stars she had idolised from afar roamed—a path that led her to become one of the most celebrated groupies of the rock and roll era. She kept a diary throughout and...
The Ruffian
Unveiling 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs' Yes It's an Actual Book With a Cover and Everything
9 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
The Mystery Of The Pots Does quantity lead to quality?
a year ago
RhysTranter.com
Henri Nouwen on the Practice of the Presence of God In a November entry of The Genesee Diary, Henri Nouwen reflects on the writing and spirituality of...
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Additive Domains, Multiplicative Domains 1 and 1 and 1 is 3, unless you're multiplying
9 months ago
The Convivial...
What Is To Be Done? Audio Version Listen now (20 min) | The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 14 (supplement)
over a year ago
Scarlet Ink
No More Excuses: Trading Blame for Action. Practical Steps Towards Ownership Instead of Whining. I'll admit a lack of patience for people who prefer to make excuses when they're given advice. It's...
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10 months ago
I'll admit a lack of patience for people who prefer to make excuses when they're given advice. It's easier to make excuses rather than do the hard work.
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: enemies of progress In the first part of a retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit on the Winter Oak...
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In the first part of a retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit on the Winter Oak site, I look back on its content in 2015, the year in which it was launched.
Unfiltered by Tim...
To Make Enough Money to Retire Early, Stop Doing These 7 Things What Harvard research bizarrely shows about retirement
6 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
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...
Atoms vs Bits
Hateful Things in 1002 AD When I say The Pillow Book, written by Sei Shōnagon in the late 990s AD, reads like a Tumblr, you...
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When I say The Pillow Book, written by Sei Shōnagon in the late 990s AD, reads like a Tumblr, you might reasonably assume I'm being wry and somewhat exaggerated: "ohhhh, this thing from 1000 years ago is just like things we write today [if you
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 Honest Broker
Open Mic: What Should I Write About? And some coming attractions at The Honest Broker
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoicism, Law & Justice: How Stoic Philosophy Sees Crime & Punishment Stoicism, an ancient Greek philosophy, has been a subject of fascination and study for centuries....
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Stoicism, an ancient Greek philosophy, has been a subject of fascination and study for centuries. One of its central themes has been the pursuit of justice. The Stoics believed that living a just life entailed cultivating certain qualities of character and making decisions based...
Farza's Newsletter
drinking a spanish latte but i dont speak spanish is this legal I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a...
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a year ago
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a society, no matter where you're from -- we have a tendency to look at those that did something really hard, but didn't figure it out as a person who "failed".
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...
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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...
Scarlet Ink
Inside a High-Severity Outage: A Late Night Sev-2 at Amazon A detailed narrative of how we communicated about, worked on, and resolved a technical mess we...
2 months ago
Left To Write
#10 Writemas: Uncovering High Agency Talent I’ve met many people in my adult life who are so much more intelligent than I am. But most of them...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’ve met many people in my adult life who are so much more intelligent than I am. But most of them have ended up in well-paid corporate roles. Now, there’s nothing wrong with doing a 9 to 5. These corporate companies are needed, but whenever I walk away from conversations with...
Passing Time
On For Grantedness Finding secular thankfulness
over a year ago
Both Are True
i went mostly offline and then all this happened without the internet, my family steps into it; our wild and crazy offline Friday night
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
What makes tech fun? When asking this question, I'm not really thinking too literally. For instance, I'm not asking,...
a year ago
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a year ago
When asking this question, I'm not really thinking too literally. For instance, I'm not asking, "what is a fun piece of tech?" Because the answer to that would be simple: any game, gaming device, or immersive VR experience that's engineered to be fun to use. That's far too...
Abhishek Chakraborty
Success Comes With a Price Tag Like everything, even success comes with a price tag. The key is figuring out what that price is and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Like everything, even success comes with a price tag. The key is figuring out what that price is and being willing to pay it. The problem however is that the price of a lot of things is not obvious (or remain hidden) till the very end.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Selling Digital The idea of selling digital products is growing on me. Firstly, the simplicity and speed of...
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The idea of selling digital products is growing on me. Firstly, the simplicity and speed of delivering a digital product is far greater than that of a physical one—logistically speaking. Secondly, and probably most importantly, the zero shipping costs involved, and all the risk,...
Paul Cudenec
Ignore the gaslighting - ZIM is real! The smears directed at those of us who expose and oppose ZIM (the zio-imperialist mafia) serve three...
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2 months ago
The smears directed at those of us who expose and oppose ZIM (the zio-imperialist mafia) serve three distinct purposes.
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...
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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
I Share Private Journal Entries Random jottings on music (and other topics) from my notebook
5 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
taipei after 7 years The last time we’ve been to taiwan was in 2018, just a couple years fresh into our relationship. 7...
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The last time we’ve been to taiwan was in 2018, just a couple years fresh into our relationship. 7 years later we’re both radically different people with different interests: back then she...
DYNOMIGHT
So much blood In a recent post about trading stuff for money, I mentioned: Europe had a [blood plasma] shortage of...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
In a recent post about trading stuff for money, I mentioned: Europe had a [blood plasma] shortage of around 38%, which it met by importing plasma from paid donors in the United States, where blood products account for 2% of all exports by value. The internet’s reaction was: “TWO...
Diaries of Note
Armageddon in Europe! It was in 1915 that Vera Brittain left Somerville College, Oxford to become a nurse during the First...
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It was in 1915 that Vera Brittain left Somerville College, Oxford to become a nurse during the First World War, a decision that would profoundly shape her life and literary career. Eighteen years later, having experienced the devastating realities of the battlefield, Brittain...
The Honest Broker
In 2025, Your Boss Will Launch a Podcast I warn about new grifts in my latest arts & culture briefing paper
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok And why did youth mental health problems accelerate after 2010?
a year ago
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...
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Fastest Way To Ruin Your Life 8 easy steps
7 months ago
The Honest Broker
How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult? Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
a year ago
Diaries of Note
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
This is not an About page. CBL #93 - Some thoughts on thinking/acting, naming/doing, and where this blog is headed
3 weeks ago
Diaries of Note
Every atom of hate we add to this world makes it still more inhospitable On 7th September 1943, a year after writing the following diary entry, 29-year-old Etty Hillesum and...
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On 7th September 1943, a year after writing the following diary entry, 29-year-old Etty Hillesum and her family were sent from Westerbork transit camp to Auschwitz, where she would meet her tragic end two months later. Born in 1914 in the Netherlands, Hillesum was a woman of keen...
Paul Cudenec
Life philosophy: against the destructive will of Mammon It is today not considered possible by our culture for a sane and serious person to be entirely...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
It is today not considered possible by our culture for a sane and serious person to be entirely opposed to the modern world, to its infrastructure and to its thinking.
The Honest Broker
Today is Open Mic Anarchy You can talk about absolutely any subject
a year ago
The Honest Broker
The Final Triumph of Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023) The novelist delivered an end-of-life masterpiece, but the culture machine was barely interested
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
How Many NY Times Journalists Does It Take to Write 500 Words? And other dismal stories from the culture business
2 months ago
Stoic Simple
Seneca’s Writing on Stoicism and Philosophy Seneca is one of the most prominent philosophers within the Stoic tradition, known for his...
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Seneca is one of the most prominent philosophers within the Stoic tradition, known for his contributions to ethical theory and his reflections on human nature. Understanding Seneca's philosophy and applying his teachings can lead to a more fulfilling and meaningful life. This...
The Honest Broker
Nine Observations on the Avant-Garde Has it disappeared? Does anybody care? Should they?
11 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Cooking In short: Salt, fat, acid, heat
a year ago
Diaries of Note
I care not what becomes of me On the evening of 14th April 1865, as he sat in Ford’s Theatre with his wife Mary, U.S. President...
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On the evening of 14th April 1865, as he sat in Ford’s Theatre with his wife Mary, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth, who fired a .44 caliber Derringer pistol at the back of Lincoln’s head and then fled the scene. A...
journal – Winnie Lim
42 Last year, I wrote I wanted to learn how to cope. I don’t think I have learnt to cope well yet, but...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Last year, I wrote I wanted to learn how to cope. I don’t think I have learnt to cope well yet, but I do think I have made some progress compared to...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Screw Management, Point Yourself at Piles of Rubble I knew a guy who cashed in by matching odd jobs with cheap workers. There is good money to be made...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I knew a guy who cashed in by matching odd jobs with cheap workers. There is good money to be made in convincing people to do subhuman work. I was an easy mark.
Both Are True
if ur feeling sad after posting something this might help idk
a month ago
Diaries of Note
Why should we consider the soul mortal? In October 1908, 20 years before publication of her groundbreaking children’s book Millions of Cats,...
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over a year ago
In October 1908, 20 years before publication of her groundbreaking children’s book Millions of Cats, American artist and author Wanda Gág embarked on a 30-year diary-keeping journey. This detailed and intimate record not only encompassed her personal experiences and reflections...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Gestaltung It may came as no surprise that one of the most influential figures in my life (whether he knows it...
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DYNOMIGHT
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I'm so confused TACTICAL PARENTING Written by Dynomight INT TACTICAL HOME - DAY WE OPEN on TACTICAL GUY’s house. A small tree is visible in a window. We see TACTICAL GUY staring at TACTICAL BABY on the ground. CUT TO: INT DESK - SAME DAY TACTICAL GUY uses keyboard plugged...
journal – Winnie Lim
7 years of love, bound in a handmade booklet photoessay: documenting 7 years of togetherness
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The Intimate Mirror
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Wait But Why
The Trump-Biden Debate In case you missed it... The post The Trump-Biden Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
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The century of Voltaire Eugène Delacroix, born in 1798, was a profoundly influential French Romantic artist who came to be...
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Eugène Delacroix, born in 1798, was a profoundly influential French Romantic artist who came to be renowned for his dramatic, emotive works, his use of bold colour and brushwork setting him apart. But his influence extended beyond the canvas, as at the age of twenty-three he...
Jason Fried
Lighten your grip I recently took up drumming. Again. One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is...
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I recently took up drumming. Again. One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is that you’re gripping the sticks too hard. A tight grip denies certain degrees of freedom, limits subtlety, and ups the fatigue factor. Plus you give up the gift of bounce the drum...
bookbear express
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Deadly UI A look at the design decisions that lead to the death of Anton Yelchin
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journal – Winnie Lim
minimum effective dose I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the...
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I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the procedure), so I have been hesitant in taking up my regular exercise again because I...
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Diaries of Note
Color and I are one In 1914, everything changed for Paul Klee. Whilst sampling the delights of Tunisia on a twelve-day...
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In 1914, everything changed for Paul Klee. Whilst sampling the delights of Tunisia on a twelve-day trip with fellow artists Louis Moilliet and Auguste Macke, he found himself profoundly affected by the light and colours of North Africa—an intense experience that inspired him to...
Diaries of Note
 How utterly mad it all is Although her life was cut tragically short, Lorraine Hansberry’s influence on American theatre was...
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Although her life was cut tragically short, Lorraine Hansberry’s influence on American theatre was profound. Raised amid the racial turbulence of 1930s Chicago, she channelled her experiences into A Raisin in the Sun, a groundbreaking play that earned her three distinctions: the...
Passing Time
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Luxagraf:...
Build When in doubt, build shelves. Building things is an essential part of life. Shelves are easy and...
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over a year ago
When in doubt, build shelves. Building things is an essential part of life. Shelves are easy and satisfying to build. They're useful too. Everyone needs more shelf space. Everywhere I've ever lived I built some shelves or bookcase or some sort of flat surface on which to put...
The Honest Broker
Where in the World Is the World's Fair? It's happening right now—but can you tell me where?
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Unfiltered by Tim...
3-6 Months of Beginner Hell Is What It Takes to Become Successful (And Join the Top 1%) 99% of people can't stand it – that's your big opportunity
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DYNOMIGHT
OK, I can partly explain the LLM chess weirdness now We recently talked about a mystery: All large language models (LLMs) are terrible at chess. All,...
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We recently talked about a mystery: All large language models (LLMs) are terrible at chess. All, that is, except for gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, which for some reason can play at an advanced amateur level. This is despite the fact that this model is more than a year old and much...
Charlie Becker
Behind the Scenes of the Annual Review 2022 Last week, I wrote my first public Annual Review, read it here! I did two exercises to prepare for...
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over a year ago
Last week, I wrote my first public Annual Review, read it here! I did two exercises to prepare for my annual review and explore what might be fun for me to write and interesting for others to read. After sharing both of these with a few friends, they encouraged me to polish them...
Ryan Hoover's...
The Rise of Maker Communities
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Tech and Tea
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How we can reduce ask vs guess culture clashes by creating more shared context, aligning around when to ask for help, and helping guess culture coworkers get clarity on what they want in their careers
Diaries of Note
In the world, yet not in it Born in Geneva in 1821, Henri-Frédéric Amiel was a poet and philosopher who found little in the way...
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over a year ago
Born in Geneva in 1821, Henri-Frédéric Amiel was a poet and philosopher who found little in the way of recognition during his lifetime, perhaps due to the introspective nature that fuelled the journal for which he posthumously found fame. Always reaching for perfection and...
Wait But Why
It’s 2020 and you’re in the future Some people are young, just not you. The post It’s 2020 and you’re in the future appeared first on...
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over a year ago
Some people are young, just not you. The post It’s 2020 and you’re in the future appeared first on Wait But Why.
The Ruffian
The Unreal Thing What Coca Cola's Christmas Ad and Ben Affleck Tell Us About AI and the Future of the Creative...
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What Coca Cola's Christmas Ad and Ben Affleck Tell Us About AI and the Future of the Creative Industries
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: Zionism and the criminocracy In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2024.
Diaries of Note
You have to see it On 6th December 1912, at the ancient site of Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, a team led by German...
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a year ago
On 6th December 1912, at the ancient site of Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, a team led by German Egyptologist Ludwig Borchardt made a remarkable discovery: they uncovered a workshop once belonging to Thutmose—more formally known as ‘The King’s Favorite and Master of Works, the Sculptor...
Rubenerd
South Park got big-box retail mostly wrong I watched a lot of South Park as a kid growing up, because it’s what you did at the time. I think...
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I watched a lot of South Park as a kid growing up, because it’s what you did at the time. I think I’d cringe if I saw much of it today, but at the time it was side-splitting. For every dreadful episode, there was a Tugger and Russel Crowe. The stuff of legend. But they did get...
Tech and Tea
Reader Mailbag: Architect having a hard time letting go A reader writes in with a challenging situation on a new team and an architect who is having trouble...
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A reader writes in with a challenging situation on a new team and an architect who is having trouble getting out of the weeds.
Atoms vs Bits
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journal – Winnie Lim
thoughts about human intelligence after watching korean game shows We started watching korean variety shows since they started appearing on Netflix. I think it started...
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We started watching korean variety shows since they started appearing on Netflix. I think it started with Physical 100 which gave me the push I needed to get started on my own...
Diaries of Note
Oh God, it was awful It was in March of 1907, aged 15, that Edna St. Vincent Millay began to keep a diary—an intimate...
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over a year ago
It was in March of 1907, aged 15, that Edna St. Vincent Millay began to keep a diary—an intimate chronicle that would continue throughout her life, with her final entry penned in 1949, a year before her death. By that time, of course, she was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet....
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A Tiny Goal That Will Change Your Life Is to Make $1 on the Internet You need a catalyst that fires off a series of unusual events
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I discovered this "app defaults" initiative through Manu, and although many of my defaults are the same, I thought I'd share my setup regardless, adding a few new ones: Type App(s) Mail Client Apple Mail Mail Server Google Workspace Notes iA Writer + Apple...
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The Ruffian
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So here I am, two hours into my sixty-sixth year Born in 1936 in Hampshire, England, Simon Gray was a prolific playwright whose later years saw him...
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Born in 1936 in Hampshire, England, Simon Gray was a prolific playwright whose later years saw him acclaimed for The Smoking Diaries, a series of insightful, often irreverent memoirs in which he delves deep into the human experience, tackling themes of ageing, vulnerability, and...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Recalibrating Your Pattern Recognition Machine, Part 2 Changing someone’s opinion requires you to change that person’s _reality_. You have to change the...
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over a year ago
Changing someone’s opinion requires you to change that person’s _reality_. You have to change the filter, the part of the brain that is working long before rationality and logic kick in.
The Honest Broker
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A decade of dissent: the violence of the system In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2019.
Charlie Becker
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My Ultimate Texas Songwriter Playlist I've handpicked 56 tracks from the Lone Star State (3 hours of music)
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Go do business Business isn’t something you learn in books. Or posts. Or threads. You can’t read your way to the...
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Business isn’t something you learn in books. Or posts. Or threads. You can’t read your way to the right hire. You can't consume enough content to produce a product. You have to do. You learn business by doing business. Hiring by hiring. Products by building them. We...
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Trusting Your Intuition In the world of digital product design, trusting your gut might not be considered the most...
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In the world of digital product design, trusting your gut might not be considered the most responsible thing to do, particularly given that we have access to a ridiculous amount of analytical data to support 99% of the decisions we make. Now, I’m not against data-driven...
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The Honest Broker
Old Media Finally Wakes Up from a Coma The empire strikes back—or at least it will try
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Web Design and Carbon Impact How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web more energy efficient? From data centres to...
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How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web more energy efficient? From data centres to transmission networks to the devices that we hold in our hands, it is all consuming electricity, and in turn producing carbon emissions. According to recent estimates, the entire...
Mark Manson
The Point Is to Stop Years ago, I wrote an article that claimed the best way to judge the usefulness of self-help advice...
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over a year ago
Years ago, I wrote an article that claimed the best way to judge the usefulness of self-help advice is by how many people eventually leave it behind. In it, I boldly claimed that if self-help advice actually worked, the industry would quickly go out of business. After all, if the...
The Convivial...
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Diaries of Note
I long for vigour and clear thought, but only meet with chaos When she wrote the following diary entry, English author, poet, and garden designer Vita...
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over a year ago
When she wrote the following diary entry, English author, poet, and garden designer Vita Sackville-West was 28. Living in Long Barn, Kent, with her husband and fellow writer, Harold Nicolson, she was nearing the end of an intense, two-year romance with Violet Keppel, with whom...
The Honest Broker
A Tribute to Tony Bennett (1926-2023) I've been a fan since childhood—and it feels like I've lost a part of my extended family
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Classical Music Got Invented with a Hard Kick from a Peasant's Foot Or why we need less math in music theory
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Tom Howard
The best leaders keep their egos under control A version of this post was first published in The Australian on July 31 2018
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Atoms vs Bits
Don't Meet Me In The Middle Against journey centerism
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Paul Cudenec
Truth, essence, knowledge and light Being criticised or insulted by your political enemies is not too difficult to cope with – after...
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Being criticised or insulted by your political enemies is not too difficult to cope with – after all, you do not really care what they think of you.
Passing Time
Introducing: Slos This is not a joke.
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Diaries of Note
Happy New Year It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared...
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a year ago
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared 365 diary entries written by 365 different people—each offering a chance to live a day in someone else’s shoes. It’s been an intense and remarkable year, filled with insights,...
The Ruffian
How - and Why - To Read... ...in a World That's Giving Up On It
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The Prism
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Playing Chicken with Eagles Some _thing_ has dragged a carcass into my path. It isn't the first corpse I've seen by this pond....
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over a year ago
Some _thing_ has dragged a carcass into my path. It isn't the first corpse I've seen by this pond. The carp grow huge here and I marvel at the long skeletons strewn along the shore as I run by. Are the bodies discarded by disappointed fishermen or the prize of a lucky critter...
Stoic Simple
Using a Stoic Mindset to See Challenges from Two Perspectives by Bob Cymber I recently watched the intense National Geographic documentary Free Solo. One of the...
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over a year ago
by Bob Cymber I recently watched the intense National Geographic documentary Free Solo. One of the most surprising things about the film is how Alex Honnold, the rock climber who challenges intense heights without a safety harness, approaches his challenges. Before each of his...