The Ruffian
Notes on Succession
Life is not a story
10th Jun 2023
Laetitia@Work
You Can't Be A Smart Sycophant
Laetitia@Work #97
7th Apr 2026
Laetitia@Work
Women’s Experience Trap
Laetitia@Work #82
13th Jun 2025
Passing Time
The Consciousness Box
Sorry for the inconvenience.
11th Dec 2023
Sorry for the inconvenience.
bookbear express
on one-sidedness
giving without getting
3rd Feb 2025
Passing Time
My body is not a temple
My body is a machine.
6th Apr 2025
Charlie Becker
The Wedge Between Pleasure and Pain
Castles in the Sky #40
6th Oct 2023
The Tao Of Wealth
The Simple Investment Principles Of Warren Buffett In His Own Words
14th Mar 2017
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...
2nd Dec 2018
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.
Farza's Newsletter
i got suitcases full of matcha tea don't mess with me punk
Got back from Dubai a few days ago. Life has been…intense heh. In just the last 2.5-weeks: We ran a...
12th Jun 2023
Got back from Dubai a few days ago. Life has been…intense heh. In just the last 2.5-weeks: We ran a live gameshow I hosted and gave away $100,000, had 225 of our graduates fly out for N&W IRL in SF, and then the following week had 125 of our graduates fly out for N&W IRL in...
bookbear express
nothing will change your life more than saying what you actually want to say
happy new year
6th Jan 2026
Charlie Becker
Join the Six in '26 Book Club: Read from Don Quixote to Dostoevsky in 12 months
Read six classic novels as part of a group in 2026
10th Feb 2026
Read six classic novels as part of a group in 2026
The Ruffian
Why London's Famous Penguin Pool Has No Penguins In It
A Tale From My Trip To The Zoo
3rd Apr 2024
A Tale From My Trip To The Zoo
Tech and Tea
Expectations, planning, and suffering
Thoughts on planning and letting go of expectations
29th May 2024
Thoughts on planning and letting go of expectations
Scarlet Ink
The Ideal Manager Exercise — How to Choose and Communicate With Your Current or Future Manager
The reflection exercise that helped me find and cultivate a successful relationship with my manager.
5th Aug 2024
The reflection exercise that helped me find and cultivate a successful relationship with my manager.
The Tao Of Wealth
How To Select Shares That Perform
This post contains my notes from the book: Selecting Shares That Perform: 10 ways to beat the stock...
31st Jul 2019
This post contains my notes from the book: Selecting Shares That Perform: 10 ways to beat the stock market by Richard Koch and Leo Gough Historically, over long periods of time, stocks have given the highest return. However there are some risks: Some stocks can go bust. To reduce...
Tech and Tea
Creating Space: Fall Cohort is Open 🍂
Come join us for the next cohort of Creating Space!
6th Oct 2025
Come join us for the next cohort of Creating Space!
Passing Time
How I passed the time in 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
28th Dec 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
Atoms vs Bits
Developing An Intuition For Georgism
WIRED published our weird ramblings on Land; here's the even weirder ramblings.
4th May 2023
WIRED published our weird ramblings on Land; here's the even weirder ramblings.
The Map is Mostly...
Agency and Schooling (and gardening)
Dear friends, Over at Palladium I have written School is Not Enough. The beginning may be familiar...
7th Jun 2023
Dear friends, Over at Palladium I have written School is Not Enough. The beginning may be familiar to some readers, the post is an elaboration of my thinking about agency. I speak a bit more about the problem, and potential solutions. I leave it implicit that I find it this very...
Daily Stoic
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
“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,...
Thu Le
Pen and paper
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
11th Apr 2025
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
Laetitia@Work
Future of Work: 9 books I read in 2023
Laetitia@Work #65
5th Jan 2024
Atoms vs Bits
Regrets List / Things I Did Good List
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
2nd Aug 2023
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Death by Toothbrush
Apple products are notoriously hard to open because they are obsessed with hiding screws and...
6th Feb 2016
Apple products are notoriously hard to open because they are obsessed with hiding screws and minimizing seams. But if you are able to crack open one of their products you will see something beautiful.
Mark Manson
Mark Manson’s 3 Rules for Life
Hey party people! It's Mark Manson, and today I want to talk about Dr. Jordan Peterson and his...
14th Sep 2023
Hey party people! It's Mark Manson, and today I want to talk about Dr. Jordan Peterson and his books, "12 Rules for Life" and "12 More Rules for Life."
I've had the pleasure of chatting with him on his podcast and even got some F-bombs out of him. But what really stuck with me...
DYNOMIGHT
Dynomight internet survey
Hello, clever charming good-looking people. I am in need of a richer understanding of:
you
the...
2nd May 2024
Hello, clever charming good-looking people. I am in need of a richer understanding of:
you
the nature of reality
consciousness
ethics
dynomight internet website
and have therefore created a survey, which you can take here. (You don’t need to create an account or give your email...
Luxagraf:...
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
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...
Both Are True
happy father's day (the color)
on failures and fathers and color and country
19th Jun 2026
on failures and fathers and color and country
Diaries of Note
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
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...
Unfiltered by Tim...
Be Aware of the Quiet Ones like Keanu Reeves — They Are the Ones That Actually Make You Think
The smarter you become, the less you speak.
5th Nov 2024
The smarter you become, the less you speak.
The Tao Of Wealth
The True Meaning Of Concentration
Q: My sweet beloved Mother, I read in the Conversations: “Concentration alone will lead you to this...
24th Jan 2020
Q: My sweet beloved Mother, I read in the Conversations: “Concentration alone will lead you to this goal.” Should one increase the time of meditation? Concentration does not mean meditation; on the contrary, concentration is a state one must be in continuously, whatever the outer...
Raptitude.com
Social Media is the Opposite of Social Life
I remember a surreal moment about twenty years ago, which felt like the beginning of something bad,...
10th Apr 2026
I remember a surreal moment about twenty years ago, which felt like the beginning of something bad, and it was. I was at a bowling alley with some friends, and a few people in our group were talking about Facebook. I knew what it was but had no interest in it. Then one of them...
Lefineder’s Substack
Sinister strike
On the comparative advantage of left-handed violence
18th Jun 2023
On the comparative advantage of left-handed violence
Laetitia@Work
How housing scarcity influences everything
Laetitia@Work #81
21st May 2025
Letters of Note
Please consider my own position
The King's Final Plea
2nd Jun 2026
Passing Time
Bits from Boulder
Three true stories from the People's Republic
5th Aug 2024
Three true stories from the People's Republic
Atoms vs Bits
The Good Sides Of Nepotism
It is very largely bad, to be clear. But the good sides are worth thinking about.
2nd Jul 2025
It is very largely bad, to be clear. But the good sides are worth thinking about.
Winnie Lim
[instagram]
121 months: to love for just one more day
a large part of the human experience is growing numb to the experiences that had once made us...
2nd Jun 2026
a large part of the human experience is growing numb to the experiences that had once made us ridiculously happy…we just tend to take the things we have for granted, like they are a piece of furniture we are entitled to have. i knew this effect intimately, so i sought to live and...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox
Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were...
29th Sep 2019
Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were crushed or drowned as their sleeping quarters filled with water after the collision. At the heart of the tragedy is a single checkbox on a touchscreen. This is the untold story of...
Ryan Hoover's...
The New Product Hunt iOS App (described in GIFs)
10th Oct 2020
Laetitia@Work
How much rest do we really need?
Laetitia@Work #52
20th Oct 2022
The Honest Broker
How to Know If You're Living in a Doom Loop
Let's look at the warning signs
2nd Aug 2024
Let's look at the warning signs
Rubenerd
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
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...
Nat Eliason's...
Traditional Publishing is Great, Actually
Don't be deceived like I was...
1st May 2024
Don't be deceived like I was...
Hickman's...
How to Save Substack From Certain Peril
The "One Weird Trick" to Real Growth and Success on Substack
8th Jul 2025
The "One Weird Trick" to Real Growth and Success on Substack
Laetitia@Work
Is free universal childcare really such a crazy idea?
Laetitia@Work #88
27th Nov 2025
Left To Write
№ 73: Finding Faith
How pursuing entrepreneurship taught me faith
3rd Nov 2023
How pursuing entrepreneurship taught me faith
Tech and Tea
Do you keep your wishes secret?
Have you ever hoped that someone would notice your good work and give you more opportunities? Would...
6th Aug 2023
Have you ever hoped that someone would notice your good work and give you more opportunities? Would that have been even more meaningful than if you asked for what you wanted, and got it?
Winnie Lim
2025: may I have an uneventful year
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to...
12th Jan 2025
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to progress uneventfully. I first started using the word “uneventful”...
Paul Cudenec
Collaboration & Denial
[I read the article here)
2nd Feb 2026
[I read the article here)
Mark Manson
The Outrage Cycle
The Outrage Begins
First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far...
7th Mar 2022
The Outrage Begins
First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far and wide. Most of this happens on Twitter, but placeholder web pages are thrown together on various news sites and cable news channels interrupt the latest car chase to give you...
DYNOMIGHT
Do blue-blocking glasses improve sleep?
Back in 2017, everyone went crazy about these things:
The theory was that perhaps the pineal gland...
3rd Jul 2025
Back in 2017, everyone went crazy about these things:
The theory was that perhaps the pineal gland isn’t the principal seat of the soul after all. Maybe what it does is spit out melatonin to make you sleepy. But it only does that when it’s dark, and you spend your nights in...
Jason Fried
Hooks, towel bars, and software
Strangely, a recent bathroom renovation crystalized my perspective on product development.
When...
3rd Mar 2024
Strangely, a recent bathroom renovation crystalized my perspective on product development.
When being asked to choose between towel hooks or a towel bar, the choice was obvious: Hooks, of course.
Hooks take up no space. Towel bars suck up space.
Hooks hold towels no matter how...
Luxagraf:...
Autumn
Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit...
9th Oct 2024
Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit the road, packing away the paddle boards, washing the bus, and burning through the last of the firewood. Sometime around the middle of the month we say goodbye to friends and head...
The Honest Broker
Record Labels Are Running on Empty
The latest news is ominous
2nd Jul 2025
The latest news is ominous
DYNOMIGHT
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
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...
Tech and Tea
Saddened by the tech industry
Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing...
17th Jun 2023
Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing quite so far in the other direction.
The Honest Broker
We Really Are Entering a New Age of Romanticism
An update on the war against algorithms and technocratic manipulation
3rd Mar 2025
An update on the war against algorithms and technocratic manipulation
Mark Manson
Trigger Warning: Reality Hurts
Years ago, many readers wrote to me complaining that I didn’t include trigger warnings in my...
7th Sep 2022
Years ago, many readers wrote to me complaining that I didn’t include trigger warnings in my articles. This was 2014-15 or so. The trigger warning thing had become popular on university campuses and left-leaning news sites. Given that at the time many of my readers were young...
Letters of Note
You must refill the hot tub after your parties
A letter to Joan Rivers from her daughter/landlord
4th Sep 2025
A letter to Joan Rivers from her daughter/landlord
Laetitia@Work
Your Choice: Trophy Wife or Servant
Laetitia@Work #90
4th Jan 2026
Both Are True
September BATCAVE Schedule is here
hang, write, and even some office hours?
2nd Sep 2025
hang, write, and even some office hours?
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Greatest Jedi Mind Trick of All Time
What percentage of your visible world would you say you can see? Yes, you read that correctly. The...
3rd Nov 2018
What percentage of your visible world would you say you can see? Yes, you read that correctly. The obvious answer is "all of it." But stick with me.
Both Are True
Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
5th Nov 2024
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
Sherman's Food...
Kavita
You know I really enjoy a delicious Indian meal every now and then. Well, it isn't hard to find...
1st Feb 2026
You know I really enjoy a delicious Indian meal every now and then. Well, it isn't hard to find good Indian food in the GVRD, especially Punjabi cuisine. There is a smattering of South Indian and some Goan spots as well. One of the newest Indian restaurants in town is rather...
Tech and Tea
🍲 Announcing Startup Soup: A Pragmatic Take on Startup Operations
A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage...
3rd Mar 2025
A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage companies!
Mark Manson
5 Life-Changing Levels of Not Giving a Fuck
Every day, hundreds of millions of people suffer from giving too many fucks. They spend their lives...
25th Jan 2024
Every day, hundreds of millions of people suffer from giving too many fucks. They spend their lives imprisoned by meaningless anxiety and unnecessary concerns. But it doesn't have to be that way.
In this article, I'm going to walk you through the five levels of non-fuck-giving,...
Daniel Bourke
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
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’
bookbear express
the wince
avoidance is a signal
7th Jan 2025
Laetitia@Work
Navigating Change: The Midlife Journey
Laetitia@Work #76
28th Nov 2024
Both Are True
Love myself? Knowing what I know?
A lunchtime meditation on whether 'being the best' is even a real thing
9th Jul 2024
A lunchtime meditation on whether 'being the best' is even a real thing
The AI Underwriter
Week 21 of 2025- W212025
Luck is the residue
25th May 2025
Atoms vs Bits
Modern Noble Lies
The high price asked for harmony
1st Jan 2025
The high price asked for harmony
Scarlet Ink
How Senior Leaders Evaluate Ideas — And a Story of Amazon's 3-Year Planning Process
Ideas are valuable if they're not simply a desired outcome. A path to an outcome is the core element...
29th Jul 2024
Ideas are valuable if they're not simply a desired outcome. A path to an outcome is the core element of a good idea.
Both Are True
i guess i wrote a song???
a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
2nd Apr 2024
a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
Mark Manson
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
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...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
People I Want to Work With
This is an evolved thought of my post about my favourite designers ever.
Since I opened my creative...
5th Aug 2025
This is an evolved thought of my post about my favourite designers ever.
Since I opened my creative lab FormFeelingFunction®, I’ve also opened my mind to connecting with more creative people. The reason is simple: to make unexpected objects in both digital and analogue form...
Tech and Tea
Transformed into a couch
On taking this time to slooooooow down
28th Dec 2022
On taking this time to slooooooow down
The Map is Mostly...
Efforts and Goals and Joy
There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to...
31st Dec 2023
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...
Daniel Bourke
Apple M3 Machine Learning Speed Test
I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
23rd Dec 2023
I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
Daily Stoic
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
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...
Charlie Becker
The map is clear but the road is bumpy.
Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
6th Nov 2024
Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
Paul Cudenec
Vote for Nobody!
Nobody cares.
1st Nov 2024
Jason Fried
Making it happen vs. Letting it happen
Make it happen!
You hear it a lot. And it's generally good advice, of course. At least the 'happen'...
14th Nov 2024
Make it happen!
You hear it a lot. And it's generally good advice, of course. At least the 'happen' part.
You definitely want things to happen. But often times, it's the 'make' part that gets confused for progress.
You can push a ball uphill, but should you? Not only does it take...
Daily Stoic
Goal Setting: A Philosophical Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus What do the...
28th Apr 2022
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus What do the goals we set, whether personal or professional, require? If we hope to accomplish our goals, we need the discipline to hold ourselves accountable. We need the self-control to stay...
The Works in...
Links in Progress: Expanding the Mediterranean's busiest port
Plus: New tunnels, monorails, canals, small modular reactors, and horseless carriages
5th Nov 2024
Plus: New tunnels, monorails, canals, small modular reactors, and horseless carriages
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
My 2025 Q2 Highlights: Favorite Books, Games, and TV Shows
Sharing my favorite books, games, and TV shows from the second quarter of 2025.
1st Jul 2025
Sharing my favorite books, games, and TV shows from the second quarter of 2025.
DYNOMIGHT
Dear PendingKetchup
PendingKetchup comments on my recent post on what it means for something to be heritable:
The...
11th Sep 2025
PendingKetchup comments on my recent post on what it means for something to be heritable:
The article seems pretty good at math and thinking through unusual implications, but my armchair Substack eugenics alarm that I keep in the back of my brain is beeping.
Saying that variance...
The Intimate Mirror
Friendship is the Whole of the Path
This is not a metaphor
12th Apr 2026
RhysTranter.com
Robert Pirsig on Selfless Climbing
While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition...
13th Jun 2024
While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition of Henri Nouwen’s The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery.
Raptitude.com
Growth Means Choosing a Different Kind of Pain
I never threw a party until I was in my late 30s. I was always afraid people wouldn’t show up, or,...
1st Oct 2024
I never threw a party until I was in my late 30s. I was always afraid people wouldn’t show up, or, even worse, that they would show up and quickly want to leave. It felt like this particular fate could not be risked, which meant party-throwing was off the table. Other people...
Stoic Simple
The Feather
"A breathtakingly beautiful book that shows how even a tiny bit of virtue can overcome any...
10th Oct 2024
"A breathtakingly beautiful book that shows how even a tiny bit of virtue can overcome any darkness." —Dustin Brady, author of Superhero for a Day After falling from an angel's wing, a tiny feather drifts past the boundaries of Heaven and into the mortal realm below. No longer...
Paul Cudenec
Adolf Hitler and the zio-imperialist mafia
A book review
8th May 2025
Scarlet Ink
If Your System Never Fails, That’s the Real Failure
Investments in operations should be at a minimal level that maintains the systems in an acceptable...
3rd Nov 2025
Investments in operations should be at a minimal level that maintains the systems in an acceptable state forever. Poor operations are clearly bad news. But perfect operations are a waste of money.
bookbear express
passive obsession
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
1st Sep 2025
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
Laetitia@Work
Careless People: how power destroys empathy
Laetitia@Work #83
24th Jul 2025
Scarlet Ink
Confidence: A Legal Performance-Enhancing Drug for the Office. 7 Manipulation Tips for Winners.
You don’t need permission to lead. You just need to look, sound, and act like a person others...
1st Dec 2025
You don’t need permission to lead. You just need to look, sound, and act like a person others instinctively follow. Because, yes, we're all sheep.
Hickman's...
A Tiny City in the Wilderness
On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
6th Apr 2025
On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
Daniel Bourke
Imagination misused
You gotta have a level of conviction that it’ll happen. That whatever you’re trying to do will...
2nd Aug 2026
You gotta have a level of conviction that it’ll happen. That whatever you’re trying to do will happen. That it’ll all work out.
And it will.
I mean hell the same energy that turns seeds into forests is within you.
I am continually amazed
Passing Time
Losing My Edge
But I was there!
18th Mar 2025
Unfiltered by Tim...
Being a High Performer Is Lonely as Hell
It's also the best feeling in the world
10th Oct 2024
It's also the best feeling in the world
Mind Mine
gossip steals your sovereignty
talk is easy, action is hard
1st Oct 2024
talk is easy, action is hard
Hickman's...
How to Live on $432 a Month in America
(For All Expenses)
19th May 2025
What To Cook
a VERY BIG pre-order giveaway!!!!
ONE OF YOU IS WINNING A TRIP TO CARMEL!!!!
I promise I’ll stop yapping about pre-orders soon,...
14th Jul 2024
ONE OF YOU IS WINNING A TRIP TO CARMEL!!!!
I promise I’ll stop yapping about pre-orders soon, because the book will BE IN YOUR HANDS IN LESS THAN A MONTH! But until pub day on August 13th, it’s pre-order city, baby.
And to show you just how SERIOUSLY, UNENDINGLY GRATEFUL I am to...
Luxagraf:...
In the Time of The Juncos
Autumn comes in on the coattails of a storm, a cool wind chasing clouds. Humidity breaks, there's a...
8th Oct 2025
Autumn comes in on the coattails of a storm, a cool wind chasing clouds. Humidity breaks, there's a colder edge to mornings and evenings. Yellow and red leaves sprout in clusters, and a gradual panorama of color sweeps across the horizon of trees.
It's a time of contrasts and...
Naveen Arun's Blog
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
It’s often the case that when we do good things for others, we open ourselves to new risks. A...
30th Aug 2023
It’s often the case that when we do good things for others, we open ourselves to new risks. A student helps a classmate, only to get accused of cheating. A friend lends money, which strains the friendship. A driver stops their car for a pedestrian, then gets rear-ended. We do so...
The Ruffian
Why Did I Start The Ruffian and Has Paul McCartney Read My Book?
Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
3rd Jan 2026
Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
Diaries of Note
The film had killed me
On the morning of 27th August 1945, shooting commenced on La Belle et la Bête, a French-language...
1st Jun 2023
On the morning of 27th August 1945, shooting commenced on La Belle et la Bête, a French-language adaptation of the 1757 fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Directing this grand endeavour in his 57th year was poet and artist Jean Cocteau, a multi-talented creative force known for his...
The Intimate Mirror
The Architecture of Safety
The Foundation That Makes Healing Possible
9th Jun 2025
The Foundation That Makes Healing Possible
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Unusual UI
I knew if I built my app exactly the way I wanted there was a chance it might not make it through...
5th Nov 2016
I knew if I built my app exactly the way I wanted there was a chance it might not make it through Apple’s approval gauntlet.
The Convivial...
Feeding on Illusions
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
8th Jul 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
Passing Time
Backcountry Skiers and Venture Capitalists
Skiing in the proverbial River
3rd Sep 2024
Skiing in the proverbial River
Charlie Becker
Starting in one hour: Charlie Becker and Rob Stephenson on InterIntellect
Grab a ticket and join us
18th Sep 2025
Grab a ticket and join us
The Ruffian
Seven Features Of Post-Literate Politics
Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
3rd May 2025
Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Bimodal by design
I've worked with Photoshop for an age. Back in 2022, I created a small business called 099, offering...
2nd May 2026
I've worked with Photoshop for an age. Back in 2022, I created a small business called 099, offering a focused collection of minimal PSD mockups and web tools for creatives.
Although I still appreciate the demand for PSDs, especially among seasoned designers, I wanted to explore...
Isabel Unraveled
Change is a matter of feeling safe enough to let go of who you are to become someone new
Also, I’m going to Paris.
11th May 2026
Also, I’m going to Paris.
Daniel Bourke
My book Charlie Walks: A Novel is now available worldwide
Charlie Walks: A Novel now shipping paperback copies worldwide.
11th Nov 2022
Charlie Walks: A Novel now shipping paperback copies worldwide.
Laetitia@Work
Joining the No-Club
Laetitia@Work #51
8th Sep 2022
The Honest Broker
The Hottest Drummer You've Never Heard
A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
3rd Jul 2023
A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
The Map is Mostly...
Why Buy a House (or Land)?
A lesson in ignoring economics
15th Apr 2024
A lesson in ignoring economics
bookbear express
the disorientation of freedom
beyond words
4th Feb 2026
The Map is Mostly...
Californias
The first time I went out to Silicon Valley, or California for that matter, or anywhere at all west...
29th Jul 2025
The first time I went out to Silicon Valley, or California for that matter, or anywhere at all west of New York state, was after college.
How to Be a Stoic
Stoic advice: can a salesperson be a Stoic?
[Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org....
2nd Jul 2018
[Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org. However, consider that I have a significant backlog, and I may not get to your question for some time, or at all.] D. writes: How should a practising Stoic ethically approach their...
Jason Fried
Appetites instead of estimates
The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong.
Yes...
4th Oct 2024
The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong.
Yes there's a 3 week version of something. And a 6 week version. And a 4 month version. And a 12 month version. That's correct.
Yet, you'll almost always be wrong whichever you pick....
bookbear express
Chapter 2: prioritize your favorite people
the friendship theory of everything: longform edition
3rd Nov 2025
the friendship theory of everything: longform edition
DYNOMIGHT
Life with hazard ratios
If you read anything about health or longevity, you’ll soon find yourself in a world of hazard...
6th Jul 2026
If you read anything about health or longevity, you’ll soon find yourself in a world of hazard ratios. Some study might say that eating more fiber might change your risk of dying by a factor of HR = 0.90. Another might say that occasional smoking might change it by HR = 1.30.
But...
Mind Mine
the mind is a trap
be careful what you convince yourself of
13th Feb 2025
be careful what you convince yourself of
Atoms vs Bits
Best Investments For Everyone
The best investments for *you*
5th Feb 2025
The best investments for *you*
Diaries of Note
One pheasant behaved like a madman
In November 1974, upon learning that his friend and mentor, film critic Lotte Eisner, was critically...
1st Dec 2023
In November 1974, upon learning that his friend and mentor, film critic Lotte Eisner, was critically ill in Paris and close to death, German filmmaker Werner Herzog immediately packed a duffel bag and began to walk in her direction from Munich, convinced that “she would stay...
Laetitia@Work
The Mystery of Mastery
Laetitia@Work #64
20th Dec 2023
Daniel Bourke
A dog called Seven
Our crazy neighbours had a dog called Seven.
And we had our dog Bella.
Bella and Seven would yell at...
13th Jul 2025
Our crazy neighbours had a dog called Seven.
And we had our dog Bella.
Bella and Seven would yell at each other and sometimes say something nice like hello how was your day by sniffing each other through the gaps in the fence.
One day my younger brothers opened the
The Ruffian
Delusional self-belief is a superpower until it's a disaster
What's the optimal amount of self-deception for a politician?
2nd Mar 2024
What's the optimal amount of self-deception for a politician?
Daniel Bourke
Not just fishing knots
Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa.
We walked in and mum saw Nana and they...
2nd Apr 2024
Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa.
We walked in and mum saw Nana and they both started to cry.
Papa, Alan, Alby, my grandfather was quite sick.
The room was quiet and somber but had an unshakable aura of warmth and love.
Everyone was
Passing Time
Hemiphytophilia
A journal entry about a house plant
1st Feb 2024
A journal entry about a house plant
The Works in...
Why horses have stopped becoming faster
The limits of breeding for speed
6th Aug 2026
The limits of breeding for speed
Atoms vs Bits
What Are We Doing To Ourselves
I do not find it amusing
1st May 2026
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
10 Pointless Facts About Me
This topic has been doing the rounds on the indie web recently, initially prompted by David and...
6th Nov 2025
This topic has been doing the rounds on the indie web recently, initially prompted by David and subsequently by Manu. But instead of using the original template of questions, as many others have done, I’ve decided to create my own pointless series of questions and answers to give...
Nat Eliason's...
The Past and Future of Vibe Coding
Thoughts from 2 years of yelling at digital gods
7th Oct 2025
Thoughts from 2 years of yelling at digital gods
Sherman's Food...
Hamono Sushi
While trying to decide on which Omakase we were going to try while in Portland, I briefly considered...
2 weeks ago
While trying to decide on which Omakase we were going to try while in Portland, I briefly considered Nimblefish and Nodoguro, however after reading up on Reddit, we narrowed in on Hamono Sushi in Downtown Portland. Besides the Omakase course, the one thing that makes Hamono...
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify | A Pokédex for Food
Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
27th Feb 2024
Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
Luxagraf:...
The Lost Coast
Driving west on Florida's highway 98 is a little like traveling back in time. It's hard to believe...
12th Apr 2023
Driving west on Florida's highway 98 is a little like traveling back in time. It's hard to believe standing amidst the crowds of Panama City Beach, but not ten miles east, once you pass through the actual Panama City, the crowds disappear, along with everything else.
After...
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
The American vs. European Mindset on Life
A personal look at how the American and European mindsets shape the way we live, work, and find...
1st Jun 2025
A personal look at how the American and European mindsets shape the way we live, work, and find happiness.
Luxagraf:...
Goodbye Florida
In the evenings the song of whippoorwills echoes on all sides. Spring peepers croak and creak in the...
10th May 2023
In the evenings the song of whippoorwills echoes on all sides. Spring peepers croak and creak in the marsh reeds. Here and there through the trees I can catch a glimmering flicker of flames from a campfire. Only the truly committed are having fires in this heat. The air is still...
The Map is Mostly...
The King and the Hermit
Dear friends, there is a tale, Long ago there lived a king who had two sons. Both children were...
6th Oct 2022
Dear friends, there is a tale, Long ago there lived a king who had two sons. Both children were overindulgent in spending and habits, and the king was much vexed by this careless nature. Being very old, he worried that after his death they would shortly blunder away their...
Winnie Lim
different realities under the same blue sky
My partner and I were were surprised we had radically different interpretations of a particular...
1st Oct 2023
My partner and I were were surprised we had radically different interpretations of a particular scene of a kdrama we had just watched. She had thought the lines were full of hope...
The Map is Mostly...
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
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...
Raptitude.com
Push the Fence
I know how to replace a kitchen faucet. If you have a janky old faucet that needs to be replaced...
16th Jul 2024
I know how to replace a kitchen faucet. If you have a janky old faucet that needs to be replaced with a smoothly operating new one, I can do that for you or show you how. This wasn’t always true. It became true May 27, 2024, after pulling everything out of the under-sink...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
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
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...
bookbear express
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
creativity, security, and changing careers in your late 20s
The Ruffian
How To Choose Your Nemesis
What Makes a Rivalry Productive?
6th Dec 2025
What Makes a Rivalry Productive?
Winnie Lim
first impressions of khao yai
Khao Yai is about 2 – 3 hours drive from bangkok airport. For the past few years we usually go to...
6th Jul 2025
Khao Yai is about 2 – 3 hours drive from bangkok airport. For the past few years we usually go to places where we don’t have to drive because I tend to...
The Ruffian
Leslie's Razors
Nine Rules of Thumb For Life
6th Jan 2024
Nine Rules of Thumb For Life
Laetitia@Work
Debunking the Laziness Lie
Laetitia@Work #53
29th Nov 2022
The Prism
26 Useful Concepts for 2026
Ideas to equip you for 2026.
28th Dec 2025
Ideas to equip you for 2026.
Charlie Becker
One Month of Building the Used Bookstore of the Future + Things I loved in July
Charlie Becker Letter #97
8th Aug 2025
Charlie Becker Letter #97
Farza's Newsletter
just saw a pigeon rollerblading on the streets wow didn't know they made rollerblades for pigeons
Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group...
2nd May 2021
Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group of like 25 people in front of me right now with fake samurai swords doing some sort of sword fighting class it’s pretty lit. They be dueling right now in groups of two. Poggers.
bookbear express
first days of summer
"self-portrait at 28"
25th Jun 2025
Farza's Newsletter
me and skrillex at the club crying to scatman drinking lychee tea
I decided to join Y Combinator, again.
2nd Apr 2026
I decided to join Y Combinator, again.
Hickman's...
A Woodchuck's Daydream
In Search of a Swamp
1st Apr 2026
RhysTranter.com
The Life of Saint Pambo
Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390)...
18th Jul 2020
Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390) thought to be a disciple of St Antony. I was struck by the following passage...
The Works in...
One week left to apply for Invisible College 2026
Our residential seminar for 18–22 year olds was such a success that we are running it again. Apply...
1st May 2026
Our residential seminar for 18–22 year olds was such a success that we are running it again. Apply this week or forever hold your peace.
skin contact
dear dad
i wish I could write this letter in mandarin
18th Feb 2025
i wish I could write this letter in mandarin
Diaries of Note
To day has bin a memorable day
Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in...
1st Jan 2023
Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in the city of Philadelphia. It was in 1863, aged 24, that Davis began to keep a written record of life during the Civil War in the first of three pocket diaries to have survived,...
Philip I. Thomas
What I'm up to - June 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in...
1st Jun 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in May - Went to Oaxaca for vacation, which was a culturally rich and walkable place. I enjoyed a lot of ...
Passing Time
A Wednesday at Arapahoe Lakes
Not because it's there, but, instead, to feel something
6th Apr 2023
Not because it's there, but, instead, to feel something
Mind Mine
how to be a domestic goddess
notes from nigella & myself
12th Mar 2025
notes from nigella & myself
Jason Fried
A company is a language
Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural...
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...
Paul Cudenec
An A-Z of the modern mega-racket
[Plus audio version]
2 weeks ago
DYNOMIGHT
The real data wall is billions of years of evolution
Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you...
3rd Oct 2024
Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you wanted to speed up the development of AI, what would you send back? Many people suggest attention or transformers. But I’m convinced that the answer is “brute-force”—to throw as much...
Laetitia@Work
The Worry Gap: why women worry so much more
Laetitia@Work #62
4th Oct 2023
The Tao Of Wealth
Sri Aurobindo On The Buddha
The Non-Being permits the Being, even as the Silence permits the Activity. Thus it was possible for...
30th Sep 2018
The Non-Being permits the Being, even as the Silence permits the Activity. Thus it was possible for the Buddha to attain the state of Nirvana, and yet act puissantly in the world, impersonal in his inner consciousness, in his action the most powerful personality that we know of...
Luxagraf:...
Little Girl's Point
The rest of my family loves rock hounding. I don't even know if that's what you call it, but that's...
24th Jul 2023
The rest of my family loves rock hounding. I don't even know if that's what you call it, but that's what I'm going with. They enjoy walking around, hunting for rocks. Agates are especially popular with rock lovers, and one of the best agate beaches in the area is across the lake...
Hickman's...
The ‘Do or Die’ Days
If the Bell Tolls on the American Hinterlands, Will You Answer It?
3 weeks ago
If the Bell Tolls on the American Hinterlands, Will You Answer It?
DYNOMIGHT
Maybe there’s a pattern here?
1.
It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine—a gun—which could by its rapidity of fire,...
4th Mar 2026
1.
It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine—a gun—which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of large armies, and consequently, exposure to battle and disease...
The Honest Broker
In 2024, the Tension Between Macroculture and Microculture Will Turn into War
And I can already tell you who will win
6th Dec 2023
And I can already tell you who will win
Both Are True
hello depression my old friend
i guess we're talking once again
10th Dec 2025
i guess we're talking once again
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalissimo 6.0
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you...
6th Apr 2022
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you like. The sixth iteration of Minimalissimo is here and it's probably the strongest one to date yet probably the most raw and uncompromising. But before I break down what is new, I want...
DYNOMIGHT
My 16-month theanine self-experiment
The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now...
6th Mar 2025
The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now sold as a nutritional supplement for anxiety or mood or memory.
Many people try theanine and report wow or great for ADHD or cured my (social) anxiety or changing my life. And it’s...
RhysTranter.com
Rereading The Brothers Karamazov
It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park,...
5th Jul 2024
It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park, sitting under a tree overlooking the river. I remember that it was the Penguin Classics edition translated by David McDuff, and that I couldn’t put it down.
Winnie Lim
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113 months: fun till the end
as we get older, grouchier, crankier and more creaky it is admittedly getting harder and harder to...
2nd Oct 2025
as we get older, grouchier, crankier and more creaky it is admittedly getting harder and harder to get out there and have fun together. “fun” is such a strange word for me...
Seth's Blog
Rethinking famous college admissions
Even if you’re not applying, this thought experiment gives a glimpse into how the world is about to...
1st Jun 2026
Even if you’re not applying, this thought experiment gives a glimpse into how the world is about to be rewired. The top 10 most selective colleges in the US admit about 5% of those who apply. They’re not selling education as much as a label, a rare chance for someone to slot...
The Map is Mostly...
A lot with a little
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool,...
10th Mar 2023
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool, King Lear Some works are better for their brevity. Fan Ho needs very little: Most of the image is black, or blurry. You can scarcely tell what materials you’re looking at. But the...
Tech and Tea
Small steps, Big dreams
proudly announcing Tech and Tea
2nd Apr 2023
proudly announcing Tech and Tea
Luxagraf:...
Repair Fail
One of the most underappreciated, least talked about aspects of repair is the hierarchy. There are...
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...
Mark Manson
3 Principles for a Better Life
I used to have a newsletter with the pitch, “3 Ideas That Can Change Your Life.” For years, I sent...
13th Jun 2022
I used to have a newsletter with the pitch, “3 Ideas That Can Change Your Life.” For years, I sent out emails in that format: three ideas—one, two, three—thank you, drive through.
News flash: I've got a new weekly newsletter now called The Breakthrough where I send out ideas and...
Laetitia@Work
Should seniority be a criterion for pay?
Laetitia@Work #74
19th Sep 2024
Atoms vs Bits
ATVBT Survey: April
post about posts
2nd May 2025
Luxagraf:...
Tall Ship Tales
March saw the kids and I head to California to visit my parents again. This time we flew out of...
26th Mar 2025
March saw the kids and I head to California to visit my parents again. This time we flew out of Duluth, which is a delightfully tiny, empty airport that knows nothing of lines or hassles.
When the four of us went through security we were the only people in the line, and we...
Mark Manson
How to Be Successful in Life
The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to...
9th Nov 2023
The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to become more successful than 99% of the world's population.
Most of these claims revolve around setting goals, developing discipline, and eliminating distractions.
But let's face it:...
Both Are True
'all food is unhealthy' and other dumb shit I believe about cooking
Some strange realizations I had while making some truly delicious fuckin yum yum food from Hungry as...
2nd Nov 2023
Some strange realizations I had while making some truly delicious fuckin yum yum food from Hungry as Hell, the new cookbook by Michelle Albanes-Davis that I highly recommend !
Atoms vs Bits
Dogs That Don't Bark
I once had to end a very nice person's freelance work contract for a role which they were doing...
5th Jun 2024
I once had to end a very nice person's freelance work contract for a role which they were doing quite badly. I wrote them an email that tried to say only things that were both nice and true, such as some version of "we're wanting
Laetitia@Work
Rest is Resistance
Laetitia@Work #59
19th May 2023
Luxagraf:...
State Championships
My daughters have been grappling (both in juijitsu and wrestling) since they were eight years old....
1st Apr 2026
My daughters have been grappling (both in juijitsu and wrestling) since they were eight years old. This winter marks almost six years of training (with some gaps when we were on the road). In all that time they've never really tested themselves in any formal way. They've wrestled...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Selecting Sticks and Stones
When my behavior was bad enough to warrant a swat on the butt, my family performed an odd ritual....
14th Jul 2018
When my behavior was bad enough to warrant a swat on the butt, my family performed an odd ritual. Dad and I would go for a walk in search of a spanking stick. Today as an adult I punish my body by running. I follow another odd ritual before particularly demanding workouts.
Hickman's...
Gardens of Grief and of Joy
On Speed-Running the Circle of Life
13th Aug 2025
On Speed-Running the Circle of Life
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