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Charlie Becker
Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of...
a year ago
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a year ago
I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of the things life and the world had to offer. It’s difficult to overstate the influence Anthony Bourdain has had on my worldview. For over a decade, whenever someone asked, “what do...
Charlie Becker
A Pilgrimage for Book People Reflecting on a family tradition
over a year ago
Tech and Tea
My Buy Nothing baby changed my relationship with consumption Buy Nothing communities, neighborhood lending libraries, economic boycotts, and being intentional...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Buy Nothing communities, neighborhood lending libraries, economic boycotts, and being intentional with where our money goes
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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 !
The Ruffian
The Wile E. Coyote Illusion Have you looked down yet?
over a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
A Japanese Ikigai is Bullsh*t And Won't Help You Figure Out Your Life Ignore the self-help gurus
7 months ago
bookbear express
dissolution last day for matchmaking
7 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Taste We need good taste to make good things, but we must first qualify and understand what good means in...
a year ago
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a year ago
We need good taste to make good things, but we must first qualify and understand what good means in the sense of design. Taste is the ability to identify quality. To understand quality we need to look critically at: materials that are fit for purpose, ergonomics that considers...
Passing Time
Bits from Boulder Three true stories from the People's Republic
a year ago
Charlie Becker
The Bookseller's Register #1 Introducing a new series on building the bookstore of the future
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
My Second Month of Paintings Since January 1, I have been posting one piece of art a day.
over a year ago
Mind Mine
slow down what’s the rush?
a year ago
Both Are True
Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
10 months ago
The Works in...
Links in Progress: Good drug news More important things happening in biotechnology and medicine
5 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Stickergate and the crumbling of the system By way of bringing a little festive cheer to my readers, I thought I would share this short extract...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
By way of bringing a little festive cheer to my readers, I thought I would share this short extract from a rather lengthy historical account that I discovered on The FastForward Machine Internet Pre-Archive, first saved on January 1, 2052.
Farza's Newsletter
started eating pea protein and wtf this makes my shakes taste like peas its literally made of... Hello my friends.
a month ago
Farza's Newsletter
pointed my tv remote at my microwave and then i met the Beatles, wild. What’s going well: talking to users. I used to think that talking to users meant, like, talking to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
What’s going well: talking to users. I used to think that talking to users meant, like, talking to them on the phone. And, well, it does! That’s one way to talk to users. But, when I started Zip I wanted “talking to users” to be literally built into
journal – Winnie Lim
generating mini turning points Because of multiple factors my mind seem to be perpetually stuck in an unwanted state of sadness,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Because of multiple factors my mind seem to be perpetually stuck in an unwanted state of sadness, fatigue and paralysis. I have learnt that it is possible to break out of this...
Scarlet Ink
How I Transformed Amazon's Internal Transfer Process Anecdotes, ranting, and some personal philosophy.
9 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
What’s in your stack?
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
My 12 Favorite Existential Songs It's not a real genre—but should be
5 months ago
Diaries of Note
We did not sleep much On 10th February of 1840, four years after first setting eyes on each other and despite some initial...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
On 10th February of 1840, four years after first setting eyes on each other and despite some initial resistance from the Royal Family, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in a grand and elaborate ceremony at St. James’ Palace in London. This diary entry...
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 27 Next Big Steps
over a year ago
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.
10 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Intuitions for Georgism Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, every other week we re-issue a favorite...
a year ago
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a year ago
Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, every other week we re-issue a favorite from deep in our archive. You can unsubscribe from Reissues but continue receiving our new posts by updating your preference here. Last year, Atvbt’s bloggers published a piece...
Diaries of Note
Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you On 10th March of 1876, over a short distance in a laboratory in Boston, history was made when...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
On 10th March of 1876, over a short distance in a laboratory in Boston, history was made when 29-year-old inventor Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant, Thomas Watson, using the telephone he had successfully patented three days earlier. He wrote this entry hours after the...
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...
over a year ago
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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...
The Ruffian
The Fight Notes on the Oval Office Debacle, Plus a Rattle Bag
6 months ago
Diaries of Note
I have myself lost recollection of much that was interesting On 20th November 1825, shortly after reading the diaries of Samuel Pepys and Lord Byron for the...
a year ago
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a year ago
On 20th November 1825, shortly after reading the diaries of Samuel Pepys and Lord Byron for the first time, Scottish poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott began his own diary by way of the following opening entry. Fifty-four at the time, Scott had already established himself as a...
Letters of Note
My heart almost stood still The following letter was written exactly 100 years ago. It’s a remarkable piece of writing that...
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a year ago
The following letter was written exactly 100 years ago. It’s a remarkable piece of writing that never fails to move me. And because you deserve it, above the transcript I’ve included audio of the letter being read by the lovely Juliet Stevenson, taken from the Letters of Note:...
journal – Winnie Lim
yet another dysautonomia episode I went for a 5km run yesterday a couple of days after returning from thailand. Sometimes after a...
a month ago
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a month ago
I went for a 5km run yesterday a couple of days after returning from thailand. Sometimes after a long break it may feel more strenuous but I felt better than expected, even...
Passing Time
South of the Haimish Line Orienteering on the hedonic treadmill
2 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Is This Anything? 16 few attempts
a week ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
A Lambo for the People If you count eyeballs, the zombie-mobileis the most popular story I have written. This week instead...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you count eyeballs, the zombie-mobileis the most popular story I have written. This week instead of my normal essay I want to simply point you to a show that will surely appeal to fans of car design and haters of the crossover.
Mind Mine
how to be a domestic goddess notes from nigella & myself
6 months ago
The Prism
Debunking Lies About Israel Some difficult truths
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
099 SPLY In the spring of 2022, I had a call with Stefan Jandl, who runs Favorit Studio. As we have similar...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In the spring of 2022, I had a call with Stefan Jandl, who runs Favorit Studio. As we have similar tastes and approach to design, we wanted to collaborate on a project together. Initially, we toyed with the idea of NFT art given its rise in popularity at the time, but it didn't...
Nat Eliason's...
The Best Books I Read in 2024 My first fiction-heavy roundup
8 months ago
The Ruffian
Why Giving Up On The Humanities Is Self-Destructive The Economic Case For the Liberal Arts In the Age of AI
10 months ago
Scarlet Ink
Why You Should Give Feedback — And How to Deliver It Without the Awkward Crying The why and how to write feedback for others.
5 months ago
The Convivial...
The Thing That Is Silence The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 14
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
A Nice Little Party Gimmick for your friends to make more friends
a year ago
Diaries of Note
A duty, not a pleasure John Fowles was twenty-three when he wrote this journal entry in 1949. Just a few years after...
a year ago
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a year ago
John Fowles was twenty-three when he wrote this journal entry in 1949. Just a few years after spending two years in the military, he was now navigating his final year at Oxford, and as the festive season descended he found himself back at home, enveloped in the annual Christmas...
The Honest Broker
I Had to Say Something at My Son's Wedding So I'm sharing it with you too
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How I Take Notes In response to reader requests, I share my 3 levels of note-taking
over a year ago
Abhishek Chakraborty
Ode to My Father There are certain events in life, after which, everything changes irreversibly. There’s no way to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are certain events in life, after which, everything changes irreversibly. There’s no way to get back to the old way of things. For me, it when I got the call from the hospital.
RhysTranter.com
Adolphe Tanquerey on the Psalter A quiet evening reading from Tanquerey’s The Spiritual Life, first published in 1923
a year ago
Left To Write
The Narrative Fallacy How narratives can distort our perception of reality and what to do against it
over a year ago
Left To Write
№ 68: In The End, It's All Behavioural How I found behavioural science (BS) - A small primer on BS - Applying insights from poker to...
a year ago
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a year ago
How I found behavioural science (BS) - A small primer on BS - Applying insights from poker to marketing and advertising
Diaries of Note
The Last of England Ford Madox Brown was a British artist born in Calais in 1821, widely recognised though never...
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a year ago
Ford Madox Brown was a British artist born in Calais in 1821, widely recognised though never officially part of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. It was in 1852 that he started work on two of his most famous paintings: Work, which took thirteen years to complete, and The Last of...