Passing Time
It's All Relative
When something is described as normal, it begs the question: “relative to what?”
9th Aug 2023
When something is described as normal, it begs the question: “relative to what?”
Nat Eliason's...
The Strange Fruits of Exploration
And maybe a beach bar
13th Feb 2025
Scarlet Ink
Relying on Your Manager Isn’t a Career Plan
The steps to take to grow your skills and career without your manager helping.
6th Apr 2026
The steps to take to grow your skills and career without your manager helping.
Raptitude.com
How to Just Do a Thing
I keep reading books from the 19th century and earlier, fiction and nonfiction, because I envy...
14th May 2026
I keep reading books from the 19th century and earlier, fiction and nonfiction, because I envy something about the lives of the people in them. I don’t think I’d want to trade places. I’m too accustomed to hot showers and modern dentistry. But people back then seemed to live with...
Luxagraf:...
Winter White
Here in the North, winter effectively begins with the first snow that doesn't melt. This year that...
25th Feb 2026
Here in the North, winter effectively begins with the first snow that doesn't melt. This year that was the day before Thanksgiving, almost exactly a month before the calendar says winter begins. It was heavy snow, over a foot, and just like that the world of color is...
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
My 2025 Q3 Highlights: Favorite Books and Movies
Sharing my favorite books and movies from the third quarter of 2025.
5th Oct 2025
Sharing my favorite books and movies from the third quarter of 2025.
Scarlet Ink
4 Problems Managers Run Into - and Practical Solutions
The management job comes with interesting people challenges. Here are four I've run into more than a...
6th Oct 2025
The management job comes with interesting people challenges. Here are four I've run into more than a few times and what to do when they land in your lap.
The Tao Of Wealth
Nuggets from “Opening The Door Of Your Heart by Ajahn Brahm
We all commit mistakes and have our shortcomings but at at the same time we have so much that is...
1st Nov 2019
We all commit mistakes and have our shortcomings but at at the same time we have so much that is good and right about us. If we remember this, we can live with peace with ourselves and others. Chaos and disorder can sometimes be perfect, like leaves strewn on the floor of the...
Atoms vs Bits
There's a New Country Ranking and You're Not Going to Like it
What makes Israel, Qatar, and the Faroe Islands so great?
2nd Dec 2024
What makes Israel, Qatar, and the Faroe Islands so great?
Paul Cudenec
The Ford Foundation: a fork-tongued global mafia front
[Plus audio version]
1st Sep 2025
Daniel Bourke
The subtle shade of the clouds
Garlic takes six to seven months to grow.
I’m still working it out.
I planted my garlic too...
27th Nov 2023
Garlic takes six to seven months to grow.
I’m still working it out.
I planted my garlic too late.
Not the farm garlic though.
They’ve had practice.
Over a thousand bulbs this year, maybe more.
Tens of thousands of cloves.
Garlic is the biggest harvest of
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify 1.2: Calorie and Macronutrient Goals, Breakdowns and 57 New Foods
Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57...
28th May 2024
Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57 new foods in Nutridex. Available on the App Store.
bookbear express
the wince
avoidance is a signal
7th Jan 2025
Charlie Becker
Nothing shifted. | #106
Dispatches from vacation Summer 2026
3rd Jul 2026
Dispatches from vacation Summer 2026
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.
Daniel Bourke
32
Today I turn 32 years old.
Every year I write an article with stories, ideas, rules of thumb,...
1st Sep 2025
Today I turn 32 years old.
Every year I write an article with stories, ideas, rules of thumb, anecdotes and ponderous items from the last year.
This is number 10 of those articles.
See: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
Before I get into it, a few
Daniel Bourke
Cheerleader or critic
Build up or tear down?
18th Apr 2026
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Nuances of Minimalism
Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many...
3rd Aug 2021
Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many nuances to the movement. Is it even a movement? It’s perhaps better described as a guiding principle. Some of these nuances are highly commercial, some are focused on personal wellbeing...
Luxagraf:...
History
We crossed the Mason Dixon line on our way to Assateague, but it didn't really feel like we were in...
1st Nov 2023
We crossed the Mason Dixon line on our way to Assateague, but it didn't really feel like we were in the south yet. No offense Maryland, but it wasn't until I stopped at a gas station in Virginia that I heard the friendly twang of a southern accent. A few miles later I passed a...
Farza's Newsletter
just ate a croissant but then realized it was a steak what a stupid mistake
Hey all — been a while. My last newsletter was 6-months ago. In it I was telling you all that we...
26th Feb 2022
Hey all — been a while. My last newsletter was 6-months ago. In it I was telling you all that we were pivotting away from ZipSchool to this random thing called buildspace. Like with any pivot, you don’t really know what it’ll turn into. You don’t know the vision —
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:...
Laetitia@Work
Rethinking work and HR for 100-year lives
Laetitia@Work #86
9th Oct 2025
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.
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 Prism
How to Find Good Information
And some examples of "Good Information"
19th Sep 2023
And some examples of "Good Information"
bookbear express
passive obsession
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
1st Sep 2025
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
Laetitia@Work
The transformation of age markers
Laetitia@Work #85
18th Sep 2025
The Prism
25 Useful Ideas for 2025
Mental models to kickstart the new year
2nd Jan 2025
Mental models to kickstart the new year
Tech and Tea
How do you want to spend your time?
a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
21st Mar 2023
a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
bookbear express
always on your side
friendship is magic
5th May 2025
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...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Hamster Wheel Upgrades
It is either the most beautiful song I have ever heard or something else. It’s one of those rare...
13th Oct 2018
It is either the most beautiful song I have ever heard or something else. It’s one of those rare moments where you shed all the pessimism and your soul fills with peace and clarity until it leaks out of the corner of your eye.
Tech and Tea
Coaching Toolkit: Balance coaching to find new perspectives
The power of mindset shifts and choice and a Tech and Tea balance coaching tool to guide you through...
7th Jul 2025
The power of mindset shifts and choice and a Tech and Tea balance coaching tool to guide you through uncertain times.
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...
The Convivial...
Feeding on Illusions
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
8th Jul 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
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...
Letters of Note
I AM NOW ON CLOUD 9,000
An Elvis fan writes to her idol
a week ago
An Elvis fan writes to her idol
Both Are True
after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know
+ my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
2nd May 2024
+ my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
Charlie Becker
Courage and Moonshots
On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
16th Dec 2024
On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
Daily Stoic
The 16 Greatest Lessons From 16 Years With Marcus Aurelius
Just over sixteen years ago, I bought Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t...
2nd Nov 2022
Just over sixteen years ago, I bought Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t exist then and to qualify for free shipping, I had to purchase a few other books at the same time. I was 19 years old. I didn’t know what Stoicism was. I didn’t know who Marcus...
Jason Crawford
Announcing Progress Studies for Young Scholars
Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of...
19th May 2020
Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of technology: Progress Studies for Young Scholars.
Daily online content, plus a speaker series featuring Tyler Cowen, Patrick Collison, Max Roser, Joel Mokyr, Deirdre McCloskey, and more....
Raptitude.com
Someone Has to Fly the Plane
When I want a thrill, I walk to the corner store without my phone. Leaving the house like that, with...
12th Jan 2026
When I want a thrill, I walk to the corner store without my phone. Leaving the house like that, with only wallet and keys, feels physically strange and wrong, like I forgot to wear underwear. Even though I didn’t have a mobile phone for the first half of my life, ten minutes...
Tech and Tea
Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all
A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and...
9th Mar 2024
A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and getting in touch with their identity outside of work.
skin contact
21 observations from people watching
Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move...
1st Apr 2025
Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move through a room.
The AI Underwriter
Once it's built, it's built
The pawn can only move forward
11th Jun 2026
The pawn can only move forward
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
Paul Cudenec
Remembering the fires of revolt
A book review
1st May 2026
Charlie Becker
The Moral Case for Small Business
Starting, running, and supporting our way to a better world
7th Apr 2023
Starting, running, and supporting our way to a better world
Atoms vs Bits
What I Learned From Lifting
Wax on, wax off
1st Sep 2025
What To Cook
THE WHAT TO COOK SHOW: surf and turf summer fajitas
For the grand finale episode of this season of the What To Cook show, I bring you a fajita...
2 weeks ago
For the grand finale episode of this season of the What To Cook show, I bring you a fajita feast!
We’re headed to my backyard to grill up the most delicious summer spread of hanger steak, shrimp, and veg for fajitas, plus we’ll make a creamy charred jalapeño sauce and corn on the...
Isabel Unraveled
Where do you not feel free?
Notice & soften & notice & soften & notice & soften & notice &
3rd Jun 2026
Notice & soften & notice & soften & notice & soften & notice &
Lefineder’s Substack
Crime rise; more or the same.
Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
10th Mar 2023
Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
Mark Manson
40 Life Lessons I Know at 40 (That I Wish I Knew at 20)
Today is my 40th birthday.
When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to...
9th Mar 2024
Today is my 40th birthday.
When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to survive your 20s and crowd-sourced advice on how to excel in your 30s. And apparently you guys loved it.
So, here's more of the good stuff: 40 life lessons I now know at 40 that I...
The Map is Mostly...
quests, failure, desire
or: contra defensive postures
9th Aug 2024
or: contra defensive postures
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Boiling Your Kermit
Drop a frog in boiling water and it jumps out in shock. Place him in room-temperature water and he...
5th May 2018
Drop a frog in boiling water and it jumps out in shock. Place him in room-temperature water and he won’t mind if you slowly crank up the heat. He’ll look you square in the eye, absorbing the heat until it all goes black. Sorry, Kermit.
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...
Luxagraf:...
Sticks On Dirt
I think we've always know that if we got ourselves another patch of dirt with some sticks on it,...
21st May 2025
I think we've always know that if we got ourselves another patch of dirt with some sticks on it, it'd be in one of a handful of very small places. The short list was, in the order we visited them: Apalachicola FL, Mancos CO, Washburn WI, and the Outer Banks NC (especially...
The Ruffian
Notes on Succession
Life is not a story
10th Jun 2023
DYNOMIGHT
What’s with all the slide decks?
News from the world of real jobs: Apparently, sometime between 10 and 20 years ago, it became...
13th May 2026
News from the world of real jobs: Apparently, sometime between 10 and 20 years ago, it became standard for people to communicate by sending slide decks around. These slides are never presented. They aren’t intended to be presented. They’re born, they’re sent around, and they die....
Diaries of Note
I try to make tea out of dust
Born in 1942 in Schenectady, New York, Lyn Lifshin was an award-winning American poet and feminist...
1st Apr 2023
Born in 1942 in Schenectady, New York, Lyn Lifshin was an award-winning American poet and feminist known for her unique voice and prolific output: over her lifetime, she authored more than 120 books and chapbooks of poetry, edited four anthologies of women’s writing, and...
Charlie Becker
Treat life like a trip to the used bookstore.
Bookstore Register #4
5th Mar 2024
The Honest Broker
I'm Recommending 12 New YouTube Videos
Let's support indie voices instead of Netflix
1st Feb 2026
Let's support indie voices instead of Netflix
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Special Hell 7, Stasis Crackers
On the hard days I get close to walking away from everything. Goodbye world. So far I have never...
2nd Apr 2016
On the hard days I get close to walking away from everything. Goodbye world. So far I have never given in. Except for that very first time.
Both Are True
i failed vs. i'm a failure
the life-changing magic of the failure bow
3rd Jun 2025
the life-changing magic of the failure bow
Adrian Hanft, III:...
In the future everyone will be creative for fifteen minutes
We were promised a future of flying cars and robot slaves. I love my smart phone, but pinch me if...
1st Oct 2015
We were promised a future of flying cars and robot slaves. I love my smart phone, but pinch me if the future doesn’t look an awful lot like the 80's. I blame the creative people.
Daniel Bourke
Superglue and milk
We walked out of the movies and it was still daylight.
I helped Dad get onto the escalators.
He...
3rd Mar 2024
We walked out of the movies and it was still daylight.
I helped Dad get onto the escalators.
He moves slower than most.
It keeps me in check when I’m steaming along.
Walking into the movies I looked at the time.
We were late.
Friday afternoon traffic.
So
Caroline Crampton
What I Read in January 2026
Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
2nd Feb 2026
Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
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...
13th Dec 2021
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...
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.
DYNOMIGHT
Let’s stop counting centuries
Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now:
The Enlightenment is conventionally placed...
4th Jul 2024
Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now:
The Enlightenment is conventionally placed in the last two-thirds of the 18th century, though it flowed out of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Reason in the 17th century and spilled into the heyday of classical...
The Honest Broker
Is the Bubble Bursting?
I'm making this previously paywalled article available to everybody
2nd Sep 2025
I'm making this previously paywalled article available to everybody
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Perks of Being Vulnerable
Contrary to its literal meaning, vulnerability is not a weakness. As we shall learn, vulnerability...
4th Nov 2021
Contrary to its literal meaning, vulnerability is not a weakness. As we shall learn, vulnerability is actually about confronting our deepest fears so that we can be honest with ourselves and, by extension, others.
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
Winnie Lim
more of the same
Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and...
5th Mar 2023
Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and even, my legs were going at a consistent rhythm, and I found myself thinking:...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
How to Trigger Flow States with Coffee
Most of us use coffee to get through the day. It's a routine that we probably don't think much...
5th Aug 2017
Most of us use coffee to get through the day. It's a routine that we probably don't think much about. Wake up, pour a cup and go. When the buzz wears off it is time for another cup. But what if we used coffee more intentionally? Could we develop a system where coffee becomes your...
Jason Fried
Thoughts on the search for life
Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life,...
22nd Jun 2024
Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life, what is life, etc. It was a wonderfully refreshing, nourishing conversation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwhTfyX9J34
It made me want to spill out some random thoughts on the...
Tech and Tea
Saying No to what I feel I should do
Navigating the space between should and want, and finding more permission for ease and rest.
7th Apr 2024
Navigating the space between should and want, and finding more permission for ease and rest.
Winnie Lim
9 years together
To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it...
2nd May 2025
To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it sounds unromantic but age has taught me that the way to truly sustain...
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Most Powerful Life Hacks I’ve Found
Shortcuts to a life full of freedom, more money, more time, and a kickass network
1st Apr 2025
Shortcuts to a life full of freedom, more money, more time, and a kickass network
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...
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...
The Map is Mostly...
The Oak and the Reed
Dear friends, there is a tale, The oak one day said to the reed: You have good reason to curse...
8th Jan 2023
Dear friends, there is a tale, The oak one day said to the reed: You have good reason to curse nature — A simple sparrow for you is a heavy burden. The slightest wind that by chance Makes the face of the water ripple Forces you to lower your head. However my own forehead, Not...
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
Both Are True
the bravest thing you can do this 4th of july
if america is so bold, why aren't you?
4th Jul 2025
if america is so bold, why aren't you?
Passing Time
So We Won't Forget
Why do we film concerts?
23rd Oct 2023
Daily Stoic
What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy?
“These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.”...
31st Jul 2023
“These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.” — Seneca We all know those people who have lots of money, and yet, they are miserable. On the flip side, we all know people who live happy and fulfilled lives despite not having...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Resignation Letter I Couldn’t Send
Writing a resignation letter is easy. Knowing whether or not to send it is the hard part.
16th Feb 2015
Writing a resignation letter is easy. Knowing whether or not to send it is the hard part.
The Honest Broker
How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill?
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in...
6th Oct 2024
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in dreams
The Tao Of Wealth
Sri Patalathri Nrisimha Perumal Stuti
Patalathri, commonly known as Singaperumal Koil is a very famous Narasimha Kshetra situated in...
24th Apr 2020
Patalathri, commonly known as Singaperumal Koil is a very famous Narasimha Kshetra situated in Chengalpattu District, Tamilnadu. This place houses a beautiful rock-cut Narasimha temple, which is situated on a small hill. The name of the place, ‘Patalathri’ also gives a similar...
Passing Time
As Wild as It Gets
Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow.
13th Aug 2025
Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow.
The Ruffian
The One Weird Trick That Gave Humans Language
An Extract From 'A Brief History of Intelligence' by Max Bennett
2nd Aug 2025
An Extract From 'A Brief History of Intelligence' by Max Bennett
The Convivial...
To Hell With Good Intentions, Silicon Valley Edition
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 14
11th Dec 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 14
The AI Underwriter
Who told you you couldn't do that?
To those who said it couldn’t be done
1st Jan 2026
To those who said it couldn’t be done
Nat Eliason's...
The Most Useful Feedback Hurts
Plus a sci-fi novel update
14th Aug 2024
Plus a sci-fi novel update
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...
The Honest Broker
In Search of Dupree Bolton (Part 2 of 2)
I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early...
3rd Apr 2024
I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early 1960s
RhysTranter.com
The Meaning of Logos
Taken from Fr John Nepil‘s To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail: “Creation...
11th Apr 2026
Taken from Fr John Nepil‘s To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail: “Creation felt symphonic Everything from the wildflowers below to the stratus clouds above spoke of order and design. The ancients had a word for this-one that would in time become intensely...
The Tao Of Wealth
The Story Of Mu
-James Cordova
1st Feb 2017
Hickman's...
A Woodchuck's Daydream
In Search of a Swamp
1st Apr 2026
Paul Cudenec
Impact, Zimpact!
[Plus audio version]
27th Aug 2025
skin contact
stones in my pocket
a palm full of gems, next time I see you
29th Dec 2022
a palm full of gems, next time I see you
The Ruffian
Rattle Bag
History, learning, screw-ups, and suitcase-packing
2nd Dec 2023
History, learning, screw-ups, and suitcase-packing
The Works in...
How Japan stopped civil war
For three hundred years, Japan enjoyed enviable stability and peace. All it took was locking up its...
3rd Jun 2026
For three hundred years, Japan enjoyed enviable stability and peace. All it took was locking up its warlike samurai elite in the world’s least efficient city.
Raptitude.com
In Favor of Reading Aloud
When I read Jane Eyre, I stalled for a full year between the opening part at the boarding school and...
11th Sep 2024
When I read Jane Eyre, I stalled for a full year between the opening part at the boarding school and the rest of the book. I tend to dislike boarding-school openings in books, but the real problem was I found myself having to reread too many of Charlotte Brontë’s winding,...
The Honest Broker
The War Between Silicon Valley and Hollywood is Officially Over...
And the tech bros won
2nd Oct 2025
The Works in...
The antibody factory
If antibodies were cheaper, they could prevent millions of deaths from rabies, malaria, and dengue.
1st Oct 2025
If antibodies were cheaper, they could prevent millions of deaths from rabies, malaria, and dengue.
Atoms vs Bits
A Few Ways to Introduce Advanced Vocabulary into Your Child’s Life
guest post!
2 weeks ago
Mark Manson
Motivation: What It Is, How It Works, and Where to Find It
We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want...
1st Dec 2022
We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want to wake up in the morning with a sense of purpose and drive, ready to tackle the day ahead.
But the truth is, motivation is not always easy to come by.
We tell ourselves lies about...
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
The Tao Of Wealth
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Everything bears the divine fingerprint, footprint or similitude. Ask the animals, and they will...
24th Dec 2016
Everything bears the divine fingerprint, footprint or similitude. Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of these does not know that the...
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The Past and Future of Vibe Coding
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HOW TO LIBERATE YOUR CAGED GENIUS (and become who you already are)
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Both Are True
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Luxagraf:...
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9th Aug 2023
Nostalgia is commonly used pejoratively. As if the very idea of looking backward in time and saying, hmm, maybe we lost something between then and now were... bad? The American Psychological Association considers nostalgia a subset of depression, which is, ahem, depressing. But...
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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.
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2nd Jan 2023
Jason Crawford
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To be fed from a spoon requires three distinct skills. First, you must open your mouth when the...
31st Jan 2022
To be fed from a spoon requires three distinct skills. First, you must open your mouth when the spoon approaches. Second, you must close your mouth around the spoon once it has fully entered the mouth (and not before). Third, you must swallow the food that remains in your mouth...
The Ruffian
Nine Principles For Success In The Age of AI
An Idiosyncratic Career Guide
5th Apr 2025
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Passing Time
American Hedonism
What do Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory I, and Walker Robinson of Your Neighbors have in common?
7th Feb 2025
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Letters of Note
It’s a masterpiece
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14th Nov 2025
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The Honest Broker
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My favorite George Lucas film turns 50 tomorrow, and I love it for the soundtrack—but for a whole...
1st Aug 2023
My favorite George Lucas film turns 50 tomorrow, and I love it for the soundtrack—but for a whole lot more
Laetitia@Work
What our time-management styles say about productivity and gender
Laetitia@Work #94
9th Mar 2026
Vittles
The Best Place to Eat Cypriot Food in the UK
Alex Mylonas maps the movement of four fine souvlatzidika out of north London and into Potters Bar....
3rd Oct 2025
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His eight home runs were the most by...
8th Nov 2025
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a playoff performance for the ages.
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Charlie Becker
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17th Jan 2025
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Stoic Simple
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20th Jul 2025
by Benny Voncken We Need to Talk “We need to talk.” Those famous four words we are all too familiar with. Our instant response to this short sentence is that something bad is about to happen. I remember it well when they came my way. It was the beginning of one of the biggest...
Scarlet Ink
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1st Dec 2025
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Tech and Tea
Owning your unique experience
moving away from a deficiency mindset
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The Tao Of Wealth
How To Accomplish Little And Feel Great
At no time in the world will a man who is sane Over-reach himself, Over-spend himself, Over-rate...
1st Aug 2017
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The Honest Broker
The Real Story Behind 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'
How this book was written is as strange as the novel itself
3rd Mar 2026
How this book was written is as strange as the novel itself
Winnie Lim
on learning the piano with baby steps
I’ve been learning the piano for about 3 months now. When I first picked it up again I was very...
1st Mar 2026
I’ve been learning the piano for about 3 months now. When I first picked it up again I was very skeptical because I have a history of learning things at short intense...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Nike's Two-Hour Marathon and the Source of Sensational Failure
If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the...
6th May 2017
If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the impossible. Instead, he is a loser. Or maybe we are the ones who are losing.
Herbert Lui
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1st Jun 2026
Some businesses—not all, and not even most!—don’t trust you. They design their products and marketing to lock you in and make you feel reliant on them. The incentive for them is to have lots of steady customers; if you can come and go at any point, then that business isn’t as...
Rubenerd
A boxed set of DR DOS 6!
I feel like I righted a wrong in some small way recently. It also gives me an excuse to write...
2 weeks ago
I feel like I righted a wrong in some small way recently. It also gives me an excuse to write another of my shaggy dog posts about old computers, which I’ll never pass up the opportunity to do. Behold, our boxed copy of Digital Research DOS 6.0 from 1992:
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Laetitia@Work
Navigating Change: The Midlife Journey
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28th Nov 2024
Tech and Tea
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8th Nov 2025
Three recent community tech builds, lessons from vibe coding, and rediscovering the joy of building
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It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always...
16th Feb 2022
It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always do right. But that’s not how the world is. That’s not who you are. If left to our own devices, with enough opportunities, eventually we’ll mess up—we’ll drift, we’ll stray. That’s...
The Map is Mostly...
Love Grows
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8th Feb 2025
The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
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25 Questions You Didn’t Know You Needed “Art of the Living Dead” to Answer
A starting point for anyone curious about reading a book about creativity and zombies
3rd Nov 2015
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The Ruffian
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3rd Jan 2026
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Isabel Unraveled
How to embrace the seasons of your life without guilt
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12th Mar 2026
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Rubenerd
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I finally got around to watching Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech from January....
2nd Feb 2026
I finally got around to watching Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech from January. Wow.
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Mind Mine
on trading potential for something actual
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1st Jan 2025
Laetitia@Work
Make Work Seasonal Again
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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...
Both Are True
Love myself? Knowing what I know?
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9th Jul 2024
A lunchtime meditation on whether 'being the best' is even a real thing
The AI Underwriter
Week 36 of 2025- W362025
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7th Sep 2025
This is no time for ease and comfort
The Convivial...
Eye to Eye
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5th Jun 2023
The Map is Mostly...
Audiobooks Are Books and They’re Also Practice
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11th Nov 2023
Speak low if you speak love. — Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing I’m very fond of audiobooks. There is something endearing, maybe even romantic, about the act of listening. I get this same sense often in early photographs of radio listeners, that they appreciate the romance of...
Nat Eliason's...
The Birth of Paradise
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13th Jan 2026
My novella is out next week!
DYNOMIGHT
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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...
Winnie Lim
drawing & painting as a form of meditation
I just started drawing and painting again last week after stopping for a couple of months. Since...
1st Jun 2024
I just started drawing and painting again last week after stopping for a couple of months. Since then I’ve been trying to do it more regularly, hoping to incorporate it as a...
RhysTranter.com
Easter 2022: A Roman Pilgrimage
This Easter, my wife and I headed to Rome. What follows is a simple journal that records some of the...
5th May 2022
This Easter, my wife and I headed to Rome. What follows is a simple journal that records some of the things that we did, with a selection of photographs from each day.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
How to use your AirPod Pros to Trigger Flow
It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as...
1st Jan 2020
It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as possible. I am always looking for hacks that allow my to get into the zone faster, stay there longer, and increase my creative output. Here’s a new trick that has been working for me...
Charlie Becker
Cathedral: A Short Story
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10th Nov 2023
Laetitia@Work
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2nd Apr 2026
After our morning visit to Automne Boulangerie, we walked down the block to our 2nd eating destination in Casse-Croûte MangeDansMonHood. This place is well-known for their smash burgers that were once only available during pop-ups. Their menu is supremely simple and focused. ...
The Convivial...
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20th Mar 2025
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
Laetitia@Work
The Future of Work & the Sandwich Generation
Laetitia@Work #63
2nd Nov 2023
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
Rubenerd
With thanks to Steven Rosenberg
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3rd Nov 2025
Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest troll or person angry about something I didn’t say. In a word, not great… assuming you hyphenate not and great, which I didn’t do there for some reason.
This morning, I got this...
bookbear express
on one-sidedness
giving without getting
3rd Feb 2025
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...
8th Nov 2021
In 1959, a surgeon named Leonard Cobb called bullshit. At the time, the most common procedure to help people with chest pain caused by heart disease was something called “internal mammary artery ligation,” where basically, they would intentionally close one of the main arteries...
RhysTranter.com
A New Role at St David’s Catholic College, Cardiff
I have just started a new role as a pastoral tutor at St David's Catholic College in Cardiff. Over...
14th Dec 2019
I have just started a new role as a pastoral tutor at St David's Catholic College in Cardiff. Over the last two years I have been looking for a secure full-time job that would allow me to draw on my teaching skills and experience, while also offering an opportunity to serve my...
Atoms vs Bits
Regrets List / Things I Did Good List
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2nd Aug 2023
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
The Honest Broker
Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business?
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6th Dec 2024
Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
skin contact
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It is hard to tell this story without it starting here: when I was in high school, I developed a...
18th Mar 2026
It is hard to tell this story without it starting here: when I was in high school, I developed a habit of walking around and drawing what I see.
The AI Underwriter
Week 19 of 2026- W192026
It may seem difficult at first
8th May 2026
It may seem difficult at first
Jason Fried
Why new when?
When we make something new, people often ask "why don't you just add that to Basecamp?"
There are a...
8th May 2025
When we make something new, people often ask "why don't you just add that to Basecamp?"
There are a number of reasons, depending on what it is. But, broadly, making something brand new gives you latitude (and attitude) to explore new tech and design approaches.
It's the...
Atoms vs Bits
Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
7th Nov 2024
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
Charlie Becker
The Wedge Between Pleasure and Pain
Castles in the Sky #40
6th Oct 2023
The Tao Of Wealth
Strategies for making your ideas happen
This post contains my notes from the book: More Fearless Change: Strategies for making your ideas...
1st Aug 2019
This post contains my notes from the book: More Fearless Change: Strategies for making your ideas happen by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising. The book contains many useful strategies for making change happen in an effective manner. Read the strategies from two perspectives: As a...
Hickman's...
Meditation upon a Cannoli
A Reverie on the Streets of Utica, NY
12th Nov 2025
A Reverie on the Streets of Utica, NY
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
Mark Manson
Are You Entertained—Or Addicted?
In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that...
18th Jul 2022
In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that anyone who views even a small portion of it will give up all desire to do anything else in life in order to keep watching. Throughout the book, characters who see it give up...
Both Are True
joy without irony - an honest attempt
after an influx of new readers, the writer attempts the impossible: sincerity
9th Oct 2025
after an influx of new readers, the writer attempts the impossible: sincerity
Letters of Note
Please consider my own position
The King's Final Plea
2nd Jun 2026
Raptitude.com
Give Yourself a Ripcord to Pull
When you’re worked up over some dilemma, talking about it with someone else can give you a whoosh of...
18th Jul 2025
When you’re worked up over some dilemma, talking about it with someone else can give you a whoosh of perspective, mostly because the other person’s mind isn’t stuck in a black cloud like yours is. The overwhelmed mind tends to regard everything as bad. The optimistic and...
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...
The Tao Of Wealth
The Meaning Of “Om”
With the help of “Om” one can realize the Divine. “Om” has a transformative power. “Om” represents...
3rd Oct 2020
With the help of “Om” one can realize the Divine. “Om” has a transformative power. “Om” represents the Divine. They say that all the aspirations of the world when going towards the Divine make “Om”, like that. I was in France, some, I think 60 years ago. There was a Frenchman who...
DYNOMIGHT
Thoughts on seed oil
A friend has spent the last three years hounding me about seed oils. Every time I thought I was...
18th Apr 2024
A friend has spent the last three years hounding me about seed oils. Every time I thought I was safe, he’d wait a couple months and renew his attack:
“When are you going to write about seed oils?”
“Did you know that seed oils are why there’s so much {obesity, heart disease,...
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 !
Rubenerd
A pair of satisfying things
The Sound of Music and Tony Bennett might have been eager to sing about their favourite things. I’d...
1st Mar 2026
The Sound of Music and Tony Bennett might have been eager to sing about their favourite things. I’d like to start Monday by sharing with you two satisfying things.
First, this long black coffee I’m drinking at a coffee shop now is lovely. It was a light roast with just the right...
The Honest Broker
Healing Sounds Are the Medical Miracle of the 21st Century
It sounds like sci-fi, but it's all coming true.
1st Jul 2026
It sounds like sci-fi, but it's all coming true.
The Honest Broker
12 New YouTube Videos I'm Recommending Right Now
Including the trendiest band of the current moment
2nd May 2026
Including the trendiest band of the current moment
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
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...
Laetitia@Work
Back-to-school impostor syndrome
Laetitia@Work #50
30th Aug 2022
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 Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Mistakes
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
5th Mar 2026
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
The Map is Mostly...
Fujifilm X100 vs Leica Q vs Ricoh GR
Notes on three fixed-lens camera lines
18th Jul 2026
Notes on three fixed-lens camera lines
Thu Le
My design process
I came across Damien Newman’s story of the Design Squiggle some time ago. You can read more about it...
28th Feb 2023
I came across Damien Newman’s story of the Design Squiggle some time ago. You can read more about it at thedesignsquiggle.com. It has resonated with me since, and prompted me to document my own design process in the last five years collaborating with teams and businesses as a...
The Works in...
How inflation destroyed communism
Communism had reforming optimists too. Their failure can help today’s reformers to avoid the same...
3rd Mar 2026
Communism had reforming optimists too. Their failure can help today’s reformers to avoid the same fate.
The Intimate Mirror
Emptiness and Values Realism
Beyond the False Dichotomy
1st Apr 2025
Beyond the False Dichotomy
Raptitude.com
The Tiniest Mission
Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is:...
15th Jan 2025
Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is: placing a jigsaw puzzle piece into the right slot, wiping your phone screen spotless, returning a tool to its designated hook, or making a nice diagonal cut across a lovingly-made...
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