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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
2

To day has bin a memorable day

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

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,...
Leslie's Razors Nine Rules of Thumb For Life
6th Jan 2024
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Leslie's Razors

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

6th Jan 2024
Nine Rules of Thumb For Life
4th Nov 2025
Meta-Surprise Surprise!
3rd Mar 2025
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Meta-Surprise

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

3rd Mar 2025
Surprise!
There Are Many More Worlds Than These Imagine two very bored castaways on a desert island, who have food and shelter but nothing to do....
7th Nov 2025
2

There Are Many More Worlds Than These

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

7th Nov 2025
Imagine two very bored castaways on a desert island, who have food and shelter but nothing to do. They spend the day throwing coconuts at each other for fun. One day a crate washes up, with its cargo intact: hundreds of classic paperbacks! Melville, Hugo, Tolkien, the Brontës,...
SpaceX’s Big Fucking Rocket – The Full Story It's gonna take you to Mars. The post SpaceX’s Big Fucking Rocket – The Full Story appeared first on...
28th Sep 2016
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SpaceX’s Big Fucking Rocket – The Full Story

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

28th Sep 2016
It's gonna take you to Mars. The post SpaceX’s Big Fucking Rocket – The Full Story appeared first on Wait But Why.
Some thoughts on interviewing Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how...
27th Jan 2024
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Some thoughts on interviewing

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

27th Jan 2024
Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how people are seeing work fitting into their lives
The View From RSS What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
3rd Mar 2026
1

The View From RSS

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

3rd Mar 2026
What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
Make product worse, get money 1. I recently asked why people seem to hate dating apps so much. In response, 80% of you emailed me...
20th Nov 2025
1

Make product worse, get money

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

20th Nov 2025
1. I recently asked why people seem to hate dating apps so much. In response, 80% of you emailed me some version of the following theory: The thing about dating apps is that if they do a good job and match people up, then the matched people will quit the app and stop paying. So...
dear dad i wish I could write this letter in mandarin
18th Feb 2025
1

dear dad

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

18th Feb 2025
i wish I could write this letter in mandarin
The Best Lawn in the Entire Post-Apocalypse What kind of an idiot am I that I would be doing lawn maintenance during the zombie apocalypse? Let...
1st Oct 2016
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The Best Lawn in the Entire Post-Apocalypse

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

1st Oct 2016
What kind of an idiot am I that I would be doing lawn maintenance during the zombie apocalypse? Let me tell you.
Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind the Inditex Group My top 10 highlights from the book:  1.  Ortega has created a business model that is studied in...
1st Dec 2024
1

Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind the Inditex Group

from David Senra [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2024
My top 10 highlights from the book:  1.  Ortega has created a business model that is studied in universities he could not access. 2.  “One afternoon, after school, I went with my mother to a store to buy food.  The store we walked into was one of those old-time grocery stores,...
Fireworks Midsummer heat with no air conditioning. Cars packed full of paddleboards and floats. Sunscreen...
16th Jul 2025
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Fireworks

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

16th Jul 2025
Midsummer heat with no air conditioning. Cars packed full of paddleboards and floats. Sunscreen slicks trail swimmers through the shallows. Afternoons are a haze of Canadian wildfire skies, a world seen through gauze, prematurely pink and orange in the evenings. Summer here...
For Richer or Poorer A Love Letter to Weddings
2nd Aug 2023
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For Richer or Poorer

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

2nd Aug 2023
A Love Letter to Weddings
On the path to thriving In this post-post-partum period, I'm starting to feel like myself again. But what does that even...
14th Oct 2024
88

On the path to thriving

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

14th Oct 2024
In this post-post-partum period, I'm starting to feel like myself again. But what does that even mean?
i guess i wrote a song??? a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
2nd Apr 2024
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i guess i wrote a song???

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

2nd Apr 2024
a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
What Are We Doing To Ourselves I do not find it amusing
1st May 2026
1

What Are We Doing To Ourselves

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

1st May 2026
I do not find it amusing
How Stoicism Helped Me Navigate Divorce: My Obstacle to Flourishing by Benny Voncken We Need to Talk “We need to talk.” Those famous four words we are all too familiar...
20th Jul 2025
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How Stoicism Helped Me Navigate Divorce: My Obstacle to Flourishing

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

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...
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
1

Sri Aurobindo On The Buddha

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

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...
Genuine Poetry Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art,...
9th May 2026
1

Genuine Poetry

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

9th May 2026
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art, the true and the beautiful…
Vikings, Origami, and New Mexico | Friday Footnotes #1 What are the things that enrich your life?
14th Mar 2025
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Vikings, Origami, and New Mexico | Friday Footnotes #1

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

14th Mar 2025
What are the things that enrich your life?
"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
1st May 2024
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"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet

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

1st May 2024
A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
10 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
2nd Nov 2023
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10 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now

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

2nd Nov 2023
My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
Diaries of Note Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
11th Jul 2025
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Diaries of Note

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

11th Jul 2025
Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
Kavita You know I really enjoy a delicious Indian meal every now and then.  Well, it isn't hard to find...
1st Feb 2026
1

Kavita

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

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...
The World Is Your Toilet Today I am going to share some design advice that you aren’t going to get anywhere else. They don’t...
10th Mar 2018
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The World Is Your Toilet

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

10th Mar 2018
Today I am going to share some design advice that you aren’t going to get anywhere else. They don’t teach you this at the university. You won’t find articles about it in the glossy magazines. The design blogs won’t touch the subject. Research would inevitably show that there...
chipotle's red chimichurri sauce review i ventured outdoors today with one goal: try the new chipotle red chimichurri sauce, supposedly, its...
5th Oct 2025
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chipotle's red chimichurri sauce review

from morgan gallant [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Oct 2025
i ventured outdoors today with one goal: try the new chipotle red chimichurri sauce, supposedly, its "next step in menu innovation". here are my notes from my experience: costs $1.15 CAD, the sauce comes in a separate little plastic container you get with your bowl portion is big...
What is Good Within Social Networks I think we are still in the early days of social networks. We are only just beginning to figure them...
2nd Dec 2022
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What is Good Within Social Networks

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

2nd Dec 2022
I think we are still in the early days of social networks. We are only just beginning to figure them out. We certainly underestimate how positive and useful they can be, partly from a careless pessimism, and partly because the owners of major social networks seem to lack vision....
How I Disintermediated My Writing Career It's a clumsy word, but a lovely thing to do
2nd Jun 2023
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How I Disintermediated My Writing Career

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

2nd Jun 2023
It's a clumsy word, but a lovely thing to do
"You Have to Get People's Attention in the First Two Seconds" And other updates on previous articles
4th Aug 2025
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"You Have to Get People's Attention in the First Two Seconds"

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

4th Aug 2025
And other updates on previous articles
Rattle Bag History, learning, screw-ups, and suitcase-packing
2nd Dec 2023
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Rattle Bag

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

2nd Dec 2023
History, learning, screw-ups, and suitcase-packing
A Rural Public Transit Odyssey Across New York's North Country by Rural Transit Bus
5th Jun 2025
1

A Rural Public Transit Odyssey

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

5th Jun 2025
Across New York's North Country by Rural Transit Bus
Let Us Fulfill Our Obligation That nice, warm feeling you’re carrying over from Thanksgiving? That fullness after your big family...
27th Nov 2025
2

Let Us Fulfill Our Obligation

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

27th Nov 2025
That nice, warm feeling you’re carrying over from Thanksgiving? That fullness after your big family get-together? From the meal, from the company, from all of it? It’s important that you realize not everyone is feeling that right now. In fact, many people are experiencing the...
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
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Why Did I Start The Ruffian and Has Paul McCartney Read My Book?

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

3rd Jan 2026
Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
the reality that exists in me I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this...
3rd Nov 2024
75

the reality that exists in me

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

3rd Nov 2024
I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this time I tend to wonder why the body finds it so difficult to...
We'll Never Have Flying Cars A look at why flying cars are unlikely to become a reality.
29th Sep 2025
1

We'll Never Have Flying Cars

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

29th Sep 2025
A look at why flying cars are unlikely to become a reality.
Masterpiece Hallucinations What can you see through blurry eyes that you can't see with 20/20 vision?
7th Apr 2018
22

Masterpiece Hallucinations

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

7th Apr 2018
What can you see through blurry eyes that you can't see with 20/20 vision?
Quiet Authority In his commentary on the book of Job, Pope St Gregory the Great outlines a distinction between the...
4th Jun 2026
2

Quiet Authority

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

4th Jun 2026
In his commentary on the book of Job, Pope St Gregory the Great outlines a distinction between the imposition of power led by will and the testimony of quiet authority led by conscience.
I'm Recommending 14 New Albums Here are some of my favorite recordings of 2026 (so far)
1st Apr 2026
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I'm Recommending 14 New Albums

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

1st Apr 2026
Here are some of my favorite recordings of 2026 (so far)
The Hidden Cost of Process: A Guide for Tech Leaders Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which...
23rd Jun 2025
1

The Hidden Cost of Process: A Guide for Tech Leaders

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Jun 2025
Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which slow your organization down. How do you navigate this conundrum?
This is not Nineteen Eighty-Four Wigtown is a coastal town in south-west Scotland so in love with books that its approximately 900...
1st Mar 2023
3

This is not Nineteen Eighty-Four

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

1st Mar 2023
Wigtown is a coastal town in south-west Scotland so in love with books that its approximately 900 (presumably) well-read inhabitants have an incredible sixteen bookshops on their doorstep(s), an annual book festival that runs for ten days, and the official title of Scotland’s...
Impact, Zimpact! [Plus audio version]
27th Aug 2025
1

Impact, Zimpact!

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

27th Aug 2025
[Plus audio version]
Coming 2nd in a Kaggle Competition How my brother and I came second in a Google Health + AI competition.
31st Mar 2026
1

Coming 2nd in a Kaggle Competition

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

31st Mar 2026
How my brother and I came second in a Google Health + AI competition.
on seeing my self as a canvas I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can...
5th Nov 2023
65

on seeing my self as a canvas

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

5th Nov 2023
I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can remember, though I am not sure if my...
The unfairness of life with a baby Breastfeeding realities, new baby life, mental load, and zero sum games.
1st Sep 2024
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The unfairness of life with a baby

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

1st Sep 2024
Breastfeeding realities, new baby life, mental load, and zero sum games.
3rd Jul 2026
A Tiny City in the Wilderness On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
6th Apr 2025
1

A Tiny City in the Wilderness

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

6th Apr 2025
On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
Vision Con The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
9th Feb 2024
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Vision Con

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

9th Feb 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
passive obsession meditations on fantasy school and creativity
1st Sep 2025
1

passive obsession

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

1st Sep 2025
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
Unfortunately-fortunately stories Thoughts on surrendering to the here and now and doing the best with the information we have in any...
20th Sep 2026
1

Unfortunately-fortunately stories

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

20th Sep 2026
Thoughts on surrendering to the here and now and doing the best with the information we have in any given moment
3rd Feb 2024
How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and...
5th May 2025
40

How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

5th May 2025
Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and improve along the way.
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
1

4 Problems Managers Run Into - and Practical Solutions

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

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.
Get into Character Characters drive the story
8th Mar 2023
49

Get into Character

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

8th Mar 2023
Characters drive the story
№ 73: Finding Faith How pursuing entrepreneurship taught me faith
3rd Nov 2023
1

№ 73: Finding Faith

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

3rd Nov 2023
How pursuing entrepreneurship taught me faith
Tighter than Scum A mile of scum clung to the edges of the grocery store aisles. Every night the machine that waxed...
8th Sep 2018
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Tighter than Scum

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

8th Sep 2018
A mile of scum clung to the edges of the grocery store aisles. Every night the machine that waxed the floor spit excess gunk onto the baseboards. Hal Smith pondered the mess from above, perched in a cloud of cigarette smoke, surveying his store from behind mirrored glass.
notes on the brothers karamazov Chuck Palahniuk once wrote: “To begin a new novel, I look for the biggest problem in my life that I...
2nd Sep 2026
2

notes on the brothers karamazov

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

2nd Sep 2026
Chuck Palahniuk once wrote: “To begin a new novel, I look for the biggest problem in my life that I can’t solve or tolerate.
Valuable, but not productive Consulting & finance as black holes of elite human capital
2nd Dec 2024
95

Valuable, but not productive

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

2nd Dec 2024
Consulting & finance as black holes of elite human capital
You don't breathe, you bubble When it's almost too hot to stay in touch
27th May 2026
4

You don't breathe, you bubble

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

27th May 2026
When it's almost too hot to stay in touch
The Wisdom of Daybreak The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 1
12th Jan 2024
82

The Wisdom of Daybreak

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

12th Jan 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 1
Behind the Scenes of Navigating the AI Shift How Cate Huston and I built a course on navigating the AI shift, while navigating the AI shift.
5th May 2026
1

Behind the Scenes of Navigating the AI Shift

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

5th May 2026
How Cate Huston and I built a course on navigating the AI shift, while navigating the AI shift.
hello depression my old friend i guess we're talking once again
10th Dec 2025
1

hello depression my old friend

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

10th Dec 2025
i guess we're talking once again
How did Zohran Mamdani win over New York’s small restaurants? A dispatch from NYC by Apoorva Tadepalli.
3rd Nov 2025
me and satoru iwata were chilling at target and bought some beef jerky I’ve been having a ton of fun lately with ZipSchool. We’re evolving fast in terms of our...
7th Jun 2021
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me and satoru iwata were chilling at target and bought some beef jerky

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

7th Jun 2021
I’ve been having a ton of fun lately with ZipSchool. We’re evolving fast in terms of our understanding of the product, problem, user. We’re following the data and have numbers we can point to when making a majority of our decisions. We’re focusing on growth.
The Architecture of Safety The Foundation That Makes Healing Possible
9th Jun 2025
1

The Architecture of Safety

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Jun 2025
The Foundation That Makes Healing Possible
[instagram] there will still be 125 pieces of my love lingering somewhere on the internet i used to be one of those people who would say, marriage is just a piece of paper. but after being...
2nd Oct 2026
1
2nd Oct 2026
i used to be one of those people who would say, marriage is just a piece of paper. but after being with her for years and years through all the tears and laughter it is starting to make me sad that if anything were to happen to me she wouldn’t be able to do things like make...
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
how good will you let it get? loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
1st Apr 2025
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how good will you let it get?

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

1st Apr 2025
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
[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
1

[instagram] 121 months: to love for just one more day

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

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...
How To Choose Your Nemesis What Makes a Rivalry Productive?
6th Dec 2025
1

How To Choose Your Nemesis

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

6th Dec 2025
What Makes a Rivalry Productive?
2nd Apr 2026
Ink in the Stomach Something I believe very strongly, mostly from observing changes in myself, is that, once you’ve...
3rd Jan 2026
3

Ink in the Stomach

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

3rd Jan 2026
Something I believe very strongly, mostly from observing changes in myself, is that, once you’ve shoved your own hands deep in the entrails of a building, you’ve permanently altered your entire relationship with the world.
How clever and capricious you are How to take on a troll, 1950s style
14th Apr 2026
1

How clever and capricious you are

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

14th Apr 2026
How to take on a troll, 1950s style
Maximilian Mogg made-to-measure black tie: Review I recently had this tuxedo made by the German tailoring brand Maximilian Mogg, while Max was...
1st Jun 2026
1

Maximilian Mogg made-to-measure black tie: Review

from Permanent Style [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
I recently had this tuxedo made by the German tailoring brand Maximilian Mogg, while Max was visiting London for the appointments he runs at Richard Gelding on North Audley Street.  I was interested in having something from Max both because ... > Read more
The Pacification of War Battle Massacres may have gone out of fashion
23rd Apr 2024
1

The Pacification of War

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

23rd Apr 2024
Battle Massacres may have gone out of fashion
Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
6th Feb 2023
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Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action

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

6th Feb 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
experimenting with Obsidian Books have radically changed my life. One of the original purposes of this website was to share the...
1st Jul 2023
81

experimenting with Obsidian

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

1st Jul 2023
Books have radically changed my life. One of the original purposes of this website was to share the learnings I had from them – read through my personal lenses, layered with the...
Qualifying for Boston in 2021 Will Be Harder than Ever Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for...
22nd Oct 2019
22

Qualifying for Boston in 2021 Will Be Harder than Ever

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

22nd Oct 2019
Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for analysis. If you are one of the runners who was accepted, congratulations! Qualifying for Boston is not easy, and as we will see shortly, it shows no signs of getting easier.
Joining the No-Club Laetitia@Work #51
8th Sep 2022
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Joining the No-Club

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

8th Sep 2022
Laetitia@Work #51
Opposites Attract On the Gender Divide In Politics and Why It Might Just Save Us All
3rd Feb 2024
80

Opposites Attract

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

3rd Feb 2024
On the Gender Divide In Politics and Why It Might Just Save Us All
The Moral Case for Small Business Starting, running, and supporting our way to a better world
7th Apr 2023
59

The Moral Case for Small Business

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

7th Apr 2023
Starting, running, and supporting our way to a better world
Friendship is the Whole of the Path This is not a metaphor
12th Apr 2026
1

Friendship is the Whole of the Path

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Apr 2026
This is not a metaphor
My body is not a temple My body is a machine.
6th Apr 2025
48

My body is not a temple

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

6th Apr 2025
My body is a machine.
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
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Goal Setting: A Philosophical Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals

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

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...
Your life is your art use it to get to know yourself
10th Nov 2025
1

Your life is your art

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

10th Nov 2025
use it to get to know yourself
Seven Features Of Post-Literate Politics Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
3rd May 2025
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Seven Features Of Post-Literate Politics

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

3rd May 2025
Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
The Authority Gap Laetitia@Work #47
7th Apr 2022
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The Authority Gap

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

7th Apr 2022
Laetitia@Work #47
24th Sep 2020
Imagination misused You gotta have a level of conviction that it’ll happen. That whatever you’re trying to do will...
2nd Aug 2026
1

Imagination misused

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

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
Stoic Advice on Parenting & Children: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
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Stoic Advice on Parenting & Children: Ask Marcus Aurelius

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

7th Apr 2023
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
Savoring the Unsavory Making Meaning on Mount Adams
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Savoring the Unsavory

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

4th Jan 2024
Making Meaning on Mount Adams
A Practical Guide to Modern Dating So you've thrown yourself into the modern dating pool, eh? You brave, brave soul. Look, I know...
1st Jan 2023
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A Practical Guide to Modern Dating

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

1st Jan 2023
So you've thrown yourself into the modern dating pool, eh? You brave, brave soul. Look, I know meeting new people, going on dates, figuring out if you even like the person sitting across from you—it can all be confusing, frustrating, and just exhausting at times. But before you...
The Consciousness Box Sorry for the inconvenience.
11th Dec 2023
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The Consciousness Box

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

11th Dec 2023
Sorry for the inconvenience.
3rd Nov 2025
Y’all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments Say an alien spaceship is headed for Earth. It has 30 aliens on it. The aliens are weak and small....
2nd Oct 2025
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Y’all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Oct 2025
Say an alien spaceship is headed for Earth. It has 30 aliens on it. The aliens are weak and small. They have no weapons and carry no diseases. They breed at rates similar to humans. They are bringing no new technology. No other ships are coming. There’s no trick—except that they...
Tales from Toddlerhood Eight thoughts from a strange and harrowing world The post Tales from Toddlerhood appeared first on...
24th Oct 2025
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Tales from Toddlerhood

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

24th Oct 2025
Eight thoughts from a strange and harrowing world The post Tales from Toddlerhood appeared first on Wait But Why.
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
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How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill?

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

6th Oct 2024
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in dreams
Release Valve Principles The choices you make when you can't make a choice.
11th Oct 2023
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Release Valve Principles

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

11th Oct 2023
The choices you make when you can't make a choice.
Make things with your hands let this season of slowness return you home to yourself
8th Dec 2025
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Make things with your hands

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

8th Dec 2025
let this season of slowness return you home to yourself
Why Skills Matter More Than Goals Welcome to the first Monday of the new year. It’s 2022 and if you’re like me, it still feels like...
3rd Jan 2022
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Why Skills Matter More Than Goals

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

3rd Jan 2022
Welcome to the first Monday of the new year. It’s 2022 and if you’re like me, it still feels like 2019 was last year. Talk about a mindfuck. This is that time of year where most productive and growth-minded people sit down and focus on their goals, their identity, and who they...
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.
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5th Aug 2024
The reflection exercise that helped me find and cultivate a successful relationship with my manager.
The Feather "A breathtakingly beautiful book that shows how even a tiny bit of virtue can overcome any...
10th Oct 2024
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The Feather

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

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...
Alaska Range 2026 Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
7th Jul 2026
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Alaska Range 2026

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

7th Jul 2026
Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Mind the Exponential Gap Listen now (54 mins) | Laetitia@Work #42
28th Sep 2021
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Mind the Exponential Gap

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

28th Sep 2021
Listen now (54 mins) | Laetitia@Work #42
11th Feb 2026
Repair Fail One of the most underappreciated, least talked about aspects of repair is the hierarchy. There are...
6th Dec 2023
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Repair Fail

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

6th Dec 2023
One of the most underappreciated, least talked about aspects of repair is the hierarchy. There are repair wizards and there are newbies and there are the rest of us, somewhere between those two poles. This hierarchy of skill and experience requires that you earn your way to the...
15th Jul 2026
Compass Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily...
2nd Nov 2024
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Compass

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

2nd Nov 2024
Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily life. I've touched on my design ethos before, but this feels like something more personal. It's a lightweight breakdown of who I am, both as a designer and a human, shaped by the...
Things I have changed my mind about lately On some perspectives of mine that have shifted over time.
8th Mar 2025
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Things I have changed my mind about lately

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

8th Mar 2025
On some perspectives of mine that have shifted over time.
[instagram] the look of love for 119 months it has been a difficult few weeks for me…but i can say that the years have been difficult too. that...
2nd Apr 2026
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[instagram] the look of love for 119 months

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

2nd Apr 2026
it has been a difficult few weeks for me…but i can say that the years have been difficult too. that is why i don’t understand how she can have the love and patience to endure my self with me. sometimes i have terrible insomnia and i end up waking her up tens of times throughout...
On globalism and immigration Somebody commented on my article “The British population is under attack” that I had not made any...
4th Feb 2025
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On globalism and immigration

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

4th Feb 2025
Somebody commented on my article “The British population is under attack” that I had not made any mention of immigration.
Three "flavors" explain the different ways people love books. | #104 I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my...
9th Jun 2026
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Three "flavors" explain the different ways people love books. | #104

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

9th Jun 2026
I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my family’s store in Houston, Texas.
Dispatches from childhood Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with...
23rd Feb 2023
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Dispatches from childhood

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

23rd Feb 2023
Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with this perspective, they could not live any other way. Everything is visceral to them, and they carry this visceral interiority everywhere.
Mailbag #2 We have a whole lot to talk about. The post Mailbag #2 appeared first on Wait But Why.
14th Apr 2021
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Mailbag #2

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

14th Apr 2021
We have a whole lot to talk about. The post Mailbag #2 appeared first on Wait But Why.
Why Growth Requires Struggle I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions...
10th Oct 2022
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Why Growth Requires Struggle

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

10th Oct 2022
I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions were some variation of, “Is there such a thing as being exposed to too much pain?” or “Are there situations where pain and struggle aren’t helpful but only hurtful?” or “What...
Quiet People in Meetings Are Incredible Knowing when not to talk is an art.
3rd Dec 2024
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Quiet People in Meetings Are Incredible

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

3rd Dec 2024
Knowing when not to talk is an art.
I Have Opinions About The Production Of Pizza The low-hanging fruit of pizza happiness, possibly
13th Sep 2023
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I Have Opinions About The Production Of Pizza

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

13th Sep 2023
The low-hanging fruit of pizza happiness, possibly
Become the Blade AI, Right Action, and the Liberation of Human Purpose
6th Feb 2026
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Become the Blade

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Feb 2026
AI, Right Action, and the Liberation of Human Purpose
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...
7th Mar 2021
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pointed my tv remote at my microwave and then i met the Beatles, wild.

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

7th Mar 2021
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
Stop Making Sense David Lynch, Bob Dylan, and the Beauty of the Inexplicable
1st Feb 2025
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Stop Making Sense

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

1st Feb 2025
David Lynch, Bob Dylan, and the Beauty of the Inexplicable
The Bad Goal of $5m by 30 And perhaps a better framing
6th Mar 2023
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The Bad Goal of $5m by 30

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

6th Mar 2023
And perhaps a better framing
Rome Pilgrimage: Jubilee Year, 2025 This July, Jenn and I journeyed to Rome as part of a Jubilee Year pilgrimage with a group of...
21st Jul 2025
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Rome Pilgrimage: Jubilee Year, 2025

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

21st Jul 2025
This July, Jenn and I journeyed to Rome as part of a Jubilee Year pilgrimage with a group of colleagues from St David’s Catholic College. We passed through the Holy Doors of St Peter’s, St John Lateran, St Paul Outside the Walls, and St Mary Major, where the remains of Pope...
Quarterly Author Update: April 2025 Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
8th Apr 2025
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Quarterly Author Update: April 2025

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

8th Apr 2025
Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
Choose to trust yourself Some businesses—not all, and not even most!—don’t trust you. They design their products and...
1st Jun 2026
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Choose to trust yourself

from Herbert Lui [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE "omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
1st Aug 2025
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BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE

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

1st Aug 2025
"omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
Happy New Year It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared...
1st Jan 2024
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Happy New Year

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

1st Jan 2024
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared 365 diary entries written by 365 different people—each offering a chance to live a day in someone else’s shoes. It’s been an intense and remarkable year, filled with insights,...
How to know the right next step when everything feels uncertain A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering...
10th Sep 2025
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How to know the right next step when everything feels uncertain

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

10th Sep 2025
A guest post by Vinamrata Singal, on navigating the journey from quitting her PM job to entering filmmaking
The Story Of Mu -James Cordova
1st Feb 2017
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The Story Of Mu

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

1st Feb 2017
-James Cordova
My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026 Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on...
4th Mar 2026
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My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Mar 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on various topics.
Breadcrumbs One belief I have is that if you wish to be virtuous you will learn to eat cereal virtuously.
19th Oct 2024
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Breadcrumbs

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

19th Oct 2024
One belief I have is that if you wish to be virtuous you will learn to eat cereal virtuously.
The sights and sounds of Bhutan Stories from my visit to the mysterious Himalayan kingdom The post The sights and sounds of Bhutan...
25th Nov 2025
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The sights and sounds of Bhutan

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

25th Nov 2025
Stories from my visit to the mysterious Himalayan kingdom The post The sights and sounds of Bhutan appeared first on Wait But Why.
How To Live Slowly and Simply In A Frantic World This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel...
25th Dec 2020
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How To Live Slowly and Simply In A Frantic World

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

25th Dec 2020
This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel of want-buy-want upgrade, opt out of the comparison games, stop cramming a month’s worth of engagements into a weekend, refuse to live your life according to trends, tread lighter...
Hate, supremacism and the satanic world order The word “hate” is bandied about a lot by our global overlords.
5th Jan 2026
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Hate, supremacism and the satanic world order

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

5th Jan 2026
The word “hate” is bandied about a lot by our global overlords.
That Inspiration Stuck in Your Teeth Remember the last time inspiration blessed you with its divine presence? The clouds parted, angels...
3rd Dec 2016
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That Inspiration Stuck in Your Teeth

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

3rd Dec 2016
Remember the last time inspiration blessed you with its divine presence? The clouds parted, angels sang, and an idea descended like a holy dove. What, it doesn't happen that way for you? Me neither.
There's only one global mafia! I have noticed that some people, even those generally receptive to my point of view, beg to differ...
9th Dec 2024
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There's only one global mafia!

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

9th Dec 2024
I have noticed that some people, even those generally receptive to my point of view, beg to differ when it comes to the existence of a single global mafia – the entity I have taken to calling the criminocracy or even demonocracy.
The Big and the Small I have a surprise for you. The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
22nd Sep 2020
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The Big and the Small

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

22nd Sep 2020
I have a surprise for you. The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
Anti-Rivalrous Goods the rivalrousness s-curve
3rd Jul 2024
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Anti-Rivalrous Goods

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

3rd Jul 2024
the rivalrousness s-curve
The AI God Delusion Goes Mainstream Anthropic now treats the Pope as a competitor in a battle for souls
2nd Oct 2026
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The AI God Delusion Goes Mainstream

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

2nd Oct 2026
Anthropic now treats the Pope as a competitor in a battle for souls
How To Build Your Own Tower And Why You Should (Plus What I've Been Reading/Watching/Listening to)
7th Mar 2026
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How To Build Your Own Tower

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

7th Mar 2026
And Why You Should (Plus What I've Been Reading/Watching/Listening to)
Motivation I can fake enough. I can fake a lot. But I’ve noticed there’s one thing in particular I can’t fake:...
4th Apr 2024
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Motivation

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

4th Apr 2024
I can fake enough. I can fake a lot. But I’ve noticed there’s one thing in particular I can’t fake: Motivation. And in the end, at least for me, it all comes down to motivation. I may have the talent, I may know the tricks, I may be able to go through the motions. But if I deeply...
Wacky Guy One: prepping for the audition that coulda changed everything a raw and unvarnished look at what it takes to make it in hollywood with celebrated commercial actor...
5th Dec 2023
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5th Dec 2023
a raw and unvarnished look at what it takes to make it in hollywood with celebrated commercial actor Alex Dobrenko
Sonder, Sobriety, and Abstractions | Friday Footnotes #3 Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.
5th Apr 2025
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Sonder, Sobriety, and Abstractions | Friday Footnotes #3

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

5th Apr 2025
Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.
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
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My design process

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

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...
Peak Burnham A Champagne Supernova In the Sky
3rd Oct 2026
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Peak Burnham

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

3rd Oct 2026
A Champagne Supernova In the Sky
What I've been eating... Anyone who spends any time with me knows that I love food — thinking about food, making food, eating...
3rd May 2023
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What I've been eating...

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

3rd May 2023
Anyone who spends any time with me knows that I love food — thinking about food, making food, eating food, telling people about food. Why not add it into Tech and Tea?
Nothing beats having good references On this day in letters
1st Oct 2026
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Nothing beats having good references

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

1st Oct 2026
On this day in letters
All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro Welcome to the 2030s. The post All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro appeared first on...
9th Feb 2024
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All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Feb 2024
Welcome to the 2030s. The post All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro appeared first on Wait But Why.
Can You Really Treat Cancer with Sound? And other updates on recent articles.
1st Nov 2025
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Can You Really Treat Cancer with Sound?

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

1st Nov 2025
And other updates on recent articles.
Hamono Sushi While trying to decide on which Omakase we were going to try while in Portland, I briefly considered...
1st Sep 2026
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Hamono Sushi

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

1st Sep 2026
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...
new year, same you (hopeful) cannot believe it's already 2024
1st Jan 2026
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new year, same you (hopeful)

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

1st Jan 2026
cannot believe it's already 2024
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
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Not just fishing knots

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

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
Coming soon This is Lefineder’s Substack.
12th Feb 2023
1

Coming soon

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

12th Feb 2023
This is Lefineder’s Substack.
how good will you let it get? loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
1st Apr 2025
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how good will you let it get?

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

1st Apr 2025
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
Death by Toothbrush Apple products are notoriously hard to open because they are obsessed with hiding screws and...
6th Feb 2016
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Death by Toothbrush

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

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.
Memory > Blog I’ve always appreciated the word blog. It feels honest and informal; a small, functional word from...
3rd Oct 2025
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Memory > Blog

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

3rd Oct 2025
I’ve always appreciated the word blog. It feels honest and informal; a small, functional word from the early web. Blogs were, and still are, places to share links, notes, ideas, and to find others doing the same. That spirit of exchange still matters. [See blogroll.org] Lately...
№ 77: Reflecting on 2023 Doubt, love and growing more into myself.
14th Jan 2024
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№ 77: Reflecting on 2023

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

14th Jan 2024
Doubt, love and growing more into myself.
Namespace Clashes what's in a name?
5th Jan 2026
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Namespace Clashes

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

5th Jan 2026
what's in a name?
2nd Jul 2026
Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism...
8th May 2023
107

Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe

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

8th May 2023
by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism (referenced in the diagram above), and I wanted to use this opportunity to go over each of these in a little more detail. Hopefully you’ll get an understanding of what they mean,...
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
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Coaching Toolkit: Balance coaching to find new perspectives

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

7th Jul 2025
The power of mindset shifts and choice and a Tech and Tea balance coaching tool to guide you through uncertain times.
More Calories Less Crime Some criminals are getting too fat to offend.
12th Aug 2023
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More Calories Less Crime

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

12th Aug 2023
Some criminals are getting too fat to offend.
Designing a New Old Home: Light In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have...
12th Apr 2023
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Designing a New Old Home: Light

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

12th Apr 2023
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Bed in Summer This post is part of a series about building a house that looks and feels traditional in New Hampshire. However, this...
Why An Easier Life Is Not Necessarily Happier Remembering Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
10th May 2023
142

Why An Easier Life Is Not Necessarily Happier

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

10th May 2023
Remembering Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
Creating Space: A 6-Week Journaling Course Announcing a journaling course in collaboration with Buster Benson at 750 Words — designed to help...
9th Jun 2025
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Creating Space: A 6-Week Journaling Course

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

9th Jun 2025
Announcing a journaling course in collaboration with Buster Benson at 750 Words — designed to help you step back, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters. Join us!
Thoughts while watching myself be automated An old friend visited me a few weeks ago. And we soon got to chatting about—what else—how long will...
5th Sep 2024
49

Thoughts while watching myself be automated

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Sep 2024
An old friend visited me a few weeks ago. And we soon got to chatting about—what else—how long will it be before all human intellectual work is automated. My position was: I dunno, because things are moving fast right now but what if we run out of data or scaling laws break and...
This Ain't Your Grandad's Rural America Goth Cashiers, Pierced Eyebrows, and "Trashy America"
8th Oct 2025
1

This Ain't Your Grandad's Rural America

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

8th Oct 2025
Goth Cashiers, Pierced Eyebrows, and "Trashy America"
Visit to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the...
21st Aug 2023
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Visit to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia

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

21st Aug 2023
In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the most-performed living composer in the world, and his life and work played a key role in the development of my faith. We even saw Arvo Pärt and his wife Nora shopping at their local...
Are Harvard Graduates Better Than Harvard Dropouts? Or how I spent $503,402 on college education
3rd Jan 2024
105

Are Harvard Graduates Better Than Harvard Dropouts?

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

3rd Jan 2024
Or how I spent $503,402 on college education
ETHDenver: A Glimpse into the Future I signed up for ETHDenver 2020 hoping to learn more about cryptocurrency. What I came away with was...
18th Feb 2020
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ETHDenver: A Glimpse into the Future

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

18th Feb 2020
I signed up for ETHDenver 2020 hoping to learn more about cryptocurrency. What I came away with was questions about the viability of, well, everything.
Five Words That Might End Your Design Career It is rare to be confronted with a truth so obvious, so devastating, that it causes you to abandon...
6th Jan 2018
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Five Words That Might End Your Design Career

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

6th Jan 2018
It is rare to be confronted with a truth so obvious, so devastating, that it causes you to abandon your belief system, to walk away from the thing that defines you as a person. My design career ended when I read five words.
Dear PendingKetchup PendingKetchup comments on my recent post on what it means for something to be heritable: The...
11th Sep 2025
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Dear PendingKetchup

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
What is a City Super App and Why Every City Needs One Why I believe every city needs a super app and how it will transform the way we engage with digital...
1st Dec 2025
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What is a City Super App and Why Every City Needs One

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2025
Why I believe every city needs a super app and how it will transform the way we engage with digital devices.
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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The Best Place to Eat Cypriot Food in the UK

from Vittles [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Oct 2025
Alex Mylonas maps the movement of four fine souvlatzidika out of north London and into Potters Bar. Photographed by Michaël Protin.
The Pathologization Pandemic Why youth mental illness is surging
6th Jul 2023
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The Pathologization Pandemic

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

6th Jul 2023
Why youth mental illness is surging
Things I Learned This Year Personalisation sells, but good design satisfies. Don't wait for perfect execution. Ship and...
2nd Dec 2023
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Things I Learned This Year

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

2nd Dec 2023
Personalisation sells, but good design satisfies. Don't wait for perfect execution. Ship and iterate. You don't need to fill your time. Creating calendar white space provides a buffer for work and play. Find the intersection of doing what makes you happy, what is smart for you...
30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
5th May 2024
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30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)

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

5th May 2024
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
No One Is Excused From This It might seem a bit out of character for a powerful general—a fierce warrior—to go everywhere with a...
21st Sep 2026
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No One Is Excused From This

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

21st Sep 2026
It might seem a bit out of character for a powerful general—a fierce warrior—to go everywhere with a book tucked under their arm. But in ancient Rome, that was the figure that the great Scipio Aemilianus cut. He was known for training in philosophy as arduously as he trained at...
Goodbye Florida In the evenings the song of whippoorwills echoes on all sides. Spring peepers croak and creak in the...
10th May 2023
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Goodbye Florida

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

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...
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
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Strategies for making your ideas happen

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

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...
The Outrage Cycle The Outrage Begins First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far...
7th Mar 2022
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The Outrage Cycle

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

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...
Expectations, planning, and suffering Thoughts on planning and letting go of expectations
29th May 2024
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Expectations, planning, and suffering

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

29th May 2024
Thoughts on planning and letting go of expectations
Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business? Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
6th Dec 2024
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Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business?

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

6th Dec 2024
Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
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...
1st Sep 2026
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A boxed set of DR DOS 6!

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Sep 2026
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: The first OS I ever...
Dreaming of danger [Plus audio version]
3rd Aug 2026
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Dreaming of danger

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

3rd Aug 2026
[Plus audio version]
What I Read in January 2026 Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
2nd Feb 2026
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What I Read in January 2026

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

2nd Feb 2026
Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
In Praise Of Bulletpoints - they are great
1st Oct 2026
The Wonder of Wool by Justine Lee and Jess Morency This was a brilliant Christmas present from my husband. It's partly a non-fiction exploration of the...
1st Jan 2026
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The Wonder of Wool by Justine Lee and Jess Morency

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

1st Jan 2026
This was a brilliant Christmas present from my husband. It's partly a non-fiction exploration of the history of British sheep and wool, partly a directory of all the different breeds with notes on their suitability for knitting/spinning, and partly a book of knitting patterns...
19th May 2025
1

How to Live on $432 a Month in America

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

19th May 2025
(For All Expenses)
It’s 2020 and you’re in the future Some people are young, just not you. The post It’s 2020 and you’re in the future appeared first on...
2nd Jan 2020
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It’s 2020 and you’re in the future

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2020
Some people are young, just not you. The post It’s 2020 and you’re in the future appeared first on Wait But Why.
A Short History of My Last Six Years On June 18, 2016, I slipped and fell down a deep, deep hole. The post A Short History of My Last Six...
17th Feb 2023
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A Short History of My Last Six Years

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

17th Feb 2023
On June 18, 2016, I slipped and fell down a deep, deep hole. The post A Short History of My Last Six Years appeared first on Wait But Why.
Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of...
5th Jul 2024
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Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain

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

5th Jul 2024
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...
A rebel wild and free [Plus audio version]
2nd Oct 2026
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A rebel wild and free

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

2nd Oct 2026
[Plus audio version]
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
21

Unusual UI

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

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.
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