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The Honest Broker
The 30 Most Intriguing Musicians of 2025 Here's the second installment of my three-part survey
3 months ago
Both Are True
my first acting role in LA was playing a hamster Also on set - Kevin Spacey, Sir Ben Kingsley, Mandy Patinkin, and Gary Oldman
3 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
Only 1 Week Left for the Husk Preorder Bundle And preorders end next week!
3 months ago
Both Are True
This week in BATCAVE! live AMA on Wednesday, live cowrite on Saturday
3 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
VERITAS Subsidies For Media Support media, better.
3 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
three encounters in taipei one With only a few days remaining, we made our way to the physical shop after ordering it a few...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
one With only a few days remaining, we made our way to the physical shop after ordering it a few times on uber eats. It is a greek yoghurt bowl, but it...
The Honest Broker
The New Romanticism Just Found an Unexpected Spokesperson Sometimes heroes really do wear white hats
3 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Sydney, JAL, and the Sneaky Shortcut This is the last installment in our Japan2025 blog post series, at least as told as a post about...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
This is the last installment in our Japan2025 blog post series, at least as told as a post about recent events. Last we spoke, we’d boarded from Haneda for our flight back to Sydney. It was late in the afternoon, which did give us half a day in Japan to explore a few more places...
The Ruffian
Why Am I At My Lowest In The Middle Of the Night? The Causes of 3am Catastrophising
3 months ago
Thu Le
Ten pointless facts about me Maybe the first of who knows how many.
3 months ago
The Honest Broker
The Four Horsemen of the Pop Culture Apocalypse Do I have a horse in this race?
3 months ago
Passing Time
Spinning significance out of a senseless slog Contributing to a chosen culture via running
3 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Small Thoughts Is this anything?
3 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Ikebukuro and home This post has been back-dated a day to fit in the timeline properly. Last post also incoming this...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
This post has been back-dated a day to fit in the timeline properly. Last post also incoming this weekend. I’m sitting now in our Sydney apartment after half an hour on the train and airport monorail in Tōkyō, a ten hour flight due south, navigating Australia’s immigration and...
Both Are True
why can't i call people even tho i want to bad comedy, good friends, and substack woes with Michael Estrin
3 months ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Most Successful People I Know Have a Psychopathic Sense of Urgency "Decrease the time between having an idea and getting it done"
3 months ago
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...
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3 months ago
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...
bookbear express
Dear Bear: on the far side of fear is surrender + weekly recs
3 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Adolf Hitler and the zio-imperialist mafia A book review
3 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Exploring Akiba and Kinshichō Those of you who remember when I used to blog things that weren’t about travel, rejoice! This was...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Those of you who remember when I used to blog things that weren’t about travel, rejoice! This was our last full day in Japan before we travel back to Australia, with heavy hearts and significantly heavier baggage. I’m at our local Doutor having a coffee and thinking back to how...
Both Are True
we laugh so that we do not cry but we end up crying anyway a recap + recording of BATWRITE #001
3 months ago
The Intimate Mirror
Power, Vulnerability, and Soulful Collaboration A Conversation with Dechen McSweeney on the Nine Mistakes We Make in Relationship to Power
3 months ago
The Honest Broker
For Keith Jarrett's 80th Birthday: 10 Key Tracks from His Early Career I celebrate the pianist's milestone birthday by sharing my favorite music from his first decade as a...
3 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
How much information is in DNA? This is an article that just appeared in Asimov Press, who kindly agreed that I could publish it...
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3 months ago
This is an article that just appeared in Asimov Press, who kindly agreed that I could publish it here and also humored my deep emotional need to use words like “Sparklepuff”. Do you like information theory? Do you like molecular biology? Do you like the idea of smashing them...
The Honest Broker
Are We Living in a Time of Cultural Collapse? Some say I believe this—but do I really?
3 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Hokuriku Shinkansen Back to Tōkyō There are five things I love about being a traveller in Japan. Okay, there are many more, but these...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
There are five things I love about being a traveller in Japan. Okay, there are many more, but these are the big ones. One is the traditional art, music, and architecture. Two is the food, both local and their interpretations of international cuisine. Three is the hospitality....
Both Are True
TODAY 12PM: Write alongside other weirdos with almost zero talking about writing!!
3 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
How Much Economic Activity Is Cross-Subsidized? how the @#$ does that store stay in business anyway?
3 months ago
Both Are True
i went to the woods and realized the internet is insane you don't know what you've got till it's gone fishin'
3 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Toyama Port and Glass Art Museum Yesterday we spent our last full day in Toyama Prefecture, so named because it’s Toyama and it’s a...
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3 months ago
Yesterday we spent our last full day in Toyama Prefecture, so named because it’s Toyama and it’s a prefecture. We spent it in the beautifully serene Toyama Port on the Toyama Tram in Toyama, then head to Toyama City to see the Toyama Glass Museum in Toyama, surprising though it...
Unfiltered by Tim...
Advice For Building A Business Boiled Down Into One-Sentence Harsh Truths A 3-minute read
3 months ago
Rubenerd
Ten pointless facts regarding me David over at Forking Mad+ did one of those blog post challenges I thought looked like fun. Do you...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
David over at Forking Mad+ did one of those blog post challenges I thought looked like fun. Do you floss your teeth? Yes, several of them! An accident when I was a kid left me with crooked teeth and little choice. Tea, coffee, or water? That’d be great, thanks. Footwear...
The Honest Broker
'The Atlantic' Visits Me at Home, and I Win an Award This has been quite a day at The Honest Broker
3 months ago
Tech and Tea
My First Vibe Coding Project: The Trader Joe’s Snack Box Builder A surprisingly delightful experience
3 months ago
Both Are True
'wtf is the batcave' a guide for ppl who already pay for both are true
3 months ago
bookbear express
always on your side friendship is magic
3 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Ending up in Shin-Takaoka Yesterday was probably our first proper rest day on this trip, so we mostly hung around the hotel...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Yesterday was probably our first proper rest day on this trip, so we mostly hung around the hotel and surrounds. It always feels like a waste loitering in an amazing place, but sometimes you need some downtime or you feel exhausted! Or maybe that’s just us. We started the day at...
Scarlet Ink
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...
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3 months ago
Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and improve along the way.
Atoms vs Bits
Coward Fiction It'll happen to you, probably
3 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
So much blood In a recent post about trading stuff for money, I mentioned: Europe had a [blood plasma] shortage of...
3 months ago
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In a recent post about trading stuff for money, I mentioned: Europe had a [blood plasma] shortage of around 38%, which it met by importing plasma from paid donors in the United States, where blood products account for 2% of all exports by value. The internet’s reaction was: “TWO...
The Honest Broker
Harrison Ford and the Origin of Western Civilization We cover lots of ground at The Honest Broker
4 months ago
Thu Le
Between worlds From moving between worlds to feeling at home wherever I am.
4 months ago
Rubenerd
Australia’s and Canada’s Elections We take a quick break from #Japan2025 to mention the results back home. Clara and I both submitted...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
We take a quick break from #Japan2025 to mention the results back home. Clara and I both submitted our postal votes before we left, and largely ignored the news while we tried to enjoy our holiday and break. My sister messaged last night to tell us it was safe to check now, and...
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Toyama Tower, Castle, and French Pentax Yesterday’s wanderings around Toyama were a bit all over the place, but there were a few highlights!...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Yesterday’s wanderings around Toyama were a bit all over the place, but there were a few highlights! I’m starting to feel the self-imposed effects of running around every day, so this post will be briefer. After breakfast at a local Doutor we went to get… wait for it… another IC...
The Ruffian
Seven Features Of Post-Literate Politics Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
4 months ago
The Honest Broker
30 Ways to Revitalize Arts & Culture I can dream, can't I?
4 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Toyama wanderings I’m doing something a bit different today, and writing about yesterday’s adventures on the Ainokaze...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
I’m doing something a bit different today, and writing about yesterday’s adventures on the Ainokaze Toyama Train in… wait for it… Toyama. That wit won’t win me a spot on any of the late night Japanese variety shows for which Clara and I currently harbour an addiction, but is a...
Both Are True
just two dads becoming dad friends loneliness, parenting struggles (and joys lol), + "writing as legacy" with Marc Typo
4 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
ATVBT Survey: April post about posts
4 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Off to Toyama and Takaoka When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up...
4 months ago
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When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up from Nagoya like so many of those NHK travel documentaries we’d seen. We laboured for days deciding whether we had the time to stop in Takoyama along the way; and if so, whether...