things

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:16:09 -0400

Sites I like: The Anti-Subscription Catalogue.

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:02:28 -0400

Read: Obsession and Backrooms are moving the needle. “… they represent a desire from people to have original stories told in interesting ways, and if we get those, people will go to the theaters for them.”

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:58:21 -0400

Look: The art of Up On Goblin Hill. My favorite:

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:53:49 -0400

Read: The Threshold. “Life was shaped, from edge to edge, by scarcity and by natural limits. The shop shut. The night fell. The letter took three days. You were, for long stretches, simply out of reach.”

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:51:59 -0400

Read: I believe in files. “Building things on clouds even sounds bad.”

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:56:16 -0400

Want: The Light Flip.

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:54:43 -0400

Read: Astronauts returning from six-month missions describe a persistent ‘observer’ sensation. “Others compare it to jet lag of the self.”

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:07:27 -0400

Things I’ve liked this week: buttondown.com/things/ar…

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:10:42 -0400

Yankee Candles Levels of Abstraction optional.is/required/…

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:07:41 -0400

“Five years ago, people bragged about waking up at 5am, doing cold plunges, having inbox zero, and working while endlessly Peletoning. Now it’s all about having 17 agents, not opening email, and AI running your business. It’s the exact same performance, just with different props.” www.elenaverna.com/p/please-…

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:02:32 -0400

“I’m not sure if it’s a New York thing or not, but I love that small business owners have artists paint the sides of their trucks with absolutely outlandish graffiti scenes. These panel trucks roam the city with just some hand applied vinyl lettering on the cab doors with the business name, address and phone number. (No website, never.)” blog.strengthofone.com/2026/06/2…

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:40:43 -0400

“My mom taught us to always notice the sky. Appreciate the colors, see the shapes of the clouds, watch a plane fly through, let the sun hit your face. Not only is it a lesson to slow down, but it opens up your chest and shoulders. It’s a lovely thing, even when it’s raining.” cupofjo.com/2026/06/2…

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:51:25 -0400

“I think it’s good to try and put stuff in the world, on these channels, that isn’t what the algorithm wants. That’s not optimised for griefmaxxing, or whatever. I’m not beautiful or angry or high performing. So me being here, sharing my stupid thoughts might be a good thing.” www.undermanager.com/i-posted-…

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:44:26 -0400

“But every once in a while, you find a magical afternoon where you’re both free, and you find yourselves sitting at a bar, or across each other at a picnic table, or sharing a meal, or a pinball machine, and it all comes flooding back. The easy chats, the light-hearted arguments about which band sold out when, the rekindling of old memories, and more recently an “in memorium” of friends who’ve passed.” buttondown.com/monteiro/…

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:07:21 -0400

Some things I liked this week: buttondown.com/things/ar…

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:56:49 -0400

Film Sets — Brigitte Lacombe brigittelacombe.com
brigittelacombe.com https://www.brigittelacombe.com/film-sets

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:20:57 -0400

Solstice day in Iceland, from midnight to midnight.

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:07:08 -0400

Things I’ve liked recently: buttondown.com/things/ar…

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:22 -0400

Finished reading: Homebound - A Novel by Portia Elan 📚

What a great book!

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:59:03 -0400

Craig Mod on Saturday Night Live:

And you feel like this is the last of an era, the final scraps of what used to be (the norm?) for network TV. Goodbye whatever this was. Glad I got to see you once.

Fri, 29 May 2026 10:53:43 -0400

Mechanical Pencil, an illustrated celebration of the engineering around us.

Fri, 22 May 2026 10:06:36 -0400

“Bar-tabacs are part café, part shop. You can buy cigarettes, lottery tickets, or newspapers, and sit down for a coffee or a glass of wine. They’re not particularly glamorous, but they serve as everyday meeting points, especially in rural areas … when a new bar-tabac opens, the far-right vote share will decline over time.” europeancorrespondent.com

Fri, 22 May 2026 10:01:53 -0400

“Years ago in Brooklyn, a wine-fueled Friendsgiving led to discovering a mysterious secret cavern underneath a Brooklyn Heights historic mansion.” metafilter.com

Fri, 22 May 2026 09:10:37 -0400

Japan runs out of robot wolves in fight against bears (not a sci-fi story). popsci.com/environment/japan-robot-wolf-army/

Thu, 21 May 2026 10:54:25 -0400

A memorial gallery of useless websites that once lived on The Useless Web and have since gone offline, been squatted, or otherwise vanished. theuselessweb.com/sites-we-lost