- June 2024
Hi everyone. I host Story Club with George Saunders, where we read and discuss short stories. It’s for writers and readers, and, really, anyone interested in how meaning gets made by narrative.
How Two People Make Every Single Bottle of Faccia Bruttos Italian Spirits
June 2024The Deligram shines a spotlight on the many incredible food artisans in New York. In our last feature, we spoke to Fort Greene-based chocolatier Yukiko Hayakawa about her health-conscious brand chocolate Noé no Omise.
Wisdom from the Oldest Schools in the Global South
June 2024For jobs/funding, read my LinkedIn posts. With feedback, hit reply. - Kat Many assume the world’s first schools were in the Global North (like University of Oxford founded in 1096) — and complain about how far Global South schools have to go to solve the learning crisis.
'Doctor Sleep' and the Problem of the Impossible Sequel
June 2024At the onset of the final act of Mike Flanagan’s 2019 film Doctor Sleep, the now-grown Dan Torrance returns to the decaying remains of the long-abandoned Overlook Hotel, the once-glamorous Rocky Mountain resort where, as a boy, he’d experienced a lifetime’s worth of terror in The Shining.
"Come On Up to the House"
June 2024Every Tom Waits Song is an email newsletter covering just that, in alphabetical order. Find more info here and sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox:
"How do you know the ice is safe?"
June 2024Let me be clear, I am not the foremost expert on ice skating on frozen lakes. In fact, I’m a pretty terrible ice skater.
"Scott Pilgrim Takes Off" Blind Reaction: Episode 4
June 2024Welcome back to my blind coverage of the new Netflix anime Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, a series based off of some of the most influential comic books and movies of my life.
"The Fall Guy" and a Brief History of Self-Awareness
June 2024Share I recently took my family to see “The Fall Guy,” starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, which was at some level a hat tip to an early 1980s thing starring Lee Majors as Colt Seaver (shoutout to 1980s character names) who is a Hollywood stunt man by day and a bounty-hunter by night.
"Where The Road Goes" - by Rhett Miller
June 2024Howdy y’all. You’ve reached Time & Temperature. “WHERE THE ROAD GOES” is the first song to drop from the Old 97’s new album American Primitive.
#PaletteTunesIn for "The Incredible Jessica James"
June 2024*Spoilers lie ahead.* “The Incredible Jessica James” beams in purple — prideful, vulnerable, direct, and all deserving of our attention.
1,500 without service in Vacaville amid heat wave
June 2024(Graphic by Solano NewsNet) More than 1,500 Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) customers were in the dark on Tuesday amid a large-scale power outage.
2023 NFL Elo Ratings & Win Projections
June 2024The following table is a list of NFL teams with their Elo ratings and projected wins for the 2023 season. (Note: This is basic Elo, so no adjustments for quarterbacks, etc.
38 Notebooks and One Fascinating Interview
June 2024Patricia Highsmith kept two sets of journals throughout her life: private diaries, in which she recounted her “her intense, at times painful personal experiences,” and notebooks—or cahiers—which she used “to process these experiences intellectually and muse on her writing.
40 years of grief and gratitude
June 2024For years, pop singer Christopher Cross turned down virtually all interview requests in January or February. "When they call during that time, you know it's to dig for dirt on the fate of the Grammys,"
41 students with Brown Divest Coalition arrested inside Union Hall
June 2024Brown University arrested 41 of their own students on Monday evening, students who refused to leave University Hall over the Brown Corporation's refusal to divest from companies that profit from Israel's war in Palestine.
5 Things I Learned From Nancy Meyers Films That Make a Home Feel Cozy
June 2024What I love about home decor inspiration (AND Jude Law) is we can look at the subject and think, How does this inform MY life?
8 Italian-American Singers of Yore Who Prove That America's Greatest Asset Has Always Been Its Immig
June 2024One of the best things about living with a musician is that they bring their music into the relationship. In John’s case, this holds doubly true because: 1) he’s the grandson of the great American songwriter Hoagy Carmichael ("
A bridge, a park, a canal: Chain of Rocks
June 2024This week in Unseen St. Louis: let’s visit the unusual bridge known as the Chain of Rocks Bridge and the fascinating history of the area around it.
A Deep Dive on the Vikings Original Uniforms
June 2024Another week, another deep dive! I’ve previously taken in-depth looks at several NFL uniforms that are being revived this season as throwbacks, including the Bucs’ creamsicles, the Eagles’ Kelly greens, the Seahawks’ blue/silver set, and the Oilers’ uniforms.
A Federation Starship or an Imperial Star Destroyer?!
June 2024This all started innocently enough, with a typically odd and old Noah Smith tweet: Now at the time I didn’t really think the analogy held, but I am enough of a nerd to also think, “wait, this is silly, the Star Destroyer would obviously win!
A Journey to Love (2023) Final Thoughts
June 2024*Spoilers Alert — Major reveals ahead* It’s done. I braced myself for the impact of the last 7 episodes with some vague sense that tragedy was afoot and finding the final act not as objectionable as I was led to believe.
A Music Industry That Doesn't Sell Music
June 2024In the latter half of the 2000s, physical music sales fell off a cliff, and while the blow was temporarily offset by a rise in digital sales (e.
A short history of D&D and open gaming
June 2024Right now, there’s an enormous ongoing controversy linked to Wizards of the Coast, the Open Gaming License, and copyright. To understand this controversy, and to understand why Wizards of the Coast has been threatened with legal action by other game developers and a fan boycott as a consequence of trying to revoke the Open Gaming License, it helps to understand the history of the game.
A sleek package with big features
June 20245/5 Medals of Yavin: Exceeded all expectations, especially at the low $120 price point Vibrant, large display with thin form factor
A Tech Conference For Women Decides To Be Non-Binary Inclusive
June 2024"Trans" is 99.9% bullshit, but at least there are a few, one in a thousand, who have Gender Identity Disorder. This is a real calculation, not round number hyperbole.
A testimony of guilt-by-association harassment in astronomy
June 2024I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in astronomy at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Sweden. In the last two years, I have been harassed and discriminated against on multiple occasions by other astronomers in the international community for my choice to work with exoplanet pioneer Geoff Marcy.
A Tribute to Geraldine Winifred Visco (19552023)
June 2024(Image credit: Gerry Visco, 2010) In the summer of 2008, I climbed a number of stairs up to the sixth floor of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, where I had agreed to start the following fall.
A very play aroundable recipe for Passover
June 2024Hello! Hello! I seem to be going through a phase and it’s all about cake. Walk into my kitchen and there are cakes in various stages of doneness and eatenness.
About - NextDraft
June 2024I pluck the most fascinating news items of the day and then create a modern-day column which I deliver with a fast, pithy wit that will make your computer device vibrate with delight.
Actually, High-Fiving Kids is Totally Fine
June 2024Yesterday, I stumbled across a remarkably silly op-ed published in the Omaha World-Herald after writer Lyz Lenz shared it on Twitter and my local bookstore tagged me, asking for my take.
Adam Jonah | Artist, Founder of tuttO and B.I.G.
June 2024I first met Adam at a farm school in rural Vermont when we were seventeen years old. We’d both attended the Mountain School of Milton Academy – a program in which 45 high-school juniors spend a semester working on and learning about the land.
Alan Ritchson Is Jack Reacher!
June 2024Author Note: I am taking a break for the whole month of March. I need time and space to breathe and then organise my thoughts to give you more value.
Alaska Thunder and Lightning - by Rick Thoman
June 2024The summer of 2023 has been a strange one in many parts of the world, with extreme temperatures, from daily to seasonal time scales, extreme rainfall and of course devastating wildfires.
Alaska: August 2023 Climate Summary
June 2024This post is the Alaska-focused August climate summary. Once the ERA5 reanalysis is available (and I get back from some work travel), I’ll have the Arctic review for August and a summer 2023 review.
All is Calm, All is Bright (and other myths we believe)
June 2024I was a December college graduate which means every year around this time, I have memories of finishing up final requirements in order to walk at the graduation ceremony.
Alternative Civilization and Its Discontents
June 2024Note: In order to properly steel-man (instead of straw-man) Graham Hancock’s theory I sent him this article for comments and corrections, which he provided and I incorporated herewith.
Amazon Layoffs Show Where Alexa is Really Headed and Its Surprisingly High Revenue
June 2024Amazon conducted layoffs on Friday that included a significant number of Alexa staff members. Daniel Rausch, vice president of Alexa and Fire TV, wrote a memo saying the company would cut several hundred jobs.
An Early Look at 2024 MLB Predictions
June 2024Spring training is officially getting underway with pitchers and catchers reporting to camp this week, and that means it’s prime season for 2024 MLB projections and forecasts.
An interview with James Spooner (Black Punk Now, The High Desert)
June 2024Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the only and therefore greatest newsletter about music in the entire world. Every week I publish a column about rock books for my paid subscribers, but today’s edition is open to everyone!
An Interview With Paul Clement
June 2024Who is the nation’s top Supreme Court advocate? If you were to poll the SCOTUS bar, many members would name Paul Clement.
An Interview With Shawn Crowley
June 2024Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.
An Open Letter To Crystal Clanton
June 2024Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.
Anthony Hopkins stars in another C.S. Lewis movie... but not as C.S. Lewis this time
June 2024Thirty years ago, Anthony Hopkins starred in Shadowlands, a movie about the romance between C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman Gresham.
April 2, 2024 Tornado and Blizzard Warnings
June 2024Severe weather underway in the Ohio Valley pushing through Nashville, Cincinnati into Columbus later this evening with tornado watch boxes hoisted.
ARE WHITE PEOPLE USING BLACK ENGLISH WORDS BEING LIKE ELVIS STEALING ROCK AND ROLL?
June 2024A little while ago, a Saturday Night Live skit depicted a multiracial group of teens communicating in what was depicted as “Gen Z slang,” with the doctor they were talking with having to “translate” his thoughts into it to communicate with them.
Armand Membou, OT Missouri: 2025 NFL Draft Profile
June 2024Missouri right tackle Armand Membou is a rising star in college football. He has all of the physical tools that, with some improvements to his technique, he could hear his name called in the top 40 picks of the 2025 NFL Draft.
As mysteriously as he disappeared last May, Dr. Jonathan I. Epstein resurfaces, calling for 'empower
June 2024By Howard Wolinsky Top gun uropathologist Jonathan I. Epstein, MD, of Johns Hopkins, dropped from sight six months ago amidst shocking charges of bullying his staff and leaning on them to support opinions on his wife’s reads
Atoms for Copper - by Ed Conway
June 2024Safford, Arizona The Gila Mountains are legendary copper territory. Home to the Morenci mine, an enormous complex of pits and heaps which dates all the way back to 1872, this part of Arizona is still one of the world’s biggest sources of the metal today.
Audrey Hepburn, The Favorite Muse And Friend Of Givenchy
June 2024Saturday, May 4, 2024 Today, we remember the gorgeous Audrey Hepburn, who was born on this day in 1929 and passed away in 1993.
Autistic Advice #5: How Do I Flirt?
June 2024This piece was originally published to Medium on March 27, 2022. Autistic Advice is a semi-regular column where I respond to anonymous questions about neurodiversity, Autism acceptance, disability justice, and self-advocacy.
Avatars vs humans - by Lara Shemtob
June 2024Interacting with chatbots is becoming more pervasive in day to day life. Common applications include customer service portals and E-commerce support, though this technology is being applied across more and more domains, including healthcare.
B2B Distribution Explained - by Alex Moazed
June 2024Happy Turkey Week! Coming off an amazing week at the Innovators Summit, we wanted to do a deeper dive on the nuances of B2B Distribution as a follow up to our B2B Distribution 101 article a few weeks ago.
Ballerina Farm's "glamorized humbleness" - by Sara Petersen
June 2024I first discovered the glory that is @emdoodlesandstuff on TikTok when a kind soul forwarded me Em’s video predictions about Ballerina Farm baby names, thinking I might be interested, and obviously being entirely correct.
Baseball Remembers: Al Rosen - by Paul White
June 2024We don’t talk about Al Rosen much anymore. The peak of his career was over seventy years ago, and his career was so short that he never had much chance of being elected to the Hall of Fame, so he’s not really in the forefront of baseball discourse.
Baseball Remembers: Bill Freehan & Co.
June 2024Last Tuesday would have been Bill Freehan’s 82nd birthday, leading me to tweet about him and mention him in the Friday Stuff newsletter.
Becoming an Adjunct Professor and Holding a Day Job (with a crazy story)
June 2024On an exceptionally cold April day back in 2019 I was at work and got a call from Brigham Young University (BYU).
Beef Shank and Beans with Orange and Olives
June 2024When I get around to better organizing my recipes this one will be filed under “chic comfort food”. As perfect for a fancy winter dinner party as it is eaten on the sofa while wearing sweat pants and watching tv.
Behind The Curtains of Buffett's Life with Alice Schroeder
June 2024I only went to Omaha once, in 2009. The economy was in shambles and I was about to graduate college. I was in love with a beautiful New Yorker, my future ex-wife, and equally seduced by the idea of becoming the next Warren Buffett.
Ben Collins and Nikole Hannah-Jones are Journalism "Stars." What Exactly Do They Do?
June 2024Starting the year here with a column, followed by the full, free, newsletter coming later this week. And at the bottom of this column, a message to paid subscribers about a new feature.
Bill Donahue | Substack
June 2024Bill DonahueI’ve been working as a journalist since 1987, and I've written for Outside, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine, among others.
Bob Dylan in Chicago 2023
June 2024Oh you poor devil / look up if you will / the city of God is there on the hill
Breaking down the Aliyah Boston-Caitlin Clark pairing
June 2024Thanks for reading the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter. If you like our work, be sure to check out our stats site, our podcast, and our social media accounts on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
But Daddy I Love Him
June 2024I’ll never forget watching The Little Mermaid for the first time as a parent, eagerly sliding the DVD into the machine and promising my little kids the “best movie ever.
Butterfinger BB's and The Decline of Western Civilization
June 2024Pellington21just now For me, it was PB Max. Peanut butter that had a honey undertone, sitting on top of a cookie, covered in milk chocolate.
Can authors survive financially on book sales?
June 2024I read a really interesting piece on how much authors make and why it’s a terrible time to be trying to survive on royalties alone and planned to share it in This Week’s Miscellany but my thoughts ran so long that I decided to make it the beginning of a series for my generous paid subscribers.
Can I get a good Bellevue bagel at... Big Apple Bagels
June 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
Cancelling A Peacemaker Of The Broken World
June 2024Last night I had dinner in Budapest with a Jewish academic visiting from the United States. I heard the familiar remark by Americans who come to Hungary — his version was, “I texted my wife to tell her that I couldn’t get over how normal it is here” (this, because he had assumed from all the negative media that it would be a semi-fascist hell…
Cardio Quick Hit - by Alexander Cortes
June 2024I was posting on Instagram recently (go follow me) about changes Ive made in my training over the years, and the biggest change has been the incorporation of dedicated cardiovascular training.
Carrot, brie and hot honey tart
June 2024Oh it's just a tradition that I cook an octopus which then gets used over a few days. So one day it will be the tentacles as a main meal with salads and potatoes (med to levant leaning) and then the body gets used in things like a cold noodle salad.
Castly Is Now Officially Launched!
June 2024Since our recent intro to the writing tool, Castly, I have had the privilege of being a beta user since its launch.
Chit-Chat Check-In #71 Transcript
June 2024Hello, this is your Captain speaking. This is sort of a Chit-Chat Check-In, this is sort of a song. I'm just going to play a little bit, and talk a little bit, at the same time.
Chris Stigall | Substack
June 2024The Harrumph Society By Chris Stigall The Harrumph Society was founded to advance the understanding of current events. Preserving and protecting our culture and Constitutional Republic requires informed, steely-eyed voters who aren’t easily distracted.
Christian Athletes and the Sermon on the Mount
June 2024Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
June 2024You’re Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck), the author of a popular housekeeping article in a national magazine, on what it’s like to live on a farm with old-fashioned everything, including a husband and a baby, chickens in the yard, and a great big cow named Macushla.
Cole Palmer: The stats...... - by Luke Rushbrook
June 2024Good Afternoon Ladies and Gents, Today I just wanted to take a look into Cole Palmer’s season so far and how insane his numbers have been.
Comments - Blood Orange Negroni
June 2024Hi, David! My freezer is always packed solid, too. In cold weather it's crammed with soup, which I may eat twice a day and expect to have on hand in variety.
Comments - Garth Brooks, "No Fences"
June 2024Admittedly I'm a country music junkie. Personally I love the puns. It has a certain folksy Dad quality that I love.
Comments - Happy Birthday Julia!
June 2024Loved this so much all the foraging for mushrooms, blackberries, & recipes too. I thought i was picking a beautiful ripe blackberry the other day on my walk & ate a poisonous mulberry i think.
Comments - June 8, 2024
June 2024Yesterday, we held our annual Frühlingsfest on the Brüsseler Platz in the center of Cologne, where for many years our group of volunteer gardeners has tended the green spaces surrounding the square and the Neo Romanesque St Michael’s church at its center.
Comments - Wait...What?? Adam Left Wealthion?!?
June 2024I had the same thought recently. Who on the alt financial internet has any weight, cachet, style, charm, credibility, humor, trust, like renowned impresario Louis Rukeyser on Wall Street Week?
Controversial New Church DocumentDignitas Infinita
June 2024The new Vatican document on Human Dignity—'Dignitas Infinita'—was released this past week and it has stirred up some controversy (as seems typical these days).
Dan Yemin of Paint It Black
June 2024I met Dan Yemin in 1992, in front of his parents’ house in New Jersey. I’d just signed up to play guitar with Ressurection for a summer tour across America with Dan’s band, Lifetime, and the ten of us were all called to his driveway one day to build a loft for the rental van.
Dandelion Dynasty Concludes in 2021
June 2024Happy September! Big update and a couple of really interesting links for you in this one. Those of you who have been following me for a while may remember when I turned in the manuscript for the conclusion of the Dandelion Dynasty a year ago.
Day 66: Found the endangered Forest Owlet at Melghat Tiger Reserve
June 2024December 05, 2023 Tuesday, 11:30 PM Shahnoor Tourist Sankul, Village Popatkhed, Tehsil Akot, District Akola, Maharashtra India The highlight of today was spotting a Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti (formerly, Heteroglaux blewitti), which is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species since August 6, 2018.
dealing with every wrong argument that claims otherwise
June 2024“He wasn’t great long enough.” “He didn’t have a strong playoff track record.” “He wasn’t enough of a winner.” “He’s ranked X in total (insert yards/touchdowns)”
Dean Preston started a tenant rights group the same year his in-laws evicted a tenant
June 2024District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston got his start up the political ladder working as an attorney for Tenderloin Housing Clinic, the largest property management nonprofit in San Francisco.
Dilbert, RIP - The Writing Shed with Tommy Tomlinson
June 2024A quick announcement for Charlotte-area Shedheads: Nic Brown, the guest on my latest SOUTHBOUND podcast, is doing a book signing for his memoir BANG BANG CRASH at Park Road Books this Wednesday at 7 p.
DIY Acoustic Camera using UMA-16
June 2024Acoustic cameras are used for locating sources of sounds. You can find online quite a few projects and products of acoustic cameras.
Dragon's Dogma 2's Microtransaction Misstep
June 2024Capcom's ambitious open world action-RPG is out today after receiving some really rave reviews. Built on the back of its beloved but often overlooked Xbox 360/PS3-era predecessor, Dragon's Dogma 2's director, Hideaki Itsuno, recently said the franchise has managed to break out of "
Dressing Up the Post-Wheel Route Combination in Different Ways
June 2024There aren’t many route concepts that defensive players and coordinators haven’t seen before. That means the key to great play-calling and game-planning lies less in the route combination itself, and more in the way that the offense gets to that route combination.
Drew Magary nearly died. And then he changed my life.
June 2024At the outset of starting this site, I had a rather ambitious idea to write a series of posts under the heading, “Books that changed my life.
Each Zodiac Sign's Aesthetic Based On Previous Islanders
June 2024Love Island All Stars starts next week, but before looking at the zodiac signs of the cast, here’s some previous islanders embodying the energy of their zodiac signs.
Egg-free Vegan Lemon Curd - by Tat Effby
June 2024As perfect for a cake filling as it is spread on toast. These quantities make enough to fill a 300ml Bonne Maman jam jar or for two layers of filling in a 7 inch cake.
Emerald Fennells Cock-eyed View of Desire
June 2024SPOILERS FOR SALTBURN AHEAD: I could very well start off this newsletter by writing an ode to Barry Keoghan’s penis in director Emerald Fennell’s second film, Saltburn.
Eni Aluko Becomes the First Black Female Football Club Owner in Italy...
June 2024Happy new week, Former women’s professional footballer, Eniola Aluko is now the first black female football club owner in Italy after a successful acquisition of FC Como by her ownership group: Mercury 13.
ERs Love's Labor Lost Was Medical Drama at Its Most Harrowing Best
June 2024‘An Hour of Peak TV’ is a column in which I celebrate and dissect some of the most iconic and beloved episodes of acclaimed shows that aired on television from 1990 onwards.
Espinoza scores dramatic upset vs. Ramirez to win WBO 126 title
June 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
Everything You Need to Know to Solve a Simple Cryptic Crossword
June 2024N.B. This is part of my ongoing series explaining the different types of cryptic clue. For the first in the series, go here.
Explaining the Mankading Law - by cricketingview
June 2024Mankading has been in the news. The arguments people often make when they dispute a decision or the meaning of a law are always interesting.
Fannie Lou Hamer Died March 14, 1977. Here's what her death teaches us.
June 2024#OTD: March 14, 1977, Fannie Lou Hamer died. Her life, and also her death, remind us that the path of justice is often one of trials and tragedy.
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, The Futurists and why you just grabbed that espresso, 1906
June 2024Vanessa Vaio is a fabulous “heritage interpreter” from Como in Northern Italy. And we met on stage at a wine tourism conference in Moldova.
Five of The Best Short-Form Podcasts: They Value Your Time
June 2024I love short-form podcasts. You can listen to a lot of them in a short period of time and learn a lot, or just be entertained.
For Jackie Nguyen, a Coffee Shop Was Plan C
June 2024Today I’m chatting with Jackie Nguyen, owner of Cafe Cà Phê in Kansas City. Jackie was a Broadway performer before COVID-19 shut down her tour and she found herself rooted in Kansas City while she waited things out.
Freddie Mercury's mustache comb, an angry cat, and The Art of Trolling
June 2024I always come here for sentences like "all the rich people have effed off to France or wherever" and I am NEVER EVER disappointed.
Fregola with Fresh Corn, Pancetta, and Basil
June 2024From the Archives! This video-exclusive recipe has been magically ported over to Food Processing, where you can now find all of my previously unpublished and original recipes.
From 14 regions in 2018 to just 5 regions in 2025; how did LoL esports get to this point?
June 2024Yesterday, Riot Games published a post on the League of Legends Esports website presenting their plans for 2025. One of things announced were massive region mergers that will result in just 5 regions in competitive LoL.
Fundie Baby Voice Isn't What We Called It
June 2024First, a note from within the trauma of what it’s like to watch the life you barely escaped play out on the national scene:
Gavin Newsom: Kevin Cooper is Guilty
June 2024California Gov. Gavin Newsom told the San Francisco Chronicle that he continues to believe that convicted killer Kevin Cooper is guilty of the 1983 murder of Doug and Peggy Ryen, their daugther Jessica, 10, and Christopher Hughes, 11, who was sleeping over with his friend Josh Ryen, then eight, who was left for dead.
Gazing back at Ko Samet from Khao Laem Ya and beyond
June 2024Last week I displayed how Ko Samet and other popular Thai islands have plenty of tranquil spots away from the crowds.
GEAR TALKIN' #15: The Wurlitzer 106P
June 2024So interesting, Mike! Similarly, here in Chicago, the old Hammond Organ factory has had a rebirth in the past few years as the home to artists spaces, printers, an amazing organ repair company, and Smashed Plastic, Chicago's own record pressing plant.
Ghost Bike: RIP, Steve Hulsman
June 2024Coordinates: 47.51460° N, 122.39124° W “Steve was one of the kindest persons I have ever met,” John Kugler The Cascade Bicycle Club said Steve Hulsman was a ride leader for more than a decade.
glimmers of gratitude - by Robert
June 2024“And this same mind of yours That has pulled you Back to The worst of things Is the same mind
Guidance Meditation - by Graham Wardle
June 2024Expand your relationship to the guidance you are always receiving with this meditation. My intention is to deepen your appreciation for this loving force that is always directing you for the highest good.
Happy Gut Sanctuary, Rochester-based kombucha producer, moving to High Falls
June 2024For a business so intent on creating and fostering community, the owners of Happy Gut Sanctuary hope they’ve finally found their home.
Hearty Cabbage Roll Soup - by Carolina Gelen
June 2024Today I’m sharing with you a hearty, comforting stuffed cabbage roll soup: it contains all the elements found in a stuffed cabbage roll, but doesn’t come with the lengthy prep and cook time.
Heaven Is a Playlist, Track 3: Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car"
June 2024This is the latest installment of Heaven is a Playlist — an occasional series about the songs that move me more than any other.
Henry Rollins Helped Me Become the Coolest Girl in School
June 2024By Kelly Dwyer In the fall of 1981 in San Pedro, California, I led a double life. By day, I was the senior class co-president, well liked and respected by my peers and teachers, if not Homecoming court-popular.
Here's a firsthand account of the 'hostage' incident after WWE Crown Jewel 2019
June 2024Enjoy? Want to support this work and get exclusive content, like source materials and notes from the Babyface v. Heel podcast that’s finally debuting in the coming weeks?
Hey, A Movie!: Muppet Treasure Island
June 2024A few years ago, I made what can be best classified as a rookie mistake online. There are so many ways to screw up online these days that it’s hard to keep track.
History or Fiction - ANATOLY FOMENKO
June 2024You sit around in a circle and whisper a word or short phrase to the person next to you. Then they do the same.
Hollywood Bread - by Ned Coleman
June 2024Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedOne of the things I used to love the most Making Hollywood Bread into cinnamon toast Growing up one of the things my mom would always buy Beloved by this growing guy A special bread you can no longer get But have found one pretty close to it Takes me back to my younger days The closest I ever got to addictive ways Could finish half a loaf in half an hour Loved it so much with no will power Never on a diet back in the day But devoured this dark diet bread anyway Growing up in the 50s and 60s this was How I would loaf around and get a buzz .
HOLY F*CKING BINGLE! - by Joel Humphries
June 2024The plan has always been for Queer Computer to be a semi-regular affair, but alas, it’s been 3 months since my last post.
HolyName by HolyName - by Samson Aken'Ova
June 2024Hi there, hello. Welcome to this review newsletter where I use you as a sounding board for my feelings on music releases.
Hot Ai Yu Jelly and other Taiwanese Winter Desserts
June 2024This is Yun Hai Taiwan Stories, a newsletter about Taiwanese food and culture from a Taiwanese-American in NYC. It’s written by Lisa Cheng Smith 鄭衍莉, founder of Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry.
How does family and culture impact our friendships?
June 2024We learn to be in relationships with other people from our caregivers, and within our own family systems. Culturally, our own families have their own norms and values when it comes to relationships (ie.
How Many Are On FAST?
June 2024Everyone loves an end of year list. That’s why we have so many of them (and perhaps why I’ve stayed away from doing one).
How Pale was Cleopatra's Skin?
June 2024You’ve probably heard by now that Netflix are releasing a historical documentary about Cleopatra, produced and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith, in which the famous Egyptian ruler is portrayed by Adele James, a black English actor.
How Protocol applies the Politico model to tech
June 2024Thanks to everyone who has sent notes and left reviews for the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Thanks to Jrdoog, who called the podcast “essential for anyone working in the media industry.
How QUIC Is Displacing TCP for Speed and Security
June 2024Over the past three decades, HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) has been the backbone of the internet. We are able to browse the web, download files, stream movies, etc due to HTTP.
How refrigeration changed our food, our planet, and ourselves
June 2024Back in 2007, I saw a model kitchen designed by Donald Chong at the Interior Design Show titled “Small fridges make good cities.
How the $8B FTX Scam Flowed From Barbara Frieds Anti-Humanist Ethics
June 2024A Note To Readers: This is part 1 of a new two-part chapter in my book about the ideas, conditions, and movements that fed the FTX catastrophe.
How three Steely Dan album covers were made
June 2024No one can accuse Steely Dan of caring too much about appearances. When Walter Becker and Donald Fagen moved to Los Angeles from New York in the early 1970s, they were made queasy by what Fagen once described as California’s “much more visual culture.
How to watch Civil War
June 2024Why did I watch this movie? Yes, okay, fine, I watched it because I had to, so I could be on the Pop Culture Happy Hourepisode discussing it.
How to wear riding boots like youve never been near a horse
June 2024This is a public post from How to wear, a franchise about how to get dressed that focuses on styling tips through outfit ideas.
Human Design: what is Incarnation Cross?
June 2024Human Design is a blend of modern science and ancient wisdom, bringing together astrology and quantum physics, chakras, the Kabbalah & and the Chinese I-Ching.
Hummus for Breakfast - by Jennifer Makan
June 2024I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Dips are an elite food. They can be an appetizer. They can be a snack.
I caught a stray in the Generation Wars
June 2024Thank you so much for reading The Wilder Things. If you’ve enjoyed this newsletter so far, please consider becoming a paid subscriber!
I feel bad about my nose
June 2024I remember the first time I ever realised there was something ‘wrong’ with my face. More specifically, with my nose. I was 11 and on holiday with my family in Cornwall.
I have finally figured out how to poach chicken
June 2024In my intermittent but ongoing efforts to become yolked, I have been eating a not-insignificant quantity of chicken breast. I promise this is not as depressing as it sounds—at some point I want to write something about gaining muscle without eating nasty foods—but it does require some effort and attention.
i heart the freezer, summer edition
June 2024Tuesday, May 30, 2022 Good morning! One of the most frequently requests I get is for recipes that pack up well when you want to either help lighten someone else’s load or to stash away for an upcoming moment in your life, like a new baby, when you’ll be too busy to cook.
I made $250 through a Facebook 'closet cleanout'
June 2024The following article appeared in the July 29, 2023, edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with smart and original local news for Charlotte.
i read your little internet novels
June 2024(Horace Walpole by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756) Hello friends— In the current zeitgeist, mostly meaning publishing and media Twitter, Internet Novel is a misnomer, a false-cognate, because the two novels put forward by that very zeitgeist as being emblematic of the form and genre aren’t really about the internet.
I relapsed. - by Kimberly Kearns
June 2024In the beginning of sobriety, many people get a surge of energy. A wave of creativity. The desire to do something inspiring.
I'm now 100% of Vlambeer - by Jan Willem Nijman
June 2024The headline says it all, big news: I now own 100% of Vlambeer, the studio I co-founded with Rami Ismail back in 2010.
If Heaven Exists, Why Can't We See It?
June 2024Our friend Jim Paul has been telling people about heaven for years. Listeners frequently approach him after a talk to ask, "
In Conversation: Mrquez and Murakami
June 2024It took me six months to read Gabriel García Márquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude. It took me four days to read Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood.
In Conversation: Sergio Vega of Quicksand
June 2024It was not an accident that I chose to open the Anti-Mattercompilation album in 1996 with Quicksand. As anyone who was there can attest, this was a band that ushered in hardcore’s second decade with a mind to push it forward and the credentials to convince the rest of us to come along.
In Memoriam - by Karen McPherson
June 2024Because I live in the town where I went to college, I sometimes come across information that recalls my college days.
In Review: 'Civil War,' 'Sasquatch Sunset'
June 2024Civil War Dir. Alex Garland 109 min. For all the unsettling images in Alex Garland’s Civil War, one of the most jolting takes place not on the battlefield or along the roads of a wartorn United States but in a middle-of-nowhere small-town boutique.
Introducing: Campus Trap - by Ryan Boyd
June 2024This summer, historian David Parsons and I will be recording a special series for his (excellent) podcast Nostalgia Trap. Called “Campus Trap,” it’s based on two rapidly aging coastal-professor dudes living and working through an age of crisis in both American higher education and global society.
Is it OK to shoot your shot at the gym?
June 2024This post is inspired by a recent video by Joey Swoll, the self-proclaimed “CEO of GYM POSITIVITY,” and I do recommend you smash that follow.
Is Marianne Dashwood an ENFP?
June 2024If you’re new to this Substack, one of the things I’m offering subscribers in 2023 is A Year with Jane. We’re reading through Austen’s six novels this year and Sense & Sensibility is our read for August and September.
It's time to stop singing Hillsong music
June 2024Sometime in the late 1990s, my church started singing “Shout to the Lord.” I remember it vividly because there was this one woman who would raise her hands when we got to the big key change.
Jack Harlow: From Brandy to bonnets
June 2024Jack Harlow choosing to wear a bonnet in public is stupid. I could try to find some clever way to open this post, but I’d rather just say that.
Jamba is New LLM that Brings the Best of SSMs, Transformers, and MoEs in a Single Architecture
June 2024Transformer architectures have been the dominant paradigm in LLMs leading to exceptional advancements in research and development. The question of whether transformers will be the final architecture to reach AGI versus the real possibility of new architecture paradigm has been a passionate topic of debate in the AI community.
James Whitner Has A Day - by Lois Sakany
June 2024The sneaker world was rocked today by news that 44-year-old CEO James Whitner of The Whitaker Group, an umbrella company that houses A Ma Maniére, Social Status, APB, and Prosper, was named in a multi-million-dollar money laundering complaint.
Jennifers Body: Low Shoulder For the Win
June 2024Screenwriter Diablo Cody experienced one of the fastest cases of backlash ever recorded. Her debut script, 2007’s Juno, won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and put her on the map in a major way.
JJ DID TIE BUCKLE - by Brett Lindell
June 2024The Marine Corps taught me that there are 14 leadership traits and the way you remember them is JJ DID TIE BUCKLE:
Jophery Brown flew a bus
June 2024My sports media course You see leaves move ominously at night, and instead of seeing a dinosaur, you see a metal container.
Josh Radnor's insane wedding details
June 2024Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: an actor gets married, a football star and a model get back together, and Hilary Duff gets into sourdough.
Khan World School, One Year Later
June 2024When the Khan World School launched last year as a partnership between the Khan Academy and Arizona State University Prep Digital, it promised a new way forward for virtual schooling.
Kids Today Can't Read - Even College Kids
June 2024I’m very skeptical of books. I don’t want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that… I think, if you wrote a book, you fucked up, and it should have been a six-paragraph blog post.
Kitchen Project #114: A Lesson In Cookies
June 2024Hello, Welcome to today’s edition of Kitchen Projects, my recipe development journal. Thank you so much for being here! Today, we’re taking a little trip stateside as I report back from the Midwest, including tales from the inimitable Minnesota State Fair, from cookies to cheesecake to pickles to 90lbs of butter carved into the likeness of beauty queens.
Ladybugs (1992) - by Kevin Burns
June 2024Well, dear reader, I knew it would come to this eventually so I figured we might as well start getting these out of the way.
Larry David on Voting Rights and Going Small
June 2024Hi, so should states be allowed to jail someone for handing out water to people waiting in line to vote? What if that person is Larry David?
Le Chateaubriand - by Meg Zimbeck
June 2024I recently heard from Gail Simmons, Top Chef judge and professional eater, asking me if Le Chateaubriand was still any good.
Lead Me to the Rock That Is Higher Than I
June 2024Life has a way of overwhelming us sometimes. Our loved ones get sick and sometimes die. Sometimes we endure struggles with our job.
Let's Get Organized! - The Love List by Emma Lovewell
June 2024If you know me, you know I love a list. Playlists, of course. But also? To do lists. There’s something so calming about taking tasks from my head and transferring them to paper.
Let's Research, Mama - Such Sweet Thunder
June 2024Hey Y’all! This one will be a quickie. First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who came through to see me at the National Book Festival!
Letter #172: Ryan Israel (2021)
June 2024Hi there! Welcome to A Letter a Day. If you want to know more about this newsletter, see "The Archive.” At a high level, you can expect to receive a memo/essay or speech/presentation transcript from an investor, founder, or entrepreneur (IFO) each edition.
LETTERS FROM LOVE With Special Guest Taryn Delanie Smith!
June 2024Hello everyone! It’s Sunday, my new favorite day because I get to check in with all of you and read a brand new batch of your letters!
Life on the farm: Goose Stories
June 2024Gonzo (the Goose) and Gizmo (the Emu) have quickly become the comedians of the farm. They like to go on many adventures, which include exploring, bathing in puddles, sampling the local greenery, and nibbling on humans (in the nicest way, of course).
Looking Ahead to 2023 Part 1: BLACK HAMMER: THE END!
June 2024Happy Holidays everyone. Wanted to tease a few things coming in 2023, but first some newsletter housekeeping… Subscriber Incentives and reimbursement.
Looking past the control issues of Carlos Mateo
June 2024Right-handed pitcher Carlos Mateo put together quite the stat line last year during the Dominican Summer League. In just 12 innings pitched, Mateo walked 30 batters and threw another 16 wild pitches.
Major League Baseball's Wardrobe Malfunction
June 2024Dear readers, It’s official: the members of Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team have chosen to unionize with SEIU Local 560 by a vote of 13-2.
Make Believe Mailer 65: Suki Suki Dai-SKISKI
June 2024The end of winter nears when the cherry blossom forecasts arrive. While it’s still technically that season, the end is getting closer, and spring excitement is starting to build (or at least the beer aisle at local supermarkets is taking on a pink hue).
Making Fetch Happen - by Erin Carlson
June 2024Twenty years on, Mean Girls remains as vital as ever. Not a day goes by where I don’t see the classic teen comedy referenced online, and whenever the internet serves up unsolicited images of Kris Jenner with her Kardashlings, I always hear Amy Poehler bragging “I’m not like a regular mom, I’m a cool mom.
Marabel Morgan and Why the Feminists Had to Get Moving
June 2024I first published this story on my now-defunct political blog, Ramona’sVoices long, long ago (In 2012). Then I published it again on Medium in 2018.
Marine Corps: Optics vs. Iron Sights
June 2024Chief Warrant Officer 2 Billy Shinault, Officer-in-charge of Chosin Rifle Range at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, along with Warrant Officer Bobby Yarbrough, MCRD Parris Island CommStrat, explain the advantages of training recruits to start shooting with the Rifle Combat Optic instead of using iron sights.
Meaning is contextual. - by Cody Kommers
June 2024"Life isn’t about the answers you give. It’s about the questions you ask."—my mother This is a claim my mother makes from time to time, about the supremacy of inquiry over conviction.
Meet CEO of Range Media Peter Micelli
June 2024Hi all, I am so excited to share one of my favorite projects, “Coffee with KP.” WHAT’S COFFEE WITH KP?
Memories of meals past. - by Andrea Strong
June 2024When I was six years old, my parents got divorced. They sat David and I down in the living room, a classic 70s set up: shag carpet, chocolate brown “suede” sectional sofa, back-lit wall unit with built-in bar, and told us that our dad would be moving out.
Messy Rebuke to 'Great Man' Theory of History
June 2024Welcome to The #Content Report, a newsletter by Vince Mancini. I’ve been writing about movies, culture, and food since the aughts.
Michael D. Zack, III Executed 10/3/2023
June 2024Tonight, the State of Florida executed Michael D. Zack, III. It was the sixth execution in the State this year. Florida now leads the country in executions this year, followed closely by Texas, which has another execution scheduled October 10.
Mind Leech - by Christopher Lloyd
June 2024You’re either the sort of person who’s into schlocky horror or you’re not. I ate this stuff up from an early age — probably too early — and my appetite has not waned.
Monday 6/19/23 Jeopardy! Fashion Recap
June 2024Welcome to my Jeopardy! fashion recap! If you miss any posts, you can find the archive on the homepage. Subscribe to the daily recap posts for free!
Morandi - by John Henry Campbell
June 2024In my nearly five years of living in NYC and dining at Italian restaurants, I’ve rarely been disappointed. Conversely, I’ve rarely been blown away by an Italian restaurant (like I was with Morandi) to the point that I could confidently recommend it to others without some caveats.
More new exclusive NBA chatter on free agency, trades and the coaching carousel
June 2024Around-the-league NBA notes on a Sunday? Even after more than 1,500 words' worth of around-the-league NBA on Saturday? The latest exclusive NBA trade talk + moreMarc Stein·
MR WRONG: Wordchuck Day! - by Joe MacLeod and Tom Scocca
June 2024COLUMN DEP’T.WHERE HAS THE time gone? The Editor of Indignity asked me about the Estimated Time I thought would be the Arrival of this week’s Mr.
My Award Winning Bat Mitzvah Montage
June 2024In the months and weeks and days leading up to Mazzy’s Bat Mitzvah, as many of you know, I was working tirelessly and almost exclusively on THE BAT MITZVAH MONTAGE.
My Experience in Hong Kong's Prisons During the Pandemic Lockdown
June 2024My Hong Kong activism and writing are supported by optional subscriptions from readers. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to support my work.
My First Villain - by Mara Wilson
June 2024Pat Carroll died a few weeks ago, and as soon as I found out, I was four years old again. The Little Mermaid was the first movie I saw in theaters.
My Internet: Rusty Foster - by Nick Catucci
June 2024Embedded is your essential guide to what’s good on the internet, by Kate Lindsay and Nick Catucci. Every Friday, we quiz a very cool “very online” person to get their essential guide to what’s good on the internet.
My Towers, Our Towers - The First Person with Michael Judge
June 2024Editor’s Note: This miraculous piece of writing first appeared in The Wa… ncG1vNJzZmilmZi1orHLo6ydn5VjwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89opLJlpKTEpr7SZqauql2pvLix0aw%3D
Navigating the Neitherlands - by Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson
June 2024There are more jobs in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (with apologies to) Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5
Nearly Lost You by SCREAMING TREES
June 2024There's a rider that's fallen and It's clear there's no time to return Ellensburg, WA is a small city east of the Cascade Mountains, a windy spot known for its rodeo grounds.
NETLFIX IS A JOKE 2024
June 2024Why is this year’s festival all about Tony Hinchcliffe? By the way, there’s no doubt that it is. Tony Hinchcliffe and Kill Tony are all over the city of Los Angeles this year in what feels like almost a form of a christening.
New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing
June 2024On January 22, 2024, CA-based Careismatic Brands LLC and 21 affiliates (collectively, the “debtors”) filed chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the District of New Jersey (Judge Papalia).
NFL playoff picks for a cursed Divisional Round
June 2024Last week, The Curse wrapped up its first (and only?) season with a divisive and completely bonkers finale. I will keep it vague, but I don’t think I’m spoiling anything by revealing that the show always left it up to the audience to decide whether they believed the curse was real or not.
No, Kristi Noem, Farm Life Does Not = Shooting Puppies
June 2024I come from farming families on both my maternal and paternal sides. My Father spent time on his maternal Grandparents’ South Dakota farm as a child and his paternal Grandmother grew up on a ranch in a town that would eventually bear her Mother’s name—Ekalaka, Montana.
Nobody writes songs about Wednesdays.
June 2024No one likes a Wednesday. They’re tolerated at best. Neither loved nor hated they are just, well, Wednesdays. People write songs about the things they care about.
now you know pt. 1
June 2024Welcome to NOW YOU KNOW, a 6-week series where, for our mid-week email, we’re going to discuss fundamental cooking knowledge that you might not know, totally understand, or even be aware of!
Nyad - by Laurie Stone
June 2024Last night friends came to our house for dinner. I cooked lamb shanks because one of our guests had cooked lamb shanks and posted a picture of them.
Obscurantism in Philosophy - by Todd Hargrove
June 2024I like to collect quotes from good writers, and many of these quotes are about writing itself. I just noticed that I have accumulated lots of quotes about a kind of bad writing that I try to avoid, which is called obscurantism.
Off the Record 140: Sandeep Lamichhane & Gaushala-26
June 2024It’s May 24, 2024, and you’re reading Off the Record. I’m Pranaya Rana and in this newsletter, we’ll stop, take a deep breath, and dive into one singular issue that defined the past week.
Officer Ivy Jacobsen's Hero Was Her School Resource Officer, Now She Walks In His Shoes
June 2024Officer Ivy Jacobsen was raised to mistrust and avoid the police. “It was instilled in me, and my brother and sister who are younger than me, to hate the police,” Jacobsen said.
On perfection(ism) - by Jen Knox
June 2024"It’s a relief that I'm not physically perfect. I don’t want to be sacrificed to the gods." —Irene Meder (my grandmother)
On the Other Side with J.T. Brown
June 2024Welcome to another edition of On The Other Side! For this week’s edition, we interviewed the very fabulous J.T. Brown!
On young jackfruit - by Pamelia Chia
June 2024I first tasted young jackfruit when I was working at Candlenut. While familiar with the highly perfumed ripe fruit, I hardly encountered it in its unripe form.
Ordinary Greatness (2022) A Review
June 2024Among the many and varied police procedurals that have fallen off the C drama assembly line of late, Ordinary Greatness has earned itself a unique position among them all in terms of its slice-of-life approach and grounded storytelling.
Other Peoples' Songs: Pancho and Lefty
June 2024Some folks I know were going though a tough time recently, health-wise, and they asked if I would do them a favor and record this song for them, to give them some cheer in the hospital.
Paige Patterson's valediction in historical context (with addendum)
June 2024Since December 2022, I have made two different research trips to the Southern Baptist Convention Historical Library and Archives in Nashville, TN, one trip to the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary archives in Ft.
Philip K. Dicks fiction is our nonfiction
June 2024By the end of his life Philip K. Dick became convinced that all his novels are not fiction but truth — that they weren’t invented by him but rather transmitted through him by a benign entity trying to save humanity from doom — basically by Ubik itself.
Player Ratings From Inter Miami's Messi-less Rivalry Match vs. Orlando City
June 2024photo credit: Inter Miami CFIn the sweltering heat of Central Florida, Inter Miami continued its MLS regular season campaign with a 0-0 draw against rival Orlando City.
Poor Things, but nice things also
June 2024Thank you to all the people who’ve recently taken out paid subscriptions. I’d actually forgotten to make a “please pay for this because I need to pay my rent” post in a while so it’s been a nice surprise.
Popcorn Gif - PREVAIL by Greg Olear
June 2024I go by them goon rules— If you can’t beat ‘em, then you pop ‘em, You can’t man ‘em, then you mop ‘em,
pork marbella - by Caroline Chambers
June 2024Click here for the WTC recipe index, and scroll to the bottom of this post for a printer-friendly version of today’s recipe.
Prince Stanislaus Klossowski de Rola
June 2024With a long name, Prince Stanislaus Klossowski de Rola comes a mystery. He is the son of the painter Balthus and nephew to Pierre Klossowski.
Rashid Khalidi on this Moment in the History of Palestine and Israel
June 2024While our Friday video calls are generally reserved for paid subscribers, I’ve received many requests to make last week’s discussion with Rashid Khalidi publicly available.
Read The Forgotten Colony online for free!
June 2024Hey everyone! It has been just over two weeks since The Forgotten Colony was released, and the launch has exceeded even my most optimistic expectations.
Real Madrid is a Black Club
June 2024• Spanish football is a dumpster fire of racism; whether the football association, agents, referees, club presidents, players, or fans. No club is immune.
RECAP: FACE OFF - SEI vs SOLANA
June 2024Sei is a Layer 1 blockchain built using the Cosmos SDK and Tendermint Core Sei is building a scalable and interoperable blockchain optimized for DeFi
Reeling Backward: 12 Monkeys (1995)
June 2024Get 30% off forever The great Terry Gilliam, one of my favorite directors, does not seem like the sort of filmmaker who plans out anything ambitiously enough to be accused of making an unofficial trilogy.
Reeling Backward: Mrs. Miniver (1942)
June 2024Say what you will about the failings of the Golden Age Hollywood studio system, but I’m perennially amazed at the speed with which they churned out films.
Remembering Art Rosenbaum, December 6, 1938 September 4, 2022
June 2024I met Art Rosenbaum on October 7, 2004. It was almost a year to the day after the release of Dust-to-Digital’s first production, the six-CD, 200-page-book, box set Goodbye, Babylon.
Retired numbers: Toronto Blue Jays
June 2024Only two big-league clubs have been more hesitant than the Toronto Blue Jays to retire the numbers of their greatest stars.
Review: Loki, "Ouroboros" | Season 2, Episode 1
June 2024Welcome to Episodic Medium’s weekly coverage of Loki season two, which debuted tonight on Disney+. As always, the first review is available to all, but subsequent reviews will only be available to paid subscribers.
Review: Masters of the Air, "Part Three"
June 2024“Surrender? Or escape?” You know, it feels like only last week that I said something to the effect that “not having detailed knowledge about each man’s history means it’s hard to know for sure if Cleven, Egan, and Biddick will survive the entire war,” in relation to the two-episode premiere of Masters of the Air.
Review: Only Murders in the Building, "The White Room"
June 2024In my reviews of the season thus far, I’ve spoken about the way Only Murders in the Building lives or dies on how the story serves its central characters, our tethers to this homicide-happy universe.
Review: The Gilded Age, "Warning Shots"
June 2024After last week’s happy wedding and successful Newport dinner, we all should have known there was nothing but trouble ahead. The predictable trouble is the strike which has been looming for several episodes.
Review: The Righteous Gemstones, "Interlude III"
June 2024The fifth episode of each nine-episode season of The Righteous Gemstones, right smack dab in the middle, is always a flashback.
RIP Joe Lieberman -- A Reminder that Falls are Dangerous to Seniors
June 2024Death is always with us. I have no particular thing to say about Joe Lieberman, other than the cause of his death:
Rivendell As a Repository For Ancient Lore
June 2024Boromir entered the room, bathed in the gentle glow of the moonlight, casting dancing shadows as he traversed its expanse. His exploration led him to a fresco that whispered ancient tales—depicting Isildur cradling the radiant, fractured Narsil, the blade that severed the ring from Sauron's grasp.
Rum and Raisin Hot Cross Buns
June 2024Hello friends, I had my first hot cross bun of the year back in February. That might be considered too early for some but as soon as they start popping up in the shops, I’m all over it.
Rum-Raisin Ice Cream - David Lebovitz Newsletter
June 2024For many years, vanilla has been the most popular ice cream flavor in America, and maybe because I don’t live there anymore, no one asked me.
Ruminating with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
June 2024I was in high school nearly 50 years ago when I read All the President’s Men and saw the terrific movie. While it would be an exaggeration to say that the thrilling tale of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein cracking the Watergate story changed my life, impact…
Sarcastic Fringehead: Seal It With A Kiss
June 2024The Sarcastic Fringehead is a rather strange fish with a rather strange name. Found along the Pacific coast from San Francisco, California, to the Mexican Baja-California region, the Sarcastic Fringehead is a small and aggressive saltwater fish.
SDE vs EBITDA vs Cash Flow (Updated)
June 2024January 15, 2024 | Issue #96 This is my longest post yet — I thought it was time to refresh & repost this article.
Sean Strickland and the use of foundational footwork
June 2024On the surface, Sean Strickland does not look like a champion. He does not fight like a champion. By no measure, he is not a champion…except where it counts.
Seven Years Sober - The Reset by Sam Delaney
June 2024Last Saturday marked the seven year anniversary of me getting sober. It’s an occasion I like to mark, but not one I celebrate.
Shogun Has a Dumbledore Problem
June 2024You don't want your hero to be so ahead of everyone else that it ruins the tension, though. In comics, both Black Panther and Batman run into this problem from time to time.
Should Babies Sleep Outside in the Cold?
June 2024Source: Marcin Jozwiak/PexelsIMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure you read the safety precautions at the end of this newsletter before trying this practice yourself.
Should we feed squirrels?
June 2024If you’re a first-time visitor, welcome! To receive The Weekly Dirt in your inbox every week… Hi, guys, I’ve really gotten into birds these past few years.
Skating uphill with Moritz Seider
June 2024With the Red Wings finally getting to the “we need to win some damn games” part of their rebuild, there’s been a lot of discussion about how good this team is, notably their top defenseman Moritz Seider.
So Moses said to God, "Let me get this straight"
June 2024Many years ago, a version of the following story appeared in the Reader’s Digest. Mother had read it and told it at my table one holiday.
some thoughts on here after, amy lin
June 2024This sounds like a powerful and moving memoir. The way you describe the author's grief and the structure of the book is very insightful.
Southern Glazers Happily Pays Millions to Maintain Status as Alcohol's Largest Mediocrity
June 2024Last week, Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits (S-G), the largest wine and spirits wholesaler in America and the 10th largest private company in the United States, settled a California class action suit brought against them by their restaurant and retail customers in my former home state.
Speech and Speechlessness - by Talia Lavin
June 2024In her new book, Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World, the author Naomi Klein offers a meditation on speechlessness.
Stick Fights - by Animation Obsessive Staff
June 2024Happy Thursday! This issue of Animation Obsessive is about the early years of online animation, and the pioneering Xiao Xiao (2000–2002).
Stone Soup - dinner document by Rebecca May Johnson
June 2024Hello! My name is Rebecca May Johnson, I am a writer and cook and this is my Substack. This week’s newsletter is about Stone Soup based on a Stanley Tucci Tiktok… with a recipe, and then eating notes.
Striking in its beauty, the Dead Sea is actually drying up and disappearing
June 2024Israel from the Inside was always meant not to focus on war or politics, but instead, fo focus on the issues, challenges, people, culture, music and more that make up the mosaic of Israeli life—a mosaic that often doesn’t make it into the English press.
Sublime Played Their Most Powerful Song at Their Last Show
June 2024“Lovin’ is what I got. Said remember that.” —Bradley Nowell For a perpetually stoned band that took very little seriously, the California band Sublime played some seriously powerful music.
Sunrise Mall : Corpus Christi, TX
June 2024“The beautiful and nostalgia-ridden Sunrise Mall stands baking in the Corpus sun, boasting (nearly) original signage and motifs straight out of a late ‘80s coming of age movie.
Sweet Dreams is an earnest softball and addiction drama, starring Johnny Knoxville
June 2024Welcome back to Baseball Week, where I’m spending the week writing about baseball movies, and thank you for the positive response to all of the posts so far.
Talking to more fashionable people about fashion: Evan Ross Katz edition
June 2024If you’re not already following Evan Ross Katz on Instagram, what are you even doing with your life? His memes and stories make opening that app worth it every time.
Teen Drama News for May 21, 2024
June 2024Unlike the last two years, I was actually in town during last weekend’s “One Tree Hill” convention. But I still didn’t attend.
Thank you mom, and also...
June 2024Note: I don’t usually use a lot of profanity in my writing, but I don’t think there’s any way to talk about this week’s episode without it.
The AB Ayad (H3 Podcast) Interview
June 2024As you will know by now, the H3 Podcast is one of the world’s biggest podcasts. I was very happy when the popular cast member, and producer of the show AB Ayad (who also goes by Starkilla) agreed to answer some of my questions.
The basics of decoupling capacitors
June 2024Two decades ago, to build a portable music player, you had to clobber together several hundred electronic components. Today, you can accomplish the same with a single chip and a dozen passives.
The Battle for Hostomel - by Mick Ryan
June 2024French Colonel Ardant du Picq was killed in action near Metz during a Prussian artillery barrage. A single shell deprived French military, and the wider military profession, of a profound thinker on military affairs.
The Beauty of Skyboxes - Feeling Small in the Vastness of Video Games
June 2024Around 2001 or 2002 when I received my original Xbox, Halo was one of the first games I had for my collection.
The Best Bagel in L.A.!*
June 2024A recent New York Times article had everyone I know buzzing about bagels. “The Best Bagels Are in California (Sorry, New York),” read the headline.
The Best Roses For Cut Flowers
June 2024(From a 2022 interview with Master Rosarian Debbie Arrington. Originally aired on May 20, 2022, Garden Basics podcast) Farmer Fred
The BEST SQL Interview Cheat Sheet
June 2024Hi BDEs⚡️ Here’s my go-to study guide for SQL interviews! If you know everything in this guide and practice the soft skills of interviewing, you’re more than likely going to be prepared for your live coding SQL interviews.
The Death of Imagination - by Rollo Tomassi
June 2024One thing I’m noticing about all the Twitter brigading on my pictures is just how easy it is to provoke a basic emotional response in a majority of hate-followers.
The dense and unexplored world of MOTOMAMI.
June 2024There have been various analysis about the sound of MOTOMAMI, there has been discourse around Rosalía becoming a “sellout” for doing reggaetón or her appropriating latin culture because she’s borrowed instrumentation, slang and composition elements from it but have we sat down to talk about the narrative and common elements lyrically that makes the concept of this album more complex than just “a bunch of songs from different genres put together”?
The difference between print and broadcast news writing
June 2024Someone asked me this week if journalism is “good writing.” We’ve all read stories that make sense, that flow, and that answer most of our questions.
the Emperor who loved peace.
June 2024Dear Classical Wisdom Kids, We seem to be a bit on a Hadrian kick of late… Indeed, we left Hadrian’s Villa for Hadrian’s Gate (more to come on that!
The Fall of Dr. Thanh
June 2024Good morning! Hello to all new readers, and welcome to the latest subscriber-only edition of the Vietnam Weekly. Today’s topics include a major private-sector fraud case and the ongoing difficulties facing the property sector.
The Family Homes of Harry Weese
June 2024One thing that has always stood out to me about the modernist architecture of Harry Weese is that he did not follow the trends of the day.
The Gang Goes Bowling - by Brianna Zigler
June 2024My coverage of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia continues with episode 7. “The Gang Goes Bowling” is a fitting penultimate episode to a woefully short season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: a return of some of the series’ beloved GOAT players and a virtuoso web of plot threads and character relationships.
The Grammarian and the Desire Path
June 2024Whenever I get a chance to speak to curatorial students, I like to share a historical anecdote involving the teaching of Latin grammar in the early Middle Ages.
The Grey NATO - 186 Marshall Sutcliffe Of 'Wristwatch Revival'
June 2024This week we have an extra special episode covering the final hours of our Ukraine support auction, a hard-to-predict new watch purchase, and a lengthy and very enjoyable chat with the man behind the wonderful Wristwatch Revival – Marshall Sutcliffe.
The guilty pleasure of the Matt Helm series
June 2024I first came across Dean Martin courtesy of my parents’ records. Later I saw him on The Dean Martin Show, then discovered his films and Rat Pack years.
The Highly Debated Origins of Tiramis (and How to Make It)
June 2024Served all over the world, tiramisù might be the most ubiquitous Italian dessert. A simple yet delicious combination of ladyfingers soaked in espresso, layered with mascarpone folded into eggs beaten with sugar, and topped with a dusting of cacao, it shows up on menus all over Italy and beyond.
The Imminent Enshittification of the Internet
June 2024My spelling checker doesn’t know the word enshittification, but I didn’t make it up (as far as I know Cory Doctorow did, thank you, Cory), and I am pretty sure you know what I mean by it, whether or not it happens to be in your training corpus.
The Indiana Pacers Are (Literally) Built Different
June 2024While LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament this weekend, perhaps the biggest story coming out of the knockout round belonged to the runner-up Indiana Pacers.
The Life Coach We Need
June 2024It is the worst of times, and these days it's even worse than that. For those of us who live in the depressive mode, my default setting is melancholy, at best.
The Macs | Substack
June 2024The Mac’s Newsletter By The Mac’s Our Goal and Mission is to share with Subscribers our thoughts and perspective on serious issues that we may not can share on our other platforms.
The math of being Rodney Dangerfield on Johnny Carson
June 2024Rodney Dangerfield: This Joker Is Wild: “Dangerfield says each Carson gig requires him to come up with 35 to 40 new jokes, and that means trying out 2,000--to find the ones that are funny.
The Meaning of Mary Magdalene
June 2024In early 2019, an advance copy of a book landed on my desk. It was called Mary Magdalene Revealed. I remember its burnt red color and shiny gold title, along with my immediate ambivalence.
The Mythology of Rick Owens
June 2024Read in the app App highly recommended if you are reading on mobile. Reposted from archive.pdf: Link There’s not much to say about Rick Owens that hasn’t been said before.
The New Three Investigators Series
June 2024Introduction: I’m the daughter of Robert Arthur, the creator of the Three Investigators children's mystery book series, and as I write this, my husband, Steven Bauer, and I are just finishing a four-and-a-half year project of co-writing twenty-six new Three Investigators books—one for every letter of the Roman alphabet.
The Nomad Partnership Letters (Nick Sleep, Zak Zakaria)
June 2024Share “The trick, it seems to us, if one is to be a successful long-term investor, is to recognize the sources of enduring business success, get in early and own enough to make a difference.
The Othering of Vanessa Abrams - by Chrisinda Lynch
June 2024A few weeks ago, I ended my comparison of Gossip Girl book and show fashion with a breakdown of Book Vanessa Abrams, a black turtleneck–clad, white-coded character—literally miles from TV Vanessa, the role that Jessica Szohr assumed in season one, episode six.
The Philosophy of Twins: A Dialogue with Helena de Bres
June 2024In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Helena de Bres about the philosophy of twins. They talk about why people are fascinated by twins, binarizing twins, definitions of selfhood, twins and individuality, and the extended mind.
The Pirates of the Caribbean Scent Edition
June 2024Colin here. One of my first memories was being terrified on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. My guess is my parents brought me on it a little too early because those subtle waterfalls and the animatronic pirates hit differently.
The Problem With Calling Movies Woke.
June 2024Quick update for you free subscribers: I’m dropping the price of this blog to the minimum allowed by Substack—$5 a month, $30 a year.
The Saturday Read Conversation: Helen Lewis
June 2024Good afternoon. Welcome to our new email: the Saturday Read Conversation, a periodic Q&A with a leading writer or thinker. First up is Helen Lewis, the deputy editor of the New Statesman from 2010 to 2018 and now a staff writer at The Atlantic.
The self-care bird app I can't stop talking about
June 2024Last month I opened the Play Store to download an app for a company I was planning to apply to. That’s when I saw the ‘You might also like’ section and this app with a bird illustration somehow seemed familiar.
The Sexual Subtext of Spider-Man
June 2024Speaking about the new movie Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Holland, who plays the superhero, said, "No one wants to see Peter Parker having sex!
The shoe of the season is a mesh flat
June 2024I will be at Club Vintage by The Seaport this Thursday from 5-7 p.m. with a bunch of clothes I am selling.
The Society For The Rule Of Law v. The Federalist Society
June 2024Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.
The Songs - Found Out About You
June 2024This is the second entry in my ongoing “songs that visited me, and decided they wanted to stay” series. Found Out About You - Gin Blossoms (1992)
The Sparks of AGI? Or the End of Science?
June 2024“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." – Proverbs 16:18 Microsoft put out a press release yesterday, masquerading as science, that claimed that GPT-4 was “an early (yet still incomplete) version of an artificial general intelligence (AGI) system”.
The Spring Bird Vortex - by Margaret Atwood
June 2024Yes, I know. I owe you more French Revolution – the Thermidorian Reaction in particular. It’s coming, it’s coming! I got distracted by an amazing new book about noteworthy trends during the forty years before the Revolution finally kicked off — nothing comes out of nowhere – and I’ll report on that, too.
THE THREE with Debut Writer, Emi Nietfeld
June 2024Purchasehere Emi Nietfeld is a writer and software engineer. After graduating from Harvard College in 2015, she worked at Google and Facebook.
The True Rom-Com in 'Mean Girls'
June 2024No, it’s not the exact anniversary of Mean Girls. Alas, the film did celebrate a big birthday earlier this year: sweet 16.
The Wee Wee Pole Demo Tape
June 2024After almost a decade of procrastination, it’s time to hear the three songs on the thirty-nine-year-old Wee Wee Pole demo tape.
The Work of the World's Greatest Powerlifter
June 2024Oliver Bateman Does the Work is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber.
This City Was A European Capital, But Is Nowhere Near Europe
June 2024Years ago there was a Final Jeopardy clue that caused such a wrinkle in my brain that I still can’t forget it.
Thomas Chamberlain - by Heather Cox Richardson
June 2024Because of its coincidence with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, I have never focused in the Letters on the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place from July 1 through July 3, 1863, and marked a key turning point of the U.
Thoughts on Autograph Authentication, with Kurt Vonnegut forgeries as an example
June 2024The first two useful ideas I ever got about authenticating signatures came from the great autograph dealer, Ken Rendell [I reviewed his memoir, Safe Guarding History here].
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - by Sam Kahn
June 2024Dear Friends, I’m sharing an in-no-way topical or relevant discussion of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The idea with posts on books or movies on this Substack is less to offer some kind of a review than to engage with a work as something like a friend.
To Spy or Not to Spy a Mobile QB
June 2024As we enter the 2023 season, one trend that shows no sign of slowing down is the prevalence of mobile quarterbacks.
Tone Glow 133: Nourished By Time
June 2024Nourished By Time is the latest project of Baltimore native and Berklee graduate Marcus Brown. What began as a trickle of song uploads following Brown’s return to the East Coast turned into a steady stream as his music garnered an unexpected following in the United Kingdom.
Top third basemen of the 21st century
June 2024Alex Rodriguez posted the best statistics of any third baseman in the 21st century. No doubt about that. But a question remains about the role played by steroids in generating those gaudy numbers.
Trader Joe's ran out of tofu skin fast. What is tofu skin? And, how to get some?
June 2024Hello everyone! If you celebrated Mother’s Day last weekend, I hope it was full of love and hugs for the people who have one of the hardest careers ever.
trb in may 2023: cottage cheese vodka sauce
June 2024Can it really be almost summer? Here is a snapshot of our May. I still have never downloaded TikTok, but the viral TikTok food trends that have made their way to my old-fashioned social media, and which I have ventured to try, have not been bad at all.
Twee Whistler: Internet Core - Do Not Research
June 2024Twee Whistler While writing this report I’ve exchanged literally-a-couple texts with artist Katja Novitskova, with whom I share the same annoyance towards micro-labelling ( •̀-•́)╦̵̵̿╤─ - - -
UFC Vegas 88 main card: All filler, no thriller
June 2024The UFC is back with another Apex card and it isn’t very good. Once again, a dearth of ranked fighters, fights (where both opponents in a fight carry a Top 15 ranking) and name value permeate this event.
Under the microscope: Three Dirty Dwarves
June 2024In this edition: A cheat code for Three Dirty Dwarves that stayed secret for 28 years A cool development feature for recording auto-demos
Understanding Database ACID Properties: Examples & Insights
June 2024In today’s ever changing tech landscape, new frameworks, libraries and languages emerge every year and replace the existing one. Yet, despite this rapid evolution, companies still continue to use three decade old relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Unfinished Business - by Cheryl Tevis
June 2024A few months ago I cited a 2018 Pew Research Center survey that found about three-quarters of the general public was unaware of the economic struggles of local news organizations.
ValueAct Capital - by Richard Toad
June 2024Mason Morfit is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of ValueAct. He has held positions on the boards of an impressive 44 public companies.
Wabbit Season - by Hank Shaw
June 2024Hunting rabbits was what first got me into hunting. I join Jonathan O'Dell of the Arizona Dept. of Game & Fish on a deep dive into the biology, lore, trivia, habits, hunting and yes, cooking any and all rabbit and hare species, of where there are many in North America.
Was just told that my dear friend, Dr. Ramin Oskoui has died! He is a great cardiologist FOXHALL Car
June 2024I’m very sorry for your loss, and from your description, the loss of such a Patriot & HealthCARE professional. At a time when the world needs every forthright, outspoken health warrior available, he will be sorely missed.
We Were Too Quick to Praise "The Fall of Minneapolis"
June 2024John and I helped bring a lot of attention to the The Fall of Minneapolis, a documentary by Liz Collin and JC Chaix which argues that Derek Chauvin is not responsible for the death of George Floyd and that Chauvin’s trial was tainted by perjury and manipulation of evidence.
Wednesday 1/31/24 Jeopardy! Fashion Recap
June 2024Today is the last day of semifinals, Day 12 of 14 in the Season 39 Champions Wildcard (Group 1)
Welcome to Eat Cho Food
June 2024This is me quietly launching a newsletter. If you've been following me over on my blog (eatchofood.com) for the last many years, then this newsletter will feel somewhat familiar to you.
Welcome to Lexicon Valley! - by John McWhorter
June 2024Folks, from now on, my Substack will be where I share with you my linguistics podcast Lexicon Valley. As many of you know, Mike Vuolo and I did that podcast for Slate for many years, after Mike and my now Booksmart colleague Bob Garfield had helmed the show for years before that.
Were you paying attention Neo?
June 2024What’s your favorite quote from the movie, The Matrix? Do you remember the scene where Morpheus first takes Neo back into the matrix?
What (Or Rather, Who) Got Left Out of MAESTRO
June 2024I saw Maestro over the weekend. I went in with below-the-floor expectations — not because of “Nosegate”, that was overblown anyway — but because I accept that biopics play fast and loose with the truth, sometimes with jarring consequences.
What a Woman Pastor Showed Me
June 2024So, we took the advice of my pastor friend. We visited the Methodist church in town. I never thought I would go to a Methodist church.
What Caused Mike Dickson's Death?
June 2024On January 17, 2024, the British sports reporter, Mike Dickson, suddenly collapsed and died at the Australian Open. By numerous accounts, he was a talented reporter, vivid writer, and delightful man.
What Does an Agent Do? - by Kate McKean
June 2024Hi friends, A very wise friend of mine Glynnis MacNicol (and you should read her book) said on our group chat the other day: “Writers don’t really understand the role of the agent.
What Does Miriam Do For A Living?
June 2024I eagerly anticipate the domestic disaster of a new Love Is Blind season. I need to see the way you can tell from a reveal that someone is totally not into the person they got engaged to sight-unseen.
What does Rebecca Traister think about marriage?
June 2024This episode is for premium subscribers only. Become a member if you want early access to all episodes, and to get access to the bonus-only episodes like this.
What if I told you the Old Web is Still Alive...
June 2024You know, one of the beautiful parts of the early web was openness of it all. When you’d browse the internet you could find corporate websites for some of the big companies out there; but most of what you’d find were informative sites from colleges and universities, or personal web pages set up buy regular people.
What Is the Bleakest Winter Movie?
June 2024Before we get into our weekend comment diversion, let’s take a quick look back at the week. In our TV section, we kicked off with the fantastic return of David Tennant in Doctor Who and got really creepy with the end of HBO’s Love Has Wondocuseries.
What It's Like Visiting Denver's First Magic Mushroom Dispensary
June 2024Ever since I moved to Colorado back in February, I always wondered why I never saw any magic mushroom dispensaries pop up.
What Mazes and Monsters Got Right
June 2024In 1982, the film "Mazes and Monsters" emerged as a cultural touchstone that both intrigued and alarmed the public, particularly those with school-aged children.
What might the future hold for the Tour Divide?
June 2024As a newer sport that lacks any central organization, competitive bikepacking has been impressively resistant to change. What started as an underground, self-supported, mostly solo endeavor a few decades ago is still largely the same.
What Must I Do To Be Saved?
June 2024When it comes to being saved, there are only two groups – those who are saved and those lost in sin.
What No Added Sugar Really Means
June 2024I get press releases for new products all the time, but this one really excited me: it was for canned baked beans with no added sugar.
What the 4% Rule Actually Says
June 2024The fabled 4% rule, is one of the first “rules” new converts to the Financial Independence Retire Early movement run into.
What to Watch & Read After You Binge Shogun
June 2024Welcome to The #Content Report, a newsletter by Vince Mancini. I’ve been writing about movies, culture, and food since the aughts.
What's your Roman Empire? - Chronically Online
June 2024Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.To the 5% of my straight male followers, if your girlfriend has recently asked you how often you think of the Roman Empire and you have no idea why, I regret to inform you that you’ve been memed.
Whatever Happened to This Conference??
June 2024Conference realignment is seemingly never going away in college football and it has become a topic of constant conversation. We currently have conferences seemingly on the brink of either ceasing operations completely or becoming realigned in a way that doesn’t make geographical sense (or some already have).
When "One Tree Hill" Referenced "Dawson's Creek"
June 2024Just like there probably wouldn’t be a “Dawson’s Creek” without “Beverly Hills, 90210,” there likely wouldn’t be a “One Tree Hill” without “Dawson’s Creek.
When Jimi Hendrix Upstaged Eric Clapton
June 2024In American jazz and blues circles, there’s an old variation of cat-and-mouse called “head-cutting,” where a musician outperforms an unsuspecting competitor in front of an audience.
When to Satisfice (And When Not To)
June 2024This is a followup to my earlier post on How to Make Fewer Decisions. You may want to read that one first, although it’s not strictly necessary.
When you doubt yourself, God doesn't doubt you.
June 2024I’m 36-years-old. And I’ve been thrown back into my middle school era. As a tween, I faithfully wore braces. When I finally had smooth and straight teeth, I vowed always to wear my retainer at bedtime.
Where Are the Wasians? Rethinking American History And Identity
June 2024We have entered the yearly period when the American national consciousness is especially focused on the continued push towards liberation. Celebrations of Juneteenth have wrapped up, and many Americans are now looking forward to the Fourth of July.
Where Does Ube Really Come From?
June 2024Welcome to the first issue of meryenda Monday. For the sake of this newsletter, ube and ubi are used interchangeably.
Who the Hell is Allegra Coleman?
June 2024This reissue of the Gossip Reading Club delves into a publishing experiment that tried to sell an actress who didn’t exist, all in the name of mocking the star machine that the magazine doing it was a part of.
why a 'Proper Ban on Hunting'?
June 2024That's why we are asking anyone reading this article to spend a few minutes to add their voice. But you - quite rightly - will want to know: why should I sign your petition in particular?
Why Are Mental Health Professionals Called Shrinks?
June 2024The marriage that Frank and Sue share has been on rocky roads for a while. Frank’s facing some financial trouble which has made cash hard to come by.
Why Did Jesus Write on the Ground?
June 2024One time, during a heated discussion, Jesus started drawing with His finger in the dirt. While speculation abounds, we have no idea what He wrote in the dirt.
Why Did Moses Shatter the Tablets of the Ten Commandments?
June 2024The Jewish holiday of Sukkot (Tabernacles) just ended. The biblical reading for the holiday contains the famous scene where Moses shatters the tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
Why I'll Never Go To Night Country Again
June 2024I’ve not long finished the final episode of True Detective’s fourth season “Night Country” and while I’m an infrequent TV reviewer I was compelled to get to the keyboard in order to try and exorcise some of my disgust.
Why Ice Hockey Players Should Toe Drag More
June 2024Let’s get the controversial thing out of the way early… players should toe-drag more often. If you’re a coach or parent around youth hockey, you are probably thinking right now that this coach Revak fellow has lost the plot.
Why is object-oriented programming so important?
June 2024Note: This is the first post in a series about OOP in Python. The next post discusses the role of self, and why it’s important in object-oriented code.
Why is Turning Red Making Some Parents Mad?
June 2024I watched Turning Red with my mom and the girls on Friday night, having no idea what it was about or that there was any controversy surrounding it.
winter greens & beans pasta
June 2024If your diet these last few weeks has looked anything like mine, you might be craving something light. Something nourishing. Something green.
With whom does Emily Oster want an amnesty? Moms, so they will return to the democratic fold
June 2024Great essay. As a Brit, one of things which fascinated me was the wilful blindness of politicians across the West and beyond.
Woody's Seafood Saloon now open at Ballantyne Corners
June 2024December 30th, 2021 | Wilson Virgin Islands flagship drops anchor in Ballantyne! Woody’s Seafood Saloon at Ballantyne Corners Shopping Center opened earlier this month.
WTF: Brandon Burton Photography - by Corey Ann
June 2024Sometimes I just can’t wait until Tuesday when fuckery happens and we need to talk about it. This doesn’t have to do with stolen work but this is a WTF if I’ve ever seen one.
Yoel Roth on hard tradeoffs, speaking publicly and the future of trust and safety
June 2024Turns out I’m in the minority for last week’s fun tradeoff - 72% of you said you would choose the beach over going to the lake.
Your Order Was A Scam
June 2024First, thanks for voting in the Bruce Springsteen poll. With almost 3,000 votes, The Boss was awarded ‘Phony Baloney’ by a 2-1 margin.
How to Speak Your Partner's Love Language
May 2024I’m leading this week with some big news - in 2024 I’ll be launching my brand new video course for couples, “MY BEST RELATIONSHIP TOOLS”.
'Challengers' Nabs $15M, 'Fall Guy' Earns $8.7M Overseas
May 2024In this weekend’s box office rundown, Zendaya shows off real star power as the R-rated Challengers tops the domestic box office, while the Ryan Gosling/Emily Blunt action comedy The Fall Guy opens “early” in a slew of overseas territories.
'Curse of the Blair Witch' should be mandatory viewing alongside 'The Blair Witch Project'
May 2024There’s not much to say about The Blair Witch Project that hasn’t already been said. The 1999 film is neither the first found footage film or the first to employ what we now call viral marketing to promote it, it has become the standard-bearer upon which both of those trends now draw influence and credit from.
'Pitbull' dominates, stops Rolly to seize WBA 140 world title
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
'Working Girl Is Harrison Ford At Peak Movie Stardom
May 2024As many readers know, I love talking about Harrison Ford’s career. I just find him and his two-decade run fascinating, especially his place as probably the biggest name of the blockbuster era (when an actor’s name alone could make a worldwide hit) and his underrated abilities as a character actor who could often play against his persona.
($) 10-K's and Geopolitics: AMD, Intel, Meta Edition
May 2024When I published our 2023 annual letter a couple of weeks ago, I reserved a section to talk about the relationship between technology investing and geopolitics.
"Ask me anything about beauty culture! I write The Unpublishable what the beauty industry won
May 2024Ask me anything about beauty culture! I write The Unpublishable — what the beauty industry won’t tell you, from a reporter on a mission to reform it.
"I think it is a fair question and I dont fault anybody for asking. There would be no Doomberg wi
May 2024I think it is a fair question and I don’t fault anybody for asking. There would be no Doomberg without the Substack team.
"I wouldnt change being mixed-race for anything"
May 2024Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! This week I’m speaking to author Claire Kohda, who is of mixed-Japanese and white British heritage.
"I'm apparently at the center of a controversy about Substack. I haven't been paying much attention
May 2024I'm apparently at the center of a controversy about Substack. I haven't been paying much attention and tend to stay out of these things on principle.
"Well I guess I'm just an abusive asshole then!" (paid subscriber bonus)
May 2024The personal is political. It’s more than just a slogan. It’s a fundamental truth of male-female relationships. When you argue with your husband or male partner, you’re not just interacting with him.
"When my siblings and I were young, my dad told us that to survive in America, we needed to speak at
May 2024wordfinderx.com The Most Spoken Languages in American Neighborhoods (Besides English and Spanish) Within each U.S. state, major city and district of New York City, we used U.
#27: The Circleville Letters - by Nikita Andester
May 2024Howdy, angels of the new year! How is 2024 for your lil soul? These past ten days have been clicking for me.
#35 Where is the Counterculture today?
May 2024Hi, I’m Florencia Lujani and this is a new edition of Cultural Patterns, a newsletter on brands, culture and strategy. My posting schedule is completely random, so if this is the first email you receive from me, welcome!
#69 James Spann (ABC 33/40)
May 2024Hello! And welcome to another episode of Inside The Newsroom. It’s April, which means we’re officially inside the 2020 U.S. tornado season, so today we have WEATHER ROYALTY on the podcast.
2 poems from "The Kindergarten Teacher"
May 2024The Kindergarten Teacher is a Holly wood remake of a critically acclaimed Israeli film about a kindergarten teacher who discovers that a 5 year old in her class is a prodigy who composes mature and sublime poetry.
2014's inaugural College Football Playoff
May 2024The first year of the College Football playoffs was contentious, wild, featured some fascinating games, and in many respects was similar to the 2023 playoffs we’ve been watching unfold this season.
3 new AI editors to strengthen your writing Wonder Tools
May 2024New AI editing tools can strengthen your writing. They spotlight misused or missing words, flabby phrases, and meandering sentences, then offer suggested edits.
5 Questions for mystical experience researcher Kurt Stocker
May 2024If you’ve ever listened to someone describe their experiences on psychedelics, there’s a good chance you heard about feelings of connectedness with the universe, or transcending time and space.
6. The Wellness Trap with Christy Harrison and Katie Dalebout
May 2024Katie Dalebout guest-hosts the show to interview Christy about her new book, The Wellness Trap! Christy shares why she wanted to write a book about wellness, the potential harms of integrative and functional medicine (and why we’re understandably attracted to these approaches), the connections between wellness culture and diet culture, the legacy of the “hysteria” diagnosis and why women are still having to push back against the idea that symptoms are all in our heads, the role of social media in spreading wellness mis- and disinformation, and more.
60: The Case for Keming - by David Friedman
May 2024A few weeks ago, on April 14th, the theme of the New York Times crossword puzzle was “keming.” I think it’s time we talk seriously about elevating that word from internet joke and finally adding it to the dictionary.
72 Hours on the Amalfi Coast
May 2024Welcome to the New Roman Times’ 72 Hours series! Why 72 hours? Because the New York Times publishes a “36 Hours” series, but in my opinion, 36 hours isn’t nearly enough time to spend in Italy’s greatest cities and most compelling regions.
A Bittersweet Campari Sour for Valentines Day
May 2024The Feast of Saint Valentine is yet again upon us. In previous years I have recommended drinks like the Jack Rose and the Pink Lady.
A Chat (and Cooking Videos) with Trigg Brown of Win Son Bakery
May 2024The first time I went to Win Son bakery and café in Brooklyn, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It’s billed as a Taiwanese-American bakery, and I’m not too familiar with Taiwanese baked goods.
A Conversation with Shantarams Gregory David Roberts
May 2024In January of 2022, I visited one of my all-time favorite authors in Jamaica, Gregory David Roberts (“GDR”). You can find the audio file of our interview above, which was recorded while we sat outside his rented tropical home, one stone’s throw from the white-sand beach.
A Day in and out of Court with prison-bound Los Angeles Councilman Jose Huizar
May 2024Gentle reader, You have to get up pretty early to see disgraced former Los Angeles City councilman Jose Huizar sentenced in Federal Court for racketeering and tax evasion—and even then, the line at the courthouse snaked almost to the street when we arrived.
A giant ruby, an aggressive monkey and Joanne Woodward's wedding dress
May 2024Hi guys! By now you probably know I’m not a big “Magnificent Jewels” person. I know they’re the big flagship auction events with all the important gobstopper-sized gems, but I think they’re boring.
a long-term follow-up and methodological critique; Doblin 1991
May 2024On Good Friday 59 years ago Walter Pahnke, a Protestant minister, MD, and Harvard Divinity School graduate student, gave twenty divinity students capsules to consume before attending a Good Friday service.
A plane wreck on the Blue Ridge
May 2024UPDATE, JUNE 2023: National Park Service contractors have removed the last pieces of the wreckage from the plane crash near Waterrock Knob.
A Prompt For Creating Magical Constraints In Your Fictional World
May 2024Fantasy worlds come alive through magic. But a flimsy magic system can ruin even the most imaginative worlds. Most authors either over-explain their magic systems, stripping away the enchantment, or leave too much to ambiguity, causing confusion and disbelief among readers.
A Short History of the Yakama Nation
May 2024OFF TO WORK! American Airlines Airbus A321 flight from DFW this morning to Seattle, then my connecting Alaska/Horizon Q400 turboprop flight to Yakima.
A Walk Through James Hannaham's Brooklyn
May 2024“A lil’ help?” James Hannaham and I are walking through Clinton Hill when a basketball flies over the fence of a nearby playground.
A Woman to Know: Helia Bravo Hollis
May 2024When it touches me, death will be well-received. For me, it is purely a biological question. — Helia Bravo Hollis
A Woman to Know: Virginia Prince
May 2024In thinking back over my life, I saw all the pain and heartache I'd been through and how much of it could've been avoided if I'd known myself better.
A Word for Wise People
May 2024Übermensch • noun • (y-buhr-mensh) Definition: “super person”, guru Origin: German In the 1880s, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche introduced the world to his concept of the Übermensch.
Abuqir - by Will Movsovitz
May 2024🚨 Today, we are excited to introduce our first ever Served Profile. Going forward, there will be some weeks where we go out to eat with interesting people in the food world, and tell you about them and their favorite restaurants.
Alice Vanderbilt Shepard - Julian de Medeiros
May 2024The Vanderbilts were one of the most prominent families of the so-called “Gilded Age.” At one point they were the wealthiest family in America.
Aliens (1986) - by Christopher Lloyd
May 2024"Aliens" holds a special place in my heart. It was around its release in 1986 that my love of movies escalated from a childhood fascination into a lifelong passion.
Amid Speculation, Silence Surrounds Marlboro Memorial Middle School
May 2024Amidst heightened community tensions, the Marlboro School District addresses allegations of sexual misconduct against teacher Jenna Sciabica following their monthly board meeting Last Tuesday.
An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks
May 2024A few too many people have been looking to read this article, to the point where they’re crashing the website of Sci-Phi Journal, where it was originally published.
an interview with julie kliegman, author of 'mind game'
May 2024Thank you, as always, for being here. Paid subscriptions allow me to dedicate more time to this newsletter. It’s not just the time I spend writing, but the time I spend planning, researching, and reporting that is supported by upgrading.
Arman Tsarukyan Career Earnings - by Jeff Fox
May 2024(photo by inFocus media) earnings are only from the UFC portion of his career figures are only his purses, win bonuses & incentive pay (Reebok & Venum) - doesn’t include any ‘locker room’ bonuses
As Los Angeles seeks to evict Casa la Golondrina, new owners of Olvera Street's oldest restaurant al
May 2024Gentle reader, If you’ve visited Olvera Street lately, you likely noticed that the oldest, largest restaurant on the historic plaza is locked up tight.
Babygirlification and Media Illiteracy - by lucy
May 2024The dark and mysterious Twitter algorithm noticed me hovering over a Tweet about Succession for just a moment too long, and now I almost exclusively get show-related content on my ‘for you’ feed.
Bad Vibes Only in the Season 6 Premiere
May 2024Welcome to Gilmore Women: Two journalists discuss everything that’s wrong with every episode of Gilmore Girls & why we still love it
Baked Apples (But Make it A Crisp)
May 2024Hey there! If you’ve found your way here but are not yet subscribed for the weekly newsletter, you can do that here.
Barbara Lane | Substack
May 2024Barbara Lane I've bee a book columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, book reviewer for NPR, and several national newspapers, and author interviewer for City Arts & Lectures, the Commonwealth Club, and a number of literary festivals.
Barbie the most famous doll in the world
May 2024It cannot have escaped your notice that there are a lot of people milling around in groups all wearing pink at the moment.
Battles of Panipat - by John Pramod Alexander
May 2024Panipat, famous for its battles, is a nondescript textile town 80 kilometers north of Delhi which you can pass through on NH1 (Mughal Shah Rah) without noticing anything remarkable.
Being Honest About Intellectual Honesty
May 2024This is a weekly newsletter about the art and science of building and investing in tech companies. To receive Investing 101 in your inbox each week, subscribe here:
Belonging across Divides - Taking Bearings
May 2024In the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, this week’s visit to The Library shows what is possible in conversation across apparent differences.
Best Business Newsletters on Substack
May 2024Level Up is your source for career growth solutions from Ethan Evans, retired Amazon Vice President. In Ethan's 15+ years at Amazon, he led global teams of 800+ and invented businesses such as Prime Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming, and Twitch Commerce.
Bitter - by Julia Skinner
May 2024From a pint of bitters in an English pub to a bitter green salad or, of course, bitters themselves, we recognize the value of bitterness to bring balance and complexity to a dish.
Black-capped Chickadee: Hypothermia & Neuroplasticity
May 2024Let’s focus on Black-capped Chickadees. Don’t roll your eyes, chickadees are special. I restocked my birdseed to gain the privilege of watching these birds each day with my morning coffee.
Boston Cream Pie - by Zo Franois
May 2024This week’s email is short and sweet because I’ve been in LA to attend the Daytime Emmy Awards. Woot! Although we didn’t bring home the big prize, being at the ceremony was an experience of a lifetime.
Breaking Down Art Babbitt's 'Best Piece of Animation'
May 2024Happy Thursday! This issue of Animation Obsessive is about the art of animating — as revealed in a scene drawn by Art Babbitt for UPA.
Breaking the Status Quo to Usher in the Modern World
May 2024Every schoolchild knows about Gutenberg and his printing press, the machine which ended the Dark Ages. James Watt, inventor of the condensing steam engine, isn’t as well known though his work ushered in the Industrial Revolution.
Bret Weinstein and Steve Patterson on the Scientific Method
May 2024I’ve mentioned this podcast with Steve Patterson and Bret Weinstein before, but I wanted to mention a few more points that come up.
Brianna Ghey and dark net red rooms
May 2024Earlier this week two 16-year olds were found guilty of the ‘senseless’ murder of Brianna Ghey – a teenage transgender girl who was stabbed 28 times in broad daylight in a park in Warrington.
Britney Spears' Head-Shaving Was a Radical Spiritual Act
May 2024During an overnight group meditation a few weeks ago, I thought about Britney Spears. I had been reading her incendiary new memoir, which contains page after page of revelations about a woman we have all heard a lot about for the past 25 years, and yet have rarely heard her own truth.
Bump Up Business (2023) - Harpers Dungeon of Thoughts
May 2024Eden is soon to debut. Ji Hoon is ready to return. Their agency pairs them together or a concept group.
Butt News Movie Club #20: The Devil's Advocate
May 2024I spit out my yogurt on my computer monitor from this line: "Kevin walks through the streets of Manhattan, which are deserted using Satan magic.
Cajeta - CondimentClaire
May 2024I feel so old saying this but last year seriously flew by? I guess our parents were always right when they said time keeps speeding up with age…
Cake sal or savory quick bread? Just call it delicious
May 2024Hello! Hello! I’ve got a thing for what the French call cake salé. Salé means salty or savory and cake, for the French, means anything sweet or savory – other than bread – that’s baked in a loaf pan.
Can I find a good Tacoma bagel at... Howdy Bagel
May 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
CANAL CORRIDOR 100 MILE ENDURANCE RUN
May 2024CANAL CORRIDOR 100 MILE ENDURANCE RUN 2022 RUNNERS MANUAL V.1 Established in 2017, Canal Corridor 100 Mile Endurance Run starts and finishes in downtown Akron, Ohio and takes runners through portions of the exceptionally beautiful Towpath Trail in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Akron and Canton.
Chegg Changes Policy, Will No Longer ID Cheating Students
May 2024Issue 152 To subscribe to “The Cheat Sheet,” just enter your e-mail address below: To share “The Cheat Sheet:” Share The Cheat Sheet
Chez Fernand Christine - David Lebovitz Newsletter
May 2024A friend who I made friends with while writing Drinking French brings small groups to Paris with his company. It’s not a tour group, per se, and he’s kind enough to include me in some of the dinners he plans in Paris.
Chickens of the Sea - by Tove Danovich
May 2024In 2014, a young French sailor, committed to crossing the Atlantic solo on his sailboat, stopped in the Canary Islands to get a pet.
Children's books for winter
May 2024HAPPY WINTER, THE BEST OF ALL THE SEASONS! I know, most of you don’t agree with that statement in the slightest, but maybe you enjoy reading about winter, if not actually living in / surviving it?
Chinese water chestnuts and cabbage, stir-fried with whole spices
May 2024Serves: 2, if served with rice for the main course Preparation: 20 minutes Cooking: 10-15 minutes While there are a lot of restaurants which advertise themselves as “Asian”, most of them are (sometimes awesome) buffets offering Western-Asian food.
Chocolate Ice Cream - David Lebovitz Newsletter
May 2024I love revisiting favorite recipes of mine, even if it causes some people to freak out a bit. The trouble with having a blog/website, and now a newsletter, is that something you made 15 years ago might change, and people want to know why.
Christmas ghosts - by Susan Howson
May 2024You know how in “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” there’s that line about “scary ghost stories of Christmases long ago”?
Commanders Scheme Breakdown: The Sail Concept
May 2024Earlier this week I looked at a staple west coast offense concept that Washington Commanders fans can expect to see regularly under new offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, the Drive concept.
Comments - "A jack of all trades, master of none"
May 2024Nice read, Rob, and a subject close to my heart. My take on this (and the theme of my newsletter 🙂) is that we are all generalists in some way, shape or form.
Comments - 2540 Coffee House
May 2024Your amazing !! I love that. Your stories are uplifting and I look forward to every one. They boost me right up :) I think you, like me, belive god is awesome but your are not into following rules made up by churches.
Comments - How Japan created the Paris Syndrome
May 2024Theme Parks: A simpler theme category is "Theme Restaurants." In the US there are restaurants like "57th Squadron" and "94th Squadron"
Comments - Miami FC v Tampa Bay Rowdies
May 2024Under new Head Coach Robbie Neilson the Tampa Bay Rowdies are a work in progress. They have underwhelmed in their opening four matches, but also have been missing several key parts of the team.
Comments - What does "something casual" mean?
May 2024I've never used the apps, but I was single during the earliest days of dating websites. At that time, "something casual"
Country Risk: A July 2023 Update
May 2024I have looked at country risk, in all its dimensions, towards the middle of each year, for the last decade, for many reasons.
Cowboy Fairy Angel Knight Test
May 2024An initial reaction refers to the immediate response or first impression that a person has when encountering a situation, stimulus, or information for the first time.
Crispy Pork Belly in 30 Minutes
May 2024“You need to sell this,” said my Thai friend after taking one bite of my new crispy pork belly. I happened to be testing the recipe during his visit, and he was so enamoured by it that he started fantasizing about how a street cart selling this pork and some sticky rice would be amazing as a Thai street breakfast.
CrossFit Open 24.3 Strategy - EverBold
May 2024Welcome to the ultimate guide (and video) for conquering the final workout of the 2024 CrossFit Open, brought to you by Jason Grubb in partnership with Thirdzy.
Crybaby for Life - by Alyson Pomerantz
May 2024What set me off always seemed minor to others: a less-than-perfect test score, a taunt from a classmate, a poor showing at kickball.
Curious about Ozempic? Heres the lowdown
May 2024I've been on Mounjaro since April of 2023. I've lost over 45 lbs. and dropped below diabetic level in my blood sugars.
Cursive! Foiled again - by H. W. Brands
May 2024When I was in second grade I learned to write cursive. I was entranced by the shapes of the letters, by the logic of their connections, and by the process by which they flowed continuously from my pen.
CWB Chicago, who and what is that, exactly?
May 20249-29-2022 (issue No. 55) An earlier edition of this newsletter was mistakenly sent to paid subscribers only! Apologies. Eric Zorn is a former opinion columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
Dark Design Patterns Catalog - Jakob Nielsen on UX
May 2024Summary: New regulations from the Government of India prohibit the use of 12 common dark design patterns. These sneaky practices are unethical applications of established UX knowledge to make interface designs that harm users instead of helping them.
Davy Jones & Michael Nesmith: Two Monkees, Same Birthday
May 2024Happy heavenly birthday to David Jones and Michael Nesmith, born same day different years, and a study in how seemingly disparate talents collide.
Desert Wisdom and Democracy - by Diana Butler Bass
May 2024I’m on a meditation retreat in the great western desert. The hosts frown on cell phones. Upon arriving at this place, guests are given a little sleeping bag for digital devices.
Dictionaries vs translators - Learn English with Katie
May 2024Hello everyone! Here’s my first proper newsletter sent to you using Substack! Remember you can read my posts in your email inbox or on the Substack app or website.
Djokovic v Dimitrov: Paris Final Recap
May 2024Novak Djokovic defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6/4 6/3 in the final of the Paris Masters 1000 on Sunday. It was Djokovic’s 40th Masters 1000 title (58 finals).
Do you know your semola from your semolino?
May 2024Hello! I’m playing around today with a video today, a brand new feature that I’ve been given the go-ahead to try out here, and I have some semola — I have literally boxes of it in my pantry, which I am cooking my way through, in quarantine — so I thought I would show you how to make one of the best pasta shapes out there, cavatelli.
Do you recycle ice cream cartons?
May 2024Happy Global Recycling Day? It wasn’t on my radar that this existed but, of course it does. And I have a very fitting story with which to celebrate.
Donald Trump and the 'mean tweets' canard
May 2024Last night, I posted a tweet thread. It was a shortened version of the piece I wrote in this space yesterday — detailing the surprising (to me, at least) numbers in a New York Times/Siena College poll that suggest that a whole bunch of people are nostalgic for the good old days of the Trump presidency.
Drop-Biscuit Peach-Blueberry Cobbler Recipe
May 2024Hello! Hello! Even as summer fruits and vegetables reach peak abundancy, I experience anticipatory sadness knowing that the season will come to end and that that’ll be that for corn and tomatoes, which we eat every summer evening, and peaches, which are so plentiful now that they’re packed in bushel baskets and take up half the table at our local farm stand.
Easy Clipart using Lexica AI
May 2024I know that a lot of people find it hard to create good clipart using AI… Wether you want to use it as-is, or recreate it using Procreate/illustrator.
Emily Ley | Substack
May 2024Emily Ley’s Substack By Emily Ley Notes on real life, motherhood, creative business, and more by Emily Ley: bestselling author / founder of Simplified®.
Enumerative Versus Analytic Studies
May 2024The distinction between enumerative and analytic studies is extremely important in the design and analysis of either complete counts or samples.
Explaining Payroll Implications of the Marco Gonzales Trade
May 2024After the Winter Meetings were almost two thirds of the way through and the biggest thing to happen for the Pittsburgh Pirates was slotting in ninth in the 2024 Rule 4 Draft, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported late Tuesday night that the team acquired left-handed starting pitcher Marco Gonzales (and cash considerations) from the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later or cash, the team’s first big move of the offseason and the first of what is likely several pitching dominoes to fall.
Fall colors in San Francisco Bay Area
May 2024Ah the joy of seeing the fall colors and foliage in San Francisco Bay area - pure bliss and heartwarming 🤗
Fallout, "The Beginning"| Season 1, Episode 8
May 2024“When you put it like that, it sounds downright morally questionable.” I expressed this sentiment in my review of the first few episodes, and it bears repeating: I’m incredibly annoyed with Amazon’s decision to release all of Fallout’s first season at once.
Fast. Cheap. Good...Pick Two. - by Eric Nuzum
May 2024Welcome to Dispatch #18 of The Audio Insurgent. Man, I completely lack the ability to tell which of these dispatches will resonate with people.
Field Report: Butter Burger - The Mix with Robert Simonson
May 2024One of the lesser-known regional delicacies to come out of Wisconsin is the Butter Burger. Solly’s Grille, a diner north of Milwaukee that was founded in 1936, claims to be the originator of this style, in which butter is placed directly on the beef patty.
Food and Friends - by Jolene Handy
May 2024The Second Season of the MAX series Julia, the story of Julia Child’s rise to TV cooking-show stardom and beloved culinary icon premieres tonight, November 16.
For Music is Art, a sort of homecoming
May 2024After seven years on the grounds of Buffalo RiverWorks and the adjacent Buffalo RiverFest Park, the annual Music is Art festival is moving back to the Elmwood Village region.
Former Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell Pulled Over for "Obscured License Plate" in North Seattle
May 2024By Erica C. Barnett Former senior deputy mayor Monisha Harrell was pulled over in Greenwood on Sunday by a police officer, Jay Mackey, who told her he was checking for stolen vehicles in the area, Harrell said.
Former NFL Head Coach to Be Involved With Wisconsin Football Program
May 2024Luke Fickell and the Wisconsin Badgers football program might become beneficiaries of an odd NFL head coaching carousel. After getting fired by the Tennessee Titans, Mike Vrabel, to the surprise of many, didn't land another head coaching job this offseason.
Francisco Gil-White | Substack
May 2024Francisco Gil-WhiteAnthropologist, historian, journalist, political analyst. MA in Social Sciences (University of Chicago). Ph.D. in evolutionary anthropology (UCLA). I have taught at UPENN (Philadelphia), at ITAM (Mexico City) and at UMA (Valle de Bravo, Mexico).
Friday Poll: June 7 - by Katelyn Jetelina
May 2024Okay, another poll! The last (and first) one went well. (I appreciated the enthusiasm! To answer your questions: No, Substack— this newsletter platform— polling doesn’t allow rank choice.
From Bay Street to Bakery Street with Nicolas Mulroney of Bond Bakery Brands
May 2024This week we're joined by Nicolas Mulroney, President and CEO of Bond Bakery Brands. Nicolas shares his transition from a finance career at RBC to leading a thriving baking enterprise, highlighting the pivot that led him from Bay Street to Bakery Street.
From Spark to Databricks: Spark's Origins, Innovations, and What's Next
May 2024In our Engineers of Scale podcast, we relive and celebrate the pivotal projects in Infrastructure Software that have changed the course of the industry.
Get An Onigiri Mold, It's So Worth It
May 2024I'm not a big fan of kitchen tools that only do one thing. Garlic press? No, thank you. Those plastic things with wires running across them that claim to be for cutting eggs?
Gluten Free Strawberry Danish - by Rachel Ciordas
May 2024Hello friends, This one was requested by a long-time reader and former pastry aficionado who waxed poetic at simpler times when coffee and a Danish were easy to come by!
GPTZeroX - by Edward Tian
May 2024GPTZeroX is built for educators, and uses our completely revamped models, with higher accuracies and mixed AI <> human text detection.
Grand Theft Auto VI Images - by Erik Kain
May 2024I tend to fall down various rabbit holes when I start messing around in Midjourney generating AI artwork. Today, I fell down the Grand Theft Auto rabbit hole.
happy Lauren Oyler week to all who celebrate
May 2024Someday, our grandchildren will ask us: where were you when the Lauren Oyler takedown appeared in Bookforum? I was in the car.
Happy National Margarita Day, February 22, 2024!
May 2024Everyone wants to claim the invention of the Margarita, the Martini, the Cosmopolitan, even the Gin & Tonic. Regions, cities, and bartenders battle over who really invented the most “Classic Cocktails.
Heroic & Tragic & Joyous & Juvenile
May 2024Installment Three: Randy Johnson smoked that bird. Since the advent of video broadcasts, every generation of baseball gets one most indelible moving image, a clip that is replayed until it has driven a thick groove into each of our brains.
HOKKAIDO RAMEN SANTOUKA - TORONIKU SHIO & SHIO RAMEN REVIEW
May 2024HOKKAIDO RAMEN SANTOUKA is a short walk away from the central hub of Broadway and Cambie. Unassuming, small, with surgically white lights, it is nonetheless a place that comes highly reviewed by YVR locals.
Hollywood Boobs - by Good Humor by CK Steefel
May 2024“She’s known throughout the world for her boobs,” said my daughter, Samantha. “What? Huh? But not for her acting talent or smarts?
How did Clickup become a $150M revenue machine?
May 2024Hey BPL fam, In this edition of Behind Product Lines, we’re going to dive deep into a product and marketing case study.
How Good Will Caitlin Clark Be In the WNBA Right Away?
May 2024To no one’s great surprise, record-breaking NCAA superstar Caitlin Clark declared for the WNBA Draft on Thursday afternoon, foregoing her final year of college eligibility at Iowa — and presumably paving her way to be taken by the Indiana Fever with the first overall pick this April.
How JSOCs Omega teams enabled the CIAs Afghan militias
May 2024Thin clouds veiled the quarter moon that hung in the Afghan night sky as several dozen Toyota Hilux pickup trucks slowly ground to a halt.
How Long Can Pizza Dough Last in The Fridge?
May 2024Hello Pizza Friends, Have you ever stashed dough in the fridge and forgotten about it? Or maybe not forgotten about it but just not gotten to it?
How Old is Too Old to Be a Pop Star?
May 2024A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about when artists reach their commercial peak. Thea Wood, another music writer, posed a question about that piece that got me thinking:
How to Be Funny - by Craig Benzine
May 2024Happy Thursday! (shhhh, let’s just pretend this newsletter comes out on Thursdays) First of all, I just put up a new video in which Chyna and I answer questions we got from AI.
HOW TO BURN BUTTER. - Jill Dupleix Eats
May 2024It’s a one-ingredient recipe – butter. And one method - burn it. To make brown butter, you simply melt butter until it turns brown - a particular tawny, shetland pony sort of brown that the French call noisette, after their beloved hazelnuts (hence beurre noisette).
How to clean up the git repo and reduce its disk size
May 2024Hi there! I’m Srebalaji. You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to level up your game in Git.
How to Google Shit to Win Internet Debates
May 2024This week I got into a fun Twitter spat, ostensibly about whether liberal prosecutors are soft on crime. This is objectively not notable beyond the personal entertainment value, but I keep encountering the dynamics illustrated in that conversation with regular frequency.
How to use git cherry-pick effectively
May 2024git cherry-pick is one of the useful commands in Git that helps you to copy, paste commit(s) from one branch to another.
I cant live under the worry that the world is against me
May 2024Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! This week I’m speaking to author and columnist Raven Smith, who is of mixed Jamaican and white British heritage.
I Could Feel the Beating Heart of My Mother
May 2024Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong American writer best known for her family memoirs, The Latehomecomer and The Song Poet, and for her children’s books, including my kids’ favorites: A Map Into the World and The Most Beautiful Thing.
I Paid An Etsy Witch $13.69 to Cast a Job Spell for Me
May 2024Laid Off Life is a place of respite for the weary workforce. Whether you’re unemployed, underemployed, or just trying to make it through the workday, let this be your 5-minute mental break from the grind of late-stage capitalism.
I Rewatched Courage the Cowardly Dog So You Don't Have To
May 2024I’ve been thinking about the Mandela Effect — or something close to it, I’m not a scientist so don’t get mad at me — when it comes to childhood television shows.
I Stand By My Tweet
May 2024Caitlyn Jenner is a man. Caitlyn Jenner did not run as an Olympian, Bruce Jenner did. He ran, set records, won awards, and only late in life decided he was a she.
I Took the Wock to Poland
May 2024I am writing this to you from the magical window of time where Lil Yachty’s song “Poland” has gone viral, but has not yet quite reached critical mass.
I was told nephilim appeared in Miami
May 2024The other day nephilim was trending on twitter. I clicked and saw why. Bonkers police response, grainy footage, and conspiracy theories about nephilim, aliens, or project bluebeam.
I'm Unsubscribing From (almost) Everything
May 2024Recently I’ve been receiving an unprecedented volume of random nonsense in my inbox - I promise I’m the wrong target audience for flash sale on plastic cooling face rollers, and why on earth am I on a list to support a political race in Lincoln, Nebraska?
In Conversation: Kevin Seconds - by Norman Brannon
May 2024I was fourteen years old the first time I saw 7 Seconds, so when I tell you they altered the course of my life, I really can’t be more literal.
In memory of David Knapp
May 2024In the fall of 2021, I made one of my first trips into the post-vaccine world that was just starting to open up again.
In Soviet Russia Memes & Me
May 2024A few weeks ago, when my brain went in and out of a quarantine-induced panic fog, I couldn’t stop thinking about Russian Reversal jokes.
Indo-Europeans and the Yamnaya Culture
May 2024Around 5,000 years ago, ox-drawn wagons rumbled out of the Eurasian grasslands and into the Danube Valley of eastern Europe. Led by scouts on horseback and accompanied by herds of sheep and cattle, they went west through what’s now Moldova, Romania, and Bulgaria.
instagram isn't a highlight reel
May 2024They say Instagram is just a highlight reel. A place for people to tout their accomplishments — a new promotion, a shiny engagement ring, a luxurious vacation, a hot new boyfriend, whatever that may be.
Interview #1: Mauro Javier Crdenas
May 2024On the occasion of Mauro Javier Cárdenas’s second novel, Aphasia, having been published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux — my favorite novel of 2020 — I spoke (well, emailed) with him about the book’s formal and theoretical underpinnings.
Interview with Intels Dr. Ann Kelleher
May 2024Companies mentioned: INTC 0.00%↑ If there’s one marketing message that Intel is drilling into the ecosystem about its capabilities, it’s the ‘five nodes in four years’ mantra.
Interview with Moez Kaba, managing partner at Hueston Hennigan
May 2024This email goes out to 2,405 South Asian legal professionals. Moez Kaba is the managing partner of Hueston Hennigan, the elite trial firm.
Interview: Sun June - by Amaya Lim
May 2024Laura asked if her playlist could be 17 songs long and I couldn’t think of a good reason why not. Catch Sun June on tour with Wild Pink.
Is Fortran "a dead language"? - by Jim Cownie
May 2024A recent tweet contained the phrase “dead languages such as Fortran”, which (although perhaps intended in jest) seemed worth debunking, since it is important that people making funding decisions about investments in compilers do not ignore Fortran as “a legacy language”, or even, as above, a “dead language”, since in its home domain Fortran remains critically important.
Is it a Tortilla, Frittata or Omelette?
May 2024Yia-sas (Hello) from a not so sunny Greece Apologies for the lack of email last week, I think I got a bit too relaxed here in Kalamata and in the holiday mode despite the weather here not being quite as good as we expected.
Is it Time to Change the Narrative Around Cuy?
May 2024A week or so ago I went to a restaurant inside an out of the way ecolodge in Lunahuaná called Refugio de Santiago, set in the Andean foothills a few hours south of Lima.
Is Taylor Swift Autistic? Who cares? But heres why we uniquely relate to her music.
May 2024Amazing post. I was able to relate to this quite a bit, even though I don't listen to her music. Now if someone could clue her and Mayim Bialik into their autism, we could get some major representation!
Is that MLM a self help cult?
May 2024Multi-level marketing companies (MLMs, aka “direct sales,” aka pyramid schemes) are hard to miss. If you’re on social media—and especially if you’re a woman—you’ve likely seen friends, family, and distant acquaintances selling everything from lipstick to leggings.
IT'S KETCHUP, ONLY BANANAS. - Jill Dupleix Eats
May 2024Ah, but this sauce has a story. It’s about colonisation, human ingenuity and a nationalist culinary heroine. About derring-do, and making-do.
it's not heli-copter, its helico-pter
May 2024Hi my angels!!! A few things to tell you this morning I’m running a50% off sale to become a paid supporter of SYSCA because the cozzy livs are kicking everyone’s asses including mine 𓆩♡𓆪
Its Not The Pain Olympics
May 2024I was walking my daughter to the bus stop one morning and it was chilly. I live in Charlotte, North Carolina.
J-Zone Talks Drums, Life-After-Rap, And The Pitfalls Of Trying To Do Everything
May 2024Jay Mumford, better known by his moniker, J-Zone, is a work in progress. He’s worn many hats throughout his career—from rapper, to producer and beat-maker, to DJ, to drummer—and each role, despite the occasional setback, has been creative and fruitful.
James Cameron's Best Cut is Always the Theatrical Cut
May 2024In this article, I want to talk about a bunch of things pertaining to James Cameron. Among other things, I will discuss the multi-version theatrical release strategy of Avatar (2009) and make a case for why the best edition of a Cameron movie is actually the theatrical version.
Janet Jacksons Worn-In Braids Have the Most to Say in 'Poetic Justice'
May 2024I have to remind myself, often, that Poetic Justice is not a Black rom-com. Technically, it’s a romantic drama. An L.
Jetro Holdings and the Case for Anonymous Ubiquity as a Measure of Company Quality
May 2024I first learned about Jetro Holdings in July of 2020 while having a conversation with a close relative. Earlier that day, my relative had visited a local Restaurant Depot to buy groceries.
Jimmy Iovine Talks Founding Interscope Records & Selling Beats By Dre
May 2024You did not excel in school and got fired from your first few jobs. What changed? I had a lot of insecurities and a lot of fear.
Jiujitsu Made Simple: The Grappling Stance
May 2024It wasn’t until I started training Judo that I realized most people don’t know how to move on their feet. Even more recently, a former D1 wrestler offered to teach wrestling classes and had the same reaction… He was stunned.
Joe Goossen exclusive on splitting from Ryan Garcia
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
Judge Cannon Enters a Minute Order
May 2024Today, Judge Aileen Cannon in the Southern District of Florida finally ruled on the special counsel’s request to hold Garcia hearings to resolve potential conflicts of interest the lawyers for Trump’s two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago case may have, based on their representation of other witnesses.
Judicial Notice (11.18.23): So Long, Farewell
May 2024Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.
Justyn Fernandez is transferring to Providence, Donovan Santoro back in the fold, Kim English's NE P
May 20241. On Sunday afternoon, Justyn Fernandez announced that he was transferring from George Mason to Providence. The 6’5 freshman was considered a top 80-150 prospect in the class of 2022, who chose to play for Kim English despite having offers from the likes of Florida, Clemson, Providence, and a number of other high major programs.
Kitchen Project #139: Baba Au Rhum
May 2024I had completely forgotten about Baba Au Rhum! We made it for restaurant week when I worked at Cafe Boulud in New York City in it's hey day, and I made (and ate) it in the south of France often when I worked as a private cooking instructor there.
Kownacki on Cusumano dirty drug test: 'Devastating' he 'cheated'
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
KP+: How to batch Negronis
May 2024Well hello, it’s quite fun to drop in at the beginning of the week, and with quite a punchy edition: Let me introduce you to two very good friends of mine, who happen to be extremely talented in the world of drinks.
KP+: Mashed Potato Pie - by Nicola Lamb
May 2024Every now and again, something really gets under my skin. It's the same thing that happened when I decided to put a trifle INSIDE jelly and when I felt it was my responsibility to bring a DIY vienetta into the world.
Lancer: Battlegroup (Part 1)
May 2024Lancer: Battlegroup is a game published by Kai Tave and Miguel Lopez. Game material and content is reproduced here for review purposes and is owned by Massif Press.
Late night comedy shows cover Trump falling asleep in court while corporate media ignores it!
May 2024Share On Monday, with prosecutors beginning to make their case to the jury that Donald Trump committed 34 felonies, Trump didn’t get angry, animated or antagonistic.
Laura Price | Substack
May 2024Laura PriceLaura is the author of Single Bald Female and host of the podcast Life in Food. Her newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast, contains a healthy sprinkling of food and books, as well as musings on love, work, and life with stage four breast cancer.
Lessons From 12 Angry Men (1957)
May 2024Image by L.E. Wilson from RedBubble based on work by Sang Hyun Cho from PixabayDoubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Let Sleeping Dogs Lay - by John McWhorter
May 2024Do you know that the past participle of the intransitive verb lie is lain and that its past tense is lay, not to be confused with the present tense of the transitive verb lay?
Listening to Steven Caulker has made me think twice about how we judge footballers
May 2024Steven Caulker was face down on the floor of a Dublin hotel room, drunk, when he received the call telling him Liverpool were about to sign him.
Little Gray Cat - by Kathryn Winn
May 2024Little Gray Cat. You know him. You love him. He’s a little gray cat. Sometimes there's two of them. He even has a theme song.
Local Yokel - All Rise with Sally Helgesen
May 2024I'm home for Thanksgiving this year, in contrast to last year, when I celebrated with my husband Bart Gulley and my sister Cece Helgesen in Granada, Spain.
Longism returns? - by Piper Hutchinson
May 2024The Louisiana Legislature will consider a bill that would give the governor further control over higher education. Senate Bill 403 by Sen.
Look Ma, No Vowels! - by Alex Marshall
May 2024Learning Czech, I decided — and I’m sure this goes for any foreign language — is like eating a mountain. It’s not so hard as long as you don’t look up.
Luke Macfarlane on Being Out on Hallmark and Navigating Gay and Straight Roles
May 2024There was a time when gay characters, let alone out, gay actors, weren’t part of the Hallmark movie landscape, which was known for saccharine projects that predominantly featured white, straight characters.
Lydia Kiesling's USA TODAY bestseller
May 2024One of my favorite novels this year is Mobility, Lydia Kiesling’s cerebral follow-up to 2018’s brilliant The Golden State. It opens in 1998 (one of the years I’m culturally obsessed with, alongside ‘97 and ‘99) when a 15-year-old American named Bunny Glenn spends the summer in Baku, Azerbaijan, thanks to her father, a roaming diplomat.
Madison Layden opts out of WNIT
May 2024The Boilermakers already played without one of their regular starters during the Big Ten tournament earlier this month. Caitlyn Harper suffered a season-ending knee injury against Penn State at the end of February, removing plenty of experience from the lineup.
Make Law School Rankings Great Again
May 2024Posting on behalf of a reader: Great piece, but I saw no mention of LSD.Law or lawschooltransparency.com! LSD (Law School Data) has changed a lot since I practically lived on it four years back, but it's got a heap of admissions data from previous years and tools to compare your data/hypothetical numbers with other applicants and admitted students.
Maltose Syrup from Scratch - CookClimbCode
May 2024Hi friends! This week’s post is slightly different — no cooking recipes here, instead, I will show you how to ferment your very own maltose syrup at home.
Melissa Mowry | Substack
May 2024Melissa MowryWriting is my first and greatest passion. My other great loves: homeschooling my kids, reading good books, making + eating delicious food, exploring nature, doing uncomfortable personal shit while making myself as cozy as physically possible.
Mercury conjunct Venus in Cancer: Family Seasoning
May 20240h stuck in that sticky web of interwoven family relationships, which one is the spider, whoops that's the fly. Unraveling from my belly, the fear, the pain, the isolation, the jealousies, the needs, oh that need to be seen under the shoulds ,have-to's and good (in what way were they GOOD) hidings squeezing into gender roles, fitting like tight corsets of social structures and strictures, ah, and here is my friend, disassociation.
Midsommar's Architecture and Interior Design is Foreboding and Foreshadowing.
May 2024I’m not a huge horror fan. So much so that my wife and I have to take turns picking spooky movies every year so I can get my campy kids Halloween movies and she can get her horror fill.
Mitchell Green of Lead Edge Capital on the Moneyball approach to investing, the art of effective col
May 2024Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.
Monaco Grand Prix's Recipe: Barbajuan
May 2024This project is pretty simple. As a complement to each race weekend, I’ll be cooking the national dish of that race’s host country and sharing information about the process and that dish’s history along the way in an effort to grow more deeply immersed in the local culture from my own home.
Mountain Men and Social Media Sensations
May 2024Our final Top 5 of the AFC! Next week, we kick off the NFC North with the Bears. It’s gonna be … something.
Movie Review: Dune (2000) - by Richard Paolinelli
May 2024I've looked at the recent Dune adaptation as well as the original 1984 film. So, with the the long-awaited sequel coming out I thought it was time to look at the three-part mini-series that aired on the SYFY channel back in 2000.
My Favorite Sichuan Hotpot Recipe, from 1972
May 2024This recipe is adapted from a 1972 cultural revolution era cookbook, and it’s my favorite Sichuan hotpot. If you’re familiar with Sichuan hotpot today, you probably know it mostly as… an eating experience with a certain degree of intensity.
My favourite London caffs part 1: Central
May 2024Hello and welcome to the first issue of Wooden City, a newsletter about London. If you haven’t come here via @caffs_not_cafes, I'm a writer called Isaac Rangaswami and this is my new Substack.
My One-Star Review of 'Oppenheimer'
May 2024This is Clusterhuck, my newsletter about faith, culture and a flourishing future for all! I’m glad you’re here. I can only do this through the support of my readers, and I’m grateful for every one I’ve got.
My Rustic Apple Galette Recipe
May 2024You just fold up the edges, throw it on a baking sheet and bake it to crisp perfection. It’s a simple recipe that anyone can do.
New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing
May 2024One more case from our favorite private credit firm these days, Blue Torch Capital (“Blue Torch”). On December 8, 2023, Los Angeles-based Near Intelligence Inc ($NIR) and 3 affiliates (collectively, the “debtors”) filed chapter 11 cases in the District of Delaware (Judge Horan).
New Coaches in 2024-25: Travis Green, Ottawa Senators
May 2024The Ottawa Senators are still trying to find the right mix of players and coaching staff to finally finish the rebuild and become a perennial playoff contender.
New Reasons for Hope! Introducing Knowcast (Nov 9 2022)
May 2024You’ve not heard from me for a very long time! That’s because I’ve been focused on my new venture: Knowcast is a new way to learn from audio while on the go.
Nico Williams latest, Alexander Isak Chelsea links, Which striker do YOU want? Full news roundups, M
May 2024Morning all! Hope you’re having a good week so far. The Euros have been providing us with the football entertainment, at least physically.
No one is coming to save you.
May 2024It was 2019 and I was thriving at Netflix. In many ways it was the perfect company for me – it had an iconic culture that gave us freedom and autonomy, they paid us really well and we worked on the world’s most relevant and impactful brands.
Notable Sandwiches #12: Beirute - by Talia Lavin
May 2024Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I faithfully chronicle the bizarre and twisted document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches, in alphabetical order.
Odd Little Saint Drogo - by Denise Trull
May 2024I much prefer the odd saints. The odder the better. Odd saints tell me that God sees each of us in a particular way.
Ode to the Chorrillana - by Nicholas Gill
May 2024The chorrillana is Chile’s answer to disco fries or poutine. It’s simply a massive plate of minced beef, grilled onions and scrambled egg over a mountain of greasy fried potatoes.
On art as exorcism, a midlife renaissance, and lack of community
May 2024Meet our next creator, Rachel Yoder: Rachel Yoder Age: 44 Child: Coco, 8 Location: Iowa City, Iowa Vocation: Author Links: Rachel YoderI hope you all have the kind of friend who will surprise mail you a book that they know you need to read.
On Elf.Tech, GrimesAI-1, Hive IP, and a more resilient future
May 2024“No idea’s original/ There’s nothing new under the sun/ It ain’t what you do but how it’s done” - Nas, “No Idea’s Original”
On leaving Batman and Robin & Green Arrow. Project updates!
May 2024After a few busy weeks, we’re back with some big project updates. We’ll do another newsletter this month, so this will be a shorter one.
On Noah Kahan, Signs, and Providing Comfort to the Bereaved
May 2024I believe in signs. That makes me sound woo-woo, but as my late aunt Roz used to say, “It is what it is.
On the Radar: Yeremay Hernndez
May 2024It doesn’t take long to figure out what type of player Yeremay Hernández is. The 20-year-old — also known as Peke — hails from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, plays on the wing, and wears his socks closer to his ankles than his kneecaps.
On translating British ingredients to American (and back again).
May 2024As a study abroad student at the University of California, Los Angeles, I had to attend a seminar on how I was about to suffer a massive culture shock a few weeks after arriving in the US, ignoring how much American cultural output we consume in the UK (and vice versa) which I hoped would give me a good starting point for life in Los Angeles.
Orange and Red Soup - by Leah Koenig
May 2024Hey there! If you’ve found your way here but are not yet subscribed for the weekly newsletter, you can do that here.
Original Buffalo wing kings sauce, 60 years in the making, now for sale
May 2024Sixty years years after John Young opened the first chicken wing restaurant in Buffalo, his mumbo sauce has hit the market, thanks to years of work by his daughter, Lina Brown-Young.
Pacific Media Group's disastrous impact on European football
May 2024AS Nancy Lorraine, a historical French club where our own Michel Platini spent 8 seasons, sadly got relegated to National 2, France's fourth division - their second relegation in a row.
paglia e fieno, tuscany's two-toned tagliatelle
May 2024My last trip to Siena was a bit of an accident. It was August, part of a family vacation—aunts and uncles included—in the Tuscan countryside.
Pain au Raisin - by Martin Philip
May 2024Sometimes with new recipes I move in a straight line: a quick period of testing, a result that mostly pleases. It’s rare, but here is one example.
palooza - by deb perelman
May 2024Monday, December 5, 2022 Good morning from the road to DC! I’m back on the book tour train and thrilled to be well again.
Pancho and Lefty by MERLE HAGGARD and WILLIE NELSON
May 2024Living on the road my friend was gonna keep you free and clean Merle Haggard’s bus was parked outside Willie Nelson’s Cut-n-Putt studio (and golf course) in Pedernales, TX.
Pixar's UP and Remembering My Grandfather's Legacy
May 2024My family went to see Up on my grandpa’s 70th birthday back in 2009. When the movie was over, I remember everyone being ecstatic - and undeniably moved.
Prefixing the World - by Jonathan Rowson and Perspectiva
May 2024The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens. - Rainier Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (1929)
Prompt 222. Contagion Magic
May 2024Hi friend, Just recently a beloved pal gave me a framed antique drawing of a woman with a small white dog.
Psalm 22The Chasm and the Passage
May 2024The Gospel writers included Jesus’ quotation of Psalm 22 in their accounts because they wanted to evoke not just the first line, but the whole Psalm.
PyTorch's compilation and matrix multiplication.
May 2024PyTorch is a popular open-source machine learning library known for its flexibility and dynamic computation graph. However, when it comes to optimizing certain mathematical operations, it falls short.
Reductio ad Hitlerum - Leah Eichler
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Review: Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask
May 2024I remember the first time I tasted the Caribbean Cask, because I was immediately made furious. Not because the whiskey was bad.
Review: Star Trek: Discovery, "Face the Strange"
May 2024Oh hey, would you look at that—a perfectly cromulent episode of Discovery. “Face the Strange” is the closest thing the season has done so far to a standalone; while the macro plot magical Progenitor tech is still the driving focus, the main story involving Burnham, Rayner, Stamets, and a “time bug” has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Review: Star Trek: Discovery, "Mirrors"
May 2024To its credit, Discovery appears to be taking its final season seriously. I don’t mean because of the stakes of the season’s main plotline: “this could mean the end of civilization as we know it!
Robert Carlyle: Once Upon A Time
May 2024I’m rewatching the American fantasy series Once Upon A Time and reflecting just how good Robert Carlyle is in it. I shouldn’t really be surprised.
Rosalynn Carter's Cheese Ring - by Michael Procopio
May 2024It was some sort of family holiday, probably Easter, when my stepmother insisted my father pull off the road and into the parking lot of a suburban Simi Valley recreation area.
S'mores Pie - by Carolina Gelen
May 2024This recipe brings all the flavors of s’mores — chocolate, marshmallows, graham crackers — together in a pie dish. A chunky, brown butter graham cracker crust is filled with a rich and silky chocolate ganache — a fudgy mixture of chocolate, cream and a splash of liquor — and topped with toasty, marshmallowy meringue.
Sabrina Ionescu kicked ass, and everything else you need to know
May 2024Hello, it’s me, Matt Ellentuck. Wanna hear something scary? We’re nearly 10 percent of the way through the regular season. Yeah, the season’s gonna go by like that, so please appreciate every game we get.
Sandra Crouch (1942-2024) - by Tim Dillinger
May 2024The last few weeks have seemed like a non-stop torrent of loss. I’ve had things planned for this newsletter and the podcast, but death seems to keep interrupting the plans.
Saucony Peregrine 12 Review - by Ben Kilbourne
May 2024In May of 2022 when I was testing shoes for an iRunFar mud running guide, Saucony sent me a pair of the Peregrine 12 trail running shoes, so I started using them as my primary on-trail running shoe.
Scott Sauls | That Time R.C. Sproul Said He Wouldn't See Billy Graham in Heaven
May 2024Grace should always impact how we relate to others. But how does Jesus wants his people to relate to one another on matters that are important, but that are also non-essential?
Season 6 News & Jasmine: Wind-Borne
May 2024You’ve been eagerly waiting for Season 6 of TBATE, so I’m here with some exciting news and a special treat while we wait patiently.
Sesame Sweet Potato and Cabbage Burgers
May 2024This week I received an advance copy of Veggie Burgers Every Which Way, the updated second edition and — it’s beautiful!
Seven, Saturn & the Black Cube
May 2024The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
Shaun King Banned from Instagram
May 2024In the hours between the 80th day of genocide in Gaza and Christmas Eve, Shaun King was banned from Instagram.
Should You Marry Your Soulmate?
May 2024Are too many Americans holding out for a soulmate, decreasing their marriage prospects and advancing all the wrong lessons about lifelong partnership?
Shrimp Man Elegy - by ctrlcreep
May 2024It starts with a text from a friend: "he looks just like you!", where 'he' is a human male painted by an artificial intelligence in response to the prompt "
Shut Up, Wesley - by Michael Maiello
May 2024A Twitter fight attracted The Middlebrow’s eye this morning. Actor Wil Wheaton complained about comedian Dave Chappelle, calling for him to be excluded from a forthcoming Netflix comedy special.
Smoked Wings - by Erick-Woods Erickson
May 202412-48 wings, frozen and pre-brined or fresh wings and use my brine. 1 tbs baking powder per 24 wings 1 tbs rub per 12 wings
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
May 2024A film for little children? Yes, by all means! Why not? Except you become as people who would delight in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, you shall not even know what goodness is about.
So you want to become a sex educator
May 2024Hello! This week’s awesome indie bookstores where you can pre-order Come Together are: More Than Words Bookshop + More in Moorhead, MN, Gathering Volumes in Perrysburg, OH, and The Book Burrow in Pflugerville, TX.
Sometimes You Need to Destroy a Perfectly Good Mansion
May 2024Recently, the Times had two related pieces that, despite being about a city that’s over 500 times larger than Fairhaven, hold some important lessons for our town.
Sopranotember: In Praise of Phil Leotardo
May 2024Welcome to the first edition of Sopranotember, where we look into the most groundbreaking show in television history and its most underappreciated aspects.
Spikeopathy: COVID-19 Spike Protein Is Pathogenic, from Both Virus and Vaccine mRNA
May 2024I believe we all must assume that we have been exposed to the vaXX spike protein through shedding. I had a very, very slight case of Omicron in January 2022.
SSS-Revival Class Hunter Review - by TurtleMe
May 2024Hi, hey, hello. In case a short introduction is necessary, I go by TurtleMe. I am the author of a self-published web serial, “The Beginning After the End,” which is now on its ninth volume and has been adapted into a webcomic across the globe.
State Fair of Texas: Let's rank the foods!
May 2024Welcome to Flashlight & A Biscuit, my Saturday-morning Southern culture offshoot of my work at Yahoo Sports. If you’re just arriving for the first time, why not subscribe?
STEVE MARTIN HANDLED HIS DAD'S DEATH BETTER THAN I DID
May 2024There’s quite a market in writers writing about their father’s passing. I had a proper go at it myself. And it helped so much that I thought I’d dealt with the myriad of issues surrounding my Father’s death.
Stop Hiding Under Your Desk
May 2024In Never Stop Learning this week I will be covering the following 1-2-3: Well, I know you’re not really hiding under your desk.
Strategy & Operations Pt. 1: What is it?
May 2024Strategy and operations associates at a tech company typically work on identifying and executing initiatives that help the company meet its business objectives.
Summer of Cher: Silkwood - by Kerry Winfrey
May 2024A few weeks ago, I introduced my Summer of Cher, which just involves me watching as many Cher movies as I can (feel free to join in…Cher is for everyone).
T5: Text-to-Text Transformers (Part One)
May 2024This newsletter is sponsored by Rebuy, the Commerce AI company. If you like this newsletter, please subscribe, share it, or follow me on twitter.
Talking with Cookbook Author Amy Thielen
May 2024The fall cookbook I’ve been looking forward to reading the most is Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others by Amy Thielen.
Taylor Swift: In Your Kitchen
May 2024Yes, I’m about to write about Taylor Swift. And about my identity as a still-in-shrink-wrap, blindingly shiny, brand spankin’ new SWIFTIE.
The 2021-22 Golden State Warriors season-in-review: Draymond Green
May 2024Draymond Green: B In the aftermath of the Warriors’ season-ending loss to the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2021 play-in tournament, Draymond Green was a frequent target of Twitter vitriol.
The 80s in 40: Poltergeist (June 4, 1982)
May 2024The ‘80s in 40 revisits the decade of the 1980s choosing four movies a year, one from each quarter. This entry covers the second quarter of 1982.
The Aftermath of Trauma Porn
May 2024If you’re a TV person, you might be following along with the drama surrounding Netflix’s new hit show, Baby Reindeer. A dark psycho-drama following a failing comedian and his stalker, the new series has sparked an interesting conversation about how trauma is portrayed on-screen, and how media attention impacts trauma survivors off-screen.
The Algorithmic Resistance Research Group (ARRG!)
May 2024This weekend we’ve been at Caesar’s Forum in Las Vegas. We were there for the AI Village at DEFCON 31, the largest hacker convention in the world.
The Artist who Invented a Nations Folk Art
May 2024As a kid growing up in Mexico in the 1980s I used to attend a summer camp run by my aunt named Casa Abierta.
The Asexual-Bisexual Mirror - Devon Price
May 2024TW: Sexual assault, sexual coercion From 2004 to about 2008, I identified as asexual. I was out to friends and people I dated, and in many cases I was the first asexual person they had ever met.
The Best Bar in Athens
May 2024Prior to my recent trip to Athens, I received several recommendations regarding what cocktail bars I should go to. Most I’d heard of before: The Clumsies, Line, The Bar in Front of the Bar, Baba au Rum.
The Best Black Pants For Work
May 2024Welcome to Workwear Month at 5 Things! Every Sunday this August we are tackling a work wardrobe category or conundrum. While I recognize jobs and dress codes are all different these days, many of you still follow certain “rules” when getting dressed for the office.
The Best-Looking Dining Patios in Des Moines
May 2024I spent much of past few days driving around and checking out dining patios in town. I’ve shared a few photos that I took of the most promising spots.
The Catechism of Ingratitude - by Mark Galli
May 2024Sincemy last post on prayer as gratitude, I’ve continued to ponder this virtue. Given that gratitude brings with it a calming peace and a blossoming joy, why is it so hard to cultivate gratitude, let alone remain in a state of perpetual gratefulness?
The Chosen season two, episode eight
May 2024Season 2, Episode 8 — ‘Beyond Mountains’ Matthew 5-7 Synopsis. Little James, Thaddaeus, and Nathanael are walking around Galilee, looking for a place where Jesus can deliver his Sermon on the Mount.
The CIA Man Who Read Oswald's Mail
May 2024A recently declassified CIA memo identifies for the first time a clandestine operative who read the mail of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald for 20 months before the assassination of President John F.
The Craftsman Who Carved JFK's Gravestone
May 2024When living on Block Island, Rhode Island, 12 miles out in the Atlantic, I’d always known John “Fud” Benson to be a reprobate.
The Derek Chauvin Defund Challenge
May 2024My lord, what a mistake. What a terribly misconceived idea. Horribly timed, inspired by short-term frustration and a genuine, frustrated desire to understand, offered with no consideration of the logistics….
The Difference Between an Ultimatum and a Boundary
May 2024You are reading the FREE version of Growth Spurts. If you enjoy my community, want more of it and access to my monthly Q&As, all my book reviews and recommendations, the first to know about any announcements and more private and personal articles about my life then you can sign up for as little as £1.
The End of an Era in Civil War Publishing
May 2024Yesterday, I learned from a very reliable source that all nine editors of HistoryNet’s magazines have been terminated. That includes the longest continually running magazine, Civil War Times (formerly known as Civil War Times Illustrated).
The Ethics of Uncertainty, Survivors Bias, And The Law of Large Numbers
May 2024“If you replayed the circumstances of my early life repeatedly, nine times out of ten, I suspect I’d end up in jail.
The Euphoria Problem - by Jessica Valenti
May 2024I have never been one for moral panics. I grew up in the 90s, a time when television shows like Beverly Hills 90210 and movies like Kids drove adults into full hysterics.
The Ferguson Tree Edition - by Guest Contributor
May 2024Mark Slavonia (MJS) is an investor, a pilot, and an avid cyclist. He wrote about radio altimeters, rowing machines, traveler’s checks, and more.
The Gang Gets Cursed - by Brianna Zigler
May 2024My coverage of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 16 continues with episode 3. Season 16 episode 3 of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia continues to chart the Gang steady on their course of old-school hijinks and schemes as laid by the foundation of the first two episodes.
The greatest Mitch Hedberg joke (according to Mike Birbiglia)
May 2024Birbiglia’s fave joke is this one from Mitch Hedberg: I wrote a letter to my dad. I wrote, "I really enjoyed being here,"
The Greatest Moment in Reality TV History Is One You've Likely Never Seen
May 2024The most memorable moments in reality television's long and storied history have all started with a seemingly innocuous item. Keeping up with the Kardashians had a Bentley.
The Greatest Scene in Television History: The Wires Fuck Scene
May 2024Everyone knows that fuck is the most versatile and useful word in the English language, which is why it’s been repressed all these years.
The Historic Village of Vermilionville
May 2024Past Lane Plus is an extension of Past Lane Travels, a history/travel blog. This week’s post highlights a historic site in the deep South that is located in one of my favorite states…Louisiana.
The history of Corelle dishware
May 2024My dear friends and I have a china pattern. Well, not china, Corelle dishes—the millennial’s china. It’s called “Spring Blossom,” which features a darling sprinkling of groovy green daisies dancing around plates, cups, bowls, and and cookware.
The home for great video
May 2024Currently WorkshoppingCece Xie Join Cece as she works through the perils and frisson of being alive. Part extremely online investigation and part niche liberal arts class discussion section, Currently Workshopping is a thoughtful and analytical foray into ourselves, society, and the ties that bind all of us together (whether we like it or not).
The Illusion of the Broken System
May 2024Imagine the following scenario: You’re the head of a post-sales customer success team for a small-ish software company. Despite the struggling economy, your company is doing surprisingly well.
The Iron Claw Death Happens When You Aren't Watching
May 2024About an hour in, there’s a superimposition in Sean Durkin’s unconventional A24 sports biopic, The Iron Claw, which singularly encapsulates the movie’s essence in one poignant frame.
The Journey to Bethlehem soundtrack is here
May 2024Ready to hear what a musical about the Nativity written and produced by the people behind Glee and High School Musical sounds like?
The Kharkiv Offensive is a Russian Strategic Failure for Now
May 2024Hello Everyone, Mykola and I recorded a new episode of the Ukraine-Russia War Talk Podcast just a little while ago, and it will be released tomorrow (Sunday) morning.
The Legend Of Sudden Death Mel Hill
May 2024The Boston Bruins coach in the 1930's and 1940's was a man by the name of Art Ross. One of the premier defensemen of his era, Art always considered his first Stanley Cup win with Kenora in 1907 to be his greatest thrill in hockey.
The Legendary Marion Williams - by Tim Dillinger
May 2024Thanks to everyone for your incredible response to the God’s Music Is My Life podcast! In addition to the official ‘first’ episode, I’ve also uploaded a ‘bonus’ episode with my 2008 interview with Bishop Carlton Pearson.
The Martini Menu Is Back. Are We Happy?
May 2024I wasn’t writing about cocktails during the first heyday of the “Martini Menu,” which was roughly from the late 1980s to the early aughts.
The Meaning of the Greek Word
May 2024The ancient world used the word translated as "name" differently than we do. Jesus uses the word in a variety of Greek phrases, all of which have different meanings.
The Men of Freedom: Dr. Samuel Prescott
May 2024This installment begins on April 18th, 1775, the night that Paul Revere and William Dawes commence their famous rides into the countryside.
The Metamorphosis of Flowers Into the Vagina
May 2024Hello readers. Welcome to the fifth edition of my newsletter—Pursuit. For exclusive stories on art and entrepreneurship, join the tribe.
The Mezcal Martini Problem - by Peter Suderman
May 2024From time to time, I have argued that most high-quality cocktail recipes that call for gin can be productively swapped with mezcal — the earthy, often smoky cousin to tequila.
The Mission to Reboot Mensho
May 2024This week, the ramen story takes us across the Pacific to the USA... Long-time Ramen Beast friends and fans will know that the Beast himself, Abram Plaut, is the cofounder of Mensho Tokyo SF, the Northern California ramen shop helmed by famed Japanese chef Tomoharu Shono.
The Mocking of Kyrsten Sinema
May 2024(Kyrsten Sinema presiding over the Senate, October 2021) Over this past month, the New York Times has run a series of columns on the inscrutable fashion choices of Arizona’s senior senator, Kyrsten Sinema.
The Monday Media Diet with Jason Stewart aka Them Jeans
May 2024I’ve been excited to publish this for a while. We had big CB in WITI about a year ago, and now we have his counterpart, Jason Stewart aka TJ aka Them Jeans.
The Next Generation' Stars Financial Net Worth
May 2024Engage…. with my bombastically bloated bank account! Patrick Stewart playing Jean-Luc Picard is back for the sci-fi attack in Star Trek: Picard - and next season most of the legacy Next Generation cast will be joining him to co-start in the Paramount + show’s last season.
The one book about technology that every parent should read
May 2024Note: this post is part of a series of newsletters I’m writing that’s devoted to the subject of kids and phones.
The Pleasure of Panty Stuffing
May 2024Panty stuffing is more than just a sordid violation. It almost feels like a perversion of purpose, having something that should be protecting your intimate hole crudely shoved deep inside it instead.
The Power and Perils of Kayfabe - by Deb Liu
May 2024My dad loved watching wrestling. He enjoyed the spectacle, the rivalry, and the sheer physicality of the sport. (I call it a “sport” with a chuckle, but still.
The Problem with Season 9
May 2024As someone who stuck it out through seasons 8, 9, and 10, there is no doubt in my mind that Season 9 truly was the worst season of the series.
The Purity of Jenny Humphrey - by Chrisinda Lynch
May 2024[This profile contains discussion of rape culture and sexual assault.] Of the main characters I’ll be profiling, Jenny Humphrey has the briefest arc on Gossip Girl: seasons one through three, followed by a few season four appearances and the series finale.
The Revolution in Digital Biology
May 2024“Where do I think the next amazing revolution is going to come? … There’s no question that digital biology is going to be it.
The Rugrats Are Getting a (New) Video Game, But It's Not for Kids
May 2024Rugrats was a weird show but an indelible part of my childhood. The squiggly lines. Those distinct voices. Reptar! I know Rugrats is still around—there’s an reboot that includes some of the same voices for the children—but the version that I remember finished airing in…2004?
The Scapegoat - Pulling the Thread with Elise Loehnen
May 2024Before we begin, two important notes! Woot! I made it to the final round of Goodreads Choice Awards in Non-Fiction for On Our Best Behavior!
The Story of 'The Big City' from Liquid Television
May 2024Welcome! It’s time for another Sunday issue of the Animation Obsessive newsletter. This is our lineup: One tidbit before we start — check out this before-and-after comparison of an animation drawing from Sleeping Beauty.
The Strip Mining of Anthony Downs "Economic Theory of Democracy"
May 2024Anthony Downs’ heralded Economic Theory of Democracy has long been a seminal work, often cited by political scientists and theorists since its 1957 publication.
The Stunning Rise of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
May 2024I am, as you know, just a humble blogger/Substacker. But if I had a vote for the 2023-24 NBA Most Valuable Player, I’d cast it for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Time Stan Hansen Tried to Murder Poor Terry Funk
May 2024See the Match Here Blood coated Stan Hansen—and not in the usual way we’ve come to expect from a pro wrestling match.
The Uncanny Homecoming of Kanye West
May 2024In Chicago, there are nights in winter when the sky glows an orangey-purplish-pink. It’s a composite of reflected luminescence, the light pollution trapped by low-hanging clouds produces a strange atmospheric alchemy.
The Visitor review - by Alise Chaffins
May 2024Horror movies are filled with tropes. Those tropes contribute to the lack of critical acclaim for the genre as a whole, but they are also what make it largely popular.
The Week in Pink Things
May 2024DURING A JOURNEY to the woods and bogs of northern Vermont this week I made the acquaintance of pink: soft pink and hot pink, salmon pink and rose pink.
The Winter Soldier Elevator Fight
May 2024Superhero stories can be problematic for many reasons. For one, they tend to be repetitive, following the usual templates of origin stories and great power meaning great responsibility, yada yada yada.
The World's Greatest Caesar In Brooklyn
May 2024A lot has changed since Leo first opened its doors, but their iconic, infallible, exquisite Caesar salad has been on the menu since Day One.
Thinking Nude - by BTG
May 2024Editor’s note: In this issue, we are happy to publish an excerpt from Amanda dela Cruz’s award-winning MFA thesis. The thesis is a collection of five nonfiction essays, each one weaving together her life experiences and her reflections on the work of five Filipino women artists.
This is why you're emotionally cheating
May 2024I was commissioned to write this piece by a VERY exciting, prestigious and high profile UK publication. JUST as I was about to start writing, they pulled it (for space reasons).
Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art
May 2024Over the magazine’s almost 100 year history, there are a handful of New Yorker artists that, by drawing the way they do, noticeably impacted the art form.
To All the Bars I've Known Before
May 2024Superbueno, a new “high-end Mexican-American cocktail bar” from bartender Ignacio “Nacho” Jimenez and bar mogul Greg Boehm, will open in the northwest corner space at First Avenue and 1st Street in the East Village on April 21.
Too Sensitive? - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
May 2024Today, Twitter, for a while, marked one of my tweets as “sensitive” and some people couldn’t see it. I wanted to make sure you all saw it, so I’m sharing it here, on Civil Discourse.
Travel bans proposed in Tennessee & Oklahoma
May 2024We knew it was never going to stop with Idaho. Tennessee Republican Rep. Jason Zachary introduced a travel ban yesterday—legislation that would make it a Class C felony to take a minor out-of-state for abortion care.
Tupananchiskama - by Luca Daz Madurga
May 2024Dos años después vuelvo a Perú. Con el cuerpo ligero, la mente más libre y el corazón calentito. Dos años después.
UBI vs. Negative Income Tax
May 2024My new book with Miranda Fleischer: Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know, launches one week from today - October 4th!
Uh, are the ketamine startups OK?
May 2024Well To Do is nearing 14,000 subscribers! This newsletter started back in 2017, back when I covered the wellness industry for Fast Company, and I’d love to keep it going.
Watch "Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine"
May 2024Dear Beautiful Humans, Meet our ancestors—the Pillars of Creation! You might remember one of these early images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), currently on location one million miles away from home, and snapping photos as it looks for the birth of …
Week 13 Bayesian Quarterback Rankings
May 2024You can find all the previous weeks’ versions of the Bayesian Quarterback Rankings here. PFF grades aren’t part of the analysis, but I find it helpful to make not of how they align with EPA per play, as many contextual elements of quarterback play (drops, interception-worthy throws, easier throws that become big gains, etc) are part of the grading methodology, but aren’t accounted for in EPA.
Welcome to the Miserable World of CM Punk
May 2024CM Punk has built his personal wrestling brand on the twin pillars of integrity and honesty. Whether a bad guy or the hero, Punk refused to be anything but “real.
Wet weather dampens demand for water-witching
May 2024NAPA VALLEY, Calif. — In a striking departure from the parched conditions of the past decade, 2023 has offered a much-needed reprieve to the drought-weary Napa Valley.
What a view from this San Francisco Wheel
May 2024I’m Jefferson Graham, a Los Angeles based writer-photographer, host of the #PhotowalksTV travel photography series, former USA TODAY tech columnist and author of the PhotowalksTV newsletter.
What an Owl Knows, by Jennifer Ackerman
May 2024(Listen to the radio version here.) Most of us have a favorite author with whom we feel a real connection, as if the person behind words on a page could be a genuine kindred spirit.
What Do You Want to Hear?
May 2024We all want results, but too many people want it the way they want it and not the way it has to be.
What Hozier's "Too Sweet" tells us about what songs go viral on TikTok
May 2024This is part of a weekly music newsletter I’m launching to shout out new releases, spotlight artists, and share playlists. It will come out every Wednesday
What Is a Sex Cult? How Cults Reveal Our Culture
May 2024Buy now People who join cults are losers. Right? They’re stupid, gullible, and desperate. And they have super freaky sex lives.
What is Hard Tech? - by Nathan Mintz
May 2024With peak SaaS now in the rear view mirror and many software/SaaS companies struggling to fill in to their very high later stage valuations, Hardware is suddenly cool again.
What is left? What is right?
May 2024Housekeeping: For Moment of Zen, we spoke to Marc Andreessen about AI, Religion, Longevity, The NPC meme, and more. For In the Arena, we spoke to Martin Shkreli about his rise and fall and his comeback arc.
What is the Deposit of Faith?
May 2024When a priest is ordained to the episcopate, he must make several promises before the ordaining bishops impose their hands on his head and call down the Holy Spirit.
What Makes a Good Batman Story?
May 2024Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Friday, September 15th. I can't believe we are halfway through September. My God. The kids are fully in school, we're back in that routine, and there's part of me that's kind of sad about it.
What to ask a famous person
May 2024This week saw me interviewing, if not Britain’s nicest chap, then certainly a National Treasure, namely Sir Michael Palin, all about his latest Channel Five travel show, a three programme series on Nigeria.
What Would David Lynch Do? Unlearning Photography Rules, Part 1.
May 2024Welcome to In the Flash, a reader-supported publication about intent and creativity in photography Share David Lynch’s 18 hours of Twin Peaks, The Return, left me astonished when I rewatched it for the third time.
What YOU Wore: Taylor Swifts Eras Tour
May 2024One thing I’ve wanted to do for a long time now is share your most thoughtful outfits. Dressing with intention is what So Many Thoughts is all about.
What's the truth about the WWF's 8 month run on TBS?
May 2024Enjoy? Want to support this work and get exclusive content, like subscriber Q&As, source materials and notes from the Babyface v.
What's Up With Daddies? - by John Paul Brammer
May 2024¡Hola Papi! is the preeminent deranged advice column from writer and author John Paul Brammer, now living on Substack! If you’ve ever wanted advice from a Twitter-addled gay Mexican with anxiety, here is your chance.
Whatever Happened to This Conference??
May 2024Conference realignment is seemingly never going away in college football and it has become a topic of constant conversation. Due to this uncertainty, we started to wonder what happened to conferences in college football’s past and how they fell out of the picture.
Where Does Bronny James Rank among the NBA Draft's Worst One-and-Done Players?
May 2024It isn’t hard to feel sympathy for Bronny James. Trying to make a career as a professional basketball player as the son (and namesake) of LeBron James may have its advantages, but it also comes with the weight of tremendous pressure.
Who is the World's Best Athlete?
May 2024Note: The article below is an edited version of a series of articles I first posted in 2014. I’m sharing it again now because of the outcome of the World Cup this weekend, which involved an athlete (guess who!
Who knew Belizean women could be pretty?
May 2024Before you come for me, the above headline is satire, but for many Belizeans it very well may not be. There is a long-standing conversation over what is deemed as beautiful, and how society skews the criteria to most Euro-centric features.
Whose Bodies Get Studied - by Anne Helen Petersen
May 2024What happens when the vast majority of knowledge about how our bodies work….comes from studies of a certain type of body that may or may not work like our own?
Why don't birds have penises?
May 2024Have you ever taken a close look at any male bird and wondered why they don’t have a penis? No? Well, me neither (I’m not that much of a pervert!
Why Fitzgerald and Hemingway Are Literature's Greatest Frenemies
May 2024Between artists, the balance between admiration and jealousy is acrobatics. When art is life, another artist’s success can seem like an invalidation of your own life instead of a triumph to be celebrated.
Why Ill Never Work a 95 Job Ever Again
May 2024First, a brief word… Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Punk rock icon Henry Rollins once said there’s a terrifying feeling you get when you realize you can’t work a 9 to 5 job.
Why Kids Don't Follow Directions
May 2024Hi everyone, and greetings from London! We’re still on our family vacation, so today’s newsletter is a re-post, based on a reader question that I think we can all identify with.
Why Robins Sing at Night
May 2024Lately, I hear robins singing at night outside our windows. Not at dusk and dawn, as you would expect. But in the wee small hours – 2am, 3am.
Why Spider-Man should go to therapy
May 2024Happy Friday everyone! Two quick updates: I’m coming to Washington DC in July! I have two events that are currently in formation, but can share at this time there will be a workshop on Saturday, 7/15, and I’ll be preaching at a local church on Sunday, 7/16!
Why Street Prostitution Is Skyrocketing in California
May 2024The following is excerpted from “Predator’s Paradise” at City Journal. Abigail Shrier is the best-selling author of Irreversible Damage. You can find her work at The Truth Fairy.
Will Those Green Tomatoes Turn Red?
May 2024Share On Episode 152 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, we explored a topic many gardeners in USDA Zones 9, and a few in USDA Zone 8, are wondering about this time of year.
Yes, gun violence is a public health issue
May 2024Good afternoon Katelyn / YLE, This is my first comment on your Substack (I upgraded to “paid” specifically to post it) and I hope it’s taken with the spirit of constructive criticism that’s intended.
You dont owe anyone anything
May 2024You know about the side-eye. You’ve had a hilariously harmless version for years. You’ve even hit me with it a few times.
You Might Be Dajjal If...
May 2024Christmas staycation and thank God for that. We needed time off—the wife and I often travel for work, but we were all pretty exhausted and ground down.
YouTube Premium Lite is discontinued
May 2024This week I received some awful news: Google is discontinuing YouTube Premium Lite. Long-term readers of the The Rectangle will know of my deep affection for the subscription service, so maybe they can imagine my anguish when this email arrived:
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《中国总理李强妻子林环简历，总理李强女儿李颖简历》 妻子：林环（1964年1月9日－），女，汉族，魔羯座，中国国务院总理李强的妻子，浙江瑞安人。 浙江商业职业技术学院，浙江省商业经济研究所所长林环 李强妻子林环户籍地址：浙江杭州市西湖区紫荆花路399号紫荆雅苑XX幢XXX室，市场参考价1500万元人民币（旁边距离500米的皇朝城市花园价格） 女儿：李颖（1988年3月30日－），女，汉族，白羊座，已婚，出生地浙江杭州市，户籍地上海徐汇区，工作单位：世函盛建筑设计咨询（上海）有限公司 中国总理李强妻子林环政商关系简要 阿里研究院院长高红冰2018年3月21日和2019年3月29日两次与李强妻子林环同时出席活动，另外和林环关系好的商业人士还有上海韵达货运有限公司（韵达快递创始人之一陈立英毕业于浙江商业职业技术学院），圆通速递董事长喻渭蛟，横店集团董事长、总裁徐永安，迪安诊断董事长陈海斌、优艾贝集团董事长耿梓轩、润和软件董事长周红卫、途牛旅游网董事长于敦德、金陵饭店集团副总工程师兼天泉湖实业股份有限公司董事长魏强，中国邮政集团浙江省分公司、义乌市场发展集团、浙江物美亿商超市有限公司、衢州东方集团、浙江百诚集团。 小问答： 1、李强是如何把马云劝回中国的？ 答：阿里研究院院长高红冰2018年3月21日和2019年3月29日两次与李强妻子林环同时出席活动。高红冰原来是官员，就是马云雇来搞政商关系的。李强通过妻子林环，高红冰等人把马云劝回中国。可见马云热衷政商关系，眼界很低，最终难逃人为刀俎我为鱼肉的命运。 2、习近平为何信任李强？ 答：李强女儿李颖是习近平干女儿。 3、习近平为何不完全信任李强？ 答：一个很重要的原因就是李强的妻子林环和马云走得太近。 4、为什么说中国总理李强家产大约为800亿~900亿？ 答：周江勇在蚂蚁金服投资100亿，以中国总理李强妻子林欢和高红冰的关系，李强怎么也在蚂蚁金服投资了200亿，甚至500亿。 韵达快递总资产380亿，圆通速递总资产400亿，这两家中，有多少资产是李强的？有10%就是80亿，20%就是160亿。 横店集团总资产80亿，假设20亿是李强的。 迪安诊断也是核酸公司总资产200亿，假设40亿是李强的。 这些加起来是720亿。
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- by Yin Wang
May 2024花了一些时间，把微博的帖子一篇篇地往 substack 搬。浏览着这几个月写出的文字，它们让我欣慰。有时候回去看自己写的东西，有一种“原来我是这样的人”，死而无憾了的感觉。 这些文字的价值，比起我在编程语言领域的造诣大了非常多。编程语言永远只能操作机器，而人类语言可以改变人的思想，改变世界。 我应该把写过的所有文字整理出来编成一本书，叫做《王垠全集》。也许经过一百年，很多人看这本书会记得我——有一个人真的改变了世界，人类终于获得了自由。 不过我这样一篇篇地整理有点累了，我欢迎志愿者参加帮忙。 ncG1vNJzZmixmaPEorrGamWsrZKowaKvymeaqKVfpXx2gpU%3D
Meeting My Muse: A Switchboard Operators Story
May 2024When I started The Switchboard, I named this newsletter in honor of the patient Switchboard Operators who connected telephone calls in the past.
'This loss is immeasurable for our community'
May 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
"Big Joe and Phantom 309"
May 2024Every Tom Waits Song is an email newsletter covering just that, in alphabetical order. Find more info here and sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox:
"Fast Car" is not about lesbians
May 2024Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” is topping the country charts, prompting the obligatory discourse over what it means for a white man to find success with a Black woman’s song.
"High Demand" vs "Low Demand" religions
May 2024This exchange was interesting. In terms of ROI, I think terms like High v Low demand are useful. A PHd’s inability to sidestep their own personal biases is also useful.
"I Got You" by Split Enz
May 2024“I don't know why sometimes I get frightened…” Split Enz — the “nz” is for New Zealand. The band changed their name from Split Ends upon a move to Australia to try to make it big, or at least bigger.
"I knew my time was up."
May 2024“You don’t double-team Michael Jordan with the ‘Iceman’ around.” — Bulls GM Jerry Krause upon trading for Spurs legend George Gervin, Oct.
"I'm not like this because I'm in Van Halen. I'm in Van Halen because I'm like this."
May 2024This newsletter is free however if you like the content, and you think it’s worthy of any sort of gratuity, feel free to drop a donation to:
"Missionary Man:" Eurythmics' Funky Retort to Hypocrisy
May 2024Peak: #1 on the rock chart (#14 on the Hot 100) Streams: 9.4 million You couldn’t even be a rock star in the 80s unless you had a catchy song about institutional hypocrisy.
"On Fairy-stories" by J.R.R. Tolkien
May 2024Last summer, my husband and I regularly loaded up the triple stroller for a family walk around our neighborhood. Our usual route takes us past a Little Free Library, a small wooden box elevated on a post that encourages neighbors to “Take a Book.
"This guy is it!" James Dean in East of Eden (1955)
May 2024Happy holidays, readers! Kyle here. It’s been a highly rewarding reading year with The Big Read! I gained a lot from our online discussions and I appreciate your comments and insight.
"When We Were Close" by Jason Isbell
May 2024So, Jason Isbell. We barely have the time. I’ll just say: greatest living folk/Americana/Southern rock/whatever singer-songwriter. Very influential, critically adored, deeply confessional.
# 24 Sheila E.
May 2024“Not baaaad!” Prince used to say. Before adding slyly, “for a girl…” His point being Sheila E. was so far beyond being “not bad”.
#18. How Play Promotes Cooperation in Adult Mammals
May 2024When I go for a walk with my little dog Cookie (who would rather be called “Brutus” or anything more macho than “Cookie”) and we meet a dog he hasn’t met before, he begins barking ferociously.
#24 @TSZZL Roon, Apex Shape Rotator
May 2024🎧 Episode #24! I am joined by the Gen-Z programmer, shape rotator, shitpoaster, and memelord known as ‘Roon’. You can follow him @TSZZL on twitter dot com.
#KateGate & The Recipe For The Perfect Conspiracy Theory
May 2024Yes reader, I too am giving my two cents on the recent Kate Middleton debacle, after all, it involves all three of my special interests: conspiracy theories, social media and a touch of True Crime.
16 lessons from legendary clown school instructor Philippe Gaulier
May 2024'Once you can handle the insults, you begin': inside Philippe Gaulier's clown school [The Guardian] profiles the clowning legend. Gaulier’s guru status long predates this purple patch: his alumni include Emma Thompson and Simon McBurney, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.
16 years ago, my story was told in Michael Moore's documentary "Sicko." I still struggle for the hea
May 2024When “Sicko” was released in 2007, my hopes were high that my family might get some relief from the stress of securing health care.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning RICHARD THOMPSON
May 2024“And I don't mind dyin' but for the love of you.” The Vincent Black Lightning was the world’s fastest production motorcycle.
1998 in Review: "The Truman Show"
May 2024On this, my umpteenth viewing of The Truman Show, I really locked in on the final exchange between Christof and Truman.
2022 Complete Deal Sled Review
May 2024Good morning savages. When I started in Sales & Trading in 2016, I was young and didn’t know shit about closing deals, business, or the world.
2023 NBA Draft Scouting Report
May 2024A trailblazer of the highest order, Overtime Elite prospect Amen Thompson has set out to create his own path getting to the NBA.
2023 NBA Draft Scouting Report
May 2024If you have not read our Ten Commandments of NBA Draft Scouting, it’s worth a read. It’s also an important primer from which to view GG Jackson, one of the most polarizing players in this draft class.
2024 Hula Bowl QBs Overview and Defensive Performers
May 2024The Hula Bowl is a long-standing post-season college football all-star game, played this year in Orlando, Florida. Nearly 300 Scouts from the NFL, CFL and other professional organizations were in attendance to evaluate some of the top draft-eligible players from across the FBS, FCS and other levels of football.
2024 NHL Mock Draft: Post-Lottery Edition
May 2024NASHVILLE (The Draft Analyst) — Below is my first mock draft for the 2024 NHL draft. This is not a final Top-32 ranking, which will be released next week and again in my 2024 NHL Draft Report.
4-0 Win vs. Charlotte FC
May 2024FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Inter Miami is through to the semifinals of the Leagues Cup, and the team got there without having to leave second gear in its most recent victory.
5+ books on intentional sobriety
May 2024Content warning: alcohol Hi friends, Granted, I don’t know a lot (anything?) about American right-wing media, but even I have enough familiarity by osmosis to be surprised when I was featured in an episode by the controversial conservative commentator/podcaster Candace Owens last week as her origin point for evolving views on alcohol.
8 Lessons From 8 Years of Marriage
May 2024My wife and I are celebrating 8 years of marriage this month. It has been a beautiful and challenging journey to build harmony into our relationship, especially in the beginning before we both started meditating.
A Brandy Alexander For Your Holidays
May 2024Happy Friday, and happy holidays. For the season, there are few better drinks than the Brandy Alexander. It’s an exceptionally simple cocktail, just three ingredients — brandy, creme de cacao, and heavy cream — shaken and strained into a glass, with a bit of nutmeg dusted on top.
A brief guide to what happened to Kate Middleton
May 2024I have seen the video of “Kate” and “William” on a “grocery shopping trip” at an outdoor market. It sort of looks like them and it vaguely seems authentic.
A Christmas Open House (2022)
May 2024Need to preface by saying it’s a HGTV flick, essentially the same style of a Hallmark Channel feature, so expectations shouldn’t rival The Preacher’s Wife or Miracle on 34rd Street.
A Closer Look at Brncui's Bird(s) in Space
May 2024It’s illustrative of our present-day popular attitudes toward Christian values that while the reverent and often mystical Bible illustrations by James Tissot languish in the archives of the Brooklyn Museum, an ugly painting that many consider blasphemous, titled “The Holy Virgin Mary,” was featured in the Brooklyn Museum’s 1999 exhibition of a traveling show of the work of Young British Artists, titled “Sensation.
A directory of successful query letters
May 2024When my debut came out in 2019, I wrote a little guide to finding an agent and included my exact query letter — before and after, in fact, showing its too-long first draft and then the edited version I sent out.
A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, best book to read
May 2024Welcome to Reading Under the Radar, where every Tuesday you’ll receive a book recommendation right to your inbox that hasn’t hit any major lists or book clubs but definitely deserves to be read.
A Guide to Buying Pasta
May 2024We are all familiar with the wonders of fresh, handmade pasta (which, by the way, I have not even included in my book proposal, as I now believe fresh pasta can truly only be taught in live classes).
A History of Chicken and Waffles, Part 1
May 2024Chicken and Waffles are bacon and eggs: not so much a single dish as an inspired combination of two different things forever joined in glorious union.
A lovable mess - by Angela Garbes
May 2024A few weeks ago, a Seattle woman named Rachel Marshall died in her sleep. Because Seattle (well at least my Seattle) is still a small town at heart, the news shocked me and broke my heart.
A new Beatles song in 2023?
May 2024Good morning angels!!! I’m coming at you after a hilarious weekend where I bought a guitar at the flea market on Saturday, proceeded to go directly to lunch with a new friend, proceeded to move on to having DRINKS and DINNER and MORE DRINKS with these friends and ended up lugging Sonya (which is what we named the guitar) around with me all night:
A note on the great Ann Leslie.
May 2024‘I tell you where you should go, Suzanne — Chechnya. It's fantastic. You can smoke everywhere there. You can smoke in an operating theatre in Chechnya.
A Scroll Through Dear Hannah Preps TikTok
May 2024by Courtland CampoDear Hannah Prep is a Dallas-based boutique specializing in clothes that is best described as a misrepresentation of prep fashion, or a reinvention of 2013 neon-hued clothes meets Gen-Z sorority girls with bright crop tops, ruffle skirts, and trucker hats.
A visit to Grovers Mill, New Jersey, site of Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' invasion
May 2024On Oct. 30, 1938, at 8 p.m. Eastern, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre broadcast the infamous “War of the Worlds” radio drama on the CBS network, reporting that aliens had invaded Grovers Mill, New Jersey.
A Woman to Know: Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson
May 2024I need you more and more, and the great world grows wider, and dear ones fewer and fewer, every day that you stay away.
A woman to look out for: Birdy Rose
May 2024Share The Glinner Update Birdy is a young artist who has been subjected to a sustained bullying campaign ever since she came out as gender criticial.
Aaron Bushnell and the Rage that Burns Within All of US
May 2024This article is dedicated to Aaron Bushnell, his family, and everybody struggling with the guilt and despair that helped stage Bushnell’s final act of protest.
Advice for making a career as a writer, and how I became a writer
May 2024Last week, the teachers at my daughter’s wonderful school filled out their own “first day of school” plaques. And just like the kids’ plaques, theirs had a spot to note what they want to be when they grow up.
AlleyCorp's New $250M Fund - by Kevin Ryan
May 2024This week, we announced a new $250M fund that includes outside investors for the very first time. It’s a decision that is representative of a major inflection point for AlleyCorp.
an excellent cheesy egg bake souffl thing!
May 2024A couple of week’s ago I drove to my oldest friend Caryn’s house for a visit, along with our other close friend Arielle.
An Inside Look at How MLB Authenticates Game-Used Gear
May 2024Even if you don’t hang out at memorabilia shows or spend hours looking at online auction websites, you’re probably familiar with the little hologram stickers that Major League Baseball uses to authenticate its game-used jerseys, baseballs, and other items.
An Interview With the Man Behind Dylanchords
May 2024For as long as I can remember, I’ve signed my emails with a single “e”, a subtle but obvious reference to the double Es of “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”.
An Ode to Changeand Pat and Gary's Party Store
May 2024Another day, another essay not in any way related to the supposed theme of this newsletter… Last winter, my hometown’s party store burned down.
Andrew Hubermans non-apology tour - by Derek Beres
May 2024The frame is tight, staring up in stoic admiration. Three hours, thirty-seven minutes, entirely black and white—unironically, like the content itself—heavy on contrast.
Are Taylor Swift and Matty Healy Dating?
May 2024Shocked Who? Weekly mentioned a racecar driver instead of Matty on today’s ep, NEVER forget Halsey’s incredible poetry about him
Art Imitates Life - by David W. Berner
May 2024You may never have heard of him. If you don’t follow sports, and specifically golf, you certainly don’t know his name.
Author and Climate Writer Emily Raboteau Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
May 2024From the time I was 10, I’ve been obsessed with what it means to grow older. I’m curious about what it means to others, of all ages, and so I invite them to take “The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire.
Avs Season-Ticket Price Increases Have Some Steaming, But Fact Is They Still Have It Good Compared T
May 2024I want to say right up front: I’ve never paid to attend an Avalanche home game. Not once. I’ve always gotten in for free when I’ve seen them at home.
Badass Centennial: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
May 2024“Play the blues!” Usually those are words of encouragement, an accent on a hot solo in a smoky club. But one night in 1975 at Antone’s original Sixth Street location in Austin, that exhortation sounded a bit too much like a command to the headliner, a black man with piercing eyes who wore a Stetson hat, a pearl-buttoned rodeo shirt and cowboy boots.
Beat-Up Handbags Are The Vibe
May 2024Hot Takes is my bullet point thoughts on fashion's hottest issues. These posts get to the heart of why people are talking about what they’re talking about, what this means and where this could go next.
Beatty Zimmerman talks Bob Dylan's early years and road to fame
May 2024Abram: He started reading them when he was about 13 or 14. Beatty: Oh, yes, he was in the library a lot too.
Beef Fizz and Clam Sweat - by Dennis Lee
May 2024What’s up, children? Actually, if you are a child you should not be reading this. Go socially distance with some friends over a heated round of Pogs.
Behind the Scenes at the Alta Cocker Gazette
May 2024I'm currently teaching a profile-writing class. It's mid-semester, and we've reached the point where the students have interviewed their subjects and a few secondary sources.
Benavidez wins by 6th round stoppage
May 2024David Benavidez stopped Demetrius Andrade in the 6th round last night in Las Vegas with a dominant performance before calling out Canelo Alvarez.
Best practices for sneaking alcohol into a college football game (Flashlight & A Biscuit, No. 39)
May 2024Welcome to Flashlight & A Biscuit, my Southern storytelling/sports/culture/food offshoot of my work at Yahoo Sports. Thanks for reading, and if you’re new around here, why not subscribe?
Beware of the Pseudo-Christian (1)
May 2024There is a saying, 'If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is a duck!
Beware the Christian Nationalist label
May 2024We have a theocracy already. It is neither Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or any other traditional religion. Our theocracy preaches tolerance and inclusivity, but is mindlessly intolerant.
Bhavesh Bhimanathani | Substack
May 2024Bhavesh BhimanathaniBhavesh attributes every aspect of his life to Vanamali and his Guru. He teaches Yoga Philosophy to seekers from across the globe.
Billy Club worker gets sweat equity partnership, as Buffalo spots invest in people
May 2024In 2016, Eric Pitman helped Dan Hagen and Jake Strawser open Billy Club at 228 Allen St., following Hagen from Toutant.
Black Girls With Ginger, Auburn, Reddish Colored Hair
May 2024Today I’m launching a short summer section of the newsletter ☀️ It’ll go out 4 days a week until the end of August.
Blood and Honey' Director on How to Use Public Domain IP
May 2024When images from Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey first dropped over the summer, the internet went crazy. The idea of a feral Pooh and Piglet seeking revenge after being neglected by a grown-up Christopher Robin, who is heading off to college, grabbed people.
BOATS OF THE WORLD: Reed Boats
May 2024A series from Mike Smith In the following series of articles, Mike Smith will explore some well-known and less well-known boat types, construction methods, and building materials used around the world historically.
Book Review: WIN by Harlan Coben
May 2024Add another tally mark to the “The Press Box sells books” column, because I marked this down as a book to check out after listening to last year’s episode where Bryan Curtis interviewed Harlan Coben.
Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley (2024)
May 2024Hi there! Welcome to A Letter a Day. If you want to know more about this newsletter, see "The Archive.” At a high level, you can expect to receive a memo/essay or speech/presentation transcript from an investor, founder, or entrepreneur (IFO) each edition.
Broken femur, broken heart - by Amelia Boone
May 2024The other week I started writing about the feelings that came with my most recent stress fracture. As with any injury, my mind replayed all the reasons, all the decisions, everything that I could have, would have, should have done.
Buxton Hall's Closure Is Latest Blow for NC Whole Hog Barbecue
May 2024This week’s guest article is written by Monk, a native of North Carolina and co-founder of the Barbecue Bros blog. Along with his friends and fellow Barbecue Bros Speedy and Rudy, Monk has traveled around eating, rating, ranking, and reviewing barbecue joints since 2012.
cabbage salsa is real, i promise
May 2024I hope everyone’s week was nothing short of fabulous and if it was short of fabulous, there’s always next week, right?
Can I find a good Florida bagel at... Clearwater Bagels
May 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
Can I find a good Seattle bagel at... Westman's Bagel and Coffee (Capitol Hill)
May 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
Can Mothers, Childless Women, and Childfree Women Be Friends?
May 2024It seems no matter what role a woman takes on, she is likely to endure times of feeling isolated, unsupported, and lonely.
China's Great Firewall can now block Shadowsocks, VMess, and Obfs4
May 2024This newsletter is brought to you by Material Security, the company that provides visibility, defense-in-depth, and security infrastructure for Office 365 and Google Workspace.
Chris McCandless Was a Moron Who Deserved to Die
May 2024Is it okay to hate a movie you’ve never seen? I say yes: if the movie is Into the Wild.
Chuquicamata (excerpt) - Beautiful Eccentrics
May 2024Last week we learned that the Museum of Natural History in New York is going to finally address the presence of 12,000 human remains in its collection, mostly of indigenous and enslaved people.
CJ Dunne, Co-founder of SageSpot
May 2024For the first Shelf Space feature, I want to highlight CJ Dunne. CJ and I grew up playing beach flags together at summer camp.
Clustering the 2023 NFL Draft QBs: Part 1
May 2024Long time no see substack! First off I do want to apologize for the absence, life has been a little hectic lately and I haven’t been able to do much data exploration.
Comments - Hey Now! - by David Coggins
May 2024It's a constant pleasure to read your work, to listen to you and Michael bicker and banter over nothing and, perhaps more accurately, everything.
Comments - Think Less, Agnes
May 2024"someday you will do nothing and be nobody" Hey, I think you found me: a retired and very tired old man living alone and loving it.
Cooking in Real Life with Lidey Heuck
May 2024My friend Lidey’s debut cookbookCooking in Real Life comes out this coming Tuesday, March 12 and I am so thrilled for her and for all of you, because you should order one now.
Cowboys 2023 Draft: Underwhelming at best
May 2024Several Dallas Cowboys topics are currently brewing, and we'll continue to stay on top of them. However, this presents a great opportunity to delve into a year-end evaluation of the 2023 rookie class.
Craig Watkins, RIP - by Radley Balko
May 2024I missed it at the time, but former Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins died last month. He was 56.
Creating a cozy autumn aesthetic at home
May 2024You have created such a beautiful space to call home!! Aw that means the world to me. I still feel like I'm only touching the surface of being "
Crunchy Granola Clusters - by Charlotte Rutledge
May 2024I recently listened to an episode of the Gastropod podcast that was all about the texture of food. I found it fascinating primarily because texture is so rarely the center of attention when it comes to food.
David F. Watson | Substack
May 2024David F. WatsonI'm Professor of New Testament and Academic Dean at United Theological Seminary and an elder in the Global Methodist Church.
Dear Nikki - A User Research Advice Podcast | Nikki Anderson
May 2024For the UXR who wants to pack a punch and get creative with your projects, the User Research Academy Membership is the place that will give you new ideas, approaches, and inspiration without you having to spend hours Googling
Deer Part 3: What "Bambi" Got Wrong
May 2024Welcome back to the SORT OF FUNNY FIELD GUIDES email, where we’ve been on a learning-about-deer kick. If you missed Part 1, we learned about some of the white-tailed deer’s super senses, including its panoramic vision and muscley ears.
Did Meghan Knock Off Flamingo Estate To Create ARO?
May 2024Fom Tracy Robbins Instagram account. Happy Sunday! Wishing Queen Elizabeth II a happy, heavenly 98th birthday today. For many of us, when we think of “the Queen” our minds immediately go to QEII.
Dine Like It's 1950 in Warrenton, Virginia
May 2024Until the end of the day, upgrade to a yearly paid subscription for 20 percent off! Get 20% off for 1 year
Do we need to end the Fed?
May 2024Dear Readers, Lately, I’ve spent a lot of time considering the power structure between the Treasury and the Federal Reserve. As an aspiring American financial historian, I’ve closely studied the Fed’s founding, the private nature of the individual Federal Reserve branches’ shareholders, the Board of Governors’ history of representing US government interests, and periods of unorthodox coordination.
Do You Know How Steve Jobs Became A Co-Founder of Pixar?
May 2024I have interviewed so many incredible founders over the years but one that really stands out is Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith.
Does 3D-printing houses make sense?
May 2024I have been called many things, but curmudgeon comes up a lot, usually after I complain about new technologies that will supposedly change the world.
Does Ice Spice resemble a fat Asian woman?
May 2024Apparently not content to have turned Kanye West’s daughter into a filthy hoo-er, Ice Spice hopped on a remix with Taylor Swift.
Does this tree have cancer?
May 2024Share Oftentimes when I walk in the woods, I come across trees with enormous lumps on them that look like tumors:
Doggerland, Atlantis, and the Coastlines of Middle-Earth
May 2024My first entry in this series detailed how Tolkien’s Middle-Earth, when correctly scaled, perfectly matches the landscape of Ice-Age Europe. Tolkien’s placement of mythic locations such as Mirkwood also matches their attested locations in ancient Europe.
Don't Worry Darling (2022), a review
May 2024The media circus that has surrounded Olivia Wilde’s sophomore effort is the most interesting thing about this production. There, I said it.
Door County's Mike Holmes on the future of Wickman House, Trixies
May 2024Welcome to the weekend! We continue our exploration of Door County, Wisconsin this week. Here’s what you’ll find in this week’s newsletter:
Downton Abbey-Core and Fizzed Out
May 2024Riverdale star Camila Mendes and Happy Death Day actress Rachel Matthews are launching a production company; Rihanna is expanding the Fenty universe with hair care; Hailey Bieber stars in Saint Laurent's Summer 2024 campaign; and will any of you be going to VidCon this year…?
Eli Albrecht | Substack
May 2024Eli AlbrechtHusband, #LawDad, Acquisitions (M&A) lawyer, and goat farmer. I work at a top BigLaw firm, but love small to mid-size buyers and sellers.
Elite Customer Success Associate Executive Search Firms: Your Path to Success
May 2024Customer Success Associates (CSAs) are more important than ever. They're key for helping companies retain their customers and drive loyalty by offering support and guidance.
Emily's Life Plan for the Week
May 2024Welcome back to Emily’s Life Plan for the Week, a weekly newsletter where I share my personal notes and recap every little detail from my previous week’s videos (follow me on tiktok, instagram, youtube, and snapchat @emilymariko)!
Emma Mia! Whys your cast all white?
May 2024A couple of weeks ago I noticed a Teen Vogue essay floating around social media about the all-white casting of Greta Gerwig’s Little Women.
Exploring the psychology of "fresh starts"
May 2024Business leaders, creatives, and curious people in 120+ countries are rethinking with Rachel every Monday. Subscribe today to start receiving the free weekly newsletter.
Fake joints - by Cindy Crabb
May 2024I have this trick for dealing with agitating situations, like driving in New York, or feeling socially awkward at a show.
FC St. Pauli: Europes Most In-form Club
May 2024For email subscribers to enjoy the best viewing experience, we recommend interacting with the following article online on a laptop or Ipad at The German Football Weekly’s Substack site.
Finding Julia - The Orwell Foundation
May 2024A few years ago, I was invited by the estate of George Orwell to write a retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four from the point of view of Julia, the lover of the protagonist, Winston Smith.
Flash Flooding Facts and Feelings From This Week in Gatlinburg
May 2024Tuesday, January 9th was quite the day in Gatlinburg. What started out as a working day, ended up far more interesting than I expected.
Flo Ballard (June 30, 1943 Feb 22, 1976): A Supreme Voice
May 2024View most updated version of this post on SubstackSearch our full archivesShare Flo Ballard was one of the founding members of the Supremes, Motown’s biggest stars and the most commercially successful American vocal group of all time.
FlufferNutter Bars - by Viviane Eldarazi
May 2024Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 8x8 metal pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
French Tuck Me Into 2024
May 2024It's a pleasant afternoon at the bookstore when through the window I spot my stylish friend P as she heads into the boutique next door.
From OnlyFans to Born Again Christian?
May 2024Nala Ray says she made $9 million performing on OnlyFans before she left sex work and became a Christian. Many people reading this have probably never heard of her, but I recall hearing about Ray when she was baptized last year (see below).
Gang Weed Conservatism I: Charles Taylor and the World of Pure Imagination
May 2024This has a very "virgin writing about sex" quality to it, which has been a problem with academic writing about psychedelics since the early days.
Gina Martin | Substack
May 2024The Good Chat By Gina Martin If you're a feminist looking for nuance, someone who wants to disrupt inequality or just a human with big feelings trying to live by their values, then this newsletter is for you.
Go ahead, treat yourself to a cherry pitter
May 2024Every spring, when I’m absolutely certain that winter is behind us for good, I start eying the cherry pitter that has languished for ten months in the back of my kitchen drawer with more affection than one might think a kitchen gadget merits.
Golden Mexican Muffins with Vanilla & Orange Zest!
May 2024❤️ Did you know that if you hit the HEART at the top or bottom of this post, it makes it easier for people to find this newsletter?
Good Riddance 2023! - by Wisley Lau
May 2024FT: 2023: the FT’s year in review AFP: Looking back on 2023: the events that defined this year | AFP
GPTZero vs Turnitin - by Edward Tian
May 2024Core Updates: We just launched GPTZero Scaffold AI Detection, our partnership with K16 Solutions creating the first institution level AI analytics dashboard across LMS platforms to supports universities in crafting AI policy.
Grandfather Hamilton & the Osage Reign of Terror (Part 1)
May 2024When my mother-in-law passed away and my wife, Karen, closed up the house, she came across a couple of manuscripts written by her great-grandfather, William Slaughter Hamilton.
Grandpa Larry Holmes Wows the Boxing World a Final Time
May 2024Watch the Fight As he stepped into the ring to fight Ray Mercer under the bright lights in Atlantic City, Donald Trump and Marla Maples unmissable on the hard camera, Larry Holmes was supposed to be finished.
Green Olive and Almond Tapenade
May 2024If newspapers, magazines, and social media are any indication, everyone needs - on an annual basis - even more ways to roast turkey (or braise, sous-vide, Instant Pot, deep-fry, brine, dry brine, etc).
Grow: How BowTiedBull created an ecosystem where anonymous writers rise together
May 2024I went from dead ass broke to “retired” in 11 years without the aid of the the Jungle If I’d had come across the Jungle earlier I could have cut that time in half.
Growing Up in the Lyman Family Cult
May 2024Excerpt from Chapter 1 of memoir When the World Didn’t End “We have not gathered here to isolate ourselves from the rest of the world but rather to establish a greater order within that order, an order born of willing cooperation and necessary discipline.
Ham and Cheese Crepe.
May 2024I’m going to send you a mixed message. If you’re new to my newsletter, books, or social media, I collect email sign-ups by offering a very kick-ass Eat Happy meal plan and recipe sampler PDF.
Happy 123123 Day! - ESCAPE With Otis Frampton!
May 2024Hey, all! It’s been a while. But there’s a very good reason for that. For those of you who follow me on social media, you already know part of the story: I’ve been recovering from a 30-day hospital stay due to complications that arose after brain surgery.
Hazelnuts, Catkins, Tree flowers, oh my!
May 2024After writing last week’s newsletter on Skunk Cabbage, I realized that many of my favourite spring wildflowers are some of the most unrecognizable, the most demure.
Hercules with Lou Ferrigno (1983)
May 2024Recently a friend brought up Menahem Golan, of The Cannon Group and Golan-Globus fame, because that’s the kind of friends I have (it’s fine, I’m not looking for pity, it is what it is).
Here Come the Deepfakes - by Amanda Cosco
May 2024Recently, celebrity Kendall Jenner started a new Instagram account—or at least that’s what it seemed. The account showed her photo, but the name on the profile was “Billie,” and the bio explained the profile is an “AI managed by Meta.
HERE'S TO OLIVIA DUNNE AND HER NIL MILLIONS
May 2024Names, images and libidos. What, you were expecting puffer jackets and fleece joggers? Did anyone really think, when the Supreme Court ruled college athletes could be compensated for their brands, that sex wouldn’t be part of the NIL equation?
Holiday Party with Andrew & Zo!
May 2024The holidays are all about friends, family and food. Andrew is both a friend and my chosen family. As he puts it in the show, he’s like my “very annoying older brother,” and I love him for that.
Houston's Veer Option - by Patrick Mayhorn
May 2024Like a lot of things in college football, Bill Yeoman’s creation and usage of the veer option offense was the result of a fear of being fired.
How Auctions Work - by Kate McKean
May 2024Hey friends, I’m still chewing on all the great suggestions for newsletter topics from this subscriber post a week or so ago and today we’re tackling one of them: what’s an auction and how does it work?
How did we get from profit to profiteering?
May 2024When got in touch recently to tell me about his new book, The Profiteers, I was immediately intrigued by it’s subtitle, ‘How business privatizes profits and socializes costs’.
How MAGA Republicans are eating their young and jeopardizing their party's chances in 2024 and beyon
May 2024A less publicized aspect of tonight’s Republican debate revolves around one of its primary sponsors, Young America’s Foundation. Given this, it’s reasonable to anticipate that moderators Brett Baier and Martha MacCallum will pose at least one question concerning topics that resonate with the concerns of young (conservative) Americans.
How to emotionally detach from your sexist or abusive partner
May 2024Marriage is a huge gamble. And when women lose, they lose big. Men can abuse them, kill them, weaponize the family court system against them for years.
How To Invest Like Hov
May 2024Jay-Z may well go down in history as the greatest rapper of all time, but his bona fides are pretty strong as a personal finance guru, too.
How to make craquelin - by Dorie Greenspan
May 2024I’m not sure when craquelin, the cookie-top for cream puffs or éclairs or any other kind of pastry made with pâte à choux, became popular, but it’s a relatively new addition to CreamPuffLand and a wonderful one.
How to Manage Brake Fade
May 2024“My brake pedal went to the floor with no warning and there was nothing I could do.” Sorry, but I don’t buy that; I don’t agree that your brakes never gave you any warning.
How To Play ShadowDark Solo
May 2024This week I, like many others, got my Kickstarter backer materials from Arcane Library. I was stoked, so rather than waiting to get ShadowDark back to my table (we are currently several sessions into a Black Sword Hack campaign, which has been tons of fun - more on that later), I decided to use the concepts from my no-prep Shadowdark session (READ IT HERE) to play solo.
How to Write a Psalm
May 2024I read a lot about happiness. I’ve read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, and done my own (it’s fun), I follow and read Arthur Brooks, and I’ve taken Dr.
How to write custom converters for JSON serialization in .NET
May 2024The Developer Ecosystem in 2023: Key Trends for C# Explore the key trends of today's C# and .NET development in the State of Developer Ecosystem 2023 report by JetBrains, which also includes commentary from the wider .
How Warner Bros. made a $500 million mistake
May 2024Since I enjoyed the Renaissance last weekend, I think it’s about time to rewatch Home Alone. Did you see the film’s star Macauley Culkin received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week?
I am obsessed with the Monkey Man trailer
May 2024Though last year was a pretty flawless year for movies, I continue to brace myself for when we hit the gap caused by the dual SAG-AFTRA and Writer’s Guild strikes, probably at the end of this year and almost certainly into 2025.
I quit Instagram - Monday Monday
May 2024Monday Monday is a free weekly newsletter. If you love reading and want access to my advice column YES YES and other essays consider becoming a paid subscriber
I wrote about Liv Hewson's double mastectomy and why she should leave kids alone
May 2024It saddens me that young girls are being manipulated into damaging their bodies for what is I believe in most cases a fad.
I'm bored with food now what?
May 2024I’m a dietitian, I spend my days talking about food and suggesting ways for people to have a healthy relationship with food.
I'm forking Ladybird and stepping down as SerenityOS BDFL
May 2024In 2018, I created the SerenityOS project after completing a drug rehab program. I needed something to soak up my free time while learning to live a normal life, and it turned out that building a new operating system was a task of just the right proportions.
Imbolc celebrations - by Lia Leendertz
May 2024Imbolc by Mountain Laurel Artwork Imbolc is almost upon us. Imbolc (pronounced ‘imulk’) falls on 1-2 February and is one of the four Celtic ‘cross-quarter days’ that mark out the seasonal year: very, very ancient but also very useful to us even now.
In Conversation: Crystal Pak of Initiate
May 2024When I first came up with the idea of relaunching Anti-Matter for its 30th anniversary, it was important to me that this project was not simply viewed as a nostalgia trip.
In Conversation: Dennis Lyxzn of Refused
May 2024In my mind, the Refused story is still one of the most improbable hardcore success stories of all time. When I first met them in 1993, they were a band of upstart vegan straight-edge kids opening the Swedish leg of a Shelter tour I was playing on.
Incredible stops in and around Penn Yan
May 2024Note: This newsletter is supported by Rohrbach Brewing Co., a pioneering craft brewery in the city of Rochester. The Finger Lakes are just bursting with quality breweries, most of them within 90 minutes of downtown Rochester.
Interview with Augustin Hadelich - by Ariane Todes
May 2024Augustin Hadelich is one of today’s supreme violinists, perfectly balancing intellect, emotion and soul, all with a vast palette of sound and superb taste.
Interview with Takehiko Inoue (2007)
May 2024Hello readers! Christopher here with a little treat for all of our subscribers. This week on Mangasplaining, we’re reading our first book by one of the living legends of manga, Takehiko Inoue.
Introducing DETMER, the first ever Sickos Committee CFB metric.
May 2024Hello! Sickos Committee Chairman Escalante here for the second installment of The Sickos Sentinel (we think we’ve settled on a name).
Introduction to Georgetown's Initial 2024 Recruiting Targets
May 2024The direct contact period for college coaches with 2024 prospects began at midnight on June 16. While Georgetown does not have any 2023 commits yet, the 2024 class is expected to be a bigger focus for the program than 2023, as they are expected to have more open roster spots to fill next recruiting cycle.
Investment Partnerships and Distributions Under IRC Section 731: A Confusing, Often-Mislabeled Conce
May 2024NOTE: While this article is for paid subscribers, a .pdf copy of the article can be purchased for download by clicking here.
Is it true that you cant derive an ought from an is?
May 2024Here is one of the most momentous short paragraphs ever written in the history of philosophy: “In every system of morality, which I have hitherto met with, I have always remarked, that the author proceeds for some time in the ordinary way of reasoning, and establishes the being of a God, or makes observations concerning hum…
Is That NYT Podcast About K-pop Any Good?
May 2024If you like K-pop and are on social media, you’ve probably seen the uproar regarding the latest NYT Popcast episode: Jung Kook, BTS and English Language K-pop: A conversation about K-pop’s long march into American awareness, and the potential risks of that embrace.
Is this the End for Sword and Sorcery?
May 2024BARBARIAN SOUP A classic, no-effort comfort dish, handy for those back-of-the-cupboard ingredients a little past their sell-by date. Writing time: 30 minutes
Is Viet Dinh The Most Powerful Lawyer In America?
May 2024Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.
it's giving season - by Janet
May 2024My husband’s face said it all as he unwrapped the present from Jaffs, 6. Inside was a wooden carving of two figures embracing — kissing?
It's new to me: Linkle Liver Story
May 2024This column is “It’s new to me,” in which I’ll play a game I’ve never played before — of which there are still many despite my habits — and then write up my thoughts on the title, hopefully while doing existing fans justice.
It's So Sad When Old People Romanticize Their Heydays, Also the 90s Were Objectively the Best Time t
May 2024The 90s were better. They just were. I’m sorry, but it’s science. It was the past, but there were vaccines and Jim Crow was over and there was a modern sensibility without all of the pathologies of the internet.
Ivy (1947) - Self-Styled Siren
May 2024(The magnificent Ivy, deemed “stone-cold noir” by none other than Eddie Muller himself, is on the Criterion Channel as part of the “Noir by Gaslight” series, and it can and should be watched right now.
James Taylors Greatest Hits - by Simon Sweetman
May 2024It has a boring white cover. But actually, it’s just understated. The man’s name, the titles of the songs, and no announcement that these are his best-known hits, that’s recognisable by their inclusion.
January 2024 Book Releases - by Katy O.
May 2024Hello readers! I think I’m in the top 1% of people who are the most excited for the new start that January 1 provides.
Josh Allen's cheating affair shocks NFL
May 2024Speculations about Josh Allen and Brittany Williams' breakup began when Williams unfollowed Allen on Instagram and removed all their pictures and Bills references.
Jumping Worms: An Update, Again
May 2024Jumping worms, and the publicity about them, are spreading. Debbie Flower (America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor) and I talked about this in August of 2021 in Episode 126 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast.
Justice vs. Vengeance Is There a Difference?
May 2024We tend to think of justice as a noble ideal we should strive for and vengeance as a small negative pettiness driven by the darker angels of our nature.
Kara Swisher On Big Tech And Media
May 2024Kara is a journalist who has covered the business of the Internet since 1994. She was the cofounder and editor-at-large of Recode, and she's worked for the NYT, the WaPo, and the WSJ.
Kate Wolf, a love story - by Sarah McColl
May 2024I live in Northern California, a vast geographical area a small part of which some people call Kate Wolf country. In a manner of speaking, I live here because of Kate Wolf, which is another way of saying I live here because of love.
Katmer (Turkish pistachio pastry dessert)
May 2024If it wasn’t clear from this week’s Meze newsletter, I adore Turkish katmer. Ever since my first bite many years ago, it’s been one of my favourite Turkish desserts.
Ken Burns & Wynton Marsalis Got Him All Wrong (+Bonuses)
May 2024(For Paying Subscribers, there are Keppard recordings below.) (I thank my friend and former grad student, trombonist, and jazz historian David Sager for his input on today’s essay.
Kitchen Projects #004: Pumpkin Basque Cheesecake
May 2024Hello! Welcome to the fourth edition of Kitchen Projects, a recipe development and cooking journal by me, Nicola Lamb. I’m a pastry chef, recipe developer and bakery consultant based in London.
LA's "La Sombrita" Represents Everything Wrong with American Transportation
May 2024You may have seen images showing the groundbreaking of a new bus shelter known as “La Sombrita” go viral on Twitter over the past few days.
Last Things First: Billy Wayne Davis
May 2024Billy Wayne Davis is a comedian who has performed on Conan, Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central, lent his voice and producing skills to SquidBillies, hosted a travel doc for CMT, Morgan Spurlock Presents Freedom!
Leftist Psychology - Oversocialization - by Autistocrates
May 2024You can find the other essays in this series here: Equality, Tabula rasa, Neoteny, Status, Science In the last two essays on leftist psychology, the key point has been to show how common leftist beliefs are covers for deep-seated feelings of resentment and inferiority.
Lemon Olive Oil Cake - SCRAPS
May 2024My biggest pet peeve when it comes to lemon cakes is when they don’t actually taste like lemon. I’ve tried so many cakes claiming to be a lemon cake, you bite into them and find a vanilla cake with a sugary frosting.
Let's talk about cooking, Part 1
May 2024I also really appreciate the realness of your kitchen. We just last year did a remodel that I wish only cost as much as a roof.
M6.4 earthquake shakes coast of Mexico, Guatemala
May 2024Earthquake Insights is an ad-free newsletter written by two earthquake scientists. Our posts are written for a general audience, with some advanced science thrown in!
Malrt Is Good, Actually - by Liz Cook
May 2024There are two ways this could go. A demon-eyed friend brings you a shot in the bar. “Would you like to try Chicago’s finest wormwood liqueur?
Marvin Gaye's National Anthems--Yes, Plural
May 2024Greg Mitchell is the author of a dozen books and now writer/director of award-winning films. He was also a longtime editor of the legendary Crawdaddy.
Mary McFadden Cultural Modernist
May 2024In my newsletter earlier this month on Mary McFadden’s hosting style, I mentioned that I had interviewed her in 2013. I received quite a few requests for the interview, both as comments or over email, so I am including it below.
Master Armenian Strategy in AOE2: The Mountain Royals
May 2024The Armenians, are a captivating Mediterranean civilization featured in "The Mountain Royals" expansion. Drawing inspiration from the historical grandeur of Bagratid Armenia and Cilician Armenia, this civilization offers a unique blend of military and economic prowess, that offer a unique play style.
Matteo Ricci and the Chinese Rites Controversy
May 2024In his General Audience this past Wednesday, Pope Francis praised the sixteenth-century Italian missionary Matteo Ricci, S.J. (1552-1610) for his love for the Chinese people and his commitment to his vocation as a follower of Jesus Christ.
Meet the author: Jacqueline West
May 2024Hello, hello! You may remember me talking about the creepy and mysterious middle grade novels The Shadows and Long Lost. The author, Jacqueline West, visited the school I work at for an author visit, and it was such a delight to meet her, I knew I wanted to introduce her to you all as well!
Mentally Ill, Emotionally Damaged Women are the Real Problem in Relationships, Some Men Say
May 2024I was trying to make a point about safety and trust in relationships, so I made a video about it. In the video, I tried to flesh out one of my favorite ideas about romantic relationships, an idea based on the work of famed psychologist Abraham Maslow who published A Theory of Human Motivation in 1943.
Mike Benz and I Talk Censorship Industrial Complex with the Heritage Foundation's Kara Frederick
May 2024On Wednesday I had the pleasure of participating in a wide-ranging panel discussion on the Censorship Industrial Complex with Foundation for Freedom Online Executive Director Mike Benz, moderated by Heritage Foundation Tech Policy Center Director Kara Frederick.
Minding the Gaps: 'Cherry 2000' (1987)
May 2024Minding the Gaps is a recurring feature in which Keith Phipps watches and writes about a movie he’s never seen before as selected at random by the app he uses to catalog a DVD and Blu-ray collection accumulated over the course of the last 20+ years.
Minter Learned 'How to Attack' on Defense from Dad, Discusses Doing That Against Alabama in Rose Bow
May 2024Photo Courtesy of University of Michigan Photography Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter has a keen eye for the game he’s loved for as long as he can remember.
Miracle Treatment for Low Back Pain and Sciatica
May 2024We’re in the 21st century. We think we know a lot about the human body. But that’s only because we compare our current ignorance with our former ignorance.
Mister Impossible: a spoilery recap
May 2024What happened in Mister Impossible? Mister Impossible is the second book in the Dreamer Trilogy, a spin off trilogy that follows the four-book Raven Cycle.
MohBad, Gangs of Lagos, and Justice in Nigeria by Raphael Adebayo
May 2024On the recent recommendation of a friend, I decided to watch Gangs of Lagos, and like any movie I find myself watching lately, I started by increasing the playback speed by at least 25%.
Morrisania - The Bronx - by Rob Stephenson
May 2024Morrisania was once part of the Morris estate, a 2,000-acre parcel of land encompassing much of the South Bronx. Today, the neighborhood’s borders are roughly formed by the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Prospect Avenue to the east, East 162nd Street to the south, and Webster Avenue to the west.
Movie Review: Dune (1984) - by Richard Paolinelli
May 2024I’ve already reviewed the 2021 version of Frank Herbert's classic, Dune. Now, let’s take a look at the 1984 original adaptation.
Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel
May 2024My dad taught me every epic journey deserves a great soundtrack. My PalliMed Mixtape is the story of my Palliative Medicine Fellowship year, told in 15 songs.
Music Blogging Is Back. Enjoy It While It Lasts.
May 2024(Note: The following piece was first published one day before the news broke about the restructuring of Pitchfork and the wave of layoffs that subsequently gutted its staff.
My Experience at "The Room" Celebration
May 2024I’ve heard stuff about screenings of The Room. People come in costume, yell, throw spoons at the screen, or footballs at each other, fistfights break out, theater managers have had to stop the movie mid-show because of unruly audiences.
My Love-Hate Relationship With 'Fargo,' A Show That Never Lets You Forget That It's Doing An Art
May 2024Welcome to The #Content Report, a newsletter by Vince Mancini. I’ve been writing about movies, culture, and food since the aughts.
My trip to Button House
May 2024In February this year, I was extremely lucky to visit Button House and spend the day with the cast of BBC One’s Ghosts as they filmed the fifth and final series of the hit comedy.
Napoleon (2023) - Matthew Puddister
May 20247/10 If Ridley Scott has such contempt for history, he should probably stop making historical epics. The hit-or-miss director has turned his grumpy old man act up to 11 after historians criticized inaccuracies in his new film Napoleon, telling them to “get a life”.
NEORACISTS POSING AS ANTIRACISTS AND THEIR THREAT TO A PROGRESSIVE AMERICA
May 2024THE ELECT: NEORACISTS POSING AS ANTIRACISTS AND THEIR THREAT TO A PROGRESSIVE AMERICA PREFACE I’m not one for long introductions – I like to get to the point.
New Jersey Devils vs. Penguins Preview: 3 Things to Watch
May 2024Get 35% off for 1 year Follow us on Twitter: @AlexC_NJD, @NJD_OnTheRush It's the final two weeks of the regular season.
Nickajack: The Failed Appalachian State
May 2024Total Population (2020): 3.6 million residents (2.5 million registered voters) Prospective State Capital: Knoxville, NK Notable Monuments/Attractions: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee Aquarium, US Space and Rocket Center
Nicole Daniels is much more than babysitter mom
May 2024Embedded is your essential guide to what’s good on the internet, written by Kate Lindsay and edited by Nick Catucci. The “nonprofit boss” character could be called “women’s media boss” and Daniels wouldn’t need to change a thing.
Nine Quotes by Keanu Reeves That'll Reprogram Your Mind (Guaranteed)
May 2024This instalment of Unfiltered is free for everyone. I send this email weekly. If you would also like to receive it, join the 91,000+ other smart people who absolutely love it today.
No One Needs Your Workout Selfies
May 2024REMINDER: We're planning a special AMA episode of the podcast! If you have questions for me, please submit them via this Google Form to help us stay organized.
no redemption arcs in hell - by Brandon
May 2024Hello friends— Preorder The Late Americans. Also, pre-register to come hear me talk about it with Isaac Butler in Brooklyn next week.
Nostalgia Pizza - by Liz Cook
May 2024Just about every issue I have with authority can be traced back to the teacher’s aides at Perry Elementary School. Being an aide is a difficult, thankless job, but the aides at PES made no effort to conceal their naked hatred of children.
Off With Her Head: Marie Antoinette
May 2024Welcome back to The Fascinator’s series on Royal Scapegoats! In these installments, we’re examining the lives of women who have been the subjects of blatantly biased treatment throughout history.
Oldfield's Liquor Room - by Ben Mullen
May 2024When I first came of drinking age, the city opened up for me. Suddenly, there were hundreds of new places to check out— places that I’d grown up hearing about, or been recommended to many many times but never been able to set foot in.
Oliver Anthony, And The Answer To The 'Authentic' 'Hick-Lib' Country Sound
May 2024I cultivated my devotion to country music as a teenager learning to play guitar. My music teacher was oriented toward folk and classic rock, but at my request, he taught me Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, and John Denver songs, as well as guitar licks from Jerry Reed and Roy Clark.
Olivia Rodrigo and the Agony of Youth
May 2024Just a quick note to say that, for this week, you’ll find my work over at FLOOD Magazine, where I wrote about the phenomenal new record from Olivia Rodrigo.
On the Dumpling Trail: Salvadoran Tamales
May 2024Hello! If this is your first time reading my dispatch: thank you for popping by – I hope you’ll return. And if you’ve been here before, welcome back!
One of the clumsiest penguins in the world is actually a high-jump superstar!
May 2024Hi everyone, and welcome back to another article of Bird Fun Facts :D I hope you’re having an excellent start to the day!
OpenAI Shuts Down AI-Written Text Detector. Why Should We Believe Other AI Detection Software Works?
May 2024Can machines really tell whether content is written by a generative AI tool? The answer seems to be no, despite companies that sell these verification tools suggesting extremely high success rates.
Oughts from the Aughts: The Last Samurai (2003)
May 2024“The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.
Parenting as a mom vs. parenting as a dad
May 2024This is a reprint (with updates) of a post I made several years ago on my blog. It’s a holiday week here in the U.
Penguins prospect Mikhail Ilyin flying up the ranks with impressive KHL season
May 2024I’m guessing an overwhelming majority of Penguins fans don’t know who Mikhail Ilyin is. That should change. Ilyin, a 6-foot, 180-pound forward, was selected by the Penguins in the fifth round (pick No.
Philadelphia Union Begin New Phase of MLS Campaign Against Messi-Less Inter Miami
May 2024CHESTER — Inter Miami’s arrival at Subaru Park on Saturday is more symbolic than anything. Lionel Messi won’t be in Chester, but the Philadelphia Union players still carry the bad memories from the 4-1 trouncing they received in the Leagues Cup semifinals in 2023.
PianoForAll - In-Depth Review (2024)
May 2024Are you looking for a way to learn the piano from home? PianoForAll, an online piano course that has already benefitted over 450,000 students, may be the perfect solution.
Pineville has a secret DMV + other time-saving hacks
May 2024Good morning! Today is Friday, October 4, 2019. Need to subscribe? Sign up for free here (charlotteledger.substack.com). Like what you see? Forward to a friend or share on social media.
Place Poem: "Lost" by David Wagoner
May 2024Happy Friday, and welcome back! In the weeklong space between major posts, I want to try out a little something that is comfortably outside of my regular political expertise, and offer what I’ll call a “place poem”—a work of poetry that I really enjoy, and which has some clear element of what the wonderful Jenny O’Dell calls “placefulness”—a sense of inhabiting a particular space in a way that draws attention to its uniqueness, its history, and even its ecology.
Price's Chicken Coop to close for good on Saturday
May 2024Good morning! Today is Thursday, June 17, 2021, and we’re coming to you with HOT BREAKING NEWS. Need to sign up for our newsletter to stay in-the-know about Charlotte?
Prigozhin & Me - by Gary Shteyngart
May 2024Okay, that’s not a photo of a youthful me and a youthful (and now dead) Prigozhin. In the late 1990s and early aughts I was researching a novel called Absurdistan.
Procedural Notes on the Motion to Vacate
May 2024The big news this week is that Representative Gaetz is strongly signaling that he will formally try to depose Speaker McCarthy this week in the House.
Prompt Engineering Is Dead Long Live Prompt Engineering!
May 2024This spring, TIME reported that Prompt Engineers can make up to $335,000 a year — no college degree required. Aside from the fact that the ChatGPT hype has led to an abundance of new bootcamps and get-rich-quick schemes being created, computer scientists are wondering: “$335,000 a year?
Puma Sneakers are the Best
May 2024With apologies to Run-DMC, Puma sneakers are the best. These other brands – the behemoths: Nike, Adidas, Reebok, New Balance – those brands are hot garbage.
Radioactive Spider-man pages 1-3 - by George Kambadais
May 2024Hello everyone and thank you for being here. Here’s the first three pages of my Spider-man fan comic. I love this character and I really wanted to work on a comic with him.
Ranking the Episodes of Mad Men Season One
May 2024I am crazy about making ranked lists but I do not always share them. People can get a bit lost in the sauce and become too focused on what they don’t like rather than what they love.
Recipe: The ultimate Greek chips
May 2024Fries / chips / papates tiganites: sweet - salty, crunchy, golden potato goodness. Whatever you want to call them, I firmly believe that here in Greece, we do them better.
Reeling Backward: Gambit (1966) - by Christopher Lloyd
May 2024It’s always strange to me to encounter early movies starring Shirley MacLaine when she was stuck firmly in her ingenue stage.
Reeling Backward: Putney Swope (1969)
May 2024Many people aren’t even aware that there was a Robert Downey Sr., apart from the obvious fact one must have existed to sire actor Robert Downey Jr.
Remembering a B.I.G. Funeral Procession 25 Years Later
May 2024It’s hard to imagine a funeral procession being a joyous celebration but that’s exactly what happened when fans turned out in droves to honour rap icon Biggie Smalls.
Review of CINEMA SPECULATION - by Nicole Barbaro, Ph.D.
May 2024tl;dr – Unless you’re a huge movie buff and/or a huge Tarantino fan (likely a lot of overlap there), the book will probably be quite uninteresting.
Review: The Idol, Jocelyn Forever
May 2024From the first scene of The Idol, the extent of Jocelyn’s agency has been an open question. In our very first glimpse of the star, Joss’s impatience with her intimacy coordinator provided some evidence that no matter how closely her team dictated her day-to-day life, she was always in control; this was the existence she chose, and any seemingly mandated sexualization had her full blessing.
Review: Yellowjackets, Qui | Season 2, Episode 6
May 2024Since the pilot, Shauna Shipman has been the closest character this ensemble has to a protagonist. Her tumultuous friendship with Jackie provided the overarching structure for the first season’s wilderness story, and in season two she was the first character to resort to cannibalism, a moment the whole series was building toward.
Righteous Revolt: 1 Maccabees 2
May 2024Episode 2 is live! Check it out at Ancient Faith Radio or wherever you get your podcasts. Share ‘Bad’ Books of the Bible
Roasted Carrots with Yogurt, Pistachios, and Balsamic Drizzle
May 2024Hey, everyone! This week's recipe is a simple enough to be a weeknight staple, but it packs a ton of flavor.
Robert H. Schullers Journey to His Cathedral of Dreams
May 2024#578 - This is your life- Robert Schuller Aired 11/7/1982 Robert H. Schuller was a tall, effusive, man with a charming smile and a good heart, given to large dramatic gestures in his preaching.
Rose scented geraniums, lemon verbena, Jeremy Lee and a spacehopper
May 2024The frost has ridden a spacehopper across the garden. What once was perky, now punctuated by soft implosions, browning leaves and crushed stems.
Sarah Fay on Not Keeping A Notebook
May 2024and I bonded over a deep love of cats. They pretty much rule our lives. We went on to discover we both also love doing interviews: Sarah did a near-record six interviews for The Paris Review, one of which you’ll read about below.
Season 6, Episode 7 Alma Mater
May 2024After so much anticipation, Meg Bellamy has entered The Crown chat as Kate Middleton. Creator Peter Morgan has given her the upper hand in his depiction, making some decided choices about her character (and her mother…!
Second Schmears: Revisiting Grateful Bread
May 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco and Instagram
May 2024Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: a pop star announces a new boyfriend on Instagram, a model supports her boyfriend’s food truck, and Hilary Duff teams up with Target.
Septem means 7, so why is September the 9th month?
May 2024Hello intersectional thinkers 👋 Greetings from Tauranga, NZ! Air New Zealand is one of my favourite airlines, and their (slightly creepy) butterfly wallpapered bathroom led to the first unexpected intersection:
Sequencing Proteins With Nanopores Is Hard... But How Hard Exactly?
May 2024Someone on the Discord was asking me about nanopore protein sequencing, and I made the following off-the-cuff comment: “DNA sequencing on protein nanopores is hard, because you're cramming 4^5 states into ~20 picoamps.
Series: A Celebration of Films By Women
May 2024Day 30 Film: “Mudbound” (2017) Director: Dee Rees Writers: Virgil Williams, Dee Rees Stars: Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Mary J.
Sex, Death and Trauma.Three of my Favorite Subjects.
May 2024What I love about this show is the different types of people I get to interview, which keeps it interesting for me and hopefully for you.
She Explains The Realities Of Life On A Multi-Generational Ranch In Canada, Among Indigenous Tribes
May 2024“Maybe you people need to know what real life is. The importance of honoring and respecting these animals. Like every other rancher I know.
Sherman Murders: 50 Old Colony Road
May 2024We have covered much of the murky ground in the Sherman murder case. The mysterious walking man. The bizarre 911 call and the unexplained person outside the estate on the morning after the murders.
Should've Been a Cowboy - by Spencer
May 2024I should've been a cowboy I should've learned to rope and ride Wearin' my six-shooter, ridin' my pony on a cattle drive
Signs your partner doesn't actually love you
May 2024“Men just show love differently.” “Men just grieve differently.” “Have you learned about his love language?” This is the kind of bullshit women are met with when they seek help for bad or abusive treatment by their male partners.
Skincare is of course a scam
May 2024When I feel hopeless—sorry, when I feel paralyzed by gratitude—I crack open The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and try to change my whole life.
SMT on Taylor Swifts Eras Tour Fashion
May 2024I’ve watched Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras tour unfold all summer with a mix of admiration and fascination. For me, it’s less about the music and more about the fashion.
sobbing and watching The L Word, part 2
May 2024Back in March, I was visited by the ghost of Sounder and instructed to recap the originalL Word. My plan was to cover one episode per week, but then I got COVID and couldn’t do anything except sleep and feel anxious for 6 weeks.
Some historically bad basketball - by Marc Stein
May 2024The short list of NBA teams that can be ruled out of contention for a spot in the league’s Play-In Tournament unexpectedly increased from five to six Monday night at 9:55 PM ET.
Song Sparrow Decides to Migrate or Gamble on Surviving Winter
May 2024Does Song Sparrow notice the colors changing overhead? What does it think about the new coolness in the morning air? I see Song Sparrows in my Iowa backyard all year around.
Speed and Variety at the Expense of Quality
May 2024For the second time in a row, I’ve decided to write about coffee—an escapism of sorts. Luckily, there have been several interesting developments, particularly concerning Starbucks (which you must know by now is one of my favorite topics…).
Sports books coming in 2024
May 2024It’s my favourite, and usually most popular, post of the year - the look ahead to the sports books that are due to be published next year.
Syntax vs Semantics - by Sam Schillace
May 2024I suspect this newsletter is going to touch on AI for a while. I typically write things that are in reaction to what I see during the week, and that’s mostly what I’m spending time on these days - I’m back to building products with a small team rather than spending more of my time coaching (and it’s wonderful!
Tailor-made Training For Reselling Success
May 2024During COVID, I was home from college, and I was frustrated and bored. So, I started going through my closet to see what was in there.
Take a Load Off, Annie - by Eric Mathison
May 2024Around this time last year, my life changed. I realized that it isn’t “Up on the housetop, reindeer paws”, and I confess that I realized this because I snobbishly thought, “How could someone write a song about reindeer without knowing that they have hooves, not paws?
The 1978 James Gurley Interview
May 2024Note to readers: This is the first part of a three-part series. Following their stunning performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Big Brother & The Holding Company hit the top of the album charts with Cheap Thrills.
The Alcoholic's Playlist Is Full of David Berman
May 2024When David Berman died in 2019, there was much public mourning from the social media accounts of some of the moodiest, dreamiest writers and musicians I admire, but I had no idea who David Berman was.
The Art of Slide Guitar
May 2024Johnny Winter emerged to national prominence in 1968, after a journalist for Rolling Stone magazine wrote, “If you can imagine a hundred and thirty pound cross-eyed albino with long fleecy hair playing some of the gutsiest fluid blues guitar you have ever heard, then enter Johnny Winter.
The Be Brave Documentary Finally Sees The Light of Day
May 2024Year’s ago I worked on a film project that affected me deeply. It was the incredible story of Daniel Northcott, a young man who grew up in the same suburbs near Vancouver that I did, who loved travel and documenting his experiences.
The Bikeriders tells an above-average biker history
May 2024Sons of Anarchy was a popular cable show that ran for seven seasons. It told the story of a modern-day outlaw motorcycle club.
The Bleak Spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp Trial
May 2024This post originally appeared on my friend Parker Molloy’s newsletter, The Present Age. Like and subscribe! I also spoke about this case on Cancel Me Daddy and On the Media if podcasts are more your thing.
The Bombing of Hiroshima, Part 2
May 2024“You had to weave through the streets avoiding the bodies. Their skin, burst open, was hanging down in rags. Their faces were burnt black.
The Conversation: Sora Tob Sakana
May 2024The day before Sora Tob Sakana performed their farewell show on Sunday, Sep. 6, the idol group’s chief producer Yoshimasa Terui dug up an old photo from 2015 of the release day of their first single, “Yozora Wo Zenbu.
The Day I Pranked Paul Samuelson
May 2024"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the World." It was a poet who said that, exercising occupational license. Some sage, it may have been I, declared in similar vein: "
The essence of the Zettelkasten method, demystified.
May 2024I woke up and had an epiphany about my note-making. But first, I’ll need to explain to you why I got so obsessed with taking notes in the first place.
The final fall of '2000 Mules'
May 2024For all the tiresome talk of “that movie could never be made today,” or “they’re going to ban that movie eventually,” and the like, for a film to officially get dropped from circulation is something that rarely happens.
The First English Horror Story: Grendel's Mother
May 2024During Christian Late Antiquity, there was a systematic draining away of horror narratives about female monsters, furies, Bacchae, or witch-bitches. Sure, empousai and lilin were going strong, but no one in the Christian west was really reading The Bacchae; no one was really thinking about how Athenian patriarchal democracy sat on the backs of suppressed, chthonic Furies.
The Idol Episode 2: Review
May 2024EDITING, EDITING, EDITING! A lot of filmmakers these days really can’t help but indulge themselves. I swear, most of the shows and movies I watch need to be cut at least by 30%.
the internet is too monetizable now
May 2024Apologies for coming in with nostalgia on a Thursday evening, but I miss how the Internet used to be. I'd sit at my desk-bookcase-stereo-unit (you know the one) and go on my little websites — Meg Cabot's author page, or IMDb, or the Miami-Dade County library’s online catalogue, from where I was constantly requesting cute inter-library loans with which t…
The legend of Tommy Devito (plus VIDEO!)
May 2024Thank you so much for reading The Wilder Things. If you’ve enjoyed this newsletter so far, please consider becoming a paid subscriber!
The Mirage of Having A One Watch Collection
May 2024“I see you’ve been bitten by the bug of good taste,” the associate at Tourneau told me - in an attempt to get me to purchase a $4,500 two-tone Tudor Black Bay.
The MTG Color Wheel (& Humanity)
May 2024Author’s note: Medium put the original color wheel article (with its 19,000 claps!) behind a paywall without my permission and without me being able to change it, so I’m rehosting/reposting here.
The Mystic Cobra Edition - by Guest Contributor
May 2024Ryan McManus (RMM) is a product designer at Ford and a longstanding friend of WITI. He has previously written about the end of spare parts, the simple elegance of SecuriCode, and how to start your own town.
The origin story of the ghost technique and those who perfected it
May 2024The ghost technique is an artful, deceptive pass-rush move that has gotten increasingly popular over the last few seasons — to the point that it’s often used on ‘money downs’ by some of the game’s best edge rushers.
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine versus the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
May 2024Hello! This week we’re moving beyond this fractious island to somewhere experiencing real conflict, not just fake churchy disagreement. But is the war in Ukraine about to prompt its government to make a lasting mistake by trying to tear down its largest Christian denomination?
The Problem With Internal Customers
May 2024In this post I argue that the concept of an “internal customer” is flawed, and that a better distinction is “partner”.
The Reach Out: Barbara McQuade
May 2024Barbara McQuade is a legal analyst for NBC and MSNBC, a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School, and a former U.
The Real Woman Who Wore Rose's Necklace On The Titanic Was A Pregnant Teenager
May 2024You probably know Jack and Rose in The Titanic were a fictional love story woven into the true story of the sinking of the Titanic.
The reMarkable 2, a review
May 2024I am not someone who normally writes reviews of a product. I’ll occasionally make recommendations in bulk, but a dedicated post?
The Rockets (Sundazed Music, 2009/1968) Danny Whitten & Bobby Notkoff
May 2024THE ROCKETS (Sundazed Music, 2009/1968) For the last few days, there has been a ghost in my head and heart, and his name is Danny Whitten, the forgotten musician on the Neil Young planet.
The Rookie's Guide to Kaiju Movies
May 2024Hello everyone! I was originally intending for this to be a one-time thing, but I ended up enjoying the process of writing this so much that you can consider it the start of a new intermittent series that I’d like to call VHS POISONING!
The Sky People, Welt Yang, and Void Archives
May 2024The Sky People are an invasive and parasitic alien species able to parasitise humans and their own through a nerve worm nicknamed The Lover, designed to hijack the nervous system of its victims.
The Ugly Truth About the Burger King Taco Is That It Is the Jack In The Box Taco
May 2024A Burger King taco commercial. THERE’S A NEW fast-food taco on TV, it's the Burger King taco, and it costs one dollar.
The unfortunate story of the most expensive photo ever taken
May 2024Hello history friends! Time for a fun one. This month I want to share with you the strange story of what I am pretty confident is the most expensive photo ever taken.
The Upside of Monotony - by Ximena Vengoechea
May 2024Photo by Ernest KarchmitThe monotony is starting to set in. It’s been nine months since the pandemic hit and many of us began sheltering in place, and a lot has changed since then, sort of.
The US Gaming Market in February 2024
May 2024The revenue of the US gaming market in February 2024 amounted to $4.714 billion, which is 2% higher than the previous year.
The war on Lucky Charms
May 2024The Daily Mail reported, “From Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to Lucky Charms and even Gatorade: The thousands of everyday snacks that face BANS in multiple states over ingredient links to cancer.
The Wire, with Brendan Sexton III
May 2024Welcome to The #Content Report, a newsletter by Vince Mancini. I’ve been writing about movies, culture, and food since the aughts.
The Yang Slinger: Vol. III
May 2024In 2016, while churning out these long, in-depth features for Bleacher Report, I was told to write a piece about Sports By Brooks, the once-thriving sports/large-breasted women website (founded by a man named Brooks Melchior) that had vanished from the face of the earth.
Think your way into nirvana
May 2024Since I gave Tonya Leigh my email address on September 27th, she’s sent me 17 emails. In those 17 emails, she’s promised that she can “make money feel beautiful,” she’s assured me that with her help, I could “replace the weight of self-limiting beliefs, monotonous routines, and internalized criticism with possibilities, love and enchantment.
This is more than just a steak sandwich
May 2024Hello, everyone! Before we dig into a few sandwiches, just some light housekeeping: I’m taking next week off for a few reasons: First, it’s Labor Day, and second of all, I’ll be recovering from cataract surgery.
This is where the clitoris is
May 2024“In the workshop we were asked to look at our vaginas with hand mirrors. Then, after careful examination, we were to verbally report to the group what we saw.
This is why I call it the Homeless Industrial Complex
May 2024I have worked in homelessness services over two decades and it has never been easy. Verbal assaults are commonplace and even physical assaults have been known to happen.
Three Paragraphs + Anaphora - by Kathy Fish
May 2024Photo by Elena G on Unsplash Hi friends, This is a popular prompt I ran during February’s Flash Immersion Extravaganza. I will be running more fun, inspiring events like this in the future, along with readings and more, so do consider upgrading to a paid subscription if you’ve not already!
Thursday 6/1/23 Jeopardy! Fashion Recap
May 2024If you miss any posts, you can find the archive on the homepage. (My brain is still in vacation mode and I haven’t quite caught up on Monday’s & Tuesday’s recaps yet.
Tim Alberta's new book portrays a tug of war for the soul of American Christianity
May 2024Hello friends, I have these three things in common with Tim Alberta. We both grew up as the sons of pastors in evangelical churches.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (109 minutes)
May 2024Happy New Year and Welcome to 2024! I was sick for New Year’s Eve festivities but enjoyed a quiet night at home watching Anderson and Andy dance around euphemisms and giggle with their guests.
Tokenization in large language models, explained
May 2024In April, paying subscribers of the Counterfactual voted for a post explaining how tokenization works in LLMs. As always, feel free to subscribe if you’d like to vote on future post topics; however, the posts themselves will always be made publicly available.
Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Campism
May 2024Last weekend, Kremlin supporters on the British left secured a majority at the UCU conference in favour of depriving Ukraine of Western arms.
Ultimate Quarterback Stat Pack: Jayden Daniels Rules
May 2024LSU’s Jaden Daniels produced the most impressive deep passing statistics of the last decade in 2023. Daniels completed 53-of-79 passes of 15-plus air yards for 1,783 yards, 24 touchdowns and just one interception.
W.S. Merwin's "Elegy" - by Devin Kelly
May 2024Who would I show it to from The Collected Poems (2013) In his obituary for W.S. Merwin, the poet and critic Dan Chiasson calls this the “shortest great poem, ever written.
Wallfacers vs Sophons - by Michael David Cobb Bowen
May 2024So I paid my friend MDZ twice on Venmo. Those of you who know Venmo also know that your transactions are semi public.
Were you an Angel Hare kid?
May 2024Does anyone else remember Angel Hare? Or was that just a me thing growing up? Coming up in the nineties, I recall watching a lot of schlock.
What a year & party pics!
May 2024Hi there, This is a special entry just for full subscribers — so thank you for being one! I appreciate your interest and support for my work…
What are these Disney cards everyone is talking about?
May 2024When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission.
What are we to tell our kids about the Travis Kelce ScreamFace meltdown?
May 2024I’m in the middle of writing a long thing on the NFL. It wasn’t meant to be a Long Thing, but now it is, in part because there’s a lot to say about the NFL as a “rich text” as the academics say.
What Changes Will the WBIT Bring to the Women's Basketball Postseason?
May 2024Thanks for reading the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter. If you like our work, be sure to check out our stats site, our podcast, and our social media accounts on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
What Does it Mean to Teach Sound Doctrine?
May 2024In referring to preachers, the words “sound” and “unsound” get thrown around quite a bit. But what does that mean? Also, is it possible that we don’t always use those terms as God’s Word uses them?
What happened to DC's juvenile detention system?
May 2024DC has been rocked in the last week by tragic and preventable youth fatalities. These needless deaths stem from the myriad ways DC fails to prevent crime in the first place, enforce the laws and rehabilitate offenders.
What is a yogin, what is a yogi and are they interchangeable terms?
May 2024Thank you Amelia, for renewing this inquiry for me, and I'm sure for others! Since reading this a few days ago I have been struck by the degree to which the term "
What is the Unpardonable Sin?
May 2024One of the most common questions I get as a pastor, particularly from younger believers, is, “Have I committed the unpardonable sin?
What the 'Sengol' ceremony tells us about the BJP and Modi's civilisational narrative
May 2024Quick updates: Welcome back to India Inside Out. This week I write about India’s New Parliament building, inaugurated last week in an elaborate ceremony by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and append a few more links on the subject.
What we ate (and what we did!) in Praiano & Edinburgh
May 2024When you’re planning a vacation and someone sends you a Google Map, you know you’ve won the lottery. AND HELLO!
What's For Lunch: SnackQween - by Kathryn Winn
May 2024Jen Curley lives in Orange county with her husband and son. She spends her days taking care of her family and hanging out with her girlfriends and most importantly eating.
What's So Bad About the C-Word?
May 2024Long before "cunt" became an epithet, before it was a misogynist insult or a vulgar verbal weapon, it was a term of respect.
What's the difference between bolognese and rag?
May 2024Hello hello! Happy end of the week my friends!! I made a yummy casarecce bolognese this week and one of my friends asked me what the difference is between a ragù and a bolognese?
Where Did All the Black People in Oakland Go?
May 2024Try out this Census 2020 Rate of Change map in another tab. I made a tool to contrast the 2020 and 2010 decennial Census to see how communities changed over the last 10 years in California by race and housing.
Where Do We Think al Pastor Comes From?
May 2024The handsomest guy in L.A. took me to omakase this weekend. I had never experienced it before. It was so fancy and the fish was so pretty!
Where Does Ryan Mays go to Get His Name and Life Back?
May 2024A sad chapter in the loss over two years ago of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) has finally come to a close.
Which Feminist Greek Myth Retelling Should I Read?
May 2024Madeline Miller’s Circe came out in early 2018. In the years since, the category “feminist retellings of Greek myth with the main character’s name as the title” has really exploded.
White Sox prospect Sean Burke reflects on his success in the minors and how he has grown as a pitche
May 2024Photo Credit: The Athletic Since the Chicago White Sox drafted Sean Burke, he has been a pitcher that scouts have kept their eyes on.
Who Took My Big Kink Survey? Updated
May 2024I initially wrote up the summary here, when I had closer to 40k responses. Since then the survey went viral, mostly on tiktok, and I now have over 400k responses and still growing.
Why "Gutfeld!" is the Highest-Rated Political Comedy Show on Cable
May 2024Share Did you know about this? It’s true: Gutfeld! — the Fox News comedy starring Greg Gutfeld that launched last year — is the highest-rated political comedy show on cable.
Why bad photos are popular on social media
May 2024What you’re looking at above is in the top 5 of my most-liked posts on Instagram in the past year.
Why Do Men in the Bible Find Their Wives at Wells?
May 2024This is the eighth part of our series examining the image of water in the Bible. Over the next months, we’ll be looking at these verses to follow the image of water as it flows from Genesis to Revelation.
Why Do Some People Say "Impordant"?
May 2024This week, inquiring minds, such as that of April Redford Eby, want to know about things such as: For the past couple of years I’ve noticed that some people are saying “important” differently, but I can’t pin it down to a specific geographical area.
Why everyone is in love with Baldur's Gate 3
May 2024One of the things I love about video games is that they can still surprise you. I'm not talking about a new game that defies traditional structures or adds a gameplay element that's never been tried before.
Why It Can Be Good When Kids Are Bad
May 2024Welcome to Is My Kid the Asshole?, a newsletter from science journalist and author Melinda Wenner Moyer, which you can read more about here.
Why Poems are Feared, Even by the Brightest Among Us
May 2024I have long lamented our collective meterophobia. Meterophobia is defined as the ‘irrational’ fear of poetry, and I’ve seen some of the brightest people fear poems.
Why the Hunger Games series deserves its place as a cultural phenomenon
May 2024A few days ago I took my fourteen-year-old to the premiere night of the new movie The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Why we wont be getting U.S. state flag emoji
May 2024Share Hello, in this issue we’ll look at… Why we won’t be getting U.S. state flag emoji Melania Trump has her own Christmas ornament collection
Word You Should Know: Tsundoku
May 2024It’s a phenomenon that afflicts all bibliophiles: the accumulation of unread novels on your nightstand. You intend to get to each of those books, but the stack just keeps growing and growing until it’s an intimidating tower.
XX-XY Athletics is off to the races!
May 2024As you all know, because I wrote about it here, I launched my own athletic clothing brand this past week called XX-XY Athletics.
You Call It Hallowe'en, We Call It Samhain
May 2024This was basically the second most popular/most read article I ever wrote for The Witches’ Voice, back in 1997. Surpassed only by “You Call it Easter, We Call It Ostara” (but I think that was because people liked to argue with my theory about balancing an egg upright at the moment of the Equinox).
You Want a Short, Powerful Book
May 2024Hi friends, I have exciting news: We are just two weeks out from the start of our annual Summer Reading Bingo Game.
You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You?
May 2024Do you value the work that makes this happen twice a week, every week…that makes you think and introduces you to new thinkers and books and just generally thinking more about the culture that surrounds you?
You're not weird, Shrek is weird
May 2024I called my mom on Sunday, and we talked about the usual things we talk about — I told her about my weekend and how I got so annoyed at the people sitting next to me at dinner for ordering the sardines because the sardines smelled truly repulsive.
Young Dwight Yoakam and the Urban Cowboy Look
May 2024Late one night, and down a deep dark YouTube rabbit hole, I stumbled on an old performance by the then-young Dwight Yoakam.
Your highlights of 2023, and overcoming helplessness in 2024
May 2024For so many people, 2023 was the year of empathic distress—the pain of feeling others’ pain, while feeling helpless to do anything about it.
Breaking Down My Interview With ESPN's Marcus Spears
May 2024Welcome to Blue Chip Journal by Adam Breneman — a 2x per-week newsletter with analysis, hot takes, and news on all things college football, NIL, and recruiting.
My long read Q&A with Marc Andreessen on the importance of techno-optimism
May 2024Yesterday, I published my podcast with Marc Andreessen. And as promised, here’s the lightly edited transcript of our conversation. (All errors are mine.
'Kholo Kholo Darwaaze' - Prasoon Joshi
May 2024The weather is playing hide and seek here in Hyderabad. The day has been an alternating thread of rain and sunshine suspended from a sky teeming with clouds of various hues.
'May December' Is A Melodramatic Mirror World
May 2024This week, we finally got around to discussing the movie everyone has been talking about: “May December,” a film “loosely inspired” by the Mary Kay Letourneau-Vili case.
'Pitbull' wins split decision over Cabrera in lightweight eliminator
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
*When* Was the Blogosphere? - by Dave Karpf
May 2024I posed a question on Twitter last week. It got me ratio’ed — but, like, the good kind of ratio’ed (I did not previously know this was a thing).
"A little Substack-on-Substack conflict here! Trying not to be too contentious, but if someone jumps
May 2024A little Substack-on-Substack conflict here! Trying not to be too contentious, but if someone jumps “Nate thinks Biden being 80 years old is a big deal” to “Nate must therefore secretly support Ron DeSantis”, it probably deserves a response.
"I was born a boy but raised as a girl"
May 2024Sophie Ottoway IN 1986, Sophie Ottaway was born with a very rare condition which required immediate surgery. Cloacal exstrophy happens when the organs in the abdomen do not form correctly in the womb, resulting in babies born with organs such as the bladder or intestines outside the body.
"In the Garden of Beasts"
May 2024I’m a huge Erik Larson fan, having read a number of his narrative history books in recent years. On Churchill. The Lusitania.
"Kiryat Shemona was named for the eight defenders of Tel Hai, but will be known for the eight houses
May 2024We begin with this chalkboard image, the origins of which I don’t know, as someone sent it to me. It’s a pithy way of capturing what many Israelis feel about this still-shrinking country:
"Let's Hear It For The Boy" Is An... Interesting Music Video
May 2024I loved this song so much as a child that it didn’t matter where I would be. If this song came on I’d bust out sick breakdance moves to it.
"Ma'am I am" - by Chet Festive
May 2024Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedHello, my friend! Hello to you! I need to tell you something new!
"Saltburn" is the Worst Film of 2023. Here's Why.
May 2024Emerald Fennell is in the business of controversy. Her first film, 2020’s Promising Young Woman, was a firebomb of a #MeToo rape-revenge tale that lit the film world afire.
"Survivor 46" Episode 9 Recap
May 2024Every Wednesday after the “Survivor” episode airs you’ll find a full recap along with individual player grades right here. The next day I’ll have an exit interview with the latest castaway on my YouTube Channel.
#25. Why Hunter-Gatherers' Work Was Play
May 2024Dear friends, Our word work has two different meanings. It can mean toil, which is unpleasant activity; or it can mean any activity that accomplishes something useful, whether or not the activity is pleasant.
#57. All Eyes On Syd Hoffman (again!)
May 2024I know Syd from the town where I grew up. I remember she was one of the very first bloggers I was aware of back in 2011.
1900 (1976) - by Christopher Lloyd
May 2024"1900" is a movie that is at once very large and very small. It was Bernardo Bertolucci's self-conscious attempt to create an epic film about Italy's struggle between fascism and socialism.
2024 Tanana River at Nenana Break-up
May 2024Ice on the Tanana River at Nenana went out early in the morning on Saturday, April 27th, 11 days earlier than last year.
5 Questions with Marquisele (Mikey) Mercedes
May 2024This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter. If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! Mikey Mercedes is a powerful voice in the world of fatness and public health, and I am excited and honored to bring you this interview!
93: Chipmunks - by Bix
May 2024I write to you from Arapahoe, Ute, and Cheyenne land. I am interested in learning about the different animals that live in the place where I was born.
a 25min timer changed my life
May 2024I’ve woken early to fry an egg and slide it onto toast for the littlest before setting a timer and writing for 25 minutes.
A Duplicitous Flower and its Rare Bee
May 2024WHEN I FIRST MET UP with Fen Grass-of-Parnassus, about 25 years ago, the attraction was, I freely admit, all physical and not the least bit intellectual or even carnal.
A Family Story Conversation Starter Kit
May 2024Hello friends, I’ve been busy working on Beginning, next week’s online family stories workshop. As well as that I’m preparing for my Let’s Talk event at the Bathurst Writers’ and Readers’ festival this weekend.
A Few Things: Why Young Men & Women Are Drifting Apart, What Are Gold & BTC Signalling, Navigating E
May 202420 Share this post A Few Things: Why Young Men & Women Are Drifting Apart, What Are Gold & BTC Signalling, Navigating Energy Transition, How To Be More Resilient, Do It, Regrets of The Dying, The Technology Section.
A Few Thoughts About Will Smith's New Movie, Emancipation
May 2024I finally had a chance to watch the new Will Smith movie, Emancipation. It’s not a great movie, but it is well worth watching.
A first look at the new Zaytinya cookbook!
May 2024Hola my friends, I am so excited to share with you that my new cookbook,ZAYTINYA: Delicious Mediterranean Dishes from Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon is now available for pre-order!
A question to ask yourself on your birthday.
May 2024I turned 30 last week. Every time I take another lap around the sun, I like to ask myself, what were your greatest lessons or takeaways?
A Rare Roman Chicken Recipe: Pollo con i Peperoni
May 2024Last month, I was on a press trip in Parma with a few U.S.-based food editors and writers. Naturally, many of our discussions were food-focused and really brought home the cultural differences between authentic Italian cuisine and “Italian” recipes that sometimes appear in American publications.
A Short History of Draculas Other Daughters
May 2024It’s 2024’s worst-kept secret that the title character of Abigail, the new movie from the Radio Silence team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, is a pint-sized vampire.
A stranger made me cry
May 2024I was at an event a few weeks ago where a stranger made me cry. Not in a bad way, with an unkind word or lightly veiled insult.
A Woman to Know: Anacaona
May 2024Who was so happy as Anacaona/ the beauty of Hispaniola/ the golden flower of Haiti …— Alfred Lord Tennyson (image via Wikimedia Commons) In the 15th century, Anacaona held a powerful position among the Taino, an indigenous tribe of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
A Word for "Feeling-Into" the World
May 2024Einfühlung • (ein-foo-lung) • noun Definition: Feeling-into, empathy Origin: German Creating Empathy In 1873, German philosopher Robert Vischer published his doctoral thesis, On the Optical Sense of Form: A Contribution to Aesthetics, which was the first published usage of the word einfühlung.
Abnormally high heart rate variability (HRV)
May 2024In a previous blog, I’ve discussed the importance of the normal range, when interpreting HRV data. Your normal range is a representation of your historical data that defines your own, individual, frame of reference.
Adorable Story #33: Tyrone Power
May 2024Tyrone Power was a charismatic American actor who, during the mid-20th century, became one of the most prominent leading men of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Affectionate vs. cruel degradation - by Ruby Dice
May 2024It's hard for me to believe now, but when I first took the BDSM test, I scored pretty much a zero for "
Alex Berenson | Substack
May 2024Alex BerensonAlex Berenson is a former New York Times reporter and the author of 13 novels, three non-fiction books, and the Unreported Truths booklets.
All about the Flat Iron - by andrew gruel
May 2024I am not uncovering anything new, but the flat iron steak could quite possibly be the perfect cut of meat. It is less expensive than most center plate cuts (filet, ribeye, strip), more flavorful than most due to its marbling and muscle location, and is incredibly tender.
All good clean fun - by Gianni Simone
May 2024On a hot summer day, I walk into one of the many soaplands that take up four full blocks in Senzoku, the Tokyo red-light district that used to be called Yoshiwara.
Alo Yoga Became a Behemoth by Claiming to Be Something It's Not
May 2024Thank you for subscribing to Back Row. This issue is free to read, however this newsletter is made possible by paying subscribers.
AltaVista Search Engine turns 27 years old
May 2024December 15th, 1995. Microsoft’s Windows 95 had only been available for a couple months. Toy Story and Jumanji (the first ones, not those new-fangled sequels) dominated the box office.
An Old Ochre City - by Hadden Turner
May 2024Last week, I fell in love with what was once a slum. It may sound rather odd for a “Romantically-Inclined Person” to admit this; slums tend to rank near the very bottom of the list of “beautiful places” and are instead, rather dangerous, unsanitary localities.
An RV cant plug into a welder outlet!
May 2024I’m having some trouble figuring out the difference between my 50-amp RV fifth wheel plug and a 50-amp welder plug. I want to wire up a 50-amp outlet for my RV but have been told by my electrician that my RV is not 240 volts.
Ancient Murrelets! - Laura Erickson's For the Birds
May 2024(Listen to the radio version here.) On Saturday, December 9, I got a text message that an Ancient Murrelet was being seen in Two Harbors.
Apple's Mother Nature Ad Is The Mother Of All Virtue Signals
May 2024Once upon a time Apple was a challenger brand known for swinging big at Big Brother (IBM and the PC platform as a whole).
Are violent video games dangerous?
May 2024Welcome to Techno Sapiens! Subscribe to join thousands of other readers and get research-backed tips for living and parenting in the digital age.
Are we nearly there yet? Antonym No. 8
May 2024Dear Reader First up: Congratulations to my friends and fellow Brightonians at Brandwatch, which sold to Cision this week for $450 million.
Are You an Alchemist Too?
May 2024May 31, 2024 update Hello and Welcome! Thanks for being here reading these words. This post has become my most appreciated post, so I decided to feature it on my home page.
Asher Fleming is a Predator, Not a Playboy
May 2024Welcome to Gilmore Women: Two journalists discuss everything that’s wrong with every episode of Gilmore Girls & why we still love it
Aspects of Ariadne - Classical Wisdom
May 2024Dear Classical Wisdom Members, One of the things that surprised me most about Crete is just how many Minoan ruins are around.
At Least Joni Mitchell Is Alive and Well(ish).
May 2024In the wake of too many (mostly) women literary icons passing in recent weeks, many of us naturally turned our attention to worrying about another high priestess of creative expression who’s getting on in years: 78-year-old Joni Mitchell.
Attached to Nothing, Connected to Everything
May 2024I often have to explain the idea behind fewer better things, as voluntarily choosing to have less stuff seems like such a hard concept to grasp for many people trained in frivolous consumption and that more is obviously better.
Au Cheval Team Revives an Old Chicago Favorite in Paris
May 2024Not enough to have some of Chicago’s best restaurants, including Au Cheval with its famous griddled cheeseburger that has been named the best in America, Hogsalt Hospitality looks to create a name for itself across the pond.
Bad Faith - by Gillian Branstetter
May 2024A couple days ago, I came across this Washington Examiner op-ed whining with the utmost sincerity that the Fairfax City Council had passed an official proclamation declaring March 31 Transgender Day of Visibility which also happens, this year, to be Easter.
Bakewell tart - No cherry on top!
May 2024Hello everyone, and welcome to my new subscribers! It’s been over 2 months since I last posted because I’ve been on my book tour in the US for 2 weeks and then went straight into 2 months filming new seasons of Bake Off Flanders and Junior Bake Off, which was FULL-ONN!
Baseball's Puerto Rican All-Time Dream Team
May 2024Issue #28 Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 to 1972, winning four batting titles, 12 Gold Gloves, two World Series, and an MVP award.
Baz Luhrmann's Directorial Infidelity in "Romeo + Juliet"
May 2024In Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, the highest grossing Shakespeare film ever, the lovers get married in a big, beautiful church.
Behind the scene: This is a teenager
May 2024I recently published a piece in the Pudding called This is a teenager. This post is about how the piece was done, so it might be useful to read the story before you read this.
Boom! goes the local fried chicken options
May 2024BOOM! Chef Jonathon Stranger’s One Table Hospitality just dropped a new fried chicken concept on the 405 diningscape. Thursday afternoon, Stranger let the chicken loose from inside Bar Cicchetti, 121 NE 2nd St.
Brazils Young Star Defender Lucas Beraldo
May 2024Written on 16/11/2023 Although I am not completely sure of the veracity of these reports, there are murmurs from Brazil that Liverpool have been keeping a close eye on São Paulo defender Lucas Beraldo ahead of a potential move in the January window.
Can I find a good Seattle bagel at... Einstein Bros. Bagels
May 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
Can I find a good Woodinville bagel at... Woodinville Bagel Bakery
May 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
Can you make toast in your microwave?
May 2024Greetings, clowns! I hope you all had a fine and wonderful Thanksgiving. My family had a small potluck gathering, and it was nice to have everyone together.
Catching up with Jack McKeon
May 2024There are few names that can pop up on my caller ID that bring a bigger smile to my face than Jack McKeon.
Catholic Answers from an AI-avatar? The Next Bad New Idea
May 2024Instead of the usual “weekly roundup,” I have decided to write and share an essay about the recent debacle with Catholic Answers’ AI chatbot priest, “Fr.
CBW Bank, A BaaS Pioneer, Is Up For Sale: Exclusive
May 2024Hey all, Jason here. I’m still in Mexico City, and I should be better rested by now, but, not going to lie, have been struggling with the worst bout of illness I’ve had in a long time (insert Mexico travel joke here…)
Chatbots Have a Math Problem and a People Problem
May 2024Last week, I was invited to chat behind closed doors with a working group on generative AI consisting of a bunch of representatives from education foundations.
Chicago Food Gifts for Chicago Food Lovers, A Holiday Guide
May 2024‘Tis the season for dropping cash on those we love. As such, drunk on too much egg nog, I decided to act like a traditional food publication again and publish a holiday gift guide.
Choosing the Experience Machine - by Brink Lindsey
May 2024In Anarchy, State, and Utopia, the philosopher Robert Nozick posed the following now-famous thought experiment: Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience that you desired.
Citrus Salad - SCRAPS
May 2024FULL CITRUS SALAD VIDEO Citrus season is upon us, so today I’m sharing a delicious way to make the most of it.
Civil War (the movie) and Contrarianism
May 2024Relevant but uninteresting personal information: I’m back from a short holiday trip in Rome where I have caught a bad cold.
Close-Reading Distracted Boyfriend - by Aidan Walker
May 2024Here’s a talk I gave on my thesis in its broad outlines, and where we’re at with it now. It’s about the Distracted Boyfriend meme, which I’m studying in-depth.
Clota - Water Goddess - by Alan Jones
May 2024Clota played an important role in Celtic mythology and was seen as a powerful water deity. She was believed to preside over rivers, wells and springs, and was said to be the source of healing, renewal and fertility.
Cocina Milonga brings South America to Napa Valley
May 2024NAPA, Calif. — Venturing off well-trodden roads is often the path to culinary adventures. Case in point: Napa’s new Cocina Milonga, purveyor of Argentinian empanadas and pastries and just possibly the best cup of coffee in town.
Coconut Scones - by Clare de Boer
May 2024If you like the crisp edges of lasagne, the soaked croutons, the whipped cream that gets icy around the chocolate scoop - you’re in the right place.
College basketball's much-needed move to smaller arenas
May 2024The eighth-richest man in the world could have been anywhere on the night of Jan. 2, 2024, but on this particular evening, he just happened to be in Waco, Texas.
Colts All-Time Top 5 QBs: The Joy of Passing
May 2024We have the breadth of the last 70 years of pro football history to get to, so let’s get started.
Comments - Abstract vs. Concrete Thinking
May 2024Thanks for your insight and specific example of "transcendental illusion." My approach to truth is actually more of epistemological questions or concerns in metaphilosophy rather than metaphysic.
Comments - Ali Slagle's Ginger-Dill Salmon
May 2024Before I saw your link to the citrus guy on etsy, I was going to ask if your family sends you citrus in the mail.
Comments - Almond Ricotta Loaf Cake
May 2024Hmmm, I haven't tried this with all oil so I can't say for sure! I have read that cupcakes made with oil vs butter tend to dome more, but I don't know the science is behind it.
Comments - Ask the Sigma: the Alpha's Widow
May 2024To combine my reply to both of your comments. First, I am guilty of afterthoughts, the concert element being not as well thought-out as the main point.
Comments - GRILL A COW
May 2024I find the history of grilling and cooking with fire fascinating. Did a bit of research when I wrote about underground earthen ovens and stumbled on barbacoas, the etymology of barbecue, but even those origins are murky (smoky?
Comments - The Mother of the Boy
May 2024Yes, the negative bias thing is so real. I have a decent co-parenting relationship with my kids' dad, but it has become strained because he moved to a different city recently.
Cornballs, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota
May 2024Cornballs are both a comfort food and a nutritionally dense powerhouse. Traditionally made from buffalo tallow, ground corn, and wild-harvested berries, they have long been a staple for our tribal nations—a traveling food that keeps you satiated during long trips, and lasts a long while.
Crafting the Call -- Chris Caray analyzes Skip Caray
May 2024Crafting the Call is a YouTube series that I developed along with Jesse Goldberg-Strassler. Each week, we examine different aspects of baseball play-by-play announcing, offering our perspective as working professionals for fans, and advice for fellow broadcasters.
Crme de Mouthwash - by Liz Cook
May 2024My friends are degenerate pranksters, which means they spend a lot of time decanting drinkable alcohol into horrifying containers. Limoncello in a bottle of PineSol, crème de menthe in a handle of Scope.
Crotona Park East - The Bronx
May 2024Crotona Park East, if you couldn't figure it out from the name, lies due east of Crotona Park in the Bronx.
Deadlift Substitution - by Alexander Cortes
May 2024Whats an exercise you can do that has the same benefits to a deadlift? I hurt my back deadlifting a few years ago, it has not been the same since"
Dear me, - by Claire Liu
May 2024If you don’t already know that my results this year were subpar, 1. You’re a fake fan, and 2. Go back and read my recap of this year.
Death Rows STYLE OF MUSIC
May 2024Share Death Row Records is known most for things that happen outside of music. The legendary record label was home for superstars like Dr.
Defunding Schools -- Rolling Back Child Labor Laws and Reproductive Rights
May 2024If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you know I speak about education a lot, but lately, the push toward defunding public schools at the same time we see a rolling back of child labor is more than upsetting…and it’s materializing in front of us.
Dictionary of Missing Words - by Rob Walker
May 2024Dictionary of Missing Words is an exercise in paying attention to phenomena you encounter — sensations, concepts, states between states, feelings, slippery things — that could be named, but don’t seem to be.
Dispatches from TrustCon 2023
May 2024Please consider supporting this newsletter. For $5 a month or $50 a year, you’ll get full access to the archives and newsletters just for paid subscribers.
Diving into the messy vat of nostalgia that is Casey Kasem's American Top 40
May 2024Like YouTube, I was relatively late to the wonder that is the Internet Archive. I mistakenly thought that, like the Wayback Machine, it was a repository for defunct websites, where someone such as myself could find their old Geocities page and cringe in embarrassment at what used to pass for “web design.
Does AI Understand Things? (Robert Wright & Gary Marcus)
May 20240:00 Gary’s background and place in the AI world 1:17 Are Gary’s views on AI paradoxical? 8:48 Bob: Searle’s Chinese Room argument is dead
Don't Forget Elizabeth Holmes - by Alyssa Burgart
May 2024I opened the New York Times Sunday morning to find a full-page photo of Elizabeth Holmes staring at me. The black turtleneck and red lipstick were traded for a camel sweater and jeans.
Dr Jake Goodman's journey with anxiety and depression in medicine
May 2024Dear community, Have you ever been in a teaching hospital, taken care of by a bleary-eyed resident — and wondered if they were alert enough to do the job?
Drake - For All The Dogs
May 2024Explore the intersection of sights and sounds with GLASSES, a deep dive into the expansive world of music graphic design.
Drowning Mona (90 minutes) - by Amanda Kusek
May 2024During my thirteenth summer, I started a weekly newsletter where I wrote up reviews for all of the movies I was watching.
Dungeons & Dragons, Peasant Accelerators, and Inertial Confinement Fusion
May 2024Dungeons and Dragons, along with other tabletop roleplaying games, has a very particular failure mode known as “the Munchkin.” A Munchkin is someone who bends the game rules to the breaking point, someone who is trying to “win” D&D.
Economic Foundations: Natural Monopoly Theory II
May 2024This question of what constitutes a natural monopoly is more important today than you may realize. It affects you if you are involved with consumption or production of electricity or of technology platforms, and that's all of us!
Elementary, Dear Data - by Chris Bateman
May 2024LaForge has apparently built a giant scale model of the HMS Victory, yet Data fails to appreciate it because his encyclopaedic knowledge is devilishly short on context.
ELI5 means "Explain it to me like I'm 5"
May 2024Happy April, Fancy Comma newsletter readers! After a long 3+ years, I feel like I can finally imagine a post-pandemic world.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tucup
May 2024A once obscure Amazonian sauce, tucupí has become a buzz word in Latin American culinary circles over the last few years.
Fairplay: 2023 in Retrospect
May 2024Hi, Ravdeep here. 👋 Perfunktory is a newsletter that aims to break down trending subjects in the field of Music, Technology, Gaming and Culture as perfunctorily as possible.
Famous Emmas, Ranked - by Iris
May 2024It’s time to lay the “who’s the best Chris” discourse to bed. (It’s Chris Pine.) We had our fun, but now that the celebrity Chris Pratt apologists assembled, in the most embarrassing crossover event in history, to defend the tender feelings of a 41-year-old multimillionaire – well, it’s just not the same.
Farewell to the Original Amor Y Amargo
May 2024I wrote a fall bar preview for The New York Times this week. It was chock full of news, included information on new bars from the folks behind Dutch Kills, Rolo’s, Smith & Mills, Valerie, The Odd Couple and Maison Premiere.
Figs: a fruit and a herb
May 2024In 1988, I ate my first fresh fig. It was handed to me by the person who’d grown it on the Greek island of Santorini.
First Look: Rhea - Saratoga Living After Hours
May 2024Even before our food came out, my boyfriend, Nick, had already dubbed Rhea his new favorite restaurant. His decision was on account of the menu, which boasts 17 interesting sma…
Five Questions with Lawyer Matthew Seligman, Who Will Argue before Judge Aileen Cannon Next Week as
May 2024Tonight, a really special treat. One week from today, Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the Special Counsel’s classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump and co-defendants, will hold a hearing on one of Trump’s motions to dismiss the case.
For Goodness Sake, Do Not Use Your Credit Card With Venmo
May 2024Welcome to Saving Money with Andrew! I don’t like Venmo—I think it’s way too easy to send funds to the wrong person, and you may have limited recourse if someone hacks your account.
FREE MANGA: Gay Doujinshi Q&A with Kaz!
May 2024He is amazing and such an inspiration. Once I am finished with my current project, remaking a comic and video game.
Frozen was Disney at its best
May 2024When I saw Frozen for the first time at a press screening at some point in November of 2013, there had been little hype, and I had little reason to think this animated film would end up being one of any great significance.
Game review: The Colonel's Bequest (1989)
May 2024Studio: Sierra On-Line Designer(s): Roberta Williams Part of series: Laura Bow Mysteries Release: October 1989 St. George’s Games: Complete Playlist Parts 1-7 (422 mins.
George's Kid, aka Leonardo DiCaprio
May 2024Turns out we were sitting next to Shirley Manson while watching Lydia Lunch last Thursday. Not that it matters much to me—by the time her band, Garbage, was in the public eye, I was way too deep in my hipster fuckery to be into it.
Georgetown Ramps Up Outreach to 2025 Prospects
May 2024June 15 marks an important date on the recruiting calendar, as it is the first allowable date during which Division 1 college coaches can begin calling, texting, emailing, direct messaging, etc.
Haiku Beta 4 -- The Definitive Review
May 2024The Lunduke Journal is one of the only truly independent Tech Publications — we don’t take a single penny from any company, and are fully supported by subscribers like you.
he boot too big - by Allison Epstein
May 2024Hi friends! We’re sort of swinging for the fences with today’s dirtbag, but I’m in a “go big or go home” sort of mood, so I’m gonna roll with it.
HEKA! - Magical Egypt's Substack
May 2024Hello Lovelies! I have been MIA and for that I am very sorry. I do have a good excuse though.
How Can You Not Be Romantic About Baseball?
May 2024How can you not be romantic about baseball? I read an essay in school about why baseball is America’s pastime. The thesis was something along the lines of “baseball is a microcosm of the American dream.
How Do Those Shopping Links Work Exactly?
May 2024Hello there! I’ve been receiving lots of DMs from people who are curious about the ad breaks I share on Instagram, so I’ve collected the questions, and thought it might be interesting to share the Q&A about how all this works.
How do you describe the Colour of Gold to a Blind Person?
May 2024Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedI’d describe gold as the colour of sunshine, as it shrugs on the Earth’s palate, As muted orange trapped in sheets of liquid on the table in a bottle As a jolt of pleasure- hot as it prickles the skin, when the hair on your arm stands on end not because the yellow is frightening But satisfying, and warm like the first rains of summer.
How Do You Pronounce "Often"?
May 2024Two great questions for this week’s post. Marko Filipović wants to know what the deal is with pronouncing the t in often.
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bag
May 2024Hi everybody. It’s me your favourite esports personality writing a rare blog post to keep you up to date with what has been going on in my life and what the future holds.
How To Be a "Good Parent" When You Didn't Have One
May 2024Source: Cottonbro/PexelsListen to the audio version here: It happens to all of us— nearly every parent has a moment when they say or do something and wonder “Am I turning into my mother/father?
How to find the creation date for any Facebook profile
May 2024Welcome to the latest issue of Digital Investigations! Earlier this year, I spent a few months investigating Facebook Marketplace, the social giant’s wildly successful peer-to-peer sales product.
How To Get Better At Improv
May 2024Thinking again about formulas and triangles (just like last week). A triangle of how one gets better at improv comedy. What You Are - This is what you bring to the table.
How to Watch the "God & Country" Documentary
May 2024Dr. Jemar Tisby, thanks for your post; I really recommend seeing the movie God & Country. Your words in the documentary really impacted me; I'm grateful I viewed the film onsite at the U.
I cannot come up with a cutesy headline
May 2024Bridget Ziegler is many things: co-founder of the far right group Moms for Liberty (ugh), a Sarasota School Board member, and generally an ultra-conservative terror wreaking havoc on the marginalized people of Florida.
I Moved to an Ecovillage in Costa Rica (again)
May 2024Remember a couple articles ago I said that La Ecovilla was the only village I could really see myself living in?
I'm a Botticelli angel and I'm bored...
May 2024What did you do during lockdown? When it all started in March 2020 I made many a resolution, most almost immediately abandoned, towards self-improvement, but one area I have kept up is study of the Italian Renaissance.
I'm Addicted to the Gentle Pleasures of Kim's Convenience
May 2024Kim’s Convenience was a Canadian TV show that ran from 2016 to 2021. It’s the story of two late-middle-aged Korean immigrants living in Toronto, where they own a convenience store and the apartment above it.
I'm Not a Businessman, I'm a Business, Man
May 2024Yay! I'm so happy you're doing this. As a side note, I would point out that Europe is full of talented audio people who you could hire for a smaller sum if money gets tight.
In Memory of John Singleton on His Birthday
May 2024January 6th is writer-director John Singleton’s 56th birthday, or it would’ve been had he not tragically died far too young four years ago.
in the clutch" erases the Black women who helped her win
May 2024Thank you, as always, for being here. Paid subscriptions allow me to dedicate more time to this newsletter. It’s not just the time I spend writing, but the time I spend planning, researching, and reporting that is supported by upgrading.
In The Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan
May 2024I don’t read anywhere near widely enough any more to be able to really quantitatively assess this, but it feels like there’s been a shift away from the Generic Medievaloid epic fantasy setting where armored knights are the pinnacle of military tech, toward more epic fantasy settings based on eras with guns.
Interstellar travel isn't possible - by Philip Rosedale
May 2024Although difficult, traveling to other planets in our solar system is possible. For example, the energy required to transport a single person to Mars on the SpaceX Starship is (very roughly) 10x the amount of electricity that person might use in a year of a typical western living.
Interview with History Legends, war mapper
May 2024A fellow in Montreal, History Legends, creates by far the most comprehensive video coverage of the frontline in Ukraine. Instagram banned his war coverage last June.
INTERVIEW: Screenwriter Meg LeFauve
May 2024You cannot learn by listening — only by DOING… The more you do anything the better you will get. Which sounds obvious but it often is not.
Introducing "Good Guy of the Week"
May 2024There is a lot of bad news out there and no shortage of awful people doing bad things. On Molly Jong-Fast’s great podcast The New Abnormalthey have the “Fuck that guy” segment to highlight the awful people and on Joy Reid’s The Reid Out she offers the “Absolute Worst.
Introducing LogX - LogX's Newsletter
May 2024LogX is the newest addition to our suite of products at Flint Labs. Flint Labs was born to transform capitalism as we know it.
Introducing: The Subletter - by Matt Yao and Jake
May 2024This is a newsletter for people interested in finding and hosting sublets. More broadly, we are building a community of practical idealists who believe in better ways of living and are excited to explore them.
Is Consciousness an Illusion? - by Philip Goff
May 2024I’ve spent the last couple of years hosting the YouTube Channel Mind Chat with Keith Frankish, who is an illusionist about consciousness.
Is OKC really No. 2 in the nation for BBQ?
May 2024I’ve been in the news business long enough to spot a meaningless listicle that will be the talk of the town in a matter of days.
Is The Allstate 'That's Not Gonna Fit' Lady From Fresno?
May 2024Hi. That is actress, Dot-Marie-Jones, (of Glee and many other things, fame). She is most definitely a Valley Native. She grew up in Turlock/Hilmar, went to Modesto JC, and then went to Fresno State where she was a track and field star.
ISSUE 53, SWEETS & CANDIES, Part 6: Sassafras Candy
May 2024Sassafras Candy Sold in stick form, reddish in color, Sassafras candy was a hallmark of the American general store before the rice of the grocery chains.
Its Hot To Look Ill
May 2024The beauty industry is sick. See: consumption as a beauty ideal in the 1840s, malnourishment as a beauty ideal in the 1990s, and the “dark bimbo” or “succubus chic” look today — cheeks pinched courtesy of fat-sucking surgery, bones protruding courtesy of Ozempic injections, expression embalmed courtesy of neurotoxin-infused needles.
Its Rise in Ten Computers
May 2024What’s in a name, or rather a number? The Motorola 68000 wasn’t just a little bit better than its 8-bit predecessor the 6800.
J.B. Handley | Substack
May 2024J.B. HandleyCo-Producer, SPELLERS. Co-Author, Underestimated: an Autism Miracle (Skyhorse, 2021). Best-selling Author, How to End the Autism Epidemic (Chelsea Green, 2018).
Jeff Kay | Substack
May 2024Jeff KayLong-time proprietor of The West Virginia Surf Report! humor blog and podcast. I currently live in northeastern Pennsylvania with my wife and two sons.
Jessica Cleaves (December 10, 1948 May 2, 2014) I Envy the Sunshine (1980)
May 2024Watch full video on Twitter.View most updated version of this post on Substack.Share The late great singer Jessica Cleaves would have turned 75 years old today.
Jesus Genealogies - Thoughts on Scripture
May 2024Jesus’ genealogies are frequently said to be irreconcilable. They are not. They are an invitation to delve deeply into the history of both Israel and her Messiah, intended not to mystify but to edify.
Jews and Communism - by Arnold Kling
May 2024In the collective memory of American Jewry, the entanglement of Jews and Communists merits hardly a footnote. —Jerry Z. Muller, Capitalism and the Jews, p.
Juan Garrido - The Joy Trip Project
May 2024Juan Garridowas an African conquistador, born in the Kingdom of Kongo in 1487. As a young man he went to Portugal and converted to Catholicism.
Jung's argument with God - by Addison Hodges Hart
May 2024I intended to hold off until after I had finished my current series of posts on the Gospels to address the topic of C.
Just for Xeets and Giggles (12.16.23)
May 2024What started as a slow news week really picked up at the end. On everyone’s mind in the last half day is that massive jury verdict against Rudy Giuliani for nearly $150 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
Kim Hunter: The Blacklist and Elia Kazan
May 2024When I had my first interview with Kim Hunter—in April of 1989—I was living in the apartment of Dorothy Hart Drew, a portrait painter who was also, as I was discovering, actively involved in naming artists as “subversive,” and, in some cases, leading to the suspension of their passports.
King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and his mercenary Black Army
May 2024As part of my series of articles on the rise of the Habsburgs, I will also dedicate a lot of articles to their historic rivals.
Laura Erickson's For the Birds
May 2024(Listen to the radio version here when I record it Thursday morning.) On January 2, the American Birding Association revealed the 2024 Bird of the Year: the Golden-winged Warbler.
Liebmans, 2nd Ave, Katz's, & Pastrami Queen
May 2024If you don’t remember (or have an actual life), we recently wrote an investigative report detailing the best matzo ball soup from these same four delis (a pound for pound value, what else is there?
Little Fanfare for Passing of Chicago Hoop Legend Teddy Grubbs
May 2024The passing of Teddy Grubbs should have been headline news in Chicago. At least that’s what many Chicago-area basketball fans in the late 1970s and early 1980s would have figured when Grubbs was an All-American and one of the first in a long line of legends to come out of burgeoning Chicago high school power King.
Looking through Anime stocks and sharing my Google Sheets note script
May 2024Hello everyone, Today starts of with a terrible pun. IBRK finally enabled access to the Praha Stock Exchange. There are only 28 companies listed, so it is quick and painless to check out.
Malcolm Richard Clark | Substack
May 2024Malcolm Richard ClarkI make science and history documentaries for global broadcasters. I explore the irrational notion of 'gender identity' and anything else that catches my eye.
Mandatory Massive Monster Movies - by Josh Link
May 2024You know what are great? Movies about giant monsters. Your Godzillas, your Gameras, your Kings Kong, etc. The biggest behemoths in the world just stomping around, smashing buildings, kicking tanks, and so forth.
Manic Street Preachers Lovely Wreckage From UK Guttertrash Nihilists
May 2024Richey Edwards, in the room he called me from that day in November 1991.NOTE: In November 1991, Columbia Records’ Howard Wuelfing scheduled me to interview Manic Street Preachers for an Alternative Press profile, to coincide with the release of their debut album, Generation Terrorists.
Marc Andreessen on Availability Cascades
May 2024Marc Andreessen writes, An availability cascade is what happens when a social cascade rips through a population based on a more or less arbitrary topic — whatever topic happens to be in front of people when the cascade starts.
Mary Washington Hospital Receives 'D' Safety Rating from Leapfrog
May 2024by Adele Uphaus MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Mary Washington Hospital received a grade of ‘D’ in Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 hospital safety ratings, which were released this week.
Mirandas Last Gift - The Article Book Club
May 2024Perhaps my greatest moral failing is that I don’t like animals. Dogs, cats, the cutest panda you ever did see—meh, I’ll stick with the anthropocene.
Mirrors: Joe Chambers - by Vinnie Sperrazza
May 2024By 1964, ideas in jazz once considered fringe or avant-garde were entering the mainstream. One group of musicians seemed intent on blending straight-ahead and avant-garde conceptions; among them, Richard Davis, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Jackie McLean, Grachan Moncur, Sam Rivers, Woody Shaw, Tony Williams, Larry Young, and drummer/composer Joe Chambers.
More About Fables in the Public Domain
May 2024Question: What have you done? Bill Willingham: I have purposely and irrevocably surrendered my Fables property to the public domain.
Morrissey's Most Controversial Interview Ever
May 2024(To complement my recent story for the Manchester Mill about the Manchester punk club, the Ranch Bar, I thought I’d dig up this old interview I did with Morrissey for Melody Maker in 1986.
My Girl's a Vegetable - by Paul Crenshaw
May 2024My Girl’s a Vegetable When I was in Basic Training, one of the cadences we called was “My Girl’s a Vegetable,” and tells the story of a man whose girlfriend lies in a coma in the hospital, hooked to machines.
My Realistic Summer 2024 Lookbook
May 2024Today I’m publishing a lookbook of 15 repeat-worthy outfits that I plan to have on mental retainer this summer. Most of them are either variations on — or exact replicas of — outfits I’ve worn multiple times in the past.
My review of THE COMING WAVE
May 2024“I am convinced we’re on the cusp of the most important transformation of our lifetimes.” “The coming wave is going to change the world.
My year in review - Kyle Chayka Industries
May 2024Hello, I’m Kyle Chayka, a staff writer for The New Yorker, on Twitter / Threads, and author of the forthcoming book Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture.
Myth Busting Penal Substitutionary Atonement
May 2024What is Penal Substitutionary Atonement? Well, to parse the terms, we are dealing something penal (a punishment that is meted out), something substitutionary (Christ dies in our stead), and an atonement (what reconciles us to God).
New Deal Grants Students Hulu & Disney+ for Only $4/month
May 2024Do you go to college? Do you like watching or streaming movies and television shows? Have you ever wanted to sign up for Disney Plus but were afraid to spend too much money?
New Definitions of Crime and Punishment for Non-Consensual Photography in Japan
May 2024What’s new: Beginning from today, July 13, 2023, "photography crime," or satsueizai (撮影罪) in Japanese, will be enforced. The new law will punish all acts of secretly filming sexual postures (voyeurism), providing such filming to third parties, and publicizing or storing such filming on the internet, video distribution, etc.
News from Jules | 06.18.2024
May 2024As soon as I took my first steps on soil again this spring—not only because the ground had thawed but my fractured shin bone was healing—I was scheming about truly getting back into nature.
NJC+ Film Club: The Laughing Policeman (1973)
May 2024Quick! Name a great crime movie from the 1970s. set in San Francisco, with a great car chase! For most, the films that come to mind are of course, Dirty Harry (1971) or Bullitt (1968), as well they should.
NO INDICTMENT for Brittany Watts
May 2024We are the looking at the cold, cruel traumatization of women by a cruel, bigoted party. Imagine. The disenfranchise of the people who love you men.
No New 'Sex and the City' Discourse, Please
May 2024I’m not going to be gaslit into thinking Carrie Bradshaw is the worst, truly horrible or a pure piece of shit.
No, James Dean Was Not Marlon Brando's Sex Slave
May 2024The biggest challenge in writing my book was trying to root out all of the lies, misrepresentations, and hoaxes. I don't discredit Arlene Sax so much as believe that she mixed some true memories with stories that she took from elsewhere and may have come to believe were true.
Notable Sandwiches #53: Cudighi - by Talia Lavin
May 2024Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the baffling document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches, in alphabetical order.
ode to the bedrooms of studio ghibli
May 2024hellooooo 🌱 I’ve been rewatching my favorite Studio Ghibli movies. I typically do this at the onset of Winter every year when I need to insert some joy (and tbh some dopamine) into the bleakness of the season.
Oklahoma City Thunder (52-22) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (40-35) Preview and Details
May 2024CLASH OF TWO WORLDS 76ers hold a 1-0 season series lead THE LAST BATTLE NOVEMBER 25, 2023 Outcome: The 76ers handed the Thunder a 127-123 loss in Oklahoma City
On Chinese Mistress Culture - Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD
May 2024There is something I must tell you about China: It is rather morally creative in the usage of its women:
On Competition, Moloch Traps, and the A.I. Arms Race
May 2024A snippet of our conversation below Transcript of our conversation 8 January 2023, edited for accuracy, with external links Eric Topol
On the Breezewood Interchange - by Jameson Draper
May 2024When you drive through the heart of the eastern seaboard—as I do on trips to and from my hometown, mostly on holidays—there are miles upon miles of nondescript highway among ever-changing climates and topography: flat, droning interstates of Ohio, Pennsylvania roads that wind through the fog-enveloped Alleghenies, dense and slow regional freeways of Maryland.
One Banana Split, Many Spoons, No Rules
May 2024Hello! Hello! When I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn, there weren’t as many flavors of ice cream as there are now, but we seemed to be able to get ice cream just about anywhere.
One Question for Arkady Volozh and Other Russian Billionaires
May 2024Arkady Volozh, one of the founders of Russia’s tech giant Yandex and one of the wealthiest individuals in the country, publicly condemned the war in Ukraine after 533 days, calling it a «barbaric invasion».
Other Half Brewing to purchase Young Lion Brewing in Canandaigua
May 2024Here’s some local beer news for you and it has some national implications and probably international interest. Young Lion Brewing, founded in 2017 by Jennifer Newman and her partners, announced Wednesday in a press release that it will sell its brewery and taproom, located at 24 Lakeshore Dr.
pansotti, liguria's potbellied ravioli - by Meryl Feinstein
May 2024My obsession with Ligurian food continues on this sun-soaked Friday afternoon, the last moments of May giving way to True Summer.
Peppercorn 101 - CondimentClaire
May 2024I wasn’t planning on writing this week’s newsletter on pepper but I fell into an internet deep hole of pepper hand harvesting videos in Vietnam.
Performance Review: Angelo Gabriel - by Luke Rushbrook
May 2024Angelo Gabriel - Metz (A) - 0-1 (W) - 24/09/2023 Brief overview: This was Angelo’s 2nd consecutive start in the league, he is firmly starting to nail down a place in Patrick Vieira’s team now.
Pieces of Shit? - by Jim Pomeranz
May 2024After NC State spanked North Carolina 39-20 last Saturday, Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren offered his players a potty mouth description of the Tar Heels .
Pink Squirrel and Chartreuse Cobbler
May 2024I knew it was time to write about the Grasshopper cocktail when I became aware that Emmett’s on Grove, a new restaurant in Greenwich Village with Midwestern supper club vibes, started serving the drink.
Player Ratings From Inter Miami's Home Sick Draw vs. Vissel Kobe
May 2024photo credit: Inter Miami CF, Vissel KobeInter Miami have finally ended their overseas tour with a 0-0 draw against Vissel Kobe.
Prince Stash | Substack
May 2024Confessions of a Living Legend By Prince Stash Intimate, deliciously tantalizing, never-before-told accounts drawn from a life of incredible eccentricity. ⭐️ Stories beyond sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, including Eastern mysticism, Western occultism, and the Secret Philosophy.
Princess Diana sites worth visiting
May 2024It was 25 years ago on August 31, 1997, that Diana Princess of Wales died in Paris, aged just 36. You don’t have to be a royalist, or even a Diana fan, to be moved by this anniversary.
PrizePicks Strategy (CBB) - by Justin Bales
May 2024If you’re new to the Buy Low newsletter, this is where I post all of my PrizePicks plays! They’re all free, and they get emailed out daily!
Pumpkin Tres Leches - by Viviane Eldarazi
May 2024Ingredients: 8 eggs 1 cup of granulated sugar 1 (15oz) can of pure pumpkin 2 cups of all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
Pygmalion and the Anime Girl
May 2024“Young men, let me make a suggestion to you: Why don’t you turn off the computer, log off the porn, and go ask a real woman on a date.
Python Lists: A closer look
May 2024Note: This post is the first in a series about lists, and how they can help people develop a deeper understanding of Python as a whole.
Q&A: Orgasm After Hysterectomy
May 2024Confidence and Joy is a newsletter by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. Subscribe here. You can also follow Emily on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook!
Race, Brexit, and Islamism with Munira Mirza [AD FREE
May 2024My guest today is Munira Mirza. Munira Mirza is a British public policy analyst and cultural commentator. She served as the Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture of London under Boris Johnson when he was mayor, and later served as director of The Number 10 Policy Unit under Johnson when he was prime minister.
Radio station KGO shuts down, but Mark Thompson's show lives on as a livestream
May 2024On October 6, legendary San Francisco radio station KGO fired its entire staff and switched formats after 80 years from newstalk to to discussions of sports and gambling.
Reading Manga Slowly - by vonMandelbrot
May 2024And an excuse for me taking my time. The Taishō Café hasn’t opened its doors for more than a month now.
Recovered Farside memories. - by John Birmingham
May 2024That common room where I played all my free games of Defender (and Choplifter) had a cork board where people would pin up photocopies of favourite cartoons.
Reddit's growth to 1 billion monthly users, explained.
May 2024In 2019, Reddit beat Twitter in terms of Monthly Active Userbase (MAU) and today in 2024, 1 in every 7 humans on planet earth visits Reddit at-least once a month🤯.
Regarding the UCI Ruling - by Austin Killips
May 2024I've always known that this project would end and have to take on a different shape. Sport at the highest levels is a fleeting pursuit.
Remembering Jack Sonni - by Brad Thomas Parsons
May 2024(December 9, 1954 - August 30, 2023) It was just after midnight last night when I read the news that Jack Sonni had died at the age of 68.
Repetition is the Mother of Memory
May 2024In past articles on pedagogical principles I noted that the principles of festina lente and multum non multa are closely related like sisters.
Resilience, Toughness. Nobody Exemplifies That More Than My Wife
May 2024HE THOUGHT IT was a butt dial. On the night of August 8, Steve Forbes was riding a minibus at Camp Arifjan, the U.
Results of the state of sexuality survey
May 2024(Scroll down to see the actual data if you don’t care about the details)I’ve conducted several prior surveys on household inequality, and results from those surveys informed my efforts on this latest survey.
Review: Abbott Elementary, Willard R. Abbott
May 2024As I wrote on social media last night: “This is the best Abbott Elementary episode yet for the simple fact that it brings Bradley Cooper back to comedy.
Review: Brenda Lee - Emotions (1961)
May 2024Tracks: 1) Emotions; 2) Just Another Lie; 3) If You Love Me (Really Love Me); 4) Crazy Talk; 5) When I Fall In Love; 6) Around The World; 7) Swanee River Rock; 8) Will You Love Me Tomorrow; 9) I’m Learning About Love; 10) Georgia On My Mind; 11) Cry; 12) I’m In The Mood For Love.
Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm, No Lessons Learned
May 2024“I’m 76 years old and I have never learned a lesson in my entire life.” It’s something Larry says only a few scenes into the series finale of Curb—a throwaway line, really, spoken to a pair of one-scene characters we’ll never see again, but one imbued with much more meaning because of the episode in which it appears.
Review: Fargo, Bisquik | Year 5, Episode 10
May 2024When this Fargo season started, I wrote that I’d be keeping a wary eye throughout these episodes to see if the show’s creator Noah Hawley would disappear too far into mind-bending esoterica, as he did in Season Four and in the later seasons of Legion.
Review: Only Murders in the Building, "Ghost Light"
May 2024“It’s only when you’re alone that the real haunting begins.” The function of “Ghost Light” is pretty crystal clear: by the end of the episode, our central trio are all furious with one another, questioning their friendship and going their separate ways as the investigation into Ben’s death pulls them apart.
Review: Secret Invasion, "Betrayed" | Season 1, Episode 3
May 2024For an episode that ends with a nuclear submarine nearly starting World War III, “Betrayed” is kind of boring right? After last week’s episode got me excited that Secret Invasion was finding its footing, this week’s installment left me wondering if the show can actually build something cohesive out of its disparate parts now that it’s officially reached the halfway mark.
Revisit: Zulu - by Andy Fowler
May 2024Two summers ago, I was driving on a South Dakota reservation with a film crew and Catholic journalist, following a group of Knights of Columbus trying to advance the cause of Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakota Native American catechist.
Runes, Runes, the Musical Fruit
May 2024Hello, wonderful witches! If you’ve come here thanks to the Eater article about my tyromancy sessions, welcome! I’m so glad to have you as a subscriber.
Ruri Ohama | Substack
May 2024Book Bites📚 By Ruri Ohama I'll bring you cool highlights from the books, articles, and podcasts I've been digging into every week.
Ruths Chris. 801 Chophouse. Fleming's. Which One Is Worth Your Top-Dollar Splurge?
May 2024The Des Moines metro now has three high-end steakhouses to choose from. All are chains of a sort: 801 Chophouse, which opened its flagship restaurant in Des Moines in 1993, now has six other locations; Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse, which opened in West Des Moines in 2005, is skirting 65 U.
S3 Episode 2 - A Gentleman in Moscow
May 2024Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow is one of our most requested books, and now we get it. In this episode, we chat about the important role that food, cooking and shared tables all play in this charming book.
Saturday Happy Hour an Equal Parts Bourbon Manhattan
May 2024In this week’s subscriber-only newsletter, I covered a trio of Manhattan variants, all of which substitute a different base spirit for the traditional rye or bourbon whiskey.
Seattle Storm Draft Nika Mhl, Mackenzie Holmes in WNBA Draft
May 2024Despite not having a first-round pick I thought the Seattle Storm did very well on Draft Night. A lot of what I wrote in my pre-draft article came to fruition.
Seven great trick-taking games that expand on the classic mechanic
May 2024Well, it was bound to happen at some point. I was just destined to write about trick-taking again. While I sometimes talk about it like I’m constantly recommending trick-taking games (and I suppose to an extent I am), this is the first time in 2024 — and the first time in five months — that I’ve written something dedicated to the genre.
Share the scandal, just not in public
May 2024Good advice... Personaly, I'm trying to do nothing with GAFAT anymore... They lost their mind. I really really think they are in total panic.
Sharon Spiak & Shirley Green
May 2024This interview is a collaboration with the Reformed Rakes podcast. Tune in on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts to listen to the extended version.
Singer Jimmy Brown talks upcoming North American tour, writing for GOT7's BamBam + the future of Kor
May 2024Welcome to Bunni Pop extras, a segment on this newsletter that will introduce readers to rising artists that should be added to your playlists.
Six great small-box board games
May 2024Large-box board games are, in many ways, the things that drive the board game hobby. In my nascent days in the hobby, I was drawn to those Euro-sized square boxes.
Sizzlin' Skillet of Broccolette - by Sohla El-Waylly
May 2024The prices at our local Manhattan groceries stores have been outrageous lately. Just today, the cost of one pound of butter at Westside market was $18.
Ska band Mustard Plug nearly scored a hit single in the 90s
May 2024Ska had reached its mainstream peak in 1997. That summer, a young VJ named Carson Daly, dressed in a too-large, Blues Brothers knockoff suit, hosted the embarrassing 2-hour special Skaturday.
Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast
May 2024Abstract: We did it! Delivered a major software project in record time! Our customers were happy, and we got a ton of funding, but then, the troubles started.
Smoky, juicy turkey burgers - by Shauna M. Ahern
May 2024Dan and I came up with the idea for this burger while we shared milkshakes at Luna Park Café in West Seattle, for lunch.
Socratic Questioning for Self Discovery and Problem-Solving
May 2024This essay is an overlap of two practices that I value the most in my life—self-talk and questioning. I value self-talk because, in this fast-paced life, it helps you to reconnect with yourself.
Some of the Most Fun Cryptic Clues Ever Written
May 2024Skip to the end (or click here) for a puzzle I’ve made you (it’s been awhile, but I’m back, baby!). My crash course on how to do cryptic puzzles begins here.
Statement from the survivors of the fire at Oakhurst Manor
May 2024We are the occupants of the manor who were directly impacted by the fire at Estate of Mind’s Oakhurst Manor in Whitinsville, MA on March 1st after 1am.
STEVE ALBINI - by Sam McPheeters
May 2024TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS month, I and my band spent a week at Steve Albini’s recording studio in Chicago. After some neighborhood children taunted me on the first morning’s walk to the nearest grocery store, I stayed indoors for the duration.
Steve Cropper: Trailblazer/Digital Phantom - by Tom Moon
May 2024For a guy whose work mostly appears on other people’s records, Steve Cropper is surprisingly findable on the music services of the Interweb.
Steve Sailer, Noticing - by Titus Techera
May 2024So I received a literary gift the other day, the Steve Sailer anthology Noticing, published by Passage, run by my friend Lomez, to go by his nom de guerre.
Story twists & turns, with value consequences!
May 2024I was planning to start this post by telling you that Tesla was back in the news, but that would be misleading, since Tesla never leaves the news.
Substack for podcasts
May 2024You will always own your subscribers’ email addresses and be able to export them at any time, if you wish. When a new person subscribes from the Substack app or the Substack website, you’ll get their email address.
sue bird doesn't have to be a respectable queer anymore
May 2024Please consider becoming a paying subscriber of this newsletter so I can write more deep dives like this one. You can do so below:
SUMMER HOUSE Recap: S8 FINALE !!!
May 2024I would like to wholeheartedly apologize for my absence re: the two penultimate episodes of this grizzly eighth season of Summer House.
Summer Risotto - by Farideh Sadeghin
May 2024Let me start off by saying: S I C I L Y. (drink) For those of you just joining us here, let me fill you in.
Survival of the Fittest Mind
May 2024Why is enduring success in markets rare? I’ve written before about the usual suspects: Ego, biases, and emotions. Mistakes meeting overconfidence and concentration.
Sushi, sashimi and worms, oh my!
May 2024The raw seafood used in foods such as sushi and sashimi may contain parasitic worms that can cause relatively mild to severe infections in humans.
Sy Chatman Scouting Report - by Ersin Demir
May 2024Connecting forwards are becoming one of the most wanted commodities in the NBA. Being able to differentiate both roles as an off-ball screener and ball mover while also being ready to convert open threes is what NBA decision-makers look for.
Sylvia (2003), or Sylvia Plath Deserved Better
May 2024Poets on Film is a semi-regular feature of PopPoetry, a poetry and pop culture Substack written by Caitlin Cowan. You can learn more about it here.
Synapse-TabaPay Deal Collapses As Questions About Missing User Funds Persist
May 2024Hey all, Jason here. Dropping into your inbox with an emergency Thursday update, following this morning’s court hearing in the Synapse bankruptcy case — promise to keep it brief!
Take Out by Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou at Twenty
May 2024By the time Sean Baker became A24’s indie darling with The Florida Project (2017) and Red Rocket (2021), he already had a number of stellar independent feature films already under his belt.
Tell Me About One of Your Weirdest Jobs
May 2024TEAM! My apologies, it’s been more than a minute since our our last walk. I’ve been on tour promoting my new memoir, Dirtbag, Massachusetts.
Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair Is the Greatest Wrestling Match of All Time
May 2024Simply put, this is the greatest wrestling match of all time. No, I am not being hyperbolic. I mean it with every fiber of my being as a fan and critic of professional wrestling — Ric Flair and Terry Funk put on the greatest wrestling match of all time at Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout, a violent triumph that may never be equaled in my lifetime.
That data doesn't mean what you think it means
May 2024The investors I follow on Twitter, the macro podcasts I listen to, lots of incredibly intelligent people but if this cohort has a common flaw it’s that they accept the data as is.
The AdlerNet Guide for Intelligent Readers
May 2024In this article, I will describe how to set up an analog note-taking system for the express purpose of reading and engaging with the classical works of western civilization—specifically, the “Great Books of the Western World.
The Alliterative Ms. Marvel - T Campbell's Grid
May 2024(Gonna put on my comics-fan hat for a bit, then loop around to wordplay on this one.) It’s a weird time to be a fan of Ms.
The Ancient Art of Extreme Acceptance
May 2024Frustration- the emotion that follows any scratch on your car, a hole in a t-shirt, or a broken cup. Basic human psychology makes us hate anything that is imperfect or mildly inconvenient.
The Arcadian Wild - by Brian Mattson
May 2024Dear Friends, Step into my study. Shall I fill you a pipe? Pour you a dram? Excellent! I sometimes get into trouble, or at least create something of a furor, when I do commentary on or reviews of music.
The Basketball Feelings Feeling of the Year (FOTY)
May 2024Louisa Thomas, Author and Staff Writer, The New Yorker One of the dumbest criticisms of any NBA analysis is that the analyst doesn’t know because she — let’s face it, it’s often a she — didn’t play in the NBA.
The Best Romantic Comedies Ever Made
May 2024Hello friends! I hope you had a nice, cozy holiday weekend, wherever you were. I’ve had a lot of new subscribers recently, so I wanted to take a second to introduce myself again.
The Big Lookback: Stevie Wonder
May 2024Share The Kennedy Center Honors began in 1978, which puts Stevie Wonder’s 1999 award around their midpoint from now. At the time he was the 21st awardee from a popular music conceived to encompass jazz, gospel, and Broadway as well as “rock”—11 Black and 10 white, if you’re curious as I always am, with Chuck Berry and James Brown to follow in 2000 and 2003 and no year after 2002 destined to include fewer than two pop musicians rather than the one per year that was standard before then.
The Business of Super Shoes
May 2024If you were to believe social media, every runner is running in super shoes. (A new Nike Alphafly release is to runners what a Yeezy drop was to sneakerheads before Kanye went off the rails.
The Cabinet: Bndictine - by Richard Godwin
May 2024~ BÉNÉDICTINE ~ Herbal liqueur / 40% ABV / c.£30 for 700ml Friends with: dark spirits, notably brandy, bourbon and rye.
The Charlottean who bought Prince's Caribbean mansion
May 2024Good morning! Today is Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. You’re reading The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.
The Clippers and The Lost Art of The Gortat
May 2024It’s easy to forget the players that weren’t Hall-of-Fame caliber, or even former All-Star selections. The bigger the name, the easier it is to recall the indelible mark they left on the game of basketball.
The Discerning Lesbian's Starter Guide to Classic Cinema (Part One)
May 2024French poster for 1931’s Madchen in Uniform (btw this is one of my favourite images of all time, just in general)
The Duende - Untranslatable
May 2024A few months ago, my co-worker, Laura*, invited a magician to our office Zoom party. He showed us a few tricks and we giggled and struggled to figure them out.
The Expanding Boundaries of David Lynch's 'Inland Empire'
May 2024Coming back to Inland Empire, was your company Absurda born with the need to distribute the movie, or had it been in existence before?
The Greatest Trick Ever Played
May 2024NEW STANDARD DISCLAIMER: This newsletter aggressively spoils things. Hello! And welcome to the part of this newsletter where I aggressively lean into a piece of media so old and obscure it might as well not exist.
The Hat That Makes Me Look Like Paddington Bear
May 2024I am always one purchase away from the one SSENSE sale/sunscreen/candle that will change my whole life. It never happens, but sometimes through word of mouth, a friend, a random list, an overheard conversation, I find something that changes my lif…
The Killing of Anni Hindocha
May 2024Welcome to the Brown History Newsletter. If you’re enjoying this labor of love, please do consider becoming a paid subscriber. Your contribution would help pay the writers and illustrators and support this weekly publication.
The Marula Tree - CondimentClaire
May 2024I am currently on the most incredible trip of my life and am so glad you’re enjoying the content I’ve been sharing thus far.
The Midlife Reorientation - a User's Guide
May 2024Welcome Entrepreneurs, I'm so glad you're here. And welcome back to Substack! Funny enough, I’ve already seen more subscriber growth on Substack in the two weeks since posting that announcement than I saw in the last two months on Mailchimp.
The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known
May 2024Hi Readers, I’m coming to you from a place of extremes this week. My morale and mood have been all over the place the last two weeks.
The Most Popular Song on Every Album
May 2024I’m going to see Taylor Swift this weekend. While I was listening to her latest album Midnights in preparation for the show, I noted to my friend that the third song “Anti-Hero” was the most popular on the record.
The Myth of Prometheus Is Not a Cautionary Tale
May 2024Share Listening to Marc Andreessen discuss his Techno-Optimist Manifesto on the Foundation for American Innovation’s Dynamist podcast, I was struck by his repetition of something that is in the manifesto and is completely wrong.
The noble Brown Pelican - by Emma Lewis
May 2024I have been writing a “Bird A Day” post on Twitter/X (@petchary) with the day’s bird from the Audubon calendar I bought, and a little description.
The Optimal Offseason Guide to NFL Team-Building
May 2024With the Combine in the rearview mirror (make sure to check out my modeling on what actually mattersamong the various drills and measurements), the NFL media-take complex will now shift to free agency.
The Possibly Impossible Task of Ranking Literary Journals
May 2024Welcome to our weekly column offering perspectives on lit mag publishing, with contributions from readers, writers and editors around the world.
The Problem With the Flash's "New" Origin Story
May 2024A few month ago, when I rounded up theBest Comics of 2020, I praised Dial H For Hero for “redefining a hero’s ‘secret origin,’ not as the moment where they acquire superpowers, but instead as the moment they decide to use their powers to do good.
The Pure Joy of Eating at Superiority Burger
May 2024This is not a review. This won’t be that smart. You likely won’t learn much from it besides the fact that I’m a fan of a place you maybe have heard of, or maybe you haven’t.
The Redemption of Reba Rambo
May 2024“Reba was such a trendsetter,” remembers Ron Fairchild, a session musician and longtime keyboardist for the Oak Ridge Boys. “There was nobody like her.
The Revolutionary Roots of The Pluto-in-Scorpio Generation
May 2024Hold on to your butts, because it’s a big damn week here at the Practical Magic Newsletter. We’ll start with the biggie: I’m delighted to unveil my SUPER TOP SECRET ASTROLOGY PROJECT: Witches Get Stuff Done — my newest coaching offering — is officially open to book for the month of April!
The Scoop On The High Sport Dupe
May 2024I'm usually not one to fall for expensive trends, so when I first heard about the $900 High Sport Crop Kick Flare pants, I didn't think much—especially since they look like pretty basic in photos.
The Sensational Ritz Brothers - by Michael Pershan
May 2024BY ANTHONY SCIBELLI • Al, Jimmy, and Harry were born the Joachim Brothers, but in the 1920s, they became vaudeville dancers under a new name: the Ritz Brothers.
The Sepulveda Pass is a Place Where Nothing Ever Happens
May 2024Heaven Heaven is a place A place where nothing Nothing ever happens - Talking Heads Carmageddon. Looking north from Sunset Blvd.
The Spaces Between The Spanks
May 2024We are psychologically attuned to appreciate just the right balance of stimulation and silence. There’s a certain tempo of rain pattering that sounds delightful.
The Symbolism of Mirrors
May 2024TRANSCRIPT: As we know, you break a mirror and it’s seven years of bad luck—so why? Barbara Walker writes that “the ancients attributed mystic powers to any reflective surface, solid or liquid, because the reflection was considered part of the soul.
The Symbolism of Palm Branches
May 2024Entering my office yesterday morning, I slipped into my usual Monday rhythm of sermon preparation. Prayer infused each step of my journey, guiding me as I settled into my desk and fired up my trusted Logos Bible Software.
The truth about Papa Don't Preach
May 2024The Madonna diaries is a series of personal essays about Madonna’s back catalogue (hence the name I guess). It’s part of The truth about everything*, a newsletter with a different feature every week – not always Madonna.
THE TWITTER FILES - by Matt Taibbi
May 2024Original formatting preserved1. Thread: THE TWITTER FILES 2. What you’re about to read is the first installment in a series, based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter.
The Ultimatum: Queer Love - by Maddy Court
May 2024I received SO MANY requests to write about the new season of The Ultimatum: Queer Love and not only did Netflix deny my request for advanced screeners, they refused to give me access to the press website and photo gallery, so I spent the weekend trying to catch up.
The Unaddressed Maleficence of Cait Corrain
May 2024As an author debuting in 2024 myself, Cait Corrain has unfortunately slithered onto my radar. Luckily[?] for somebody who jumped ship from Twitter years ago, the situation regarding them has percolated to the wider internet, making itself available for my hyper-critical consumption.
The vast majority of Centene and Humana's $209 billion in revenues came from taxpayers.
May 2024If you have been reading my analyses of large health insurers’ 2021 earnings reports, you know that the last 10 years have been incredibly profitable for the four biggest: Anthem, Cigna, CVS Health (which now owns Aetna), and UnitedHealth Group.
The Wiz acquisition of Lacework makes sense
May 2024Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer or any other entities with which I am affiliated.
The Word is Wood Trees in the Bible
May 2024As I studied Sarah and Abraham’s story, I couldn’t help but notice all the trees: terebinth trees, oak trees, and tamarisks showing up again and again.
Theresa Reed | The Tarot Lady
May 2024Theresa Reed (aka “The Tarot Lady”) is a Tarot expert, astrologer, teacher and author who has been reading Tarot for over thirty years.
This Is The Wrong Way To Cover The Chandler Jones Story
May 2024What’s going on with Chandler Jones is very sad. Jones is a defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders (it still feels weird to type that).
This is your man?? - TikTok Trend Watch
May 2024The clip was uploaded to the official @stevewilkosshow TikTok in January. Since then over 5,000 users have made their own videos using this audio.
Three Quick Thoughts: Lige-Bastogne-Lige 2024
May 2024Tadej Pogačar destroyed all comers, winning his second career Liège-Bastogne-Liège and sixth career Monument after riding clear with an unmatchable attack on the brutally steep Côte de la Redoute.
Thursday in Holy Week: Foot Washing
May 2024Last April, I shared this piece — The Holy Thursday Revolution — and it became one of the most read, most shared posts ever from The Cottage.
Tin to Table, the new tinned-seafood cookbook, is good.
May 2024The editorial position of this publication, based in its proprietor’s philosophical convictions, is that cooking with tinned seafood is generally to be avoided.
TODAY IS PRINCE'S BIRTHDAY - The Nelson George Mixtape
May 2024Prince Rogers Nelson was born on June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A transcend star with immense musical gifts, an eccentric vision, and charisma, his impact on pop culture endures.
Tone Glow 102: Ishmael Reed
May 2024Ishmael Reed (b. 1938) is one of America’s most significant literary figures, publishing over 30 books of poetry, prose, essays, and plays.
Trained by the elves to fight the orcs. Inside the Ukrainian resistance
May 2024Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has had to face not only the hardened opposition from the regular armed forces, but also a substantial partisan and underground resistance movement, within the occupied territories.
Two Words Nobody Wants To Hear
May 2024Have you ever come home from a hike, jog, or dog-walk only to find a tick crawling along your waistline, or worse—nestled nearly imperceptibly into your skin?
UFC Vegas 89: No thanks
May 2024UFC Vegas 89 just wrapped, and not a moment too soon because both the main and co-main events were “mid” as the kids like to say.
Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing.
May 2024Tomorrow I am giving a talk to a professional organization I am a member of. I am nervous but excited about my presentation.
Under the Klieg Lights, Once Again
May 2024Last week I finally got some inkling about what it must feel like to be a TV star, which was fun, in an odd way.
Universalism and Infernalism... - by David Bentley Hart
May 2024[As I noted at the end of my last column, I have received numerous requests from readers that I clarify this or that aspect of the argument of my book That All Shall Be Saved.
UNSPEAKABLE PODCAST Was the Sexual Revolution A Failed Experiment? Louise Perry Makes Her Case.
May 2024Louise Perry is just thirty-years-old, but she’s written a book that threatens to take the wind out of more than half a century of feminist activism.
Vacay Vibes - WHY NOT by Emily Wickersham
May 2024As passionate as I am about New York. I also love to venture beyond its borders. Especially in winter, if I can.
Vincent DOnofrio Shouldve Won an Academy Award for Men In Black (1997)
May 2024Note: Today’s issue contains some spoilers for Men In Black, although I don’t think they would hamper your enjoyment of this very good film.
Walking Darkhan (Mongolia) - Chris Arnade Walks the World
May 2024The hardest part about getting to Darkhan is getting to the Ulaanbaatar bus station. Which shouldn’t be that hard — it’s only five miles from downtown on the western edge of the city — but getting anywhere in Ulaanbaatar is hard since everyone drives everywhere, and since there’s only real one east-west road, Peace Avenue, taking a bus, or cab, isn’t much faster than walking.
Waxlight Bar a Vin, Southern Junction score historic win for Buffalo
May 2024Buffalo’s 34-year winless streak in the nationwide competition for James Beard Awards finalist spots ended on April 3, 2024. Waxlight Bar a Vin, a semifinalist last year as well, is a 2024 finalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program.
Way Too Early Rosters 2024: Richmond Flying Squirrels
May 2024Photo Credit: KA Fullmore | Richmond Flying SquirrelsPreviously, on Way Too Early Roster Previews: A lot goes into making the “Way Too Early Roster Previews” live up to their names of being, in fact, way too early.
We need speed governors on cars and watercraft as well as bikes and scooters.
May 2024I shuddered a bit when I saw the image in Wired, and the title Tarform unveils 50 mph electric jet ski designed like a manta ray.
We Need to Talk About Blurbs.
May 2024You’re receiving the newsletter early this week because of the impending holiday weekend and because the final project for my current MBA class is imminently due.
Welcome - Sam Harris
May 2024My career and intellectual life have been built on the daily habits of reading and writing. However, in recent years, the practice of writing has largely fallen away, as I’ve devoted more time to public speaking, hosting the Making Sense podcast, and developing the Waking Up app.
Welcome to Its Not Us - by Sara Eckel
May 2024Several years ago, I published a book, It’s Not You, that describes how I deprogrammed myself from a dating culture that tells people, especially women, seeking romantic relationships that their unattached state is due to some personal failing—they’re too picky, too needy, too independent, etc.
Welcome to Sex! - by Julie Szego
May 2024One of the first things you notice on arrival at Helsinki airport — I’m recently back from a month in Europe — is a large ad boasting: “Our nuclear power plants provide a steady and reliable supply of electricity.
Welcome to Star City [2]
May 2024This story, which originally appeared in Wired, is part two of my feature story about Russia’s cosmonaut training town, Star City.
What Do They Speak In Afghanistan?
May 2024Dari and Pashto are the two major, official languages of Afghanistan, and are even siblings in the Iranian subfamily of Indo-European languages.
What IS Grooming? - NeuroDivergent Rebels Substack
May 2024Grooming is NOT what the transphobes and TERFS (or FARTS) want you to think it is. In the dictionary, grooming is the act or process of preparing someone to fill a position or role or undertake an activity.
What is Metahumor? - by Scott Dikkers
May 2024Metahumor is humor that makes fun of other humor or that deconstructs itself or otherwise talks about humor or the idea of laughter in an intellectual way as opposed to in a comedic or emotional way.
What is school for? - by John Warner
May 2024At the start of September, the New York Timesasked some important thinkers the question, “What is school for?” The eight different writers answered in eight different ways, which shouldn’t be surprising because it seems as though there isn’t necessarily broad agreement about the answer to the question.
What Is SwiGLU? How to Implement It? And Why Does it Work?
May 2024In this article, we take a step back and get a closer look on what this SwiGLU is? How to code it?
What It Means for Africa as Rema's "Calm Down" Joins Spotify Billion Club
May 2024The year and reign of Rema continues as "Calm Down" featuring Selena Gomez, has become the first song with an African lead artist to reach one billion streams on Spotify.
What makes a Japanese Whisky a Japanese Whisky?
May 2024Hey, I’m Rusty. Welcome to our weekly newsletter, sharing the startup journey of Kamui Whisky K.K.. Each week the team will share a story as we set up a craft whisky distillery on a remote, volcanic island in the most northern part of Japan.
What the Heck is Happening at UnitedHealth Group?
May 2024The Frontier Psychiatrists tries to, when not carefully dissecting research articles for my adoring science interpretation fan base, provide ongoing coverage of big happenings in healthcare.
What to Know About Flex on a Hockey Stick
May 2024This is a post inspired by an unnamed childhood teammate’s father, who believed the lower the flex, the more durable/stiffer the stick would be.
What was the Schleswig-Holstein Question anyway?
May 2024“Only three people have ever really understood the Schleswig-Holstein business,” occasional British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston is reputed to have said.
What We Know About the Places Jesus Lived on Earth
May 2024Jesus - the eternal Word (John 1:1-3) - came to earth and lived among us as one of us (John 1:14).
What's dating actually like in New York City?
May 2024While sipping our americanos and smoking cigarettes outside a coffee shop in the West Village, I asked one of my friends, “Am I too complicated?
What's the opposite of dark fantasy?
May 2024Today I launched the campaign for Nexalis, my solo/coop bright fantasy RPG about exploration, growth and camaraderie. I had a vision for what kind of tone this game should have, but I couldn’t quite name it.
What's Up in Newport: Thursday, April 25
May 2024👉 During their Regular Council Meeting on Wednesday night, Newport City Council approved a one-year agreement, including three (3) additional one (1) year opinion years, with 1899, LLC.
When Clinical Terms Change Meaning
May 2024It might just be me, but recently I’ve noticed that clinical terminology related to the field of psychology and mental health is becoming part of everyday language, even more so than it previously has.
when does childhood end?
May 2024I’m sat at a table which bears the detritus of my 30-year-old life; there’s an empty coffee pot, a piece of plastic pipework from the downstairs toilet, a tube of ‘Peaty’s Link Lube’ bike oil, a Toolstation catalogue, a fluffy jacket belonging to my daughter and a birthday present waiting to be wrapped.
When James Dean Was Too Queer for Disney
May 2024This week, a rare film archive uploaded a long-forgotten 1995 Disney Channel documentary, James Dean: A Portrait, a hagiographic biography of Dean produced by Gary Legon from a script by Legon and Dean biographer David Dalton, narrated by Rip Torn.
When Kids Refuse to Share
May 2024Dear Is My Kid the Asshole, My preschooler might be the worst of the worst when it comes to sharing. He refuses to share toys with his little brother, even if he’s not even playing with them.
When Yehuda ha-Levi Brought his Heart to the East
May 2024You’re reading Stories from Jewish History, a weekly newsletter exploring Jewish thinkers, events, and artifacts, from the famous to the obscure.
Whereby Switter Asks Why Oh Why
May 2024I’ve felt frustrated the past few weeks over plans not unfolding as I expected they should, but yesterday, I received the precious gift of understanding why for once.
While We Quibble & Fool, the PRC Builds
May 2024What has the world’s 2nd largest navy, the US Navy, (BTW, are you comfortable with this fact? I’m not, but it is what it is.
Who invented the ATM? - Payments:Unpacked
May 2024In this week’s subscriber edition of Payments, Payments, Payments we take a look at the invention of the cash dispensing Automated Teller Machine (ATM).
Why are women so controlling?
May 2024Every so often I write about a client story to help illustrate a point. This week it’s all about control.
Why does it seem like sexist men are all using the same playbook?
May 2024Every month I get dozens of letters for Feminist Advice Friday that follow the exact same pattern: The woman outlines an emotionally abusive relationship.
Why Is Chief Miles O'Brien Chubby?
May 2024Chubby is as chubby does. Thanks a lump, plump philosophic Forrest Gump. Let’s face fat facts my deliciously decadent Trekkers.
Why might this time be different?
May 2024Apologies for no post last week. It turned out to be the ‘Sahm rule Roadshow.’ Today, I share some of the highlights.
Why People Plagiarize - by John Warner
May 2024Plagiarism has been in the news this week in a way I’ve never quite seen before. Jumi Bello was preparing to have her debut novel, The Leaving, released this summer when she confessed to her publisher, Riverhead Books, that portions of the book had relied on descriptions of pregnancy by other writers.
Why the Cards should, shouldnt and ultimately wont hire Gabe Kapler as manager
May 2024Gabe “look at my tats and biceps and worship me” Kapler. It would be an exciting hire for the Cardinals. They would conquer the offseason rehab tour with a flashy managerial change-their second such swift change in three seasons.
why they're my signature nibble + a recipe
May 2024Hello! Hello! In case you missed it, I wrote about gougères on Tuesday and how the French cheese puffs are my house specialty.
Wildair Alumni open Demo in the West Village
May 2024Wildair alumni Jacob Nass and Chef Quang “Q” Nguyen, and partner Ian Henderson-Charnow (Greenberg’s Bagels) are opening Demo on Tuesday, February 6th in the West Village.
Will 2024 Be the Year Quantum Computing Takes Off?
May 2024Quantum computing is a paradigm of computation that harnesses the power of quantum physics to perform tasks that are beyond the reach of classical computers.
Wouldve, Couldve, Shouldve - Thoughts from the Moon
May 2024Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve has no business not being on the original Midnights track list. When I said this on TikTok, I got a barrage of comments saying why it wasn’t, and I would like to respond to each justification individually.
Yellowstone Power Rankings, Season 1, Episode 1: Daybreak
May 2024Welcome to the “What Chase Is Watching” newsletter written by “The Sports Renaissance Man” Chase Thomas. This is a section of the newsletter where I write about what I am watching.
You can't rush your healing
May 2024All too often, we want to rush a healing process, as though our will alone can get us there. It certainly helps to be passionate about our healing, but it truly can’t be rushed.
Yung Chomsky, Podcast Producer - Thought Enthusiast
May 2024Thought Enthusiast is an AdHoc Project where we chat with fascinating thought leaders across various facets of music, tech, and culture whose work we admire, simply asking “what’s on your mind?
ZELF, Evolve's Latest Headache, Reveals Stunning Gaps In Its Controls
May 2024Hey all, Jason here. I enjoyed the couple of days I was able to spend in Saudi — despite some notable differences in the financial services landscape (Sharia-compliant products), there were more similarities than differences: lots of discussion of the opportunities presented by open banking, instant payments, the viability of BNPL, and the future of crypto and blockchain.
Voodoo Games Deep Dive
May 2024Hi, it’s Alexandre from Idinvest. Overlooked is a weekly newsletter about underrated trends in the European tech industry. I took a little break over the summer but I am back to a weekly schedule.
'Aquaman 2' Mostly Sucks, But James Wan Seems Like He's Having Fun
May 2024Welcome to The #Content Report, a newsletter by Vince Mancini. I’ve been writing about movies, culture, and food since the aughts.
'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret,' 'The Eight Mountains'
May 2024Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret Dir. Kelly Fremon Craig 106 min. As a prodigious young bookworm in the late ’70s and early ’80s, I couldn’t get enough of Judy Blume’s “Fudge” series, which started with Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and continued with Superfudge (my favorite), Fudge-a-Mania, and Double Fudge.
'Flora and Son,' 'It Lives Inside'
May 2024Flora and Son Dir. John Carney 97 min. Some filmmakers discover they do one thing extremely well and stick with it and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that.
'SPARTACUS' Creator Steven S. DeKnight on How Genre Shaped His Life
May 2024The first and only time I met filmmaker Steven S. DeKnight in person, he grabbed me and wrapped his arms around me just before he plunged into a packed screening of a documentary he was featured in.
'The Beekeeper' Remains Hollywood's 2024 Box Office Champion
May 2024Barring a severe underperformance this weekend, Dune Part Two will end its first global opening weekend as the year’s top-earning Hollywood flick.
'We have no moat, and neither does Open AI'
May 2024This is the headline of a leaked internal document from a Google researcher that has gone viral overnight. It argues that neither Big Tech incumbents nor GenAI upstarts are positioned to win the AI arms race.
"A harlot? Yes, but a traitoress, never!"
May 2024“I am ready”. These were some of Mata Hari's last words, scribbled on a piece of paper right before she left her prison cell in the early hours of October 15, 1917.
"An Honest Thief" - Story Club with George Saunders
May 2024You all did such a stupefyingly good job with “An Honest Thief.” Thank you for that. It’s always inspiring and rejuvenating to see the high level of discussion here.
"Bah, HumbugNo That's Too Strong..."
May 2024I tend to read, watch, and listen to an awful lot of Oldsterish content. Now and then I’ll pass some of it along to you.
"Cat in the Rain," Part Two
May 2024All right, let’s dive back into “Cat in the Rain,” by Ernest Hemingway. Just to review, here’s the opening paragraph:
"Ethical Non-Monogamy" Will Change Everything
May 2024I remember sitting on a patch of grass in Golden Gate Park In San Francisco almost a half-decade ago listening to a girl younger than I was tell me about her polyamorous relationship.
"Factually Based" - by Andrs Pertierra
May 2024Please stop citing Leslie Feinberg’s book, Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba. More specifically, please stop citing its section on the UMAP and why they were closed down.
"FARTHER, FATHER, FEATHER" by Bradford Winters
May 2024Welcome to Poetica, the monthly poetry column of Shadowlands Dispatch! This month, Shadowlands Dispatch is pleased to present a poem by Bradford Winters, “FARTHER, FATHER, FEATHER.
"Farzar" with Lance Reddick, Roger Black and Waco O'Guin
May 2024Lance Reddick stars as Renzo, an egotistical human warrior who has liberated the planet Farzar from evil aliens — it’s all part of the new Netflix sci-fi animated comedy series, Farzar, created by Roger Black and Waco O’Guin, whose previous animated projects include Brickleberry and Paradise PD.
"Fun" with otool -L on OS X - by Jim Cownie
May 2024This is just a short blog on a “gotcha” that initially caught me while developing dynamic library code on OS X.
"How did you find your job at Netflix?"
May 2024I answer a few monthly questions, drawing from my experience as VP of Product at The Learning Company, Mattel, Netflix, and Chegg.
"In Advance Of Our Call" (This Email Template Saves Me ~30 Min Every Day)
May 2024Do you hate talking about yourself? Yea…me too. I really don’t like re-introducing myself and seemingly proving my worth every time I’m on a call or Zoom with someone new, and so I’ve developed a workaround.
"Let's fucking go, San Diego"
May 2024Sometimes, during the long baseball season, you stumble into something special. For Jorge Alfaro and the San Diego Padres, it just might be “Let’s fucking go, San Diego!
"Little Murders" (1971)/R.I.P. Alan Arkin
May 2024A lot of things happened while I was on vacation last week. We learned the fate of an idiot “visionary” and his four victims at the bottom of the ocean floor (and thankfully for them that fate was quick).
"Lorem Ipsum" Has a Meaning
May 2024Lorem Ipsum is the nonsense dummy text commonly used by designers and typesetters to lay out a page before the real text arrives for the big show.
"Love Is Blind" 6 E7-9: The Honeymoon Is Over
May 2024On this week’s pod, we recap episodes 7-9 of “Love Is Blind” season 6, which has begun to take some unexpected twists after a strong opening.
"We sampled Steely Dan and got robbed."
May 2024During a block party in New York City last month commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, Peter Gunz stepped on the stage, grabbed the microphone, and addressed his native borough, the Bronx.
#22. All Eyes On: Sierra Lundy
May 2024When I think of who the most impressive person I know is, Sierra Lundy comes first to mind. There are so many points I could raise to back this up (like when she casually qualified for the Boston Marathon the other week after running her first marathon, entirely on her own), and I’ve actually been quite intimidated at the thought of writing this intro.
#32 Episode - YC's Secret SAFE
May 2024Key Takeaways: SAFEs Dominate Pre-Seed Funding, but Convertible Notes are Heating Up 🔥 5 Major Differences between SAFEs and Convertible Notes
#9: Are you a gworl?
May 2024pov: you’re fabulous and a slay! listen while reading for best experience. K: Cam and I were having drinks (i.e., stealing Sandra’s) at Silk Club’s zine release party last weekend, where we both agreed that we were surrounded at the event that night by bona fide ✨ gworls ✨ — we just had no idea what the hell that actually meant.
#92: Is your face symmetrical?
May 2024Good morning! Last week Substack launched an app that I genuinely like. If you’re interested in catching up on your newsletters in a more streamlined way, I recommend it:
140. Andy Mills on How Curiosity Can Save Journalism -- and Us
May 2024You may not recognize Andy Mills’ name, but you likely know his work: He co-created The Daily podcast for The New York Times, where he also produced Rabbit Hole, a fantastic series on the internet, and – quite fatefully!
15 Red Flags of Spiritual Narcissism
May 2024When I first left my hospital job as a practicing OB/GYN in 2007, I became fascinated with what the medical community called “spontaneous remissions” and which the religious community called “miracles.
153: A Stunning Biblical Number
May 2024After reading this post, the number 153 may become your favorite number. You may think: “Why would I ever care about the number 153?
2001's The Fast and the Furious
May 2024Welcome, friends, to the very first entry in The Fast and the Curious. It’s a column where I will watch and write about all eleven entries in the Fast and Furious franchise: the ten films in the series as well as the 2019 spin-off The Fast and the Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw.
2014-15 Kentucky Wildcats Lineups: The Infamous "Platoons"
May 2024This is the 2nd of 4 articles about the 2014-15 Kentucky Wildcats. Part 3 will be published on Mon, Oct 26, and Part 4 on Thurs, Oct 29.
2024 NBA Draft Grades First Round
May 2024I have never been more excited for an NBA Draft than this year. Before we start, please remember that the 2025 NBA Draft will be covered in much more volume and detail from my side.
2024 WNBA Draft Scouting Report: Isobel Borlase
May 2024Thanks for reading the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter. If you like our work, be sure to check out our stats site, our podcast, and our social media accounts on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
3.2: The Silurians - by Jonn Elledge
May 2024Broadcast: January-March 1970 Watched: November 2019 The Silurians, Episode 1 First question: is the on screen title a fuck up? [It’s officially titled Doctor Who and the Silurians.
6 Hidden Messages In Suzume You Might've Missed
May 2024On March 11, 2011, Japan experienced the strongest earthquake in its recorded history, and the 4th most powerful earthquake ever recorded on planet earth.
A Central New York Holiday Tradition
May 2024In the spirit of the holiday season, I’m lifting the paywall on exclusive posts. All new content on LAST CALL through the end of December will be accessible to all subscribers and readers.
A Child of Fire Was a Hit or a Flop?
May 2024With not as much fanfare as might have been expected, Netflix premiered one of the biggest movies it’s ever produced last month.
A Cult in Coronado? Part Five: A Dire Warning
May 2024This warning comes from Chris Rosebrough, a pastor formally trained in biblical languages, Christian doctrine and comparative religion. As the creator of the “Fighting for Faith” podcast, Pastor Rosebrough has devoted himself to exposing cults, including Awaken Church of San Diego.
A Global Community for Tall People
May 2024👋 Hey community creators! Welcome to the 543 of you who joined this month. Every Tuesday, I share a new post to help you become a smarter, more successful community creator.
A Knife And A Bucket
May 2024Hello and welcome to Give Me Weird Drinks, a newsletter for exploring the world of beverages! Today we’re going back to the island of Sri Lanka for the finale of a two-part series about arrack, a spirit made from fermented coconut palm nectar.
A LOVE LETTER TO BITTER LEAVES
May 2024Hi! And welcome back to COME FOR SUPPER. If you’re new here, scroll down to find the written recipes and scroll ALL the way down for the printable PDF.
A webcomic by any other name...
May 2024I am beginning a new stage of a project I've been working on for actual decades. It is a comic strip or web comic that may become a graphic novel.
abortion is the new barbie movie
May 2024This week I went on tv to talk about the Barbie movie, but I ended up telling anti-choice lawmakers to go to therapy instead.
Acadia opens in Midtown - by Andrea Strong
May 2024Friends, I’m very excited about Acadia, the beautiful new Mediterranean Brasserie from Chef/Partner Ari Bokovza (Dagon) and Simon Oren of the Chef Driven Hospitality restaurant group ( Barbounia, Monterey, Marseille, Nice Matin, and Dagon) opening Wednesday December 13th in midtown.
Adorable Story #26: David Niven
May 2024“Can you imagine being wonderfully overpaid for dressing up and playing games?” David Niven was a British actor and author best known for his roles in films such as A Matter of Life and Death, Separate Tables (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1959), the Guns of Navarone and The Pink Panther.
After a chatbot encouraged a suicide, AI playtime is over."
May 2024Warning. This post gets into detail about a case of self-harm. If you’re in a vulnerable state, take care. If you’re at risk of harming yourself, please skip to the end of this post and contact one of the services described there.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
May 2024Directed by Werner Herzog West Germany, 1972 Well, the title certainly grabs your attention. As this film opens you could be forgiven for thinking that you are watching science fiction.
Alejandro Irarragorri; Chair of Santos Laguna & Atlas Owner Orlegi Sports; Jeff Barger of Columbus C
May 2024In a bonus episode, Grant has two revealing interviews. Alejandro Irarragorri is the chair of Orlegi Sports, which owns Santos Laguna and Atlas of Liga MX.
All the Dragon Age love interests, ranked in order of best to Anders
May 2024Dragon Age is probably my favorite videogame franchise. Granted, I don’t play many videogames at all, but of the few I have played, I love Dragon Age the best.
Almond Butter Gelato With 3 Swirl-In Variations
May 2024Hello, brain health ambassadors. Today we are talking about one of my favorite topics: gelato! I may not have mentioned that I have been an obsessive homemade ice cream maker for much of my life.
Alvin Robertson Was The San Antonio Spurs' Most Underrated Player
May 2024The San Antonio Spurs were established 56 years ago, which means they’ve been through a lot. After numerous coaches, they started finding true success once Gregg Popovich became the head coach.
An artist fights back, and Midjourney has embarrassed themselves
May 2024Reid Southen is a successful concept artist who has worked for many of the biggest studios (Marvel, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Paramount etc) on a lot of huge films (Matrix Resurrections, The Hunger Games, Transformers, and Alien, among others).
An erosion of trust. Why Belcampos mislabeled meat matters
May 2024In a 2017 interview, Forbes editor Susan Adams asked Anya Fernald to articulate her vision for Belcampo. “To direct-market very high quality, organic meat that is fully source-verified.
Anchorage Gwennie's Restaurant Memories
May 2024“So many people I knew just loved Gwennie's. Anytime I had friends visit from the lower 48, Gwennie’s was one of the places I would take them.
Apple Watch and Heart Rate Variability (HRV): a complicated relationship
May 2024If you are new to Heart Rate Variability, check out our Ultimate Guide covering measurements, data analysis, case studies, and misconceptions.
April Lyda's Daughter Was Doomed From The Start
May 2024The background on this story is that, in January 2023 in Tulsa, a 12 year-old girl (not named, but I am sure you can find her name on corners of the Internet) stabbed her nine year-old brother repeatedly.
Are Montessori Schools Really the Best Option for Children?
May 2024Source: Pexels/ Tatiana SyrikovaWhen I was choosing a preschool for my first child, I remember visiting a Montessori school and being just completely blown away.
Attempting to Understand Why I Cried While Watching Phone Booth (2003)
May 2024Note: The last third of today’s newsletter contains spoilers for Phone Booth, a twisty thriller that really relies on its plot mechanics.
Bacon Wrapped Sea Scallops with Chili Basil Mango Dipping Sauce
May 2024OK folks. The holidays are in full swing. I don’t believe anyone has time to add a new recipe to their menu plans, but this one is so good I just had to post it.
Beauty in and outs for 2024
May 2024Every January, like a train wreck I embark on the obligatory New Year’s resolutions. I say train wreck, because these resolutions barely make it past the first two weeks of the new year.
Behind Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces List
May 2024Hello! Welcome to Nothing Bogus, an Indie Film Listings+ newsletter. The + is commentary, interviews, dispatches, tutorials, and other groovy stuff.
Bill Burr on emotions, writing, and becoming undeniable
May 2024Bill Burr: "If you're going to fail, fail doing what you want." Bill Burr is one of best comedians out there so I love devouring interviews with him.
BioShock Infinite's 11-Year Legacy Weighs Heavy On Judas
May 2024Ken Levine's next game has finally come out of hiding. After an initial reveal at The Game Awards 2022 and a story trailer in January, we now know a lot more about Ghost Story Games' sci-fi shooter Judas thanks to two extended, old school-style previews by IGN and the Friends Per Secondpodcast at the studio's Boston office.
BlackBerry (2023) - Matthew Puddister
May 2024Movie rating: 9/10 One of the most popular trends in Hollywood right now, other than film industry workers going on strike, is what RedLetterMedia calls the “corporate product biopic”.
Brazil's National Dish, Feijoada, for This Year's Grand Prix
May 2024This project is pretty simple. As a complement to each race weekend, I’ll be cooking the national dish of that race’s host country and sharing information about the process and that dish’s history along the way in an effort to grow more deeply immersed in the local culture from my own home.
Breaking down the bear vs. man meme
May 2024A meme has been heavily making the rounds lately; a question posed to women online this past week, give or take.
Brook Benton and Dinah Washington's Lost, Rocking Duet
May 2024Peak: #7 on the Hot 100 Streams: 7.3 million In 1960, the pop music rules were in flux. Rock and roll was just starting to break through into the mainstream: Alan Freed had coined the term only nine years earlier, while Little Richard, Bill Haley, Elvis, and Jerry Lee Lewis were all at the start of their careers.
Building A Basic Wardrobe v7.0 - by Ben
May 2024Join the Discord community Support MFA If you have no idea how to dress and want a simple basic wardrobe guide / shopping list to get started, this post is for you.
Bye-Bye, So Long, Suicide - by Megan Koester
May 2024I’m telling Anthony about what I’ve spent the last six hours on, clicking through fragments of archived LiveJournals on the Wayback Machine in an attempt to piece together the countless indignities women I have never met suffered at the hands of a pornographic enterprise I hadn’t thought about for a solid decade prior.
Caden Prieskorn, TE Ole Miss: 2024 NFL Draft Profile
May 2024Ole Miss tight ends Caden Prieskorn and Michael Trigg will compete for targets this coming season. Prieskorn should win that battle.
Candy Says (Velvet Underground cover)
May 2024It’s hard to believe that someone with a reputation for being as relentlessly thorny and unkind as Lou Reed could write something as empathetic and tender as “Candy Says.
Carroll Gardens is the hottest restaurant neighborhood in Brooklyn.
May 2024I’ve lived in Carroll Gardens several times in my life. The first time was back in 1991, when I moved here after college to attend Brooklyn Law School.
Catwoman and Harley Quinn and me
May 2024The news is out with DC’s September solicitations: Both of my ongoing DC Comics series, Catwoman and Harley Quinn, are coming to an end in September with Catwoman #68 and Harley Quinn #43.
Chez Dumonet - by Meg Zimbeck
May 2024“Why did you pick this place?” asked the fancy (and lovely) food editor of Bloomberg, when I recently brought her to Chez Dumonet.
China Posts... - by L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright
May 2024I will be out of town, on and off, for the next month. I will try to slip in a few more posts.
China's Tofu Dreg - by Unicus Research
May 2024UPDATED track record: https://www.unicusresearch.com/trackrecord. Schedule intro. call: https://www.unicusresearch.com/schedule-a-consultation 🔔If you want to be our client and gain unlimited access to our short ideas and analyst access, email us at laks@unicusresearch.
Chris Jones was the MVP of the AFC Championship for the Chiefs
May 2024I’ve never seen anything like it. What’s fascinating is that introduction could be about several facets of the Chiefs’ victory over the Bengals in the AFC Championship.
Chuck and Blair: An Abusive Relationship?
May 2024The “Gossip Girl” series finale left many people asking how Serena could stay with Dan after all he did to her.
Claire Swinarski | Substack
May 2024Claire SwinarskiClaire Swinarski is the founder of Letters From a Catholic Feminist, a bestselling newsletter about women and the Church. She also writes books, wears babies, and wrangles bread dough in small town Wisconsin.
Clips | Glenn Loury
May 2024Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world, by Glenn Loury, Paulson Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
Close Encounters with the Mirror World, Part 2
May 2024My introduction to conspiracies, oddly enough, came during the driver’s ed class that I took with two of my friends in high school.
Commanders Scheme Breakdown: Simulated Pressures
May 2024Earlier this week I looked at one of the defensive schemes that the Washington Commanders like to use fairly often, the zone blitz.
Comments - June 16, 2024
May 2024Evening to All! I well remember the summer of 1973, when my 12 year old self watched over the ironing board wherein my mother was ironing clothes with my on again off again help, in the den of our family home, as the old Packard Bell broadcast Senators Ervin and Baker co-chairing the Watergate Committee.
Comments - Victories and Defeats
May 2024It seems that your numbers are not entirely correct. Maybe ru has $150bln. war spending now, but it seems sources mention $120bln.
Commission Overview: Doctor Strange and Shuma-Gorath
May 2024Hello from Castrum Lusitania, my fortress in northern Portugal. Welcome to another edition of our weekly newsletter. After a week off, we’re back with a promised deep dive into my latest commission: Doctor Strange and Shuma-Gorath.
Complete Summary of Absolute, Relative and Rotary Position Embeddings!
May 2024In RNNs, the hidden state gets updated using the current state and past timestamps. However, transformers don’t naturally grasp the order of a sentence.
Contemplating the I Ching
May 2024The I Ching—which translates to “Book of Changes,” or “Bible of Changes,” is one of the foundational texts of Eastern philosophy.
Cool As Ice (91 minutes)
May 2024Sometimes I write about movies everyone knows and loves (Dazed and Confused recently surpassed The Golden Child as my most popular post) and sometimes I write about the strangest cultural moments I can find (like Jack Frost).
Copy/Paste like a boss! - by Mark Kashman
May 2024Hi Peer, How many minutes a day do you spend copy/pasting, going back and recopying something, or simply fixing the formatting of what you just copy/pasted?
Cuernito, Chocolatn, and the Assimilation of French (or Viennese?) Bread into the Pan Dulce Cultur
May 2024If you like Atole, I invite you to join my Patreon membership here, so I can keep on sharing beautiful food and stories with you every week (plus some extras!
Damien Lewis on AGENT JOSEPHINE
May 2024Welcome back to SOURCE NOTES. My latest guest is Damien Lewis, the British war correspondent turned prolific non-fiction author and documentarian.
Dan Ariely on trust, tinkering and half beards
May 2024Many of you have asked me what the story is behind my opening and closing music. Well, it’s the first movement of Mendelssohn's concerto for violin, piano and string orchestra in D minor, recorded by my wife Tamsin Waley-Cohen.
DAZN schedule taking shape as Stanionis-Ortiz gets date
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
Designing Search UX: How To Get Started
May 2024Hey there! I’m Nicole, and I’m a product designer. I write this newsletter to share my experiences and lessons learned through my work as a product designer.
Dinner Mate is a classic rom-com with updated vibes
May 2024I was researching shows for an upcoming essay about murder rom-coms, which of course led me down a MyDramaList rabbit hole, and thus reminded me of Dinner Mate.
Disney Plus-Or-Minus Bonus: Mickey's Christmas Carol
May 2024As a rule, this column has not concerned itself over much with the hundreds of short films produced by Walt Disney Studios over the years, except for when they’ve turned up in package films like The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh.
DistroTube & Brodie Robertson - by Bryan Lunduke
May 2024This Week's Special Guests: Derek Taylor (DistroTube), & Brodie Robertson Three, highly opinionated Linux nerds. Covering a small mountain of topics in one hour: Xorg, Wayland, Gentoo, Immutable Distros, The Linux Foundation, Red Hat, and more.
Diving deeper into Dan Quinns defense
May 2024With new Commanders head coach Dan Quinn officially introduced yesterday, I thought I could take a deeper look at what kind of defensive system he’ll bring to Washington.
Dont plan on a Portland MLB team anytime soon
May 2024I love baseball. I played baseball through high school and later for 10 years on a Portland adult league. As a kid, I saw my first big league game in Kansas City and cried when Mickey Mantle struck out.
Duende Brings New Spanish Tapera to the Upper Valley
May 2024Head to Duende. Fill your table with beautifully plated tapas (or larger plates if you must), peruse a book by Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, sip the house-made sangria.
Duo - by Alex Byrne
May 2024This is a guest post by Connor Floden, New Mexico Highlands offensive analyst and assistant OL coach. Connor’s Twitter and Website
Elliott's Eastside - by Alan Hanson
May 2024*This author is well aware that the so-called “Eastside” and “East Los Angeles” are two very different areas, geographically and demographically, unlike Leonardo DiCaprio.
Every Beauty Commercial From The Super Bowl, Analyzed
May 2024Did the beauty industry win the Super Bowl? If it did, the rest of us lost! Ahead, a mini-analysis of each ~$7 million skincare/lip gloss/foundation commercial that aired on Sunday night.
Faltas by Cecilia Gentili - by Laura Sackton
May 2024Greetings, book and treat people! The Trans Rights Readathon starts on Friday and I am so excited. I have officially checked out Too Many Books (ask me how many times I’ve maxed out my holds limit in the past two weeks).
Fantastic Modes; Or, Is Magical Realism Just Urban Fantasy?
May 2024Hello, readers. Last week, I published an original work of fiction in this newsletter called “Algorithm America.” If you missed it, I hope you’ll give it a read.
Farewell to a 1970s Burger King; long-hidden Coca-Cola sign from around 1910 saved; a perfect 1960s
May 2024We all have “My” restaurants. You know, “My” McDonald’s. “My” Taco Bell. “My” Wendy’s. You know, a place near you that’s always been there, or so it seems.
Fassbender is a Human Leopard
May 2024Welcome to The #Content Report, a newsletter by Vince Mancini. I’ve been writing about movies, culture, and food since the aughts.
Fastrada's coin: A new exciting discovery
May 2024Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent.
Fearless Oscar predictions 2024 - by Christopher Lloyd
May 2024A few months ago all the awards talk focused on “Barbenheimer,” the much-hyped launch of two high-profile films on the same day.
Film Apocrypha: Possessor - by Rodney Barnes
May 2024Share Dark Apocrypha Presents In a sea of horror movies, few manage to captivate audiences with a truly unique and mind-bending experience.
FINALLY, 43 BOWL GAMES ARE KAPUT AFTER GEORGIA 63, FLORIDA STATE 3
May 2024The laughter of Rece Davis is funneling through the San Gabriel Mountains. He can’t stop chuckling in dead time before the College Football Playoff, dumbstruck at what must be the God-Forsaken Conclusion Of The Bowl Season Forevermore.
Flying Rats or Models of Evolution?
May 2024A small gang lives in my Seattle neighborhood. Like most gangs, the members look alike; slate, gray, and green dominate the color scheme.
Freeze Dried Candy (& More Freeze Drying Fun)
May 2024Freeze-dried candy is incredibly popular, as home freeze drying opens up a cottage industry for small scale producers to take everyday candy and make it into something extraordinary.
Frizzled Chickpeas... But Make It Pasta
May 2024You know the setup: it’s 9pm, don’t want to cook, don’t want to order in, don’t want to be unhealthy, don’t want to do anything.
Gabapentin for Hot Flashes in Menopause
May 2024In my previous post I reviewed the various nonhormone therapies that are effective for hot flashes in menopause and I’ve also recently covered one of them, the new prescription medication called fezolinetant, in detail here.
Garlic Cheeseburgers Find a Second Home in Minneapolis
May 2024Welcome to the weekend! We’re feeling contrarian this week, eating non-stuffed burgers at a spot known for Juicy Lucys and seeking hot dogs on a road trip through Buffalo.
Get Systematic in 2024 - by Jason Kelly
May 2024Every year at this time, Wall Street forecasters put out their guesses for what will happen in the new year. They tell you what they think will go up, what will go down, and warn you about the risks you supposedly need to worry about.
Gushing Sungolds - by Clare de Boer
May 2024If you like the crisp edges of lasagne, the soaked croutons, the whipped cream that gets icy around the chocolate scoop - you’re in the right place.
Hamas victim's sister denounces New York Times rape story.
May 2024Last week, the New York Times published a major article detailing the brutal rape and murder of multiple women during Hamas’s attack on Israel.
Hamilton's "Satisfied" remains a technical, lyrical masterpiece
May 2024Hello friends! It’s Friday, aka Hamilton Day on Disney Plus. In celebration, I took a look at my favorite song from Hamilton, and why it showcases everything the show does best.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAUREN HUTTON
May 2024(Above: Hutton - spring of 2022 - in the Cass Bird cover photo for the Harper Bazaar’s Beauty issue. Lauren once told The Telegraph here in London about 15 years ago now when she was only 65: “It's ridiculous what's happening.
Harley-Davidson Once Sold Snowmobiles
May 2024Autumn is quickly shifting into winter in several states this week, as a foot of snow is falling in South Lake Tahoe and the white stuff is blanketing parts of New Hampshire.
Heather | Substack
May 2024PIGPEN By Heather PIGPEN is my journal for slightly messy style and interior musings, purchase deliberations, whimsical product recs, and thought exercises to inspire satisfaction and joy in the process of dressing and desiring.
Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023. War criminal
May 2024Friends, Henry Kissinger has died, at the age of 100. When a former high government official as well known as Kissinger passes, the conventional response is to say nice things about what they accomplished.
Hickory Burgers with Run 'N Gun BBQ Sauce
May 2024I have no shortage of burger recipes. Here are a few that you should make: I find burgers to be such an easy, delicious weeknight meal year round.
Hidin' Biden - by Joe Klein
May 2024Aimlessly wandering through the channels, in search of a sporting event more compelling than cornhole, I came across the President of the United States, one Joseph R.
How do I deal with a bad haircut?
May 2024Disclaimer: I am aware that this problem is extremely ridiculous and does not matter in the great scheme of things and there are SO MANY way worse things going on in this hellfire we call a world.
How I Got Goodr Prescription Sunglasses
May 2024Hello! Welcome to CallieHikes. The Substack where the future is so bright we now have to wear shades! As someone who has been pretty much a lifelong eyeglasses wearer, simply buying a pair of sunglasses at a kiosk in the mall was never part of my narrative.
How Much Is Enough to Retire in Japan?
May 2024Listen to and/or watch the “Read My Lips Podcast Series” version. What’s new: The results of a large-scale survey in Japan of people in their 60s have just been released, and the findings shed light on perceptions of whether the conventional wisdom that one needs 20 million yen ($134,120) to retire comfortably is actually accurate.
How The Siren's Call of Having It All Seduced and Abandoned Me
May 2024The myth of the modern woman “having it all” has been lambasted for so long that it’s now only possible to use the term ironically.
How to fuck well in doggystyle
May 2024In the last post, we’ve talked about how to properly fuck in missionary, and so this week we’re gonna talk about doggy style, and in general all positions from behind.
How will the seven-year peace agreement happen?
May 2024Every Friday, I answer a common question related to the end times. Today’s is about the seven-year peace agreement confirmed by the Antichrist.
I Interviewed The Cool Vibe Dad of TikTok aka Teardrop Estates
May 2024There are many a toxic drawback to TikTok, but I don’t want to get into them right now because this post is all about positive vibes only.
I was a teenage Frank N Furter.
May 2024As it got closer to 7pm on Saturday night, we'd start to slowly get ready. By summer 1992, we'd been doing this every weekend for 5 years.
Im Yoon-ah & Lee Jun-ho are Charismatic
May 2024Today’s newsletter includes reviews of the following relationship K-dramas: • Absolute Boyfriend (절대 그이) | Yeo Jin-goo, Bang Min-ah | 2019 | ☆☆
In its final season, The Crown returns to the Queen's friendship with "Porchey," her racing manager
May 2024As viewers wend their way through the sixth and last season of The Crown, they are being reintroduced to Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, the 7th Earl of Carnarvon, who turned up in the first three seasons.
In Search of City Chicken
May 2024Earlier this year, I was doing research into Hot Pie, a regional variation on pizza specific to Binghamton, New York. I noticed that nearly every Binghamton restaurant that advertised in the 1930s, ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s always boasted of making three dishes: Hot Pie, Spiedies, and City Chicken.
Insha Allah vs. Masha Allah
May 2024If you’ve spent any time around a group of English speaking Muslims, you may have noticed that our sentences are peppered with Arabic phrases.
Intro to the Thai Island & Coastal Directory
May 2024Welcome to Thai Island Quest (formerly Thai Island Times), and thank you for reading. Eyes squint through salt. Warm seawater sprays the boat.
Is Everyone Selling More Books Than You?
May 2024It’s tough out there for a self-published author. According to a cross-section of reports…. The average self-published book sells 250 copies.
Is Online 'Doxxing' Harassment or Protected Social Media Activity?
May 2024Jennifer Couture is a Florida woman who gained attention on TikTok following a viral video that showed her involved in an assault outside a local Dunkin Donuts.
Is Pornography Behind Americas Sex Recession?
May 2024We are living through a sex recession. At least, so we are told. Americans are having less sex and this has been described as an unfortunate development.
Is the "Reply" Series the Best Trilogy Ever?
May 2024Childhood friends, nosy neighborhood ajummas and ajussis, food (and lots of it), goat bleating (for real), and love are all a part of the popular “Reply” series:
Is There a Rapture in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18?
May 2024Scripture (semicontinuous)Old Testament: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 Psalter: Psalm 78:1-7 Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13 Scripture (complementary)Old Testament: Wisdom 6:12-16
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, "The Gang Gets Cursed"| Season 16, Episode 3
May 2024“That’s oversimplifying it… but that’s it in a nutshell.” In its sixteenth season, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is giving off the air of a slightly bored championship team.
Itadakimasu: Thanks for the Food
May 2024Humans need “to divide” in order to understand. We have to break up a big whole, then break it into even smaller parts, make it as small as possible, and then understand each part.
Jackson 5 / Jacksons - by Curtis M. Harris
May 2024Bear with me, this intro’s worth it… I think… Motown is synonymous with Detroit. After all you get “Motown” as a take on “Motor City”.
Jesse Turner was Fired from Farleys (Maybe)
May 2024Jesse Turner himself is of no particular importance or relevance. As a dipstick indicator of the trends in his generation, he may be of passing interest.
join the passerby club - passerby
May 2024passerby is the women’s magazine we always wanted, featuring intimate interviews with women from all walks of life; thoughtful guides to everything from starting therapy to hosting a dinner party; and curated recommendations for books, clothes, and more.
Jonathan Larson's Notes for Rent - by Jillian Hess
May 2024Seeing Jonathan Larson’s (1960-1996) notes was a dream come true. For those of us who grew up in 1990s New York, Rent was the musical.
Joy As Resistance - by Austin Channing Brown
May 2024The poet Toi Derricotte revolutionized Black feminism with one line in a poem, “joy is an act of resistance.” With that one line, she gave Black women an opportunity to rethink the work of racial justice.
Just Kids, the fascinating story of artists before fame
May 2024Just Kids is about two struggling artists prelude to fame. A story of two kindred spirit complemented by a force of mutual tenderness, love, and support, it is an intimate look at the lives of Patti Smith's and Robert Mapplethorpe's in the 60s-70s influenced by sex, drugs, rock n roll in New York — they were at first Just Kids.
Kimchi Butter (and what to do with it)
May 2024Good I hope. Thank you so much for being here. Sorry this week’s issue is late. I was all set to give it the once over and send last night but then got my phone stolen so had to spend the rest of the evening cancelling things.
Latest on the 76ers and their grievance(s)
May 2024The NBA acknowledged on Wednesday that its referees erred multiple times during crunch time in Game 2 of New York's contentious come-from-behind home victory over Philadelphia.
Learning from Virginia Woolf's essay, "The Death of the Moth"
May 2024I’m now offering a deeply discounted yearly rate for students, teachers, and anyone who doesn’t have the resources for a full-price subscription.
Lemon, Rosemary + Olive Oil Cake
May 2024Lidey and her new book are a delight. No wonder Ina Garten and Erin French took her into their kitchens, where she learned from the best.
Leonardo DiCaprio's new 22-year-old model
May 2024Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: an actor auditions a new girlfriend, a pop star insists she was never serious about her controversial ex-boyfriend, and Natalie Portman just smiles.
Let's Talk About It: Nepo Babies
May 2024New York Magazine’s latest cover story is about nepotism babies, or the offspring of famous people that just happen to stumble into a life of acting, singing, or modeling themselves.
Lineage Blindsided By Activists' Board Coup
May 2024Hey all, Jason here. I ended up hosting Thanksgiving last Sunday solo, but somehow pulled it off — eight friends (none American!
lockdowns are a failed experiment, according to the Welsh First Minister
May 2024The BBC reports that Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has said local Covid lockdowns were a “failed experiment.” Share Trust the Evidence
Long Life, Short Book - by Mark Oppenheimer
May 2024If you toil in the fields of nonfiction, as I do, you probably have an opinion about John McPhee, as I do.
Loving someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD)
May 2024By March 27, 2021, my partner, Matt, and I were utterly flattened by Toronto’s quarantine. We were struggling individually, which was also impacting our relationship.
Madrid: City Guide - CondimentClaire
May 2024Madrid may be land locked but it feels like a relaxed beach town plopped in the middle of Europe. I couldn’t recommend it more.
Mapping Champagne - by Tom Hewson
May 2024Louis Larmat’s celebrated maps of Champagne were published in 1944. That’s an interesting year. Champagne had been through almost four decades of unrest; riots, World War One, disruption to exports, currency collapse, the Great Depression, and World War Two.
Maureen Anderman's Cultural Life - by Kevin Rennie
May 2024Now You Know’s fifth edition features Tony-nominated Shakespearean actress Maureen Anderman. Such treasures await you below. Maureen enjoyed a long career in what writer and podcaster Rob Long calls “the carousel of the damned,” show business.
Meet the 2024 Neo Scholars
May 2024Hi Neo family, Join us in congratulating the 32 exceptional CS students that we’re welcoming as Neo Scholars. We’ll offer these young leaders a year-long program of events, trips, and mentorship, as well as long-term membership in our community.
Metaprogressive vs Post-Progressive - Layman Pascal
May 2024Q: What’s the difference between what you call “metaprogressive” and the “post-progressive” politics coming from Steve McIntosh and the Institue for Cultural Evolution?
Miles Davis's Affectionate Behavior Toward His Musicians--in Photos and Audio
May 2024READ TO THE VERY END for a SURPRISE!! I still don’t get all the negativity around Miles Davis. I don’t understand where the idea comes from that Miles was nasty, mean and rude.
Mom Math - by Erin Ryan
May 2024My daughter allegedly turned two years old this week, but I’m skeptical. That’s impossible, because 2017 was two years ago, and she was born in 2021, which is two years from now.
Mommy, Baby, Tyrant, Serf - by Julia Golda Harris
May 2024Howdy! <3 Just wanted to start by saying that if you are here for lesbian history, I will be back with more of that soon!
Movie Review: 'Do Revenge' - Heedies Newsletter
May 2024(Do Revenge — Picture: Netflix) ‘Do Revenge’ is a Netflix dark teen comedy film that follows the relationship between two friends who bond over seeking revenge on the people who have done them wrong.
Multigrain rice, mystery bentos, and more
May 2024Welcome to another edition of From The Pantry, where I share a few ideas for what to cook in the week ahead, inspired by all the shit I’m always trying to use up from my very full, very chaotic home pantry.
Munguia shines brighter vs. Ryder than Canelo did in 9th-round TKO
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
Mussels From Brussels (Spilled Milk #104)
May 2024And I am not talking about Jean-Claude Van Damme. He is the Muscles from Brussels. These are, well, the mussels from Bangs Island.
My Internet: W. David Marx - by Nick Catucci
May 2024Embedded is your essential guide to what’s good on the internet, written by Kate Lindsay and edited by Nick Catucci. Most weeks, we quiz a “very online” person for their essential guide to what’s good on the internet.
Neil Mehta and Mood Rowghani (2016)
May 2024Hi there! Welcome to A Letter a Day. If you want to know more about this newsletter, see "The Archive.” At a high level, you can expect to receive a memo/essay or speech/presentation transcript from an investor, founder, or entrepreneur (IFO) each edition.
Nepalese tarkari, spicy vegetable curry
May 2024Serves: 4-8 (it depends whether it’s the main course, or it’s part of a buffet) Preparation: 40 minutes Cooking: 60-90 minutes
No playoffs for your team? Watch some soccer TV shows instead.
May 2024The thing that’s great about watching a soccer game is: you are entirely uncertain of the outcome. The twists! The turns!
No, Elon Musk is not our Henry Ford
May 2024Not all that long ago it was quite fashionable to opine that Elon Musk was the new Henry Ford. This wasn’t, by the way, a statement about either car magnate’s political or personal views, though these days that particular comparison is a little more prevalent.
Noah Smith on Substack: ""
May 2024“So I urge you not to buy into most of the declinist narratives about America that are finding a bit of purchase in corners of the tech world.
Notes from Tokyo: Hachibei Yakitori
May 2024You know the minute you walk into this elegant little yakitori shop that you're going to eat well. Owner Katsunori Yashima is SERIOUS about his yakitori, and no matter how many meals you've already eaten when you walk in the door, near midnight, you're instantly hungry.
Notes On Another New Life #7
May 2024I’m in love with Selena Gomez. I didn’t know she existed until five minutes ago. I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, I thought, looking for something to binge that would give me a life outside my own life.
Nude Victor Hugo is here to help with your sick self-loathing
May 2024Nude Victor Hugo knew something a lot of fully dressed authors never work out; when you strip everything away, like literally everything, underpants included, there’s not much left to distract you from your deadline.
OIKAWA TOORU IS NOT A GENIUS - by alex
May 2024It is July! It is Cancer season. I am a blood clot on the way to red open air. I am a waiting game.
Oliver Anthony's 'Hymnal of a Troubled Man's Mind'
May 2024Oliver Anthony (real name Christopher Anthony Lunsford; Oliver was his grandfather’s name) came out of nowhere. While he had been independently releasing songs through digital stores since 2022, his song “Rich Men North of Richmond” exploded in August 2023 and became an instant connection with the masses.
On epigraphs - by Courtney Maum
May 2024The Oxford Dictionary defines “epigraph” as: a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
On re-reading The Rings of Saturn
May 2024It feels apt that the day I finished re-reading The Rings of Saturn was the day a new hard lockdown was announced.
One-Pot Creamy Cajun Pasta - by Kristina Vnni
May 2024One of the most surprising things about being a new mom has been the challenges just to getting dinner figured out each night.
Ottawa doctor re-partnered with Sophie Grgoire Trudeau, his ex claims
May 2024When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announced in August that they had legally separated, neither offered any explanation as to why their 18-year marriage had come to an end.
Overanalyzing a Minigame in Pokemon HeartGold and Soul Silver -- Part 1
May 2024Occasionally, I let nostalgia carry me back to the video games I played as a kid. One of these is, of course, Pokemon.
Palm Wine founder Onyeka Obiocha is using wine to build global community
May 2024For the 67th issue of The Fizz, I spoke with Onyeka Obiocha, founder of Palm Wine, a global natural wine social club.
Pivoting to witchcraft with Meredith Graves
May 2024Image via Captured TracksMeredith Graves is magic. The writer, musician, former host of MTV News, and current Director of Music at Kickstarter, known for shredding stage as the blazing front person of Perfect Pussy, has a side gig: witch spectacular and boss manifest-er.
Plant This, Eat That: Pickled Lettuce!
May 2024We’re doing things a little differently this Friday, friends. Instead of information gleaned from a stack of press releases (and the stack is growing and growing and …), you’re receiving a recipe.
Player Ratings From Inter Miami's Riot vs. the New England Revs
May 2024photo credit: Inter Miami CFWell, that was something! Inter Miami continued its 2024 MLS campaign with a 4-1 thrashing over the New England Revolution.
Poena Cullei - by Kyle J Burkholder
May 2024For me, writing a sermon still feels like writing a book or blog post or anything else. It’s different in some small ways, but it’s still writing.
Political Compass Fetishes - by Aella
May 2024I asked a bunch of people (~19k) what kinks they were into, and as an almost-afterthought asked people what quadrant of the political compass they were on.
Proper preparation prevents poor performance
May 2024THE METAPHORIC TSUNAMI builds on the horizon. “We’re going to get hit today,” Sheila warns me, as we high speed shuffle to the other side of the kitchen, collect plates and high speed shuffle back to our section.
Pros and Cons of Each Format When Building Apps
May 2024Images can play an important part when building an app. Whether it’s for desktop; mobile; or Web, there’s a chance you’ll need icons or backgrounds at some point.
Pulling Trig is it Worth it?
May 2024Pulling Trig is it worth it (trigger warning this is about throwing up… so if you are a sympathy barfer just stop reading now)
Qu clase de opinador eres t
May 2024Un buen opinador, para mí, debe cumplir con los siguientes requisitos: Dedicar más de medio minuto a entender el tema del que va a opinar.
Radio Stars - War of Cartoon Culture: The Spumdonor Subversion, Part 2; Bland vs Unique Part 1
May 2024Previous. To begin this next article I would like to consider a purely hypothetical series of events where, much like I did as a teenager, I ranted about people who declaw cats intensively.
Ravonna Renslayer's Many Faces
May 2024Judge Ravonna Renslayer set out on a quest at the end of Loki season one after we were introduced to her as a variant of the Vice Principle of Franklin D.
Recipe: Eeyore's Requiem - The Mix with Robert Simonson
May 2024Next week, I’m headed to Rome to give a seminar about “Modern Classic Cocktails” at the Roma Bar Show. I’ll be sharing the stage with famed London bartender Salvatore Calabrese, who is the creator of a modern classic or two …
Red Menace, Black Ops, Green Light
May 2024On a warm, clear night in 1983, an Army two-and-a-half-ton truck pulled into a hangar on Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, and dropped its tailgate.
Remembering Hudson Soft: Adventure Island (series)
May 2024Hudson Soft, founded in the 70s, did just about everything a studio and publisher could do in the video game industry before it was fully absorbed into Konami on March 1, 2012.
Retro spotlight: Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
May 2024Just discovered your Substack. Looks interesting! This game was my intro to the Phantasy Star games, and the only one I played until a few years ago (when I gave 2 and 4 a whirl but ultimately didn't get very far).
Return to the Rabbit hole...
May 2024Happy 2022! RABBITS Season Two is available everywhere free podcasts are found! Episodes 1&2 are up and the rest release weekly every Tuesday!
Review: Abbott Elementary, Gregory's Garden Goofballs
May 2024What a strong episode of Abbott Elementary for such a terrible episode title. “Gregory Garden Goofballs” really is one of those episodes where every plot just hits and every character has their moment to shine.
Review: Masters of the Air, "Part Six"
May 2024“When a crew went down, they disappeared.” An unexpected connection during the heat of battle in World War II, between a charming Brit and a somewhat reserved American.
Review: Survivor, "I'm Not Worthy"
May 2024There’s been a lot of misinformation suggesting that the 2007/2008 WGA strike was somehow “responsible” for reality TV gaining a foothold, aka “ruining TV.
Review: The Gilded Age, "In Terms of Winning and Losing"
May 2024Finales for continuing shows with serialized elements are predictable. It’s the nature of the episodic medium. The season-specific storylines are going to get resolved, the main conflicts for next season are going to be previewed, and we’ll end hanging off a cliff.
Richard Linklater's "Everybody Wants Some!!"
May 2024When I first saw Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! in 2016, hyped for some time as a spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused, I spent much of its running time looking for a different movie—or, rather, looking for a clearer pronouncement of some kind of critical lens on its portrayal of testosterone-driven antics.
Running a Kubernetes Cluster Using Proxmox and Rancher
May 2024Currently I have a Hyve Zeuss 1U server running in my home lab. It is a modest setup with 32GB of RAM and 32 CPU cores.
Rupert Murdoch's out at Fox, but the damage to democracy lives on
May 2024I was packing my bags for a trip to Austin on Thursday when the big news came that Rupert Murdoch was stepping down as the head of Fox News and its boards.
Ryan Klobas, Napa County Farm Bureau CEO, dies at 45
May 2024NAPA VALLEY, Calif. — Ryan Klobas, CEO of the Napa County Farm Bureau and a respected figure in the Napa Valley agricultural community, has died at age 45.
Seth Davis' Winners and Losers from the NBA Draft Deadline
May 2024Wednesday was Decision Day in college basketball, with dozens of players scrambling to finalize their plans in advance of the 11:59 p.
Seven Kings Must Die Is A Disappointing, Superfluous Ending To The Last Kingdom
May 2024This review originally appeared on Forbes. I’m revisiting it because another piece I was working on reminded me of how truly disappointing this sequel was after a really strong five seasons of the main show.
Sex Education is Revolutionary Teen TV. Maeve Wiley Is the Best Part.
May 2024[Sorry for the delay on this post. Moving was, unsurprisingly, completely all-consuming and in my spare moments, I was busy rewatching “Sex Education”!
She Eats, She Pays, She Gets the Fuck Out
May 2024This bit in Vulture macking on T/Swift and eating out is one of the best pieces of cultural observation I’ve read in years.
Sirius B Shaman's 10 Tenants of Timeline Mechanics Simplified
May 20241) Multiple Timelines: We are connected to many different timelines, each representing a unique reality. 2) Diverse Experiences: We can explore various timelines in our dreams, and daydreamers can glimpse different realities.
Snow Latinx & The Seven Diversity Hires
May 2024I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. —Mae West Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to Woke we go. Yes, this is gonna be one of those essays, and before you ask—no.
SNOW MICROMOON 2024: Suits and Ladders
May 2024Dear Lunatics, Bad news: the moon landing has been pushed back to 2027. Part of the holdup is the seemingly never-ending process of crafting new spacesuits, for which NASA has dedicated $3.
so this is the rest of your life
May 2024A few years ago, I read somewhere—maybe on a self-help blog, maybe on some r/AskReddit thread, who knows—about a young adult who had graduated from college and realized one day, this is my life.
Solitaire Chess - by Nate Solon
May 2024Studying tactics is relatively simple: choose from one of the many tactics workbooks available and solve the puzzles. When it comes to working on strategy, the path isn’t as clear.
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
May 2024This review is part of our free content available to everyone. Please consider supporting Film Yap with a modest paid subscription to enjoy everything we publish plus exclusive opportunities.
Some thoughts about visiting Hitler's hideaways
May 2024THERE is normally a feeling of unease when visiting places associated with evil. For me at least, that unease is not so much rooted in walking the same ground as where horrific acts were either executed or planned, but more in the problematic relationship the visitor has with such sites.
Some thoughts on Jaylen Coleman
May 2024According to Mike Elko some 37 seniors will be recognized on Senior Day, Saturday against Pitt. He then added that he didn’t know what that means anymore.
Spiral Hot Dogs: A Better Hot Dog
May 2024Grilling season is officially here, which means it’s the perfect time to share one of my favorite ways to cook a better hot dog.
Spring green soba noodle bowls
May 2024Hello! Welcome back! Skip all the rambling and scroll right to the bottom of this post for a printer-friendly PDF of the recipe only.
Steely Dan: Two Against Nature
May 2024"What record company are we on, by the way?" Donald Fagen wants to know. "I'm not kidding." You can excuse the Steely Dan man's disorientation.
Stove God Cook$ Speaks on The Recently Leaked Album and His Next Project
May 2024Share A MESSAGE FROM STOVE: Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.“Bread of Life” - Stove God Cook$:
Style, Confidence, and Rock 'n' Roll
May 2024Every great musician has a distinct style that is unequivocally their own—a visual proclamation that resonates with a resounding message: "
Submissions! - by Luke Evans
May 2024Underside Stories is looking for submissions! What does that mean exactly? Well, first, to learn what we are all about, go here.
Succession Season 4 Episode 7's Best Fashion Moments: 'Tailgate Party'
May 2024There’s nothing like the slate gray bedsheets and severe cityscapes of Succession to knock the images of King Charles’s coronation from your brain like a broom beating the dust off a rug.
Sumac: All you need to know
May 2024Dear reader, I’m writing this from my kitchen, where the rain is pouring down so loudly on the balcony roof outside, I’ve had to increase the music volume.
Summer Chili With All The Veggies
May 2024Real chili, the kind I envision cowboys simmered over open flames, with secret recipes earning blue ribbons, is all about the meat.
Sunday links: The marriage plot - by lyz
May 2024On Wednesday, I sat in a conference room in Manhattan with a team of women and talked about the best way to sell my book.
Taylor Swift Likes to Work
May 2024Do you read this newsletter every week? Do you forward it or text it to your friends?? Do you value the work that goes into it?
Terrence Shannon Jr. Scouting Report
May 2024After testing the waters multiple times, Shannon Jr. stayed in college to diversify his game. In his fifth year, he’s seeing his efforts paying dividends.
Tesla Unboxing the Assembly Line
May 2024A few weeks ago, I visited the Tesla plant in Fremont —the original NUMMI plant which was Tesla’s first production line.
THAT'S MAMBA - by Brian Hawkins
May 2024If you are a regular reader of this newsletter then you have probably read my post almost a year ago on January 26, 2023 about Kobe Bryant.
The "hot" pastor's moral failures
May 2024Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: a celebrity pastor gets in trouble, a model has a birthday party (and gets in trouble), and Katie Holmes enjoys life.
The Anti-Airbnb-Space - by Anne Helen Petersen
May 2024You might not know the term airspace. But you know it when you see it. It’s the feeling of every coffeeshop with $9 pour-overs.
The Art and Craft of Prompt Engineering
May 2024In episode 75 of The Gradient Podcast, Daniel Bashir speaks to Riley Goodside. Riley is a Staff Prompt Engineer at Scale AI.
The Art of an Otomo Storyboard
May 2024We’re so glad you could make it! This is the fourth bonus issue of the Animation Obsessive newsletter. Not only that — it’s our very first members-only edition.
The Astrology of Britney Spears
May 2024This past week, I gave a talk at the 92nd Street Y with the astrologer Chani Nicholas, whose book You Were Born For This just came out in paperback.
The Baltic Jammer - by Claire Berlinski and Joxley
May 2024Hey, has anyone else had this problem? I received this message from a subscriber: [T]he podcast episodes are no longer appearing in the subscriber podcast feed.
The best true crime podcasts of 2023.
May 2024Howdy! Whenever I need to drive a long distance or tackle a big cleaning or organisational task, I always put on a juicy true crime podcast — something with a full season available and plenty of plot twists — to distract me from the task at hand.
The Biography of the Tracksuit
May 2024Good morning, I'm signing in again. Yes. Poor performance, I know. Sorry for my absence. But today I managed to get back, stocked up on enough filter coffee I decided to sit down and chat with you all.
The Chocolatiest, Last-Minutiest Cookie
May 2024I realized that after three years of recipes and posts (!!) here on Substack, I’ve had the same image of chocolate cookies in the header, but never-ever shared the recipe for them.
The Colorado River, the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead
May 2024The Colorado River is over 2300 kilometres long and its headwaters are in the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming. The watershed for the Colorado River covers an area of over 600,000 square kilometres, including parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and California, as well as the country of Mexico.
The Day Steve Camp Blocked Me
May 2024I cut my teeth on Contemporary Christian Music—or CCM, as it is often called—as a young boy in Indiana. Petra, 4Him, Point of Grace, Degarmo & Key, Whiteheart, Steve Camp, and so many others were instrumental in forming my musical proclivities …as well as my spiritual ones.
The Decans of Scorpio - by Katie-Ellen Hazeldine
May 2024The zodiac signs represent archetypes, meaning something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing.
The Definitive Ranking of Every Super in Incredibles 2
May 2024After what felt like 30 years (14 in actuality), Incredibles 2 finally released. And my goodness it was amazing. Picking up right where the first movie left off, we see the Parr family battle the Underminer (such a stupid name), with the ever looming illegal status of their superpowers coming to bit them in the butt.
The Dionysian Possession of Saltburns Grave Scene
May 2024By Jude Michalik Emerald Fennell's bold sophomore feature Saltburn, released amidst the grey ruffles of late November weather, invited us all to sit by the simmering hot pot of opinions, often heated enough to mirror the haunting long-gone-summer atmosphere of the film.
The Enemy Below (1957) - by Christopher Lloyd
May 2024One of the things I always appreciated about Humphrey Bogart is that he doesn't look like a movie star. With his stooped posture, unimposing stature, scarred lips, slurred speech and (reputed) toupee, he was nobody's idea of handsome.
The English Rose Rincon Is a Treasure on Pia Hill
May 2024Puerto Rico is dotted with plenty of hole-in-the wall establishments that can cater to any hungry passerby. As someone visiting such a beautiful place for such a short time, I was blessed to find a highly praised breakfast and lunch place not too far from where I was staying in Rincon, Puerto Rico.
The Fall of the White American Gay
May 2024Episode Reading List: I have a working hypothesis that no one has suffered a more dramatic decline in a certain kind of social status, as a result of changes in left-liberal elite culture and politics, than white gay men.
The Flamboyance of a Common Flower
May 2024IN THE exquisite drama of life known as a flower, the filaments are the among supporting cast members — literally. Each is a little stalk that supports a lead actor: the anther, which produces pollen in the theater of reproduction.
The Fosbury Flop Changed Athletes' Bodies
May 2024High-jumping legend Dick Fosbury passed away over the weekend. Fosbury won the Olympic gold medal in 1968, but is better known for an innovation that changed the sport: the “Fosbury flop,” i.
The Gift of a Book - by David W. Berner
May 2024When I was a kid, my mother frequently gave me books as gifts. My favorite child’s book, and it remains so to this day, is Go, Dog, Go!
The gift of. - by Amy smilovic
May 2024An important preamble to what will be a great shopping guide directing you to my favorite (though not yet exhaustive list) of specialty stores, independent designers, and brands that are just the real deal.
The Hidden History of the MILF
May 2024If you were between the ages of 13 and 30 in the year 1999, you probably remember the scene from American Pie that I’m about to tell you about.
The Hornets' new owner - The Charlotte Ledger
May 2024Good morning! Today is Monday, June 19, 2023. You’re reading The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.
the horrors of the past, reconsidered
May 2024MaryAnn’s quick take: The king of all monsters gets a period-piece reboot, and it’s the closest the series has gotten since to the sincere, unironic horrors of the 1954 original.
The Illusion of Space: St Mark's Square, Venice
May 2024Piazza San Marco or St. Mark's Square in Venice is one of the most beautiful public squares in Europe. Described as "
The Japanese Word for Sudden Enlightenment and the Moment of Total Presence
May 2024I was introduced to yoga and meditation about 15 years ago. New yoga centers were opening in Istanbul at the time.
The Joy of Joy: Understanding Freudenfreude
May 2024One of the things I love to do every day is cheer on my friends. I cheer them on via text, via email, on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram, and I call them and cheer for them.
The Known, Unknown Nazi - by Patrick Witty
May 2024I stumbled across these disturbing photos while researching mug shots of John Hinckley Jr. in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library archives.
The last time Purdue made the Final Four, it lost its coach to South Florida. Seriously
May 2024Last Sunday, a weight was lifted off the shoulders of Purdue’s men’s basketball program in a public and palpable way.
The Legend of Shen Li (2024) First Impressions
May 2024I will begin by putting my cards on the table. If it weren’t for the fact that I’m still moderately sour about the non-completion of Princess Agents, it’s unlikely I would even give the show a look.
The Love Letters of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
May 2024When King Charles III’s maternal grandfather died at age fifty-six in February 1952, his widow, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, sent a message of thanks to people “from all parts of the world.
The Man Who Bowled a Perfect Game on 9/11
May 2024This piece also appears in my book Welcome to Hell World: Dispatches from the American Dystopia available here. I’ve moved this newsletter to welcometohellworld.
The Monty Burns theory of Donald Trump's indictments
May 2024On Sunday, the New York Times ran a massive piece detailing all of the ways that the various indictments against Donald Trump have helped his political standing in the 2024 Republican presidential race.
The Most Bizarre Football Bowl Game Ever--in the Ruins of Nagasaki
May 2024Greg Mitchell is the author of a dozen books, including “Hiroshima in America,” “Atomic Cover-up” (on sale now for $1.99 as an ebook) and the recent award-winning “The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood—and America—Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
The Mourning Moon - Sarah Kendziors Newsletter
May 2024I stood in the driveway watching a white ball pierce the blue-black sky, navigating branches and clouds. The moon always seems to move instead of the objects around it or the people looking up from below.
The music of The Legend of Zelda
May 2024This column is “The music of,” in which I’ll go into detail on the soundtrack or a piece of music from a video game.
The One-Handed Backhand - by Hugh Clarke
May 2024Few things in tennis get people waxing poetic more than a well-struck one-handed backhand. The cocked wrist and huge shoulder turn load the racquet tip high into the air before dropping into a long and unwinding arc that produces unrivaled spin and power and makes it the obvious aesthetic choice for many aspiring players.
The Pistons New City Uniform: Gorgeous or Pointless?
May 2024When the NBA recently unveiled this season’s set of City Edition uniforms, I was really struck by one design in particular: the one for the Detroit Pistons.
The Poem That Gave 10 Things I Hate About You Its Title Is Neither of the Things It's Supposed to Be
May 2024Looking for a romcom to watch this Valentine’s Day? Why not check out one of the best adaptations of Shakespeare starring fresh-faced young heartthrobs (it was kind of a thing in the 1990s).
The Power of Black Art In Harlem, Black Power, and Beyond
May 2024In an ever-changing world of book-bannings and regressive social laws in the United States, it is imperative to acknowledge and celebrate the unique trajectory and invaluable contributions of black artists throughout history.
The Power of Lake Petn Itza
May 2024Hello, friends! It has been a while since I’ve sent you anything—hopefully you’ll see why when you read today’s post, which took a huge amount of effort and care.
The Problem with Liz Phair's Self-Titled Album is That It's an Irredeemable Piece of Shit
May 2024I would not have thought it possible for Pitchfork to sink lower in my estimation, but such a thing has come to pass.
The Psychology of Fairness, Equity and Equality
May 2024This week’s Peak Notions column was originally written in 2021. Luckily it’s still relevant because things seem more or less just as unfair now as they did back then, so that’s good, right?
The Rebirth of Ernie Barnes
May 2024Ernie Barnes was a professional football player before he was a professional painter. But he was an artist before he was any kind of an athlete.
The Royals Case For (and Against) Trading Salvy
May 2024The idea that the Royals could possibly ever trade Salvador Perez was one that, just a year ago, seemed absurd. But rumors started when the Royals passed on hiring Pedro Grifol and Grifol subsequently went to the White Sox.
THE SHIP IS LISTING - by awful stack
May 2024I’ve already forgotten about the list. It snowed overnight, and my cat — who is small and round — walks around in the snow with the snow reaching up to her belly.
The Strangest Strange Cartoon: 'Wow, a Talking Fish!'
May 2024Welcome! We’re back with another issue of the Animation Obsessive newsletter. If you’re new here, we cover animation from around the globe.
The Taiwan earthquake 03/04/24 - by David Redfern
May 2024Figure 1. Distribution of intensity Impact On 3rd April 2024, a 7.4MMS earthquake struck the eastern coast of Taiwan at 07.
The tragedy of Adam and Aaron
May 2024“Hard times create strong men Strong men create good times Good times create weak men And weak men make hard times.
The trouble with Baby Reindeer
May 2024I agree. Whilst there is much in here that is important - police capacity, social structures; #mentoo, substance abuse and abuse of power in comedy and notwithstanding a good deal of life-like nuance and great narrative flow, there are a number of deeply problematic issues with this show, not least that the whole "
The Turk - by Andrew Smith
May 2024The enraptured crowd focused on the wonder in front of their widening eyes. This was no mere trinket or toy, like those they had heard tales about back home.
The Week In Recommendations 3.27.24
May 2024This is the free edition of Rich Text, a newsletter about cultural obsessions from your Internet BFFs Emma and Claire. If you like what you see and hear, consider becoming a paid subscriber.
The Why and The How To Optimize Your Workflow
May 2024For the past 6 months, I have been a heavy daily GPT-4 user. Data at Depth is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Thinking beyond the image. Exclusive interview with David LaChapelle
May 2024An outsider in the art world, he is one of the most iconic and provocative visual artists of our time: David LaChapelle (United States, 1963).
This Barbie is a feminist
May 2024Hi friends, You may have heard about the Barbie movie. I went to see it, and now I communicate entirely in Barbie memes.
Thoughts on Ben Graham's "Unpopular Large Caps": A Still-Effective Strategy
May 2024One of the things I like to spend time doing is studying past investments of other investors to try and understand what they saw in the business, why they invested, and how it worked out.
Thoughts on Idiocracy (2006) - by Jack Nicastro
May 2024Amid the sweltering humidity of early September, I took refuge at one of my best friend’s homes. Here, L and I were joined by a mutual best friend T.
Tonka Beans - by Anya Peach
May 2024Hello, This tonka issue comes to you out of my pre-scheduled order because I have become obsessed with the flavour and the history of this ingredient overnight.
Trumps Never Surrender High Tops embody the worst of sneaker culture
May 2024“these are almost certainly white-label sneakers, generic designs which can be altered for your particular branding (for example, adding a flag, a T and making them gold), and are manufactured in Vietnam or China in small batches for commercial clients.
Tuesday Morning Quarterback is one month away!
May 2024Note to readers: this is a Tuesday Morning Quarterback sample, offered to announce that TMQ will return on September 5 -- sharing this space with non-football commentary.
Unanswered Questions and What Now?
May 2024It has been over a month after the massive leak of i-SOON, a Chinese information security company, revealed the operations of China’s hacker-for-hire industry.
Understanding Anton Ego - by Ryan Yip
May 2024Do you know Anton Ego? The lanky 19 feet tall food critic from the movie Ratatouille? This is what he said at the end of the movie after tasting Remy's (the mouse's) cooking:
Understanding NVIDIAs Project GROOT - by Akruti Acharya
May 2024Discover how NVIDIA's Project GROOT is reshaping the future of robotics by blending AI and cutting-edge technology. Explore its groundbreaking principles, innovative training methods, and transformative applications in this blog.
University Endowment Lands - by Russil Wvong
May 2024Danny Oleksiuk and Peter Waldkirch of Abundant Housing Vancouver led a walking tour of the University Endowment Lands on Sunday. It’s eye-opening to see how we reserve so much scarce and expensive land for single-detached houses: outside Area D, the lots cannot be subdivided.
Unraveling the Myth of Menstrual Synchronization
May 2024Many people have heard the idea that if there are two or more people who menstruate and spend enough time together in relatively close confines, their menstrual cycles will eventually “sync up” and run on the same schedule.
Varo Raising $50m In Significant Downround, Term Sheet Reveals
May 2024Hey all, Jason here. Big congrats to Morten and Elena Kriek on the success of their Banking Renaissance event last week here in Amsterdam!
Warren Wilson College eyes selling or leasing parts of its campus
May 2024This newsletter sponsored by Citizens Fuel Co., a family-owned Asheville company. Warren Wilson College officials are considering selling or leasing chunks of its bucolic 1,100-acre Swannanoa campus as the college continues to seek ways to offset a $5.
Watch? Cringe? Abstain? All about tonight's high-stakes debate
May 2024Although a lot of people are adamant that they have no intention of looking in on tonight’s presidential debate, I have a feeling they’ll change their minds when 9 p.
Water Roots vs. Soil Roots?
May 2024Plants can grow more than one type of root? That’s right! Depending on how your plant was grown, it will develop the roots necessary to survive in its environment.
We Must Address a Glaring Flaw in The Princess Bride (1987) and Why it Happened
May 2024The Princess Bride is a masterpiece. It’s a perfect film full of romance, adventure, comedy, and a wonderful coming-of-age wrap-around narrative device.
We owe a huge debt to E. Jean Carroll
May 2024E. Jean Carroll leaving court in Manhattan on Tuesday On Tuesday afternoon, a 79-year-old woman stood on the steps of a Manhattan courthouse and beamed – in celebration, in vindication, undoubtedly in sheer unadulterated relief.
We were robbed of a fart scene in "Barbie"!!!
May 2024I know that I just wrote you an email about Barbie, but something came to my attention hours after I sent it, and I simply must address this breaking news.
We're Only 7 Episodes Into This Season
May 2024Welcome to Gilmore Women: Two journalists discuss everything that’s wrong with every episode of Gilmore Girls & why we still love it
We're Taking the Kingdom to the Capitol
May 2024America needs revival. For far too long, our nation has been poisoned by the enemy. Lies have been passed off as truth, and confusion has been sown and taken root.
WEDI hired executive director's nanny, then awarded Downtown Bazaar bar to ex-boyfriend
May 2024As soon as Cameron Airhart noticed the panhandler hassling customers in the West Side Bazaar food court, he stopped selling cookies, and started dialing 911.
What I'm Listening To: HEILUNG
May 2024New HEILUNG dropped on Friday, and my ears are happy. HEILUNG (a German noun meaning “healing” in English) is an experimental folk music band made up of members from Denmark, Norway, and Germany.
What is Everything Everywhere All At Once?
May 2024Watching Everything Everywhere All at Once. I had a feeling that I haven’t had since I first watched Bo Burnham: Inside last year.
What Is Forechecking? And What Are The Keys For Each Forechecking Role?
May 2024Many hockey parents spend thousands of miles traveling to rinks each season. Today, we are going to relate common strategies ‘on the road’ to a great forecheck ‘on the ice’.
What Is It About Coquito?
May 2024My mother didn't smile much. She worked two jobs, took care of two kids, and chain-smoked. A Colombian raised in Puerto Rico, she stuck out in suburban Houston.
What is Stuck Sound Syndrome?
May 2024As we painted the basement last summer, Jonah began whistling and announced that he was following along to the music in his head.
What Matthew McConaughey's speech at Guy Fieri's Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony Tells Us About Frie
May 2024This is a chill reminder that my book, MODERN FRIENDSHIP, is available for pre-order. Packed with cutting-edge social science, actionable strategies and engaging exercises, MODERN FRIENDSHIP is a groundbreaking guide to navigating the messy world of ambiguous adult friendships.
What she wants is really thrilling
May 2024This newsletter contains a brief discussion of depictions of rape and sexual violence in film. In this issue: A Visit from the Incubus (2001, 26 minutes, Criterion Collection)
What, if any, is the difference between religion and philosophy?
May 2024I am a philosopher. And I am not a religious person. These two sentences imply that philosophy is distinct …
When (and how) to wear a neckscarf
May 2024There’s an art to how you tie a silk scarf around your neck. Broken down into steps, it goes like:
When and how did Simon become Peter?
May 2024One of the running gags in The Chosen Season 4 concerns the new name that Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) gives Simon the fisherman (Shahar Isaac).
When Harlem and Little Italy Clashed over Ethiopia
May 2024This essay adapts an op-ed I published in the Washington Post in 2020. I’ve added new research and photographs that open a door onto a world of activism sparked by the 1935 Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
Where have all the nudists gone?
May 2024I've been aware of the Almost Wild Substack, but I'm afraid I haven't followed it carefully. I was surprised that it actually goes back to 2018 - long before I got started with Substack.
Where to Find the Best Coffee in Atlanta
May 2024The other day a friend who recently relocated to Chamblee was telling me about a coffee shop in his neighborhood and how he was so excited to try it, but then the coffee wasn’t great.
Who are the people in the famous 1945 photograph "The Kiss" ?
May 2024As you may have guessed given the name of this newsletter, I am curious about a lot of things. The more I read, the more curious I become.
who gets the most from federalism?
May 2024WalletHub recently took a look at the 50 states to compare their intake of federal funding relative to state revenue, taxes paid to the federal government, and the states’ share of federal jobs.
Who's afraid of Taylor Swift and Joni Mitchell?
May 2024Hello! Why are Republican leaders so afraid of Taylor Swift? That’s my new piece for you… plus on a personal note, I’m sharing some pics of me and my brother at The Grammy’s last night…
Why Did We Allow Jon Voight to Play a Paraguayan Man in Anaconda (1997)?
May 2024You’ve probably seen Anaconda, right? It’s just one of those movies that everybody has seen, somehow some way. A friend’s house, basic cable, maybe even a theater trip.
Why don't you hold women accountable for their bad behavior? Feminist Advice Friday paid subscriber
May 2024I’m a woman, and I agree with most of what you say about men and relationships. But I have also been abused by women.
Why Doomberg left Twitter (okay, X) to go all-in on Substack
May 2024This is useful because it is the story of someone who created a Twitter account, thought it was going to align with their reasons for writing, then discovered Substack.
Why I find Seaside Hotel so moving
May 2024One of my favorite streaming series right now is “Seaside Hotel.” (Danish with English subtitles; in Danish, it’s “Badehotellet.”) It runs eight seasons, with 6 episodes each.
Why Jamie Dimon loves Trumps policies
May 2024I bought my first house in Florida in early 2007. I got a Robo-signed loan from Chase Bank. By late 2008, I was caught up in the housing crash there and the Great Recession.
Why Public Space is Fundamental to Democracy
May 2024In the 2023 reader survey, you all wanted a podcast, so here I am delivering! I wanted to kick off my podcast with Carol Coletta because she embodies the kind of urban leader I want to talk to: She has an interesting life story, a tremendous and varied career, and the work she is doing now is worthy of international attention.
Why Vintage Prada Shoes are a Collector's Dream
May 2024My new favorite pair of shoes came in the mail a few days ago: sporty, perforated-leather slingback Prada kitten heels with a pointed toe (likely from S/S 2000).
Why we founded Sento & Neighborhood
May 2024A month ago, I explained the thinking that informs my akiya activism, so here I will try to lay out the motivations behind my sento work.
Why You Cling to Relationships
May 2024Hey hopeful romantic, Happy holidays! Times are wild with COVID right now, so I hope you’re healthy, safe, and spending this time with people you love.
Wil Wheaton's Chappelle statement is a comedy masterclass
May 2024Excellent humorous breakdown Graham...all great points. Just a few here 11. I should say at this point, I don’t buy this story at all.
Winnable and Unwinnable Games (Part 1)
May 2024Imagine a framework or a way of working as a game. I know there are limits to this analogy, but stick with me.
Winnie the Pooh Gets Stuck
May 2024Hi, I'm Ms Katrina. This is a short story for kids. The story is from Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh is a bear.
Working with The Olympians: Inside Trabas Intense Culture
May 2024The Generalist delivers in-depth analysis and insights on the world's most successful companies, executives, and technologies. Join us to make sure you don’t miss our next briefing.
XXX Cable News - by Tom Shattuck
May 2024“Please spank us.” That was the essence of what CNN’s Brian Stelter begged of White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
XZ Backdoor: Times, damned times, and scams
May 2024A quick analysis of 2021 holidays on Mon-Fri for countries in EEST time zone shows the following matches: • 100% Belarus, Moldova
Yaxel Lendeborg Scouting Report - by Ersin Demir
May 2024With double-digit double-doubles for UAB, the JUCO transfer continues to be an impactful player, this time at the D1 level. The numbers together with the versatility on the defensive end make Lendeborg an interesting long-term prospect for the NBA.
Yes, memes can be journalism. Heres how.
May 2024Hey y’all! Anita here. I’m excited to continue sharing key takeaways from the rockstar guest speakers who recently spoke to my Journalism Innovation class at Ryerson University.
You Ever See Somebody Ruin Their Own Life?
May 2024Welcome to our first recap of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans! I hope you’re wearing your finest chunky gold earrings and nicest scarves and you’re ready to gossip.
Lunar New Year Food & Festivities
May 2024Though the Lunar New Year is not the Thai New Year, it's still a big deal for us. There are millions of Thais of Chinese descent in Thailand - like me - so millions of people still celebrate!
McDonald's Density - Latinometrics
May 2024Welcome to Latinometrics. We bring you Latin American insights and trends through concise, thought-provoking data visualizations. Don’t forget to check out the comment of the week at the bottom!
The Best and Worst Curry Paste
May 2024“Pai, what is the best brand of Thai curry paste?” This is one of the most frequently asked questions in the history of Hot Thai Kitchen.
Why We Should Say Thank You All Year Long
May 2024I grew up in the South where thank you notes are as common as iced tea. I was taught to write thank you cards after receiving a gift and when a teacher helped me with homework before the school day began.
'Fenway is the most accurate version of live baseball nostalgia'
May 2024Steve Perrault is a well known media presence in the Boston sports space. The former co-host of the well known Section 10 Podcast with Jared Carrabis and Coley Mick, is now the proud founder and co-host of the popular “Inside The Monster” podcast with Joey Copponi.
'The Ice Storm' and a Very 70s Thanksgiving
May 2024When I think of Thanksgiving movies, I think of Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm (1997) and Woody Allen’s Hannah and her Sisters (1986). While Allen’s film takes place over two years and three Thanksgivings in the mid-1980s, The Ice Storm is set over one fateful Thanksgiving weekend in 1973.
[Week 1] Swiss Chard Hummus, Simple Sauted Tatsoi & More Recipes for ALL the Greens
May 2024Farm Share Friends: it’s here! The first farm share of the season. I pick up my vegetables this afternoon, and I’m so looking forward to having a big bundle of fragrant basil sitting on my countertop for the first time in months.
{DRAFT} Henry Bean, 'False Match'
May 2024On August 2 at 7 PM at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore at 2904 College Avenue in Berkeley, I will be in conversation with the director and screenwriter Henry Bean about the new edition of his novel The Nenoquich, originally published in 1982 as False Match.
"Ghost Town EP, 40th Anniversary Edition
May 2024Forty years and not much change. The Specials Ghost Town, written by Jerry Dammers, is still a work that speaks to me at 66, as it did when I was 27.
"Stay"- Shakespears Sister
May 2024Today’s issue is a guest post by the talented Mark Blankenship at The Lost Songs Project. Mark examines and celebrates the underrated hits from our favorite artists.
"The Friends of Eddie Coyle"
May 2024I had the dark pleasure this weekend of rewatching “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” (1973, streaming on Kanopy and for rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and elsewhere, **** stars out of ****).
"These Days" by Jackson Browne
May 2024Note to readers: Last week I introduced this semi-weekly feature with some ear worm science (I think I like “earworm” spelled as two words instead of one from now on.
#17. Play, Contest, and Games: What Are the Differences?
May 2024In our everyday language we do not sufficiently distinguish between play and contest. We put our children into contests, and we call them play.
#179: Poetry on pain and the body
May 2024Dear reader, In the past week, it seems like the virus has just spread to everyone. Everybody I’m speaking to has COVID/is recovering/is in isolation.
#61 Another Tokyo's hidden gem: Kamata
May 2024When it comes to choosing a base in Tokyo after arriving at Haneda airport, many international tourists opt for places in central Tokyo like Shinjuku for its convenience of access to the city center.
08: A dirt pile is a gift
May 2024Last week, we finally managed to kill off all our grass. One of my first pieces for this newsletter was about how much I hate our raggedy, pitted lawn, and about my fantasies of turning it into a meadow—berries and wildflowers intermixed with native shrubs, all low-maintenance and largely edible.
10 Books That Will Change Your Understanding of Community
May 2024There are a lot of books written about how to build community. And there are a lot of posts listing the top community books.
15 Henry Miller Quotes to Revive the Artist in You
May 2024“I had observed that the men who were most in life, who were molding life, who were life itself, ate little, slept little, owned little or nothing.
2022 World Series Champions! - by Michael Schwab
May 2024Hello! It’s me, Michael Schwab with the Juice Box Journal. I will now be using Substack as my email distributor. Revue, the previous site I used is going away, but I was able to transfer everything here, hooray!
2023 NBA Draft Scouting Report
May 2024After four years as a college coach, I made a return to the high school level for my first head coaching job in 2021.
30-minute sheet-pan chimichurri fish - by Caroline Chambers
May 2024Springtime is HERE! Sure, it could still dump snow for several more months in many parts of the country, but, by the calendar, spring has arrived, and that is reason to celebrate.
34 years after Douglas' historic upset of Tyson, a story and some show and tell
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
527,040 Minutes* - by Evan Shapiro
May 2024Happy Boxing Day War & Peaceniks! ICYMI: 2024 is a *Leap Year which means 1440 extra minutes to get through. So, let’s get started!
6 Questions with Lauren Iungerich
May 2024I first met Lauren Iungerich because I had a meeting at MTV in 2012, and they told me that they wanted to make more shows like their breakout hit, Awkward.
7 New Stores to Check Out in East Hampton, a Blossoming Shoppers Paradise
May 2024I don’t know about you, but I am 100% ready for summer to start. Memorial Day is upon us… can you believe it?
A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
May 20248/10 Call me jaded, but when it comes to Christmas movies, as the years go by, I’ve found myself turning increasingly to darker-edged holiday fare.
A Counterpoint On Crystal ClantonFrom A Leading Libel Lawyer
May 2024Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.
A Deep Dive on the Eagles Kelly Green Uniforms
May 2024Another week, another NFL deep dive. Honestly, I didn’t plan to make this a weekly series! But after I spent the last two weeks plumbing the depths of the Seahawks’ silver-and-blue uniforms and the Buccaneers’ creamsicle uniforms — both of which are being revived this season as throwbacks — the Eagles’ new Kelly green throwbacks leaked, so I figured we’d better take a close look at those as well.
A Definitive Ranking Of Every NewJeans Music Video
May 2024NewJeans, the five-member girl group made up of Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein (which includes two Aussies — Hanni and Danielle), recently celebrated their one year anniversary.
A first look at Devin Booker's new signature shoe
May 2024Goooood morning, family. Welcome back to the Kicks You Wear. Thank you so much for rocking with me this morning. I appreciate you.
A Guide to Strains and More
May 2024Welcome to Mushroom Magic, a mush anticipated Hot Tokes series that aims to unearth what’s missing from pop culture’s mycology craze.
A Late Summer Night's Drink
May 2024When I was thirteen or so, a box arrived at our home from the south of France with my name on it.
A lesson on compounding - by Darnell Mayberry
May 2024One of the personal finance podcasts I began listening to at the start of my financial transformation last year is one many of you probably know.
A letter from Alexander Barvinok
May 2024In March of this year Alexander Barvinok sent a letter to the editor of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
A plan to fix Michigan football, thoughts on recent recruiting criticism and a little bit of poop ta
May 2024Welcome to my first crack at this newsletter thing. I thought I’d have a little more time to plan out how this thing would go, but when I said I’d get the ball rolling once 500+ people signed up and you made that happen in a couple of hours, that moved the timeline up a bit.
A somewhat subjective guide to travel in Northern Italy
May 2024If you’ve been getting my newsletters or following along on Insta, you know I got back from my honeymoon in Italy last week!
A Very Subjective List of the Best Places to Shop in Rome
May 2024Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived! Today is officially the first day of the saldi (sales)!
A.J. Daulerio Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
May 2024From the time I was 10, I’ve been obsessed with what it means to grow older. I’m curious about what it means to others, of all ages, and so I invite them to take “The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire.
About that Martha Stewart Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover...
May 2024Readers, Remember last week’s link round-up, in which I noted I’d like to arrange a podcast discussion about 81-year-old Martha Stewart’s appearance on one of four Sports IllustratedSwimsuit Issue covers, and what it means?
Aidan Figured Out How to Wear That Jacket
May 2024Find all of Back Row’s And Just Like Thatrecaps here. This season is eleven episodes long, which means we still have three to go.
Al Sanabel Bakery & Mehmet's Koftegi Turkish Restaurant Anaheim
May 2024🇹🇷 TURKEY 📍 816 S. Brookhurst Street, Anaheim, Orange County 🅿️ Ample parking in plaza 🥤 No Alcohol 🌱 Vegetarian Friendly EDITOR'S NOTE: Since this article was written in late 2020, this shop has been sold another time.
All the women in my (tennis) life
May 2024I met Barbara in my German hometown of Darmstadt which is bizarre because Darmstadt is not exactly a tennis city. Barbara was dating a police officer from Darmstadt which is, dare I say, somehow even more bizarre.
All you need to know about Garcia's huge upset vs. Haney
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
Am I So Out of Touch?
May 2024“The Boy Who Knew Too Much,” episode 20 in season 5 of The Simpsons, premiered on the Fox television network on May 5, 1994—a shade under three decades from today.
America does not have a good food culture
May 2024Last month an off-the-cuff drunk tweet by a French guy, Philippe, living in America erupted into an online firestorm, starting weeks of dunks, arguments, and hot takes, that is still going on.
America Hates its Children (and maybe Europe does too)
May 2024(Hello! You can listen to the audio version here.) Happy Friday people! I don’t know about you, but this week I am SO TIRED.
an inside look at satanic cults
May 2024I decided to watch The Ninth Gate (1999) last night for Halloween. I’ve been interested in satanism and how elites use it for a while now, and this movie is all about that—and it’s directed by Roman Polanski, the guy who made Rosemary’s Baby (1968), the best movie about elite satanism ever.
An Interview With ADF's Kristen Waggoner
May 2024Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.
An Interview with Bill Porter (Red Pine ), Part 1
May 2024I am delighted to share part one of an interview I recently conducted with author Bill Porter, whose translations appear under the name Red Pine.
An open letter to guys complaining about the Barbie movie.
May 2024Barbie: The Movie is not a movie about feminism. Barbie: The Movie is not a movie about emasculating men.
Anthony Bourdain and Queer Shame
May 2024Enjoy this free preview of my subscription newsletter Shifting the Food Narrative. For stories, essays, and interviews that explore identity through food, please subscribe.
Are Bay Area rents actually going down because of the pandemic?
May 2024Thanks for joining me for the 18th issue of the Golden Stats Warrior, a newsletter for data-based insights about the Bay Area.
Ashley Paulson is a misdirection queen who has worked hard for the right to be mistrusted and scorne
May 2024The moment Ashley Paulson became the third entrant of the 2022 Badwater Ultramarathon to cross the finish line on July 13, appearing to break the three-year-old women’s 135-mile course record by three minutes and fifty seconds, a spate of experienced observers called foul—some from the race site in California, others from the hallowed judgment ground of the World Wide Web (results).
Associate Counsel to VP Kamala Harris, U.S. Air Force Reservist, Adjunct Professor
May 2024Welcome! I’m Simi Shah, and in this newsletter, I dive deep into the journeys of South Asian trailblazers. Find our podcast on Apple, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms and upcoming episodes + events on our Instagram & LinkedIn.
Aunt Ada Saves the Day on The Gilded Age Season Finale
May 2024Friends! Welcome to the final recap of this season of The Gilded Age — if you’ve missed any of them prior to this, you can catch up here.
Austin Goss | Substack
May 2024The Dakota Scout By The Dakota Scout South Dakota’s leading alternative, independent and locally owned newspaper focusing on culture and politics in the Mount Rushmore State.
Barbara Baxley on NASHVILLE - James Grissom
May 2024Barbara Baxley was one of the first actresses I met when I moved to New York in 1989 to begin work on what became Follies of God.
Beasts from South Asian Folklore
May 2024Welcome to the Brown History Newsletter. If you’re enjoying this labour of love, please do consider becoming a paid subscriber. Your contribution would help pay the writers and illustrators and support this weekly publication.
Beef Tartare with Frizzled Shallots
May 2024That said, you don’t have to wait until your next steakhouse outing to enjoy it. This is one of those dishes that is so much easier to make at home than you think, especially when you have the right tools and ingredients.
Big Omega Extension Enhance Leetcode experience
May 2024Competitive programming websites like LeetCode and Hackerrank have become popular platforms for individuals to improve their coding skills and prepare for technical interviews.
Black Film Streaming Pick: 'Bless Their Little Hearts'
May 2024Welcome back to my “Black Film Streaming Pick” series, a continuous column about Black films currently available on streaming platforms. If you haven’t already, take a look at my last pick: Leo Hurwitz’s documentary essay about post-War Black America — Strange Victory, which is still available on the Criterion Channel.
Black yacht mixtape - by Jake Malooley
May 2024In early April, Pharrell Williams released a 10-song album called Black Yacht Rock, Vol. 1: City of Limitless Access. The record appeared without notice on the website blackyachtrock.
Blip.057: Songs About California - by Jeffery Saddoris
May 2024I’m going back to California in a couple weeks for a visit and I couldn’t be more excited. It’s only the second time I’ve been back since I moved to the East Coast eight years ago.
Body Swappers 1 - by Lorelei Jonason
May 2024When her husband raised his hand a second time, Jennifer shut her eyes and thought, I can’t do this anymore.
Book Review: Symphony of Secrets
May 2024Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb (Anchor, 2023). Brendan Slocumb has done it again: created a breathtaking thriller about music.
Boston Celtics ATOs: Hammer Sets
May 2024The eighth and final part of the focus on the Celtics After Time Out playbook is going to be their Hammer Sets.
Brasserie Dubillot - by Emily Monaco
May 2024Brasserie Dubillot's menu promises not to reinvent the classics, and while it breaks its promise, it's hard to stay mad. This 2nd arrondissement restaurant is what the kids call a "
Breakthroughs Without Exploitations - by Phillips P. OBrien
May 2024We have a bit of a linguistic problem in this war—one which often leads to mental associations with earlier wars which distort more than help.
Brighton and Hove Albion Finances 2022/23
May 2024Brighton and Hove Albion’s 2022/23 accounts cover a season that owner Tony Bloom justifiably described as the “most successful in our 122-year history”.
by request: The Cult of Smart
May 2024I’ve gotten a bunch of new readers since I started here and there’s been a lot of curiosity about my book, so I thought I’d give you a brief primer on the text and what it’s about (and, hopefully, inspire you to buy a copy).
Cabbage and Tofu Mei Fun
May 2024Welcome to To Vegetables, With Love, a celebration of a vegetable life, less ordinary. My book Tenderheart is available from Books are Magic, Kitchen, Arts and Letters, Book Larder, Bold Fork Books and also here or here.
Caf Les Deux Gares - David Lebovitz Newsletter
May 2024You’ll have to forgive me here. I’m not much of a restaurant reviewer. I love you all, but when I go out to eat, I’m there for the food and wine…and the company, of course.
Can I connect 6 and 12-volt batteries together?
May 2024Don’t know if this question is JAM-worthy or not, but here goes: I just upgraded my house batteries on my 1993 Holiday Rambler Alumalite 5th Wheel.
Can I get a good Seattle bagel at... Salmonberry Goods
May 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
Cats Can Have Little A Salami - by Kathryn Winn
May 2024November 2019. I cannot speak for how it felt to be in the world then other than my own experience. I was a recent grad who was floundering in the professional world.
Celina Teen Dies in Crash on U.S. 33 in Auglaize County Thursday Morning
May 2024MOULTON TOWNSHIP — A Celina teen died and his passenger suffered serious injuries after their vehicle struck a turning tanker truck early Thursday morning.
Ceviche de Mamn Chino - by Nicholas Gill
May 2024This is an ad-free space, and all support comes from you: readers and listeners. If you would like to upgrade to a paid subscription you can do so here:
Changing Tide on Gender Ideology
May 2024Share Chris Elston became an activist for the public awareness of child sex “transitions” more than three years ago. He’s been harassed, attacked, and even suffered a broken arm for the message on his billboard: “Children cannot consent to puberty blockers.
Charlotte FC is winning ugly
May 2024It’s time for Fútbol Friday, The Charlotte Ledger’s weekly newsletter getting you up to speed on Charlotte FC, the city’s new pro soccer team.
ChatGPT has gone berserk - by Gary Marcus
May 2024That’s not a joke, it’s a quote. And also a warning. Over the last few hours, people reporting having been report a variety of problems with ChatGPT:
Cheesecake Tart
May 2024I am taking some new photos for some of my classic recipes from my first cookbook Eat Happy. I haven’t made this cheesecake tart in years, and I gotta be honest…it’s incredible.
China FAW released its first liquid hydrogen heavy-duty truck
May 2024China FAW Group (FAW, often cited as First Auto Group in Chinese) released its first model of liquid hydrogen heavy-duty truck on Nov 8th at China Commercial Vehicle Show (CCVS) in Wuhan, China.
Comments - #177: New friends - by Haley Nahman
May 2024Making friends is actually my key skill in life. I'm 35, moved to a different country once and city 3 times since I've been an adult.
Community as the Great British Baking Show
May 2024The most wholesome, feel-good show I have ever watched is The Great British Baking Show. Season 11 aired in September of 2020, during peak Covid chaos and it saved my life.
Corinna Cohn | Substack
May 2024Corinna CohnCorinna Cohn, ambivalent transsexual Reflections on gender, gender ideology, and the ongoing struggle to redefine womanhood. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/i-was-too-young-to-decide-about-transgender-surgery-at-nineteen/ ncG1vNJzZmirpZfAta3CpGWcp51kjaS70aKlp5mTpLWv
Cottage Cheese Vodka Pasta - by Jake Cohen
May 2024Ingredients: Kosher salt 1 pound dried pasta 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
Cup of Coffee: January 4, 2024
May 2024Good morning! And welcome to Free Thursday! Let’s jump on into it, shall we? The Associated Press reports that Dominican prosecutors have formally accused Rays shortstop Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation and money laundering.
Cylvia Hayes | Substack
May 2024TRANSCEND with Cylvia Hayes By Cylvia Hayes For people who want raised consciousness, economic system change, and a world that works better for all beings.
Dance Footage and Snuff Films - by Ben Sixsmith
May 2024Shani Louk was filmed early on Saturday morning, dancing in the desert to a noxious remix of Gymclass Heroes’s already noxious “Cupid’s Chokehold” — dancing with the carefree good cheer of a million other carefree, cheerful dancers in TikToks and Instagram stories across the Internet.
DC's Hidden Blockbuster: Brave and the Bold
May 2024Folks, I need you to know something, and I need you to know it today. DC went and did a thing pretty close to what I’ve been advocating for, and anchored an anthology book with something insane.
Dear Linda Yaccarino - by Claire Berlinski
May 2024I wasn’t going to write about this because I assumed it would be all over the news, but it wasn’t. There was one brief article in Rolling Stone: Elon Musk Wades Deeper into Antisemitic Propaganda:
DeBarge and Switch - by Curtis M. Harris
May 2024Well, here’s a fun mashing together of groups! Switch and DeBarge were two Motown acts from the Midwest that never quite reached their full potential.
Despite a $2.46 Billion Settlement, Many Boy Scout Abuse Victims Wont See Justice
May 2024This week’s newsletter is a story about sexual assault, the Boy Scouts, and justice. It’s also about how the statute of limitations laws in childhood sexual assault cases hurt victims and help abusers hide.
Despite what its not, Riserva's got a lot more than most
May 2024Opened in the spring and specializing in shared plates and precision cocktails, Riserva builds upon Oklahoma City’s culinary momentum with a truly eclectic take on the foodways surrounding the Mediterranean Sea with assistance from Latin America.
Did Stephen Curry ruin the All-Star Game, too?
May 2024Good morning. Let’s basketball. The Procuress; Dirck van Baburen; 1622 I watched the NBA All-Star Game offline and delayed. (I stopped to watch one commercial.
DIP 032: Is it ingenuine or ingenious?
May 2024👋 Hi. How’s everyone doing? In my experience, January is consistently horrible and this year is no different. Last week’s insurrection was both terrifying and the logical conclusion of four years of violent, inflammatory rhetoric.
Do you dream about bears?
May 2024Bears seem be something many people dream about. When these powerful beasts began showing up in my dreams on a regular basis, I got curious and dove into studying dreams in earnest.
Do you really need a main() function?
May 2024Someone recently asked if all Python programs should be encapsulated in a main() function, which is then called at the end of the file:
Does CRT explain Byron Donalds' senior advisor's grooming arrest? Scenes from the great Collier Coun
May 2024Share This is Larry Wilcoxson, “senior advisor” for newly famous Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Naples. He’s also a fierce combatant, recently caught on camera menacing opponents, in the Great Donalds family v.
Does Paul George believe James Harden about Daryl Morey?
May 2024Good morning. Let’s basketball. Choosing; George Frederic Watts; 1864 A little less than a year ago, James Harden made enormous headlines by calling Sixers boss Daryl Morey a liar.
Does Velocity Even Matter? - by Eli Ben-Porat
May 2024In 2018, Clayton Kershaw’s fastball velocity declined, down to 90-91 MPH. Since then, it’s fluctuated a little bit, but has essentially remained in the same band.
DRONME JUST WANTS TO TALK
May 2024SO HERE’S THE DEAL, I’m a mess. I know I’ve thrown that declaration around a lot in the past, and I’ll admit, pretty recklessly.
Droopy Lids or Bedroom Eyes?
May 2024During a recent podcast interview (episode 299 of Fat Mascara), I was asked what appearance issue women seem most concerned with.
Episode XOXO - by Adrian Hon
May 2024iOS, Mac, Apple TV Free on Apple Arcade ($6.99/month) Episode XOXO is a lightly interactive story game where you choose how the main character looks, dresses, and behaves.
Ever-Green Vietnamese Preview & FAQ
May 2024I love your handle, Que Sera Sera! Moreover, you're a fellow cookbook lover. Checking them out of the library is a great way to see if a cookbook is for you.
Exploring "White Sun War" - by Mick Ryan
May 2024At the end of April my next book will be published by Casemate Publishers. Called White Sun War, it is a fictional account of a war over Taiwan that takes place in 2028.
Exposing the BS in 'The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd'
May 2024I didn’t know about it when I dusted off my 1980 Dr. Mudd piece for republication on Substack, but on Friday (March 15, 2024) Apple TV will start running its series “Manhunt.
Facebook's Terrible Uncle Strategy Is Driving Away The Kids
May 2024I opened my first Facebook account in 2006. My Facebook debut follows a common millennial-aged pattern. I was entering my freshman year of college, and I was eager to use my new .
Falling for Mario - by Andrea Strong
May 2024Friends, the time has come to confess: I am in love with Mario. We met only a few nights ago, and I can’t stop thinking about him.
Five Questions with Ben McKenzie: Crypto and Sam Bankman-Fried
May 2024Ben McKenzie is someone who needs no introduction, an actor known for his roles on The O.C., Southland, and Gotham. But what you may not know is that McKenzie is also, based on years of research, an outspoken critic of cyptocurrency.
Five Questions with Jill Wine-Banks, Former Watergate Prosecutor
May 2024Jill Wine-Banks is a national treasure. The only woman lawyer on the Watergate prosecution team, she has vast experience as an attorney.
G75 New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: Speed kills
May 2024Follow along on Twitter @ToddCordell | @InfernalAccess Be sure to join the Discord channel to talk hockey with our writers and subscribers. Get 30% off for 1 year
Gilmore girls Stars Hollow(een) costumes
May 2024Looking for a quick and easy Halloween costume? 😃🎃 Here’s a bunch of ideas you’ll be able to reproduce and many examples on how to execute them.
Goodreads Has No Incentive to be Good
May 2024When I was getting my start as a writer, there was a mildly infamous Amazon troll who left one-star reviews on every book in the indie lit scene.
graphic novel class 3 - art style
May 2024I’m going to take you through the process of a graphic novel in a series of posts. This is from my perspective, as a writer and artist who makes fantasy books for middle grade and young adult readers - but hopefully it will be helpful even if you’re interested in making a different kind of book!
graphic novel class 7 - page template
May 2024I’m going to take you through the process of a graphic novel in a series of posts. This is from my perspective, as a writer and artist who makes fantasy books for middle grade and young adult readers - but hopefully it will be helpful even if you’re interested in making a different kind of book!
Hangry Hanging Judges? - by Annie Duke
May 2024It’s rare that scientific findings make headlines and even rarer that they go viral. When that viral moment happens, the finding inevitably ends up getting viewed as fact.
Hayao Miyazaki, Union Man - by Animation Obsessive Staff
May 2024Welcome back to the Animation Obsessive newsletter! Glad you could make it. Here’s what we’re doing today: One — a look at Hayao Miyazaki’s labor activism during the 1960s.
Hello and Welcome to One First!
May 2024Welcome to “One First,” my new weekly newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States. I’m Steve Vladeck. I have been thinking and writing about the Supreme Court for over 20 years, both as a law professor at the University of Texas, where I have taught since 2016, and as a Supreme Court Analyst for CNN, where I’ve been an analyst since 2013.
Help! I'm trapped in a 15-minute city with Jordan Peterson!
May 2024This post has been revised and edited to be less provocative. Professor Carlos Moreno of the Sorbonne developed the concept of “la ville du quart d’heure” where daily urban necessities are within a 15-minute reach by foot or bike.
Henry FitzRoy - by Simon Haisell
May 2024Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519 – ), the king’s illegitimate son. His mother is Elizabeth Blount. He is a handsome blond child made in the king’s own image.
Heres How Quitting Can be Your Competitive Advantage
May 2024Welcome to the first Range Widely post at this newsletter’s new home: Substack. If you were already subscribed, nothing is changing except the e-mail address from which you’ll get each post.
hero, villain, or secret third thing (annoying)
May 2024I wasn’t planning on Duneposting, but I finally saw the second film and enjoyed it a lot! More of a vibes movie than a thoughts movie to be sure, but the vibes—as the kids say—were immaculate.
Hexapodia Is the Key Insight! By Noah Smith & Brad DeLong | Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality
May 2024Economic history, economics, political economy, finance, & forecasting. Here to try to make you (and me) smarter in a world with many increasingly deep & complicated troubles.
Hide and Q - by Chris Bateman
May 2024Remember when I said Q would come back when the scripts had improved? Well apparently he couldn't wait that long. He pops up for some playful sparring with Picard and then whisks the bridge crew off to Sound Stage 16, leaving the captain behind.
Hiking Buck Tank Draw & Birthday Arch: Mountain Lion Country
May 2024“Lots of mountain lion tracks so a little unnerving.” “**Warning** This IS mountain lion country. If you’re truly hiking and exploring, you WILL see fresh tracks.
Hockey is like Jeopardy! - by Jack Han
May 2024A friend of mine is a trivia buff and a big fan of the TV game show Jeopardy! About once a week he texts me, excited about getting the Final Jeopardy question right while playing along from his living room.
How 'Chicken Run' Stayed Aardman
May 2024Welcome back! We’re here with another Sunday edition of the Animation Obsessive newsletter, and the plan goes like this: For those just joining us — it’s free to sign up for our Sunday issues.
How a little-known operative ascended to the top of DeSantisland
May 2024Generra Peckhad just finished a 5K spartan race at Nationals Park in Washington in September 2021 when the phone call came from Ron and Casey DeSantis.
How a San Diego Tech Founder Raised $13 Million from Silicon Valley Investors
May 2024Business San Diego delivers in-depth profiles of founders and insights on San Diego's most successful companies, executives, and technologies. Join us to make sure you don’t miss the next story.
How dark is Kim Jong Uns heart?
May 2024Image: businessinsider.com This December Kim Jong Un, the President for Life of North Korea gave a speech to an audience of women being honoured for their service to their husbands, children and country.
How Do You Visualize This?
May 2024If you have been working in visualization for a while, you must have met someone asking you, “How do you visualize this?
How I Remember Lauren Hoeve
May 2024I knew Lauren for an absurdly short amount of time to lay claim to mourning her. We met when I was still in high school, and for a while, I only knew her as my friend’s girlfriend.
How many Star Wars actors (and directors!) have also been in Bible movies?
May 2024If you’re a Bible-movie buff and a space-movie buff like me, you can’t help but notice how the two genres overlap sometimes.
How Should You Make Your Vieux Carr?
May 2024I like to think of myself as a connoisseur of carefully improved versions of classic cocktails. I like tweaks and tricks, altered ratios and slight changes to ingredients, specific brands and bottles designed to take well-known drinks and elevate them somehow.
How The High Republic Phase 2 connects to Phase 3
May 2024The High Republic Phase 2 — and the era overall, really — is like an album with no skips. Every single story is a banger, no matter if it directly connects to another book, comic, or phase or if it’s a thrilling enough adventure to stand on its own.
How The Modern World Lost & Found Its Newest Continent
May 2024Hello! This is Everything Is Amazing, a newsletter about science, curiosity and wonder. Today’s edition is about the boundless mysteries of our planet’s undiscovered islands and some startling new discoveries off the coast of Australia… But it starts with me falling into Yorkshire’s biggest freshwater lake, annoying a couple of dozen swans and at least one powerful bigot.
How to Beat Procrastination: The (10+2)*5 Rule
May 2024Most people set goals and New Year's resolutions COMPLETELY wrong. I’ve spent YEARS optimizing my goal-setting process. I know what works and what doesn’t.
How to deal with strain during focused work
May 2024There's one thing that all of us face when tackling focused, "deep" work: a feeling of strain – especially during the first 10 to 15 minutes of a bout.
How to get dressed with Rachel Tashjian Wise
May 2024The most interesting thinkers have a way of expanding your mind when they share their perspectives. The best of them do it concisely and with precision, delivering only what needs to be spoken in order to get the point across.
How to Make Friends As an Adult
May 2024Loading... There is no fancy way to explain this timeline other than chronologically, it’s just too weird and complex and pandemic-ridden.
How to wear denim cut offs without looking like a teenager
May 2024The more I write about how to get dressed, the more clear it becomes that I’m always trying to do the same thing: reflect multiple parts of me.
How to Write A Weekly Newsletter With ChatGPT In 5 Minutes (Or Less)
May 2024Is your goal to hit 6 or 7-figures from your writing in 2024? This Black Friday, we are launching Full Stack Writer: a limited-time course that trains you on the 7 skills you need to build to become a highly profitable, highly defensible, infinitely scalable writer in the digital world.
How to Write Beautiful Stories About Hideous Things
May 2024This Weekend Edition of Ecstatic is by Yi Ning Chiu. Elizabeth Bruenig is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers theology, capital punishment, and American violence.
Hunky Jesus 2024 Life in plastic IS fantastic
May 2024Dolores Park transformed into a spectacle of glitter, glamour, and irreverent celebration as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence hosted their annual Easter Celebration on Sunday.
I Baked Dollys Coconut Cake
May 2024IF THE SOUTH HAD ROYALTY, Dolly Parton would be Queen. She’s got everyone’s best interest, knows what to say and when to say it, and isn’t scared of stepping up when needed.
I come to bury Tyler Matzek, but also to praise him
May 2024It’s a sad state of affairs when Tyler Matzek hits the injured list with elbow inflammation and a fair question is whether there’s a bit of IL manipulation in play.
I just want to be Ben Rector.
May 2024If you know me, you know that evangelistic should be my #1 StrenghtsFinder strength. I do not shut up about the things I like.
I Tried Bella Hadid's New Passion Project Drink: Kin Euphorics
May 2024If there is one thing that I most certainly am, it’s highly susceptible to celebrity endorsements and brand partnerships. I don’t mean in the hashtag #Ad on Instagram way, though, I mean that if a celebrity I like puts their face on a product or attaches their name to it, I’m probably going to be suckered into buying it if it aligns with my personal interests.
I Watched it, So You Don't Have To
May 2024You may recall that I wrote many months ago about the disinformation campaign being peddled by the film, Israelism. Well, I invested the $5 to watch it so you do not have to waste your money, time, or energy trying not to hurl a glass at your tv screen in disgust.
Idaho's first 'abortion trafficking' arrest
May 2024Last week, an Idaho teenager and his mother were arrested for bringing the teen’s girlfriend out-of-state for an abortion. The pair were charged with multiple felonies, including second degree kidnapping, for taking a minor under 16 years-old “with the intent to keep or conceal [her] from her custodial parent.
If Cha Cha's Hiland Bakery Doesn't Steal Your Heart, You Have No Heart to Steal
May 2024Review of Cha Cha’s Hiland Bakery, 3615 6th Ave.; 515-282-4059. Hours: Wednesday through Friday: 5 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Saturdays 6 a.
In "Powwow Highway"(1989) Native American Anger Gets the Care and Consideration It Deserves
May 2024The mountainous, dry-expanse of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Lame Deer, Montana is lit by sunlight the deep hue of honey.
In Review: 'Challengers,' 'Boy Kills World'
May 2024Challengers Dir. Luca Guadagnino 131 min. As it hops back and forth across a 13-year timeline, Challengers offers a variety of clues as to where we’ve landed chronologically even beyond the on-screen titles, from changes in facial hair and wardrobe to the songs playing in the background.
In the trenches, the sewers that served Super Bowl brothers Jason and Travis Kelce
May 2024Kelce versus Kelce. Brother versus brother. The Cleveland Heights family’s connections have been covered from nearly every angle in the two weeks leading up to Super Bowl LVII.
India Brown: Mixed people are people
May 2024Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! This week I’m speaking to India Brown, who is of mixed-Caribbean and white British heritage.
Into the Deep - by Emily Zanotti
May 2024This newsletter has been quiet for some time, and while I have every excuse in the world — I have three toddlers, a new house, two cats, and suffered a bout of viral pinkeye which is, quite frankly, the type of disease they should use to torture information out of people — it’s mostly because I, for a while, lost the ability to write.
Investing With The Whales | Episode 29
May 2024This episode is brought to you by Lupton Capital – www.LuptonCapital.com Hello everyone, In the 29th episode of Investing With The Whales, I interview Puru Saxena, retired money manager/founder of money management firms in Hong Kong.
Is MLB's Balanced Schedule Working?
May 2024With MLB’s many rule changes taking up all of the attention going into the 2023 season, it was easy for another structural tweak — the introduction of a more balanced schedule — to fly under the radar.
Is Scottie Pippen's Digits Bourbon actually good?
May 2024It happened to Vodka. It happened to Gin. It happened to Tequila. And now, it’s happening to Whiskey. The influx of celebrity names now attaching themselves to Whiskey seems to increase in multitudes every year.
Issue #31: Florida's Remaining Dry Counties
May 2024What’s that?! A substack that isn’t about redistricting?? Its true. While we wait on the latest Congressional drafts from the state house, we can take a look at a more light-hearted topic.
Issue No. 23: An Obsession with Leaves
May 2024Back in 2016, around this time of year, I found some ochre-colored leaves that had fallen in front of our family’s house out on Long Island, and I thought about how they felt like paper between my fingers.
It's Desire, It's Divorce, It's De-Lovely
May 2024Kat and Phoebe discuss a fun philosophical question about desire, a fine literary essay about not getting divorced, and the sacred gossip machine known as the whisper network.
It's Legal For Teachers to Have Sex with Students in My State
May 2024I just submitted written testimony in support of a bill that would (finally) make it a crime for teachers and other school staff to have sexual relationships with students.
It's Time The IIHF Takes Gender Equity Seriously
May 2024The International Ice Hockey Federation claims the organization “encourages its members to promote the game of ice hockey to women and girls.
Jack Harlow - Jackman. | ALBUM COVER REVIEW
May 2024Harlow is back after dipping out for a little bit, and trust me, you’re gonna wanna hear this. Loading... Kamikaze, Her Loss, hopefully Chance the Rapper’s next release—I love a good, “I heard you,” album.
Jaffray Woodriff - by THE SHORT BEAR
May 2024Born on August 1, 1968, in Virginia, United States, Woodriff exhibited early signs of brilliance and a passion for technology. He pursued his interest in computer science at the University of Virginia, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1991.
Jermall Charlo out of mental health fog, back in the ring on Saturday
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
Jitneys were Pittsburgh's answer to racist, monopoly taxicabs
May 2024Jitneys were — and still are — an important mode of transportation in the black neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. August Wilson, aka “The Black Shakespeare,” wrote his play “Jitney” about the characters working at a Hill District “jitney station,” where drivers awaited calls for car service from local people.
Joel Edgerton in the multi-verse of badness
May 2024This week’s What’s Alan Watching? newsletter coming up just as soon as I explain the difference between Earth-616, Earth-1610, and Earth-26496 to you…
Jose Perdomo - The mysterious Dakota doorman from the night John Lennon was assassinated
May 2024Jose Perdomo, the Dakota doorman, should be THE key witness to John Lennon’s murder. He should have witnessed at first-hand, Lennon getting shot in the Dakota driveway, (pictured below).
Keep Her Mouth Clean - by Aron Husband
May 2024One tool of discipline in many marriages is mouth-soaping. This is the required punishment for various kinds of filthy talk from the wife, to give her a lesson on being clean.
Klubb Dumplings or Pault - by Roxanne Halverson
May 2024This is the Norwegian version of the Scandinavian comfort food known as Klubb Dumplings or Pault. This was one of my favourite foods when I was a kid, and still is, for that matter.
Kyle Prue | Substack
May 2024Kyle PrueKyle Prue is a famous author and gender traitor. He attended college at the University of Michigan, where he studied narcissism and love bombing (acting and poetry).
L.J. Reynolds (born January 27, 1952) of the Dramatics
May 2024View most updated version of this post on SubstackSearch our full archivesShare L.J. Reynolds is the longtime lead singer of the Dramatics, and a producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist.
L'Absinthe, 24, Place du March Saint-Honor, Paris 1
May 2024I felt like trying some place new, so I checked my list of restaurants to try. As my list is organized by arrondissement and then alphabetically within each arrondissement, l’Absinthe came up early on the list.
Lee Fang On Tensions Within The Left
May 2024Lee is an investigative journalist. He was a long-time reporter at The Intercept, and in late 2022 he was one of the recipients of the Twitter Files.
Let Me Design Simpsons Pride Merch!!
May 2024Summer is on its way, which is always a sad time for yours truly. Why, you ask? First of all, I look bad in shorts!
Life in the American Rat Park
May 2024Scientists, who can be thoughtlessly sadistic, demonstrated more than 50 years ago that if you put a rat alone in a cage, and offer her a choice between plain old clean water and water laced with drugs, she will choose the drugs.
Little Bit of Everything #3 - by Dawes
May 2024We’re on the last stretch. 3 more California shows then home. It’s been such a blast. My favorite part each night is looking out in the audience and trying to guess who is here just for Lucius or just for Dawes and watch them get introduced in real time to a bunch of music they didn’t know they would like.
Logan Paul Vs Ricochet - WWE Summerslam (5/8/23)
May 2024Summerslam was ticking along to be another great 2023 PLE for WWE for the first couple of hours of the show before it ran into some booking issues and poor performances.
Making Risotto alla Milanese for Monza
May 2024This project is pretty simple. As a complement to each race weekend, I’ll be cooking the national dish of that race’s host country and sharing information about the process and that dish’s history along the way in an effort to grow more deeply immersed in the local culture from my own home.
Marco Carola's Miraculous Years - by Vincent Jenewein
May 20241. For a brief period in the late 90s, Marco Carola was the most consistent techno producer on the planet. In a 1998 Interview, Jeff Mills mentions almost always having a Marco Carola record in his DJ bag.
Mary-Kate Olsen's new (bad) boyfriend
May 2024Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. Today, we’re analyzing a rare relationship pap stroll from Mary-Kate Olsen.
Maybe it's time to quiet quit your marriage
May 2024One of the most frustrating things about the work I do is that the oppressive nature of marriage is a political problem.
Meme Report: Girl Explaining - by Love + Money Agency
May 2024Now, because you’re obsessed with us, you’ll have noticed we’ve been talking a lot about memes—a brand is a meme after all.
Mencius on Finding Our Life Paths
May 2024At some point in the eighth grade, I read Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, and made an immediate and life-changing decision: I would become a writer.
Menthe l'eau - by Paola Westbeek
May 2024“YUCK, mouthwash!” That was my husband’s reaction when I let him have a sip. It was a sweltering August afternoon and we were enjoying much-needed drinks at the bustling town square, Place Pélissière, in Bergerac.
Merry Fishmas - by Trevor Joyce
May 2024The old Italian tradition of cooking seven types of fish for Christmas Eve seems to get more popular every year; I suppose the social media phenomenon of tinned fish has something to do with that.
Michelangelo was gay (and other things we should know)
May 2024An odd thought popped into my head recently as I was folding laundry: Michelangelo was totally gay. Michelangelo—famed artist of the Renaissance, painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, sculptor of the massive marble David with killer abs and the slingshot that took down Goliath—was queer.
Midge Decter to Howard Meyer, April 15, 1987
May 2024When I began Friends and Enemies, I promised a series, “Personal Archives,” that would be published Monday mornings and draw from my personal library and private collection of rare, first edition, or simply beautiful books, and, occasionally, letters and other literary ephemera.
Mike Pence & Jefferson Shreve face skepticism about whether they can go the distance
May 2024Mike Pence and Jefferson Shreve—the former vice president running for president and the Republican multi-millionaire running for Indianapolis mayor—both faced predictions at the end of the week that their respective bids for higher office were over.
Mississippi Native: Landon Bryant - Rooted Magazine
May 2024What does it mean to call Mississippi home? Why do people choose to leave or live in this weird, wonderful, and sometimes infuriating place?
Mississippi Native: Lee Durkee - Rooted Magazine
May 2024What does it mean to call Mississippi home? Why do people choose to leave or live in this weird, wonderful, and sometimes infuriating place?
My $75-A-Month Raw Food Diet For Dogs
May 2024The Internet can be a weird place. Case in point: If there’s one article I’ve written that’s resulted in the most death threats, it was one describing the raw diet I developed for my dogs three years ago.
My Favorite Books of 2022
May 2024Hello, all. Your local bookstores would like you to do your holiday shopping nice and early. Like, now. How about you start now?
Nashville FINALLY Becomes a Sandwich Town!
May 2024Here is my triumphant return to FIRST WE EAT! I’m sticking in Nashville this time, for all subscribers (paid and unpaid), and next week this column will go back to being for you loyal, deeply loyal, paid subscribers.
National Gallery of Canada: It's unanimous
May 2024Delighted to learn Pablo Rodriguez, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, has written to the board chair of the National Gallery of Canada asking them what’s going on down on Sussex Drive.
New York Drug Lord - Seth Ferranti's True Crime Newsletter
May 2024When Howard “Pappy” Mason made bail, he made an imaginary gun with his thumb and index finger, turned to the prosecutor and pulled the trigger.
News & Views | On Substack | Substack Team
May 2024“If you're writing on Substack, or want to, or just want to know more about how and why people write on Substack (basically, if any combination of the words 'writing', 'on' and 'Substack' tickles your fancy) then have a read of Substack HQ's newsletter for creators.
Nike and Tom Sachs are quietly working together again and you should hate that
May 2024Gooooood morning, family. Welcome back to the Kicks You Wear. Thank you so much for rocking with me this morning. I appreciate you, folks.
Nikki Haleys Campaign Trail Style
May 2024With her second-place finish in the New Hampshire presidential primary Tuesday night, Nikki Haley’s bid for the Republican nomination is all but over.
No right turn on red in AZ
May 2024Effective January 1, 2024, it will be prohibited to make a right turn on a red light unless a sign is posted permitting it.
normal people - postcards by elle
May 2024Life is the thing you bring with you inside your own head. “I’m not a religious person, but I do sometimes think that God made you for me.
Notable Sandwiches #40: The Chip Butty
May 2024Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which we trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches.
Now Streaming on (HBO) Max: Priscilla
May 2024I kept wanting the movie to speed up but then assumed that this slow pace was a way to communicate the disparity between Elvis' frenetic life and the reality of Priscilla's life.
On Loving a Company That Doesn't Know How to Love Me Back
May 2024Welcome to Culture Study Takeover Week! I love running this newsletter, but I also periodically need to take a small break from running this newsletter, because everyone is beloved and worthy of rest.
On Standing Her in the Corner
May 2024When I began spanking in marriage, I did not have much use for the tradition of giving a punished wife time in the corner when she is spanked.
On the ground with the Fakirani Jats.
May 2024This is part one of two about my time with the Fakirani Jats in Kutch, India. It describes their camel pastoralist lifestyle, how they milk, and my initial impressions.
On the Internet, Nobody knows You're a Dog
May 2024December 2022: I started hearing about something called ChatGPT… June 2023: A brainstorm for a client. Mid-session, a participant looked up from his laptop and said, “I’ve just typed a few things into ChatGPT.
One Good Film: "The Killer" (Fincher, 2023)
May 2024A regular feature for paid Watch List subscribers: I suggest one reasonably under-the-radar movie from the recent or distant past new movie, and you do what you want with that information.
One Stop Brew Shop owner James Hilbert
May 2024Here’s the latest edition of the Prost Profiles series, highlighting someone in the local beverage scene. If you have someone you’d like to see profiled, send an email to clevelandprost@gmail.
Paget Brewster on the New Season of 'Criminal Minds Evolution,' the Time She Answered Phones for a '
May 2024When it comes to tallying up my favorite people that I’ve ever interviewed, one name that’s invariably on the short list is Paget Brewster.
Perkin Warbeck's Resting Place - by Nathen Amin
May 2024On the morning of 23 November 1499, the blonde-haired prisoner was roused from his bed in the Tower of London and prepared for his final journey.
Post Malone's Utah Hideout - by Coffee Content
May 2024Post Malone, whose real name is Austin Richard Post, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He first gained major recognition in 2015 following the release of his debut single "
Potato, greens and cheese bake
May 2024We hit a milestone this week! To Vegetables, With Love now has over 30,000 subscribers! Wow. That is a lot of vegetable love right there.
POV: Point of View - a big piece of story
May 2024As mentioned in the close-read post on Anne Tyler’s French Braid, “point of view” is on my mind. Issues of narration and voice are linked so closely, but deserve other focused posts.
PSYCHEDELIC HEALING SHACK - by Michelle Lhooq
May 2024Gather around the fire, children, and let me tell you about one of the trippiest wormholes I fell down this year.
Pushing Tin - by James Fallows
May 2024Billy Bob Thornton and John Cusack in the wonderful 1999 movie about air traffic controllers Pushing Tin. That movie was based on “Something’s Got to Give,” a 1996 NYT Magazine article by Darcy Frey on the insane pressures on air traffic controllers in New York, and the insane ways in which they coped.
put shoe on head - by Brian Feldman
May 2024I was scrolling through the internet this week and saw a funny thing. Here it is: The thing I like the most about this request is its efficiency.
Raphael Ravenscroft, Heavy D, and Beanie Sigel's "Feel It In The Air"
May 2024Below is a photo of the late musician Raphael Ravenscroft. Ravenscroft is best known for the unforgettable saxophone riff on Gerry Rafferty's hit song "
rayne fisher-quann on Substack: ":) "
May 2024“I think the excitement I felt in that church this past Thursday was a kind of communal release. A catharsis for the weird writer girls of the world.
Re-release this: Princess Crown - by Marc Normandin
May 2024This column is “Re-release this,” which will focus on games that aren’t easily available, or even available at all, but should be once again.
Read Tank Girl Comics - Now!
May 2024Just been reminded that I needed to complete the telling of how Tank, Jet, and Sub Girls all met in the first place.
Red Caesar and the Next Regime
May 2024In the early 1980s, conceptual artist Jenny Holzer plastered New York with a series of guerilla art posters from a series she called “Truisms.
Reflections on Pluto in Capricorn
May 2024As the slowest moving planet in astrology, Pluto spends the most time in each sign. As it does, it invokes a deeply-seated transformation in the realms associated with the zodiacal sign it tenants, forging the backdrop of generational and zeitgeist shifts.
Remembering Robert Birnbaum - by Matt Borondy
May 2024Friends of Identity Theory, Sad news in this newsletter. Two weeks ago, I confirmed what I had suspected for years: Robert Birnbaum has passed away.
Requiem for William Pepper - by James Anthony DiEugenio
May 2024William Pepper died in New York on April 7, 2024. The information is that he was ill but then suffered a serious fall.
Rest In Peace Mama Louise Hudson
May 2024Louise Hudson, universally known as “Mama Louise,” passed away this week. She was an amazing woman and I’m so happy that I knew her, spent some time with her and helped spread word of her story at least a little bit with One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band.
Review: Poker Face, "The Orpheus Syndrome"
May 2024“I feel as if I’ve stepped into a time machine.” Do you ever have that feeling where you realize you’re embodying a recognizable meme?
Review: Severance, "Good News About Hell"
May 2024Welcome to my reviews of Apple TV+’s sci-fi labor dystopia Severance, which debuted last week. Ultimately, critics review shows either because everyone’s talking about them or everyone should be, and based on the early episodes this falls into the latter category for me, so I’m excited to discuss it here at Episodic Medium.
Review: The Honeycombs - The Honeycombs (1964)
May 2024Tracks: 1) Colour Slide; 2) Once You Know; 3) Without You It Is Night; 4) That’s The Way; 5) I Want To Be Free; 6) How The Mighty Have Fallen; 7) Have I The Right?
Revivalism: What is it? - by Scot McKnight
May 2024The word “revivalism” is a bit of slur for some today, and not just the highbrows, or the mainline, or the progressive evangelicals.
RIP Jean-Louis Murat - by Thomas Guillot
May 2024It’s easy to remember Jean-Louis Murat for his rebellious attitude more than his ambitious rock music with complex lyrics and tons of American influences.
ROB STONER ON BASS . . . AND VOCALS, GUITAR, ARRANGEMENTS, AND MORE
May 2024IF you're a music fan, you know the work of Rob Stoner. You might know his name, his bass, and his harmony singing with Bob Dylan's 1975-1976 Rolling Thunder Revue, and his playing on Dylan's Desire album from the same period.
Ry Cooder - by Tyler King
May 2024But if you would tell me who I am, at least take the trouble to discover what I have been.
Sadalsuud's Astrology Dice Guide - by Sadalsuud
May 2024One divinatory tool has unexpectedly caught my fixation for its ease of use, brevity, and pointedness: astrology dice, or astro dice.
Saltburn: God is a serial killer - by Phil H
May 2024I watched Saltburn, and quite liked it. There was a lot of lovely style in there: all of the actors really looked their parts (Barry Keoghan looks extraordinary as the lead), and the riffing on the class system was funny.
Satanist by boygenius - by Matthew Josten
May 2024This song may seem shocking based on its title and opening line, though it really isn’t about Satanism or the other belief systems that the members of boygenius playfully explore.
Scallion Oil Fried Rice - by Kristina Cho
May 2024Hi! Have You Eaten Yet? I hope you have, but if you haven’t yet, here’s a new recipe from my kitchen to yours that I hope you’ll love!
SOME INTERDIMENSIONAL PORTALS I HAVE COME ACROSS DURING WALKS IN THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE
May 2024When I was dragged (not as reluctantly as I pretended) on walks as a child by my parents, I often amused myself by going off into my own fantasy world: I'd look at derelict buildings and imagine the banshees and spectres who lived in there, wander off into trees and do battle with the dinosaurs and quarter-wolf creatures of my imagination.
Spaghetti squash with tofu, mushrooms and sweet peanut sauce
May 2024Welcome to To Vegetables, With Love, a celebration of a vegetable life, less ordinary. Click here to see your subscription options.
Spaghetti with Roasted Tomato Miso Sauce
May 2024Welcome to To Vegetables, With Love, a celebration of a vegetable life, less ordinary. Every week, I share a new recipe, along with links to recipes online and news.
Special Emergency Bob Iger Might Sell ABC Edition
May 2024Whoa- after years of speculation, Disney CEO Bob ‘Superyacht’ Iger laid it out there. He might sell the company’s TV networks, and find a strategic partner for bringing ESPN to the world as a direct-to-consumer business.
Spring Vegetable Fricasse - by Jack McNulty
May 2024If you spend enough time going through old and new French recipes, you will eventually run across a Fricassée recipe. This method of cooking – mixing vegetables, potatoes and some sort of white sauce with meat or fish – was common and highly regarded throughout France and Europe.
Stop Bullying Kate Middleton - by Laura McKenna
May 2024Dudes, I’m on vacation. I’m at Cancun with my family enjoying unlimited beverages and sun. And I’m choosing to spend the next hour writing about Kate Middleton, rather than day drinking on the beach chair.
Streaming's British Invasion Falls Flat
May 2024(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry.
stuffing mac & cheese - by Meryl Feinstein
May 2024I’m trying to get better at gratitude. It can be daunting, with the world’s horrors and vitriol at our fingertips all day, every day.
Substacks recommended by Daniel W. Drezner
May 2024"To Save Us From Hell" is our new weekly podcast about the United Nations. Global Dispatches also serves: Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Sustainable Development, Global Health, Crises, Human Rights, International Relations -- and world news that matters
Sundays - by Mary L Trump
May 2024I’ve been thinking lately that there never seems to be any respite from the fight. We are engaged in a multi-front war that often leaves little time for other things.
Taking Aim at the French 75
May 2024The last time a practicing career university professor took their skill set and applied it to the field of cocktails was in 1981, when Rutgers professor Lowell Edmunds produced The Silver Bullet, a now classic study of the history of the Martini and the culture that blossomed around the drink.
Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' as Enneagram Types
May 2024By Dom Taylor Swift and some of her friends created an incredible album called “Midnights.” It’s an examination of the thoughts, desires, and fears that keep you up until midnight and beyond.
Ten For Today: National Marching Band Day
May 2024Today is National Marching Band Day. I LOVE marching bands. Marching bands make my heart race and they sometimes make me cry.
The 'Days Between Stations' columns, Interview magazine 1992-2008: Velvet Underground
May 2024This June I was in England and Germany, giving readings and lectures. The first thing people wanted to talk about was the Velvet Underground reunion tour.
The 'Hot' to 'Dating Zo Kravitz Hot' Pipeline
May 2024Hi everyone, and hello to all of the new subscribers! Let’s get this out of the way: no, I’m not going to talk about a certain album by a certain person who once made “Dark Fantasy,” “Guilt Trip,” and “Paranoid,” because not only do I not have any inclination to throw a single stream toward someone who brought a homophobe and a serial sexual abuser on stage with them last week, I also don’t have the time or patience to listen to an album that’s nearly two fucking hours long.
The 10 Best Rowing Athletes of the Decade
May 2024It’s nearly time to begin a new decade, and what better way to wind down the last 10 years (!) than with a few posts reflecting on the top performers, most exciting finishes, and best programs.
The 1996 Chicago Bulls: forever the GOAT
May 2024In the spring of 2016, the Golden State Warriors made Ron Harper a prophet. Led by a transcendent Stephen Curry, those Warriors were the rarest of rare teams: not just a great club, not just a juggernaut, but an instant icon.
The Authentic Ache In "Why Me" by Kris Kristofferson
May 2024Peak: #1 on the country chart (#16 on the Hot 100) Streams: 7.8 million Like so many genres, country music can be obsessed with the notion of authenticity: Who has it, who fakes it, who used to have it and gave it away.
The Beauty of Zip and Magneto Optical Disks [OPINION]
May 2024Around 20 years ago, I worked for a company building device drivers, for DVD-RAM drives, for pre-MacOS X Macintosh’s and Windows 2000-era PCs.
The best breakup advice I ever got
May 2024Valentine’s Day is historically not a great one for me (greatest hits include: apartment building fire, dad’s death, scary infection) but I insist on liking it because I love pink, hearts, sweets, and general silliness.
The Big Interview: Daphne van Domselaar
May 2024On Friday night, Daphne van Domselaar will be hoping not only to reach the final of the first UEFA Women’s Nations League when her Netherlands side face world champions Spain, but also book a spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The BIS Wants Bank Volunteers To Test a Tokenized Cross-Border Transfer Future
May 2024The BIS and the IIF are inviting private sector banks to participate in Project Agora, to explore how tokenization can enhance wholesale cross-border payments.
The Broken Civilizations of Alex Garland
May 2024Before Alex Garland’s new film Civil War even made it to theaters—and certainly now, as it’s been released to an avalanche of discourse—political questions have surrounded this election-year thought experiment about a second, contemporary American Civil War.
The Cabinet: Pisco - by Richard Godwin
May 2024~ PISCO ~ Unaged grape brandy from Peru and Chile / 38-48% ABV / c£28+ for 700ml Friends with: Citrus! And fruits in general, with special mention to passion fruit, grapefruit, apricot, melon, blueberry.
The decline of Arpge - by Meg Zimbeck
May 2024Eating at Arpège for the first time changed my life. This was back in 2010, and I was broke. I saved up for months to take my then-boyfriend for his birthday.
The Deep Misogyny of the "Maternal Instinct"
May 2024Today I’m thrilled to be running a Q&A with public health journalist Chelsea Conaboy, author of the important new book Mother Brain: How Neuroscience is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood.
The demise of CNN - Robert Reich
May 2024Friends, What happened to CNN? The day after I wrote this, CNN’s David Zaslav (CEO of CNN’s corporate parent, Warner Bros.
The Drum Room lays down the sticks
May 2024While life on the plains has been fraught with twisters, Cinco de Mayo and the return of Loud City, the dining news has marched forth.
The Friday Brief: A Nice Day To Fly a Kite
May 2024This week I went back to work for the first time in three weeks. We’d planned a trip to Tokyo, then plans changed when we lost dad.
The Genius Behind The Noble Preamp DI
May 2024I was so psyched to be back in Santa Cruz on tour again after so many years, and am really glad it worked out to have Jack come by my hotel and tape this interview for you all.
The Hierarchy of Cuteness - by Julia Pott
May 2024After a week spent dwelling on Sylvanian Families, I started to think a lot about cuteness, specifically about the hierarchy of cuteness.
The Impossible Journey of 'The Secret of Kells'
May 2024Welcome! We’re back with another issue of the Animation Obsessive newsletter. Here’s the plan today: If you’re new, you can sign up to receive our newsletter every week, right in your inbox:
The Key to LLM Alignment
May 2024This newsletter is presented by Rebuy, the commerce AI company. If you like the newsletter, feel free to get in touch or follow me on Medium, X, and LinkedIn.
The Killer (2023) - Matthew Puddister
May 20247/10 With Fight Club, David Fincher made a classic satire destined to be one of those movies misunderstood by generations of young men who take the destructive lead character’s words at face value and idolize him as a role model.
The Last of the Pejesaperos
May 2024When I used to live in Chorrillos, a fishing village on the southern end of Lima, Peru that was swallowed up by the city’s urban sprawl, I occasionally would see men with long poles climbing down the coastal cliffs, where waves crashed were crashing into the rocky shore.
The Last Outpost - by Chris Bateman
May 2024It's the first opportunity for the Ferengi to disappoint the audience, but don't worry for it shall not be their last.
The Life of Marcus Aurelius
May 2024Dear Classical Wisdom Member, For those of you who are truly dedicated to the great Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, you no doubt have already donned your party hat, blown up the balloons, and found some simple fruits to stick a candle in.
The Lincoln Oaklanders are The Most Bewildering College Football Program in America
May 2024Oct. 1 marks the bye week for Lincoln University. The Oaklanders have earned the time off. Through its first four games, Oakland-based Lincoln lost games of 52-7 at Texas A&M Commerce; 42-10 at Western Oregon; 66-7 against Div.
The Marie Eiffel ScandalAn In-Depth Investigation into the Dark Shelter Island Celebrity Hotspots
May 2024Disclaimer: This article is as informational as it is snarky. For actual legal advice, consult someone who passed the bar exam, not the in-flight snack bar.
The Mitford Sisters and The Kardashian Sisters
May 2024The famous Mitford family, including Muv and Farve and brother Tom / Getty The first Mitford book I read was perhaps the most iconic: the fanciful memoir Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford of growing up in the Cotswalds, England countryside, in an isolated manor full of children ( all girls but for one brother ) where the totality of life took place: school was at home with a teacher, playtime was at home with siblings, socializing was in the home on the terms of the parents.
The pure emptiness of Katie Britt
May 2024If there’s one thing the last 72 hours have taught us, it’s how hard it is to be a woman and a Republican these days.
The Queen who Outlasted Five Kings
May 2024Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent.
The Return of Ticonderoga Club
May 2024As if surviving the forced closures and adapting to limited service models due to the pandemic wasn’t enough for many of our beloved bars, on the night of December 19, 2022 the award-winning, trailblazing Atlanta bar Ticonderoga Club suffered a water pipe rupture that destroyed their kitchen, upstairs space, and their front dining area, wreaking havoc on their plumbing and electric systems, forcing them to close for four months.
The Rich Don't Penny Pinch - by Sean McClure
May 2024If you’d rather listen, check out the NonTrivial Podcast. Penny pinching is something we see all the time. People do it when they’re deciding where to eat.
The Senior Manager (L7) Talk
May 2024Amazon L7 is the manager of managers, or “Senior Manager” level. Team sizes vary by discipline, ranging from 20 to 80, and represent the first time a leader manages through other managers.
The Shady promotion of Vegan content
May 2024When I was in High School, I was vegetarian for about a year because my girlfriend was vegetarian. At first, I didn’t really give it much thought - I figured since I could still eat cheese and eggs, it wouldn’t be too hard.
The Simple Pleasures of Watching 'Ancient Aliens'
May 2024I don’t know about you, but the past couple of years certainly pushed my television viewing habits to its extreme limits.
The Sin of Overwriting - Writerly Things with Brooke Warner
May 2024I finally watched Oppenheimer this weekend, which I’d put off after overhearing a comment made by a 13-year-old girl standing in front of me while I waited in line to see Barbie.
The Ted Lasso Relationship Guide: The Dart Scene
May 2024“Be curious, not judgmental.” ~Walt Whitman In one of the most iconic scenes from season one of Ted Lasso, Ted is meeting Rebecca at the local pub, The Crown and Anchor, to schmooze with some of the owners of the Richmond club.
The Tragedy of Stafford Beer
May 2024During the pandemic, I was seduced by a charming British management consultant. A debonair James Bond-type who went from driving a Rolls Royce around his countryside estate to orchestrating the Chilean economic experiment under Allende to teaching Brian Eno about the principles of complex systems in a stone cottage in Wales.
The Unbroken: Books for Palestine Auction
May 2024Hi everyone, In theory, it’s around the time for a new newsletter, but before I get composed enough for one of those…
THE WIT AND WISDOM OF BARNABY JONES
May 2024When people discuss the prestige TV crime dramas of the 1970s, they tend to mention Columbo, The Rockford Files, Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco, Police Story, McCloud, and McMillan and Wife.
There are People that Hate Mother Teresa
May 2024My daughter is named Teresa. I didn’t always get Catholicism, but I always got Mother Teresa. A fearless warrior for Christ, serving the poorest of the poor.
There R Giants Pod-165 with Susan Slusser
May 2024SF Chronicle’s great beat writer Susan Slusser joins me from Arizona to talk about a fascinating Giants camp. Susan discusses the importance of Bob Melvin’s presence, the clear need for more starting pitching, the shortstop situation and much, much more.
These are the good ol days
May 2024Hey y’all, Last weekend I spent a day at my mom’s house sifting through my childhood. Among the artifacts I saved or discarded from the first two decades of my life: a hundred pounds of notebooks and binders from high school, random junk like chem lab aprons I never returned, letters from former girlfriends, bank statements, rental agreements, brochures, ticket stubs, wristbands, notes, old sketchbooks, a stack of song lyrics and guitar tablature several inches thick, tuition statements, computer manuals, hint books, baseball cards, floppy disks, and best of all, toys.
This is what living in a family compound is really like
May 2024Ever since I started this newsletter, I’ve been having conversations with people about family compounds. Though not everyone wants to live next to their family, it is apparently a dream for many.
Tim Tyrrell's Unique "What Might Have Been" Twist Turns Into NFL Success Story
May 2024Tim Tyrrell’s story is a unique twist to the countless “what might have been” stories of athletes whose lives are altered or derailed by a devastating injury.
To sleep: perchance to dream: AI, there's the rub
May 2024Share “To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer Here’s a Thought is a reader-supported publication.
To the surprise of no one, Pizzeria Florian is already excellent and worth a trip to East Aurora
May 2024The first time I met Jay Langfelder and his partner Amanda Jones they were working on their food truck, OG Food Wire in 2015.
Todd Combs, Michael Mauboussin, and Tano Santos (2024)
May 2024Hi there! Welcome to A Letter a Day. If you want to know more about this newsletter, see "The Archive.” At a high level, you can expect to receive a memo/essay or speech/presentation transcript from an investor, founder, or entrepreneur (IFO) each edition.
Tone Glow 024: Still House Plants
May 2024Still House Plants are a Glasgow and South London-based group made up of Finlay Clark (guitar), Jessica Hickie-Kallenbach (vocals), and David Kennedy (drums).
Too Big To Fail: RRL - by Noah Best
May 2024Ralph Lauren once famously declared that he designs dreams, not clothes; RRL is one slice of Lauren’s dream, presented in a wearable frontier uniform.
Tracing the Roots of Pakistani Truck Art
May 2024Welcome to the Brown History Newsletter. If you’re enjoying this labor of love, please do consider becoming a paid subscriber. Your contribution would help pay the writers and illustrators and support this weekly publication.
Twitter is censoring reporting on Ukrainian Nazis on the pretext of "abusive behavior"
May 2024Twitter has locked me out of my account and has prevented me from posting the following tweet, which they claim is “abusive.
UConn offers, hosts 2025 guard Kelis Fisher
May 2024UConn women’s basketball extended an offer to 2025 guard Kelis Fisher and also hosted her on campus for an unofficial visit this past weekend.
UNDER, WITH AND OVER THE POSTURES OF POWER
May 2024photo by Jonathan Borba“UNDER”, “WITH” AND “OVER” – THE POSTURES OF POWER Right before Jesus ascended to the right hand of the Father, he commissions his disciples with the famous words “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given unto me …” (Matt 28:18) It is a stunning all-encompassing statement of Jesus authority over the world (in heaven and on earth) as the mission of God commences into the world.
Vagabonding. - by Rishad Tobaccowala
May 2024Vagabonding is an outlook on life. Vagabonding is about using the prosperity and possibility of the information age to increase your personal options instead of your personal possessions.
Vin Diesel On Freezing His Backside Off For Saving Private Ryan
May 2024For its first half hour alone, Saving Private Ryan will forever be remembered as the last great war movie of the twentieth century.
Wanderers from Ys/The Oath in Felghana
May 2024This column is “It’s new to me,” in which I’ll play a game I’ve never played before — of which there are still many despite my habits — and then write up my thoughts on the title, hopefully while doing existing fans justice.
Was a News Intern Just Fired by the New York Times Over a Joke Targeting the 'Hot Houthi Pirate'?
May 2024Last week a video went viral on TikTok that featured a “hot” Houthi pirate apparently attacking a cargo ship off the coast of Yemen.
Was Richard Simmons American Medias First Affable Gay Friend?
May 2024Share If you want a hipster breakfast* in any large city, anywhere in this great land of ours, chances are you’re going to end up in a region called “midtown,” at a place with lots of ironic 1980s lunchboxes, ironic black velvet paintings, ironic VCRs, and all manner of other vintage/retro kitsch from decades gone by.
We Need, Right Now, More Bedtime Prayers
May 2024Below the Bible Belt: 929 chapters, 42 months, daily reflections. Become a free or paid subscriber and join Rabbi Amichai’s 3+ years interactive online quest to question, queer + re-read between the lines of the entire Hebrew Bible.
Weekend Reads - by Alisa Ungar-Sargon
May 2024HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIDE of potty training … of sleep training … of the discipline required to write an artist’s statement without succumbing to shame or disgust.
What Age Will We Be in Heaven?
May 2024Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.In my youth director days, working at a church and teaching students, I was often questioned about Heaven.
What are your favorite grief books?
May 2024I love how many grief books exist right now. From the heart-wrenchingly honest to the humorous, it feels like there’s something for everyone.
What can a literary manager do for you?
May 2024Good morning to the smartest, most creative email list in the whole world! This week’s newsletter is coming at you one day early, so you know what that means: That’s right, tomorrow I announce an upcoming webinar that will dive deep into the topic that every single writer always asks me about.
What is a parklet history, design principles, and implications in our world today
May 2024A newsletter on how architecture and the environment affect who we are by me. As our cities reopened for outdoor dining, it called our attention to certain playful structures popping up alongside our sidewalks — parklets.
What is The Pseudonymous Economy and can it create better social networks?
May 2024Hello there, Wish you a great new year! Presenting to you my first piece of 2023. It is about a concept I came across recently and found very intriguing - pseudonymity.
What Netflix's New Doc Gets Wrong About Gut Health
May 2024I started getting questions about Netflix’s new gut-health documentary before it even came out. The trailer for “Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut” was pushed to multiple people in my life (including me), presumably based on our past viewing habits—I don’t typically watch things like that for fun, but I’ve been using my account for research purposes recently, so now I’m getting served all the wellness-y stuff.
What the NFL crushing the NBA on T.V. means for basketball fans ... eventually
May 2024Good morning. Let’s basketball. At the Races; Edgar Degas; 1877-80 The NFL mollywhopped the NBA in T.V. ratings on Christmas Day.
What the No Days Off Approach Gets Wrong
May 2024It’s that time of the year when “no days off” becomes a marketing tactic. For some brands, it’s a call for consistency and a “re-commitment to the process of being a runner;” for others, it represents “your strength to self-motivate, crush all excuses, and follow through on your goals.
What the Nuggets Can Teach Us About Forging a Countercultural Path to Success
May 2024The Denver Nuggets' postseason dominance caught many by surprise, judging from the dumbfounded ESPN commentary and stunned court-side celebrities, particularly during the Western Conference Championship against the Lakers.
What the song 'Anarchy Burger' is really trying to tell us
May 2024In their debut album “Peace thru Vandalism” the punk band The Vandals critiqued the American power structure in the song “Anarchy Burger”, saying:
What to Say When People Get Bad News
May 2024“It didn’t take,” she whispered to me. She’d been trying for well over a year to get pregnant. I’d known since the earliest days that she was trying to start a family.
What to Write This Week (17): Kishotenketsu
May 2024If you enjoy these exercises, you might like my self-paced Flash Fiction Intensive. Welcome to the seventeenth installment of “What to Write This Week.
What would you tell your younger self?
May 2024If you had the chance to send one piece of advice to your younger self from a decade back, what advice would that be?
What You Don't Know About Family Estrangement
May 2024The vast majority of societies on this planet still understand family as their primary, most cherished bond. Blood relation or not, there is an understanding that forsaking these bonds is a form of unforgivable treachery, understandable only in circumstances of abject trauma.
Whatever Happened to Creedence? - by Albert Cory
May 2024Movies: Creedence Clearwater Revival: The Golden Era, The Tragedy Of Creedence Clearwater Revival Today we look at a “whatever happened to” story: Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Who is Orhan Awatramani? - by Mannat Sharma
May 2024Welcome to the glittering world of Orry Awatramani – the elusive socialite and the "it" friend of the rich and famous.
Who is Sherita? A Brooklyn Mystery
May 2024Hello everyone, Welcome to ISSUE #28 of CAFÉ ANNE! A few weeks ago, I got the best kind of email from a reader—someone asking me to investigate a Brooklyn mystery.
Who was Rebecca Clarke? - by Leah Broad
May 2024Look up the composer and violist Rebecca Clarke on Wikipedia and you’re presented with one of the best-known images of her, taken in 1919.
Why are sourwood trees so twisty?
May 2024The world seems a little (a lot?) crazy and stressful right now. If you’re finding it all just a bit too much, then search out a patch of forest and bath in some of the goodness therein.
Why arent we teaching more kids to cook in schools?
May 2024It’s the time of year when our kids are heading back to school, which always has me thinking about our young ones.
Why couples counseling won't solve household inequality
May 2024It’s one of the first pieces of advice women get when they complain about household labor inequality: Go to couples counseling (along, usually, with a recommendation to read “Fair Play.
Why Did Gandalf Refuse to Take the One Ring to Help All the Oppressed
May 2024Image Courtesy If you are a fan of The Lord of the Rings movies, you probably remember Bilbo’s eyes when he was grasping for the Ring of Power on Frodo’s neck.
Why Everyone Should Know The Story Of Lucia de Berk
May 2024What incidents from history do you think all decently educated people should know about? Not the big ones, the most important wars and revolutions and innovations, but the smaller, less well-known ones — the stories that aren’t that big a deal in the grand scheme of things, but which are surprisingly rich when you dig into them?
Why Have My Dog's Eyes Turned Blue?
May 2024If your dog’s eyes take on a blue hue or cloudy appearance, there are several conditions that could be in play
Why I can't look away from Sufjan Stevens' "John Wayne Gacy, Jr."
May 2024This had not happened for any of the first 60 episodes that I recorded for You, Me and An Album, but for Episode 61, I felt the need to put a warning in the podcast about the sensitive nature of the content.
Why I Own 3 Sizes of The Row Margaux Bag
May 2024After this past weekend in New York when my most DM’d question was about my Margaux bag (from The Row) ~ I thought I should probably weigh in as someone who admittedly has collected three sizes over the years of what’s been deemed a “Birkin in the making.
Why I wrote about Ballerinafarm twice in one month
May 2024I had no intention of writing about Hannah OR Daniel this week. I really didn’t. But then I saw this post from Hannah.
Why is Scoring in the NHL Up?
May 2024For years, scoring in the NHL has been steadily increasing. Teams are now averaging over 3 goals per game, something that hadn’t been done since the early 1990s.
Why is Sisyphus Happy? - by Ben Thomas
May 2024In moments of intense despair, I always found comfort in the’ closing line of “The Myth of Sisyphus”: one must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Why Is Target Closing Stores?
May 2024Target announced this week that they would be closing 9 stores across 4 cities in the next month. The company’s carefully worded statement received widespread attention from national outlets that read more into the statement than was actually said.
Why offline retailers fail at online marketplaces
May 2024Once upon a time, retailers invested in large swathes of land, arranged aisles with the choicest of products, and built a fortune serving suburbia.
Why the Bestseller List Should Not Be Your Goal
May 2024Hi friends, Sorry this newsletter is a little late. I’ve been too busy making deals this week [hair flip]. And it kinda worked in my favor, because last night I went to the book launch for Jo Piazza’s THE SICILIAN INHERITANCE—I cannot wait to read this book!
Why The First $100k Is The Hardest!
May 2024In the 1990’s a young man asked Charlie Munger at the Berkshire Hathaway meeting what his best advice was for someone trying to create wealth.
Why the US can't have nice things
May 2024Such an interesting framework on trust versus regulation, and high versus low. A classic 2x2. I'm seeing this in my own upstate New York village, where there was a big fight over whether to build a dog park.
Windsor Pointe reaches boiling point
May 2024CARLSBAD — A once quiet neighborhood has become weary of a controversial supportive housing project as complaints and concerns have piled up.
Yes, it's true. I went there.
May 2024Note: This newsletter is supported by Donnelly’s Public House, a wonderful canal-side establishment in the village of Fairport. I can’t remember the last time I visited a brewery and didn’t see an India pale ale on draft.
YKWIM #61: Forget About It Friday
May 2024Trigger warning: I will be talking a movie plot that contains murder and suicide. Just for your own reference in case you need it, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Line at 800-273-8255 or text TALK to 741741.
You Know I Had To Do It To Em - by Kathryn Winn
May 2024In 2014, a young man took an iconic photograph. He was simply standing on a sidewalk in a lush suburban street, hands clasped in a singular pose that would come to be iconic.
You Should Watch More Canceled TV Shows
May 2024If I ever had to list out my favorite TV shows, I would have to include The Mick, How to Make It In America, and Freaks and Geeks near the top.
Lululemon Went Further, But Not For Ultrarunnings Sake
May 2024Hey pals, For 6 days last week I couldn’t turn on instagram without being bombarded with an explosion of coral. Thanks to Lululemon’s ‘Further’ event, I’m sure you all experienced the same thing.
Superfluor 01. De Chihiro y los conflictos ocultos
May 2024¿Cómo estás? Soy Iván Leal y te doy la bienvenida a Superfluor, una gaceta donde inteconectar ideas y recursos de los que extraer inspiración.
'9 to 5' (December 19, 1980)
May 2024The ‘80s in 40 revisits the decade of the 1980s choosing four movies a year, one from each quarter. The entry brings us to the end of 1980.
'For two hours a week we would feel alive' Ange speaking in Greek about the glory of Hellas
May 2024Today was an exciting day for our ‘Puskas in Australia’ project. A generous donor made a contribution of $25,000, which gave us real belief that we can get our feature documentary on screens in 2024.
'The Ring' (2002) Review - by Nathan
May 2024Temptation is the silent killer that has claimed many victims within the horror genre. In 2002’s The Ring, Naomi Watts plays a woman who falls deeper into this fear-inducing story about how people die seven days after watching a mysterious tape.
"A moth to flame. A witch to burn."
May 2024Today is Cover Reveal Day for the UK edition of Heartless Hunter! Outside of North America, the book will be published under its original title, The Crimson Moth.
"Hi everyone. Chris, Jairaj, and I wanted to let you know that weve heard and have been listening
May 2024Hi everyone. Chris, Jairaj, and I wanted to let you know that we’ve heard and have been listening to all the views being expressed about how Substack should think about the presence of fringe voices on the platform (and particularly, in this case, Nazi views).
"No Country For Old Men" (2007) with Isaac Feldberg
May 2024When was the last time you watched “No Country for Old Men” (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐)? I saw it twice in 2007, the year it came out, and then two weeks ago while preparing for this podcast, and the intervening 15 years had cast a pall of dust on the experience of the movie that a revisit dispelled in a blast of bleak Texas wind.
"Ordinary Barbie:" Greta Gerwig's Love Letter to Women
May 2024“Humans only have one ending. Ideas live forever.” Ruth Handler, Barbie I took myself to the movies. The babies were in bed and there was an 8:30 showing of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie at our local multiplex.
"Perhaps the World Ends Here" by Joy Harjo
May 2024I just returned from a weeklong trip to Paris with my beloved (for which I’m very thankful—both the trip and the beloved).
"Survivor 45" Episode 3 Recap
May 2024Welcome to my new home on Substack! Every Wednesday after the “Survivor” episode airs you’ll be able to find a full recap along with individual player grades right here.
"the idea of you" author robinne lee on love, female friendship, and getting hate mail about that en
May 2024Hi from Spain! I am so thrilled about this week’s episode of So Into That with The Idea of You author Robinne Lee.
"Twitter just changed its moderation policy to remove protections for deadnaming and misgendering tr
May 2024Twitter just changed its moderation policy to remove protections for deadnaming and misgendering trans people. I honestly am this close to just moving here entirely.
#FromTheArchives "I Knew Kanye But I Had Never Met Yeezy" An Ode to Coodie (March 2022)
May 2024I, like a few million others, recently finished the Netflix docuseries, jeen-yuhs, which chronicled the meteoric rise of Kanye West, as told through the lenses of his long-time friends and collaborators, Clarence “Coodie” Simmons Jr.
20 Funny Films That I Think I'm Correct About
May 2024Comedy movies don’t really make me laugh anymore. This is because comedy movies aren’t funny anymore. This is just a fact.
2024 Pilgrimages - by Mountain Butorac
May 2024I hope your year is off to a great start! While much of the US is freezing, it’s a sunny 61ºF here in Rome!
25 years of the N64: WWF WrestleMania 2000
May 2024On September 29, 2021, the Nintendo 64 will turn 25 years old in North America. Throughout the month of September, I’ll be covering the console, its games, its innovations, and its legacy.
3 Must-Have Additions to MLB The Show '25
May 2024MLB The Show 24 has been out for over a month now, and we have talked about some of the biggest improvements.
5 Questions for author Erik Davis
May 2024Erik Davis grew up in Southern California in the 1970s and 80s. He and his friends were born a bit too late for the psychedelic 1960s, but they managed to do a lot of drugs anyway and were interested in the continuation of that era’s counterculture.
6 Questions with Marion Dayre - by Ben Blacker
May 2024Marion Dayre is impressive. We first met when she was swiftly moving up the assistant ranks on Better Call Saul, and since then her career has been a rocket, writing for that show, followed by work on The Act and Shantaram.
7 Charlotte-area DMVs, ranked - The Charlotte Ledger
May 2024Good morning! Today is Monday, February 14, 2022. ❤️ You’re reading The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.
8 Hidden Details In Sicario That Change Everything
May 2024When I watched Sicario the other night, I became obsessed with 1 small stupid detail. These random shots of dust swirling about in the air.
8 Hidden Messages In Air You Mightve Missed
May 2024“A shoe is just a shoe until somebody steps into it. The rest of us just want a chance to touch that greatness.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF POWERVIOLENCE
May 2024What follows is a brief excerpt from my monthly Patreon post. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe for an extra post every single month, as well as access to my entire back catalog of Patreon-exclusive posts!
A Brief Overview of Brazilian Funk
May 2024Welcome to the second Unsound Dispatch, which has replaced the Unsound newsletter, with regular features as well as Unsound news.
A Conversation with Emmalea Russo
May 2024Emmalea Russo — a poet, astrologer and teacher — first caught my attention as a reoccurring guest on Barrett Avner’s freeform conversational podcast CONTAIN, which I listened to a lot during the summer of 2022 while I was packing to move.
A Corner Bar for Natural Wine...and Early Edition Feminist Erotica
May 2024Henry Rich and the Oberon team, who are owners of Rucula, June Wine Bar, and Rhodora, have soft opened Anais, a new natural wine bar on a quiet corner of Bergen and Bond in Boerum Hill.
A Final Round with Rod Dreher
May 2024There are some similarities between a subscription newsletter and a blog—lack of independent editing, permission to write somewhat informally, and the freedom to focus and even fixate on just about anything, including a dispute with an old friend.
A Guide to Rome's Essential Neighborhoods
May 2024One of the questions I get asked most frequently is what are the best neighborhoods to base oneself during a trip to Rome.
A hoagie worth the hike - by Dennis Lee
May 2024Hello, party (cut) people! Hope you had a killer weekend. If you had anything good to eat, pop off in the comments.
A Literary Review of Taylor Swifts The Albatross
May 2024You’re reading a guest post by Isabella Vega. Isabella is a people journalist, word lover, and dreamer. She hopes every piece makes a home within your soul, and writes to elevate the truthful romanticism of living.
A look at lengthening byline credits at the New York Times
May 2024A few years ago, I found myself looking at New York Times bylines a lot more. I couldn’t help it really.
A ninja, beauty influencer, and princess in the news
May 2024Unless you live under a rock (everyone knows there is bad cell phone service under rocks), you likely heard that Kate Middleton (Catherine, Princess of Wales) released a video last week revealing she has cancer.
a recipe for Parsnip Remoulade.
May 2024This month on ingredient we’re focusing on parsnips: the bland looking winter root vegetable that disguises a wonderful sweet, earthy flavour.
A review of Olly "Happy Hoo-Ha" probiotics, and why you should be enraged
May 2024Some very offensive ads for an offensively named probiotic were making the rounds of late. The product? The “Happy Hoo-Ha,” which the manufacturer Olly claims “supports vaginal health and pH.
A slice of peace and quiet near the urban sprawl of Pattaya
May 2024We stride down a shady beachfront lane and into a fishing village to peep boats with bright orange-and-blue paint jobs. Potted plants sit on stilted porches above the calm sea.
A Spectacular Web of Expectations
May 2024At the beginning of Into the Spider-Verse, the first film in the trilogy, Miles Morales claims a life of “no expectations” with his spray painted mural, but he can’t avoid the expectations thrust on him—by his parents who sent him to an academically advanced prep school and by a dying Peter Parker who tasked him with dangerous mission.
Abdul Wadud - by Tyler King
May 2024My baptism into the music involved an outlook on life and the music that was very very vast and broad and negated very little.
acceptance as a precondition to change
May 2024This is the paradox: to reach transformation, we must let go of the aspiration for transformation. As psychologist Carl Rogers put it:
Aella: In defence of a birthday girl
May 2024This is, for the most part a pretty PG blog, although there’s certainly no taboo on sex here. This post, though, will not be PG.
Agoge Sequence Example Copy - Sam Nelson Content
May 2024Below are some email copy examples that I have seen be successful in each step of the Agoge Sequence. You can use this for inspiration for your first Agoge Sequence or for A/B testing new ideas into an existing one.
AIETA : Product Adoption Process
May 2024Hey PMs, Today’s newsletter is brought to you by our partner around.co Not a fan of video meetings with clunky UX?
Aigue Monme - by Luca Turin
May 2024A few days ago, Olivier David posted a glowing review of a new fragrance on Twitter (X, I know) that he had written for the magazine Nez.
Aldous Huxley's Letter to George Orwell
May 2024Aldous Huxley and George Orwell wrote arguably the two most popular novels portending the West’s dystopian future. For decades, thinkers have opined on which of the two starkly distinct totalitarian nightmares–that of Huxley’s Brave New World or Orwell’s 1984–was more likely to come to pass (or, as some contend, had come to pass).
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
May 2024Hello friends and enemies, We are verging on two thirds of the way through Martin Scorsese’s filmography. Now that we’re here, I sort of regret not saving all of my favorite films for the end.
ALL THE FAILS | DANNY STRONG
May 2024I met Danny when I was a twenty-two-year-old, mostly out-of-work actress who drove around LA in a Jeep Grand Cherokee that I steered mainly with my knees.
amanda hesser is so into a racket sport i'd never heard of and im so into her building a 9-figure
May 2024Amanda Hesser founded one of my favorite food and lifestyle brands, Food52. It’s one of my go-to sources for recipe and gift inspiration… and what’s crazy is that building that hugely successful company is just a small part of Amanda’s life story.
Amber Marshall - Episode 024
May 2024Amber Marshall from CBC's Heartland returns to The Time Has Come Podcast for another episode with Graham Wardle. Watch the first ten minutes for free on YouTube.
Announcing the 2023 All-SEC College Football Teams
May 2024The SEC had the most All-America selections in the exercise I posted earlier this week. Now, we’re taking an in-depth look at the conference to build three All-SEC Teams for the 2023 season.
Are We FLiRTing With A New Covid Wave?
May 2024I’d rather not have to write about it, and haven’t for awhile. More than four years in, we’re all sick of Covid stuff and hope it’s behind us.
At 50 I Started Getting Naked For Cash
May 2024One Wednesday night a month I drive to the next town over, park in the gravel lot behind a former church, make my way down to the basement, and then take my clothes off.
Atlantic Canada Mondays - what is a dooryard?
May 2024Every region has its own lingo, a language within a language. In my part of Atlantic Canada there’s a quaint (to outsiders) term called a dooryard.
B.F. Borgers taken out of the game
May 2024On May 3 The Securities and Exchange Commission dramatically announced it was cutting public accounting firm BF Borgers off at home plate.
Baby-Blood-Sucking Ants May Be In Your Backyard
May 2024This week, as I worked on chapters for my upcoming book — SORT OF FUNNY FIELD GUIDES (2025) — I got to return to an earlier interview I did with Corrie Moreau, a super cool scientist who studies ants at Cornell University.
BBBBBBB Live At Shibuya WWW
May 2024I’m pretty sure I set some kind of ground-speed record walking from Harajuku — where I had work obligations until around 8 p.
Beware of the Sneaky Fuckers
May 2024I tweeted out an epic quote recently that received over 300 likes: The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.
Beyond the Village: Traveling with Inspector Gamache
May 2024Hi friends! We have a bonus essay this week from Melissa Joulwan, the co-creator of Strong Sense of Place, a website and podcast devoted to literary travel and books with vivid settings.
Big Flake - by Brianna Spencer
May 2024Where have you been - oh no wait, where have I been - oopsie I’ve been a flake but what can I say huh?
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
May 2024By the time the 90s were coming to an end, the horror franchise landscape as the public and producers had known it was changing.
BREAKING: Charlotte FC fires head coach
May 2024Good morning! Today is Wednesday, November 8, 2023, and we’re coming to you with HOT BREAKING NEWS. Need to sign up for our newsletter to stay in-the-know about Charlotte?
Brittany Murphy - by Clark Moore
May 2024Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.I was not aware that August 19th was the 20-year anniversary of the seminal Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning buddy comedy Uptown Girls (2003) until Vogue posted this photo on Instagram.
Building the all-analytics Team USA roster
May 2024Thanks for reading the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter. If you like our work, be sure to check out our stats site, our podcast, and our social media accounts on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
Burnt Basque Cheesecake: Really? - by Greg Patent
May 2024Our dear friend, Dianne Jacob, and her husband, Owen Rubin, were coming over for dinner, and I said I’d make a cheesecake for dessert.
Burnt Potato Chips - by Danny Palumbo
May 2024Heyo! Here’s an edition of Chip Country, where I dissect a bag (or in this case a style) of potato chips.
Buy Me a Chair - by Paul Musgrave
May 2024I would like you to buy me a chair. Not just any chair: an endowed chair. Let me explain. Universities have strange business models.
Calvin Klein: Minimalism as Modernity
May 2024I wrote this piece several years ago for Heroine, Grailed’s woman’s site, but as Heroine has since closed I thought I would share it with you.
Can You Feel the Kenergy?
May 2024I am neither a Barbie truther nor a Barbie hater. Back when the movie came out, I saw it neither as a sinister woke manifesto nor as a masterwork of crypto-conservative subversion, for the simple reason that I just thought it was kind of a mess.
Captain's Holiday - by Chris Bateman
May 2024We open on a throwaway prop that Trek fans everywhere will come to know and giggle about, but for now we know nothing about this nor these two mysterious aliens who reek of time travel.
Catching Up on Last Week - by Arthur Bloom
May 2024What’s Going On in Missouri? Compared to the stalwart and virtuous plainsmen of Kansas, Missouri is a somewhat troubled state. They have a huge mob problem.
Causal Inference: the Mixtape (2nd edition)
May 2024I recently spoke with my editor at Yale University Press and in order for the second edition of the Mixtape, my 2021 book on causal inference, to be available for the January 2024 ASSA meetings (the annual conference for economists), I have to have a copy ready by December 9.
Character 101: naming the world
May 2024Readers ask me all the time where I get the names for my characters, and I don’t love the question because they’re always disappointed with the answer.
Character Analysis: Nathan Grant - The Heartie Observer
May 2024Hello Hearties! I am so excited to share this character analysis with you all! As some of you already know, this is the first of a series of psychological analyses of When Calls the Heart characters that I will be sharing.
Chicken Lentil Stew (with a vegan option!)
May 2024It’s the New Year, so expect to be inundated with ads and posts from meno-diet charlatans claiming they have “broken the menopause diet code.
Chickens vs. Playing Chicken
May 2024Our recent mornings here have been beautiful—crystal clear, and not too hot. The benefit of our almost daily storms is these pristine moments, where everything is beautiful.
Chili Crisp Sardine Rice!!! - by Marian Bull
May 2024Hello to all my new subscribers! Mess Hall was a “Substack Recommended” newsletter for roughly four days this week, which was very exciting and which I will absolutely be adding to my CV.
Christine McVie: Fleetwood Mac songs, 1970-1974
May 2024Publication of the first volume of Mick Fleetwood’s memoir Love That Burns led to a series of articles discussing the book and the pre-1974 versions of Fleetwood Mac.
Clubland Paradise: Black Cat Lounge 1985-2002
May 2024Austin has had some remarkable clubowners, and still does, but there’s never been one like Paul Sessums, a biker who grew up in Austin, married an artist and raised their children in a raging nightclub in the heart of Sixth Street.
Come and Go Blues - Remembering Gregg Allman
May 2024Today is the fourth anniversary of Gregg Allman’s death. Below is a personal reminiscence I wrote for Billboard in the immediate aftermath.
Comic Book Artist Colleen Doran Did It Her Way
May 2024One of the things I enjoy most about 5AM StoryTalk’s artist-on-artist conversation series is pushing myself to explore the creative process in mediums I don’t work in or necessarily understand nearly as well as I do others.
Comments - Brown Sugar Shortbread
May 2024I went to the factory a few decades ago in Ohio: https://www.davidlebovitz.com/inside-kitchena/ At the time, they told me they were the last small appliance made in America, the mixer.
Comments - Capote's Black and White Ball
May 2024Thank you for this nostalgic peek back at the ‘60’s! ‘Such characters that B&W Ball was full of! and how times change…
Comments - Donnie Iris - Ah! Leah!
May 2024This was a lot of fun to read. And emotive, as well, the way you linked it with your sister. Beautiful.
Comments - July 1, 2024
May 2024From what you say here, you believe the falsehoods that stream from the mouth of a convicted felon, as repeated by Fox, Newsmax, and OAN.
Comments - Welcome to Ground Truths
May 2024Ahh...I get a sense that Substack is concerned about the proliferation of covid critical Substacks like Alex Berenson's (and my own) and wants to set up a counternarrative.
Complex PTSD Is No Joke
May 2024I was diagnosed with complex PTSD in June 2006. I hadn’t slept for two weeks, my heart felt like it was going to come out of my chest, and in the middle of the day, every day, I was hearing my baby, who had died more than a year before, crying for me.
Congratulations, your smear got a public defender fired.
May 2024In the past few years, public defense organizations in New York have lost hundreds of staffers. This is because public defenders make around $74,000.
COWSPIRACY REVISITED - Was the Netflix hit a load of hot air to hijack the vegan movement for ill-in
May 2024Was it all a fart-ce? Propaganda? One big stinking, steaming cow pad ready for the uninitiated to step into with two feet and a celery stick for a paddle.
Cry, the Beloved Truckers - by Jim Bob Moore
May 2024God’s Army has started out looking a bit more like a lost platoon. The “Take Our Border Back” (TOBB) group, which has been claiming 750,000 truckers would make their way to near Eagle Pass, left Norfolk, Virginia on Monday with a few dozen cars and trucks, launching on their profound mission from the outlet malls.
date night in - the smitten kitchen digest
May 2024Monday, February 12, 2024 Good afternoon! … from a human that could use a third day in her weekend — how about you?
Dear Great New York Noodletown
May 2024Back in 1994, Ruth Reichl famously reviewed and raved about Great New York Noodletown for The New York Times. “New York Noodletown,” she wrote, “with its bustle and clatter, its shared tables and its chefs wreathed in billows of steam rising from the cauldrons of soup in the front of the restaurant, is as close as you can get to Hong Kong without leaving Manhattan.
DEFCON-3 HANGOVER PROTOCOL - by Kimberly Harrington
May 2024One night, a couple months ago, I went out. We had drinks before the thing, a couple drinks after the thing, then we all went out after the going out.
Do Autistic People Have Sex The Truth About Autism & Sex
May 2024Welcome back to another Founding Member Friday! Every other Friday, a post like this (often on a more intimate and personal topic) will be brought to you by and for our Founding Members.
Doctors are warning of Trumps dementiaits time corporate media report on this!
May 2024Share When more than 500 licensed mental health professions—including best-selling authors and well-respected psychologists—sign apetition warning that Donald Trump has clear signs of dementia, you would think corporate media would cover the story.
Does fingernail polish really kill chiggers?
May 2024Welcome to Natural Wonders, where I try to find out the answers to random questions that pop into my head while I’m out in the woods.
Dog Story - Sherman Alexie
May 2024In the late 1970s, my big brother adopted a stray dog—a massive St. Bernard. Back in those days, white people sometimes dumped their unwanted mutts on our reservation.
Down the Straussian Rabbit Hole
May 2024I offer my apologies in advance for what is going to be a post that’s pretty inside-baseball to the Straussian world—that is, to the world of ideas shaped by Leo Strauss’s teaching and writing.
Dylan's Christmas Lights: A Scholarly Treatise
May 2024On this, the eve of another holiday , I thought I would take a moment to review for you my long rich one-sided seasonal holiday history with Bob Dylan.
E. Glen Weyl, Economist and Author, Microsoft
May 2024This week's episode of "The Mixtape with Scott" features an insightful conversation with E. Glen Weyl, a distinguished economist whose career has spanned academia and industry.
Eating Our Way Through The Culinary Institute of America
May 2024“Can we have lunch at the Culinary Institute?” Everyone seems to want to tryCulinary Institute of America – it’s one of the most common requests since we started arranging tours in 2019.
Edition 22: The Perfect Penny Loafers
May 2024Greetings, friends! And welcome to Caroline Finds It: my weekly newsletter where I reply to submissions from YOU for objects and products you need recommendations for.
EJ Marcus does the perfect LA dad
May 2024Embedded is your essential guide to what’s good on the internet, from Kate Lindsay and Nick Catucci.🧩 I need LA dad to pick me up from school.
Elsa Maxwell - Ruined Table with Courtney McBroom
May 2024Welcome to the palate cleanser, otherwise known as our little break between dinner party themes, where I get to write about whatever want.
Emojis for dummies - by Jacqueline Nesi, PhD
May 2024📢 Welcome, techno sapiens! A few announcements. First, given the many embedded photos, links, and videos in today’s post, I recommend reading it in your browser.
End of Year Wrap Up
May 2024“You know, it’s called ‘From the Hip’”, I said to my friend as we sat in Robert’s Western World, the only good thing still left in Nashville, listened to some Sunday night Honky Tonk, watched the elders dance and split a bologna sandwich.
Eras best third basemen - by G. Scott Thomas
May 2024There was no doubt of Mike Schmidt’s excellence. The longtime third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1995, his first year of eligibility.
Estimating Magnus Carlsen's IQ - by Sebastian Jensen
May 2024For whatever reason the commonly accepted IQ of magnus carlsen is 190 - I think this is because people seem to think chess is highly g-loaded, when in reality it is not (r = .
Et Al. makes Tulsa a dining destination
May 2024A nasty nerve impingement kept me horizontal much of last week, but when I tried to call in sick the line was busy because that’s what happens when you try calling yourself.
Every Second Counts. - by Rishad Tobaccowala
May 2024What is your purpose? Is it too late to re-invent yourself? What happens when you come to a fork in the road?
Everyone is Struggling, Including Your Coworkers
May 2024I had just started a new job. This always involves a steep learning curve, self-imposed pressure and expectations, extracurricular work such as signing up for benefits, and new relationships to manage.
Farming in Medieval Europe
May 2024When we talk about technological innovations, the last thing that pops into people’s heads is Medieval peasants in Europe. Compared to today, Medieval peasants struggled in the mud working with primitive technology and working excruciatingly hard just to survive.
First look inside The Library Bar at the historic David Whitney Building // Alba soft opens in Corkt
May 2024Hello and welcome to the weekend! Jer here. We’re going to keep this edition fun. My Friday podcast co-host Devon O’Reilly had a chance to stop in the new Library bar at the David Whitney Building, and snapped some photos to share.
Fishwife & Jose Gourmet
May 2024I recently came back from a stint in Europe where I found myself thinking about tinned fish more than I’d like to admit.
Five great dexterity games - by Matt Montgomery
May 2024Well, hello! I hope 2023 is treating you very well. I’m here today with five of my favorite dexterity games, and I’m excited to just dive straight into the good stuff.
FIVE QUESTIONS FOR ... FRANCES BARBER
May 2024(Above: Best friends, Sir Ian McKellan and Frances Barber. She moved in with him for a time so he could care for her.
Five Red Sox prospects who have performed well this spring
May 2024We are entering week three of spring training and there have been a few rounds of roster “cuts” from big league camp.
Flowers of the Moon, by Alexander Palacio
May 2024Foreword by Aristo: This is the sequel to the first book review I published on the Substack, The Turquoise Serpent, written by Alexander Palacio, who goes by @conan_esq on Twitter.
Food 11: Barely-cooking cooking - HOME by India Knight
May 2024Good morning! Not everything has to be an effort. Here are a few very easy, basic-but-delicious things to make when you’re starving but the idea of cooking makes you want to lie down.
GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 96 - The Eccentric Timeline of Street Fighter
May 2024Fighting games have never quite been known for their stories, but they certainly have always been interesting, whether that’s the time travel shenanigans on modern Mortal Kombat, the magic shenanigans of Guilty Gear, or the healthy crotch-kicking contest between the Mishima men in Tekken, fighting game plots are certainly all over the place, often bending to the needs of the recent character roster.
Good Riddance, 2023 - by Steve Lichtenstein
May 2024New York is made for stars to shine under the brightest lights. And in the sports world, some of the games’ biggest names called the area home during 2023, From the teams I follow, we had the iconic Aaron’s, Judge and Rodgers, supreme NBA talents Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, and hockey wizards Artemi Panarin and Jack Hughes, just to name a few.
Grammy-nominated Rapper Raja Kumari - by Simi Shah
May 2024Welcome to South Asian Trailblazers! 👋🏼 I’m Simi Shah, and here, I dive deep into the journeys of trailblazing South Asians.
Graniteville - Staten Island - by Rob Stephenson
May 2024Last Friday, while I was trying to decide what neighborhood to cover next, New York experienced its largest earthquake since 1884.
Greater White-Fronted Geese - by Robert Leonard
May 2024Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) in flight at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, south of Chico, California.
Greening the Hag
May 2024I don’t think that many of you who follow my work and have read my books will be unaware of the remarkable gigantic old woman in the Gaelic folkloric traditions: the Cailleach, the creator and shaper of the land, and (in Scotland, at least) the spirit of the season of winter.
Grossy Pelosi knows how to entertain
May 2024Aliza and I recognize the past few weeks have been incredibly heavy. If this piece doesn’t feel right for you right now, we completely understand.
Hanging Out A Shingle - by Bertie Bregman, MD
May 2024Back in 2006, when Rachel and I founded Westside Family Medicine, we were blissfully ignorant of what it would entail.
Heart Words - by Randee Bergen
May 2024It’s finally here—my compilation of heart words and accompanying instructional slide show! If you haven’t heard of heart words or don’t fully understand how or why to teach them, check out this article.
Heaven's Just a Sin Away The Kendalls' kinda creepy classic
May 2024Peak: #1 on the country chart (#69 on the Hot 100) Streams: 8.2 million You may recall that in the late 60s, Frank and Nancy Sinatra hit #1 with the song “Somethin’ Stupid.
How a 'Broken' Piano Created a Magical Concert
May 2024When I was very young, Grandma Collier bought a piano for my sister and me. Grandma Collier could really play. So could my dad.
How mad does Mike Tyson really get to be about Hulu "stealing" his life story for its new series?
May 2024You know the story of the Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson fight? Probably you do. At least you know the general outline.
How Mina Kimes became a much-needed voice for ESPN
May 2024Friends, Mina Kimes is an award-winning journalist, NFL analyst, and podcast host. She’s extremely knowledgeable about the game of football. And I’m not talking about understanding the game on a basic level, she knows her stuff.
How More Tech Can Mean More Human Challenges
May 2024Summary: The article discusses the 'Irony of Automation', illustrating how increased automation can unexpectedly complicate human tasks. It emphasises the importance of UX professionals in addressing these challenges through human-centric design and suggests practical strategies for maintaining human engagement and skills in automated systems.
How Not to Kill a Vampire
May 2024Dublin University requires that a scientific paper follow a specific format—title, authors and affiliation, abstract, introduction, methods, results, conclusions, acknowledgments, and references—but what’s the point when nobody’s alive to read the paper?
How Philip Taylor built FinCon, the leading conference for personal finance creators
May 2024Today, the personal finance content niche is absolutely ginormous. You can’t open up YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram without encountering an influencer who gives advice on how to make and save money.
How Rolling Stone's Miles Klee became an enemy of the QAnon Army
May 2024Rolling Stone Culture Writer Miles Klee found himself at the eye of a right wing media shitstorm this week after writing a review of the new film Sound of Freedom.
How the Pizza Party Became the Symbol of Bad Bosses Everywhere
May 2024When I was in elementary school, I used to get a coupon wheel with every good report card. Inside were freebies and discounts sure to appeal to any ’90s kid: tokens for Chuck E.
How They Designed the Powerpuff Girls
May 2024Welcome! We’re back with another exciting edition of the Animation Obsessive newsletter. This is the agenda today: 1 — on the making of Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.
How to criticize Israel without sounding like a moron (or an anti-semite)
May 2024Well, lookie here: I was mentioned in the NY Times “On Comedy” column for a standup set I did filled with jokes about Israel and Palestine ("
How to take a perfect dating photo
May 2024TL;DR: take the photo from a tripod, with a flash, during golden hour, with a nice background, while wearing a suit.
How transparent is TikTok? - by Brandon Silverman
May 2024The heat around TikTok has reached a near-boiling point in the U.S. and seems to only be escalating every day. There are now reports that the White House is demanding that TikTok either sell off its entire US operations or potentially face a complete ban (an authority the White House would like to have and which Congress might give them).
How Void Stranger rethinks hardcore puzzlers
May 2024Back in 2019 I put out a video essay analyzing System Erasure's previous game, ZeroRanger, mostly as a way of seeing if making video essays about games might be fun enough to spend time on.
INTERVIEW: CERTIFIED TRAPPER - JOHN'S MUSIC BLOG
May 2024A lot of good rappers have come out of Milwaukee, but there is only one Certified Trapper. I’m not sure if anyone like him has ever existed within the city limits.
Interview: W. Mondale Robinson - by Paul Waldman
May 20241× 0:00 -37:06 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Today I bring you an interview my co-author Tom Schaller and I did with W.
Is there such a thing as right person, wrong time?
May 2024HI. Hello. Welcome to our occasional advice column. It is more like a conversation column, advice implies that there are answers.
Issue #36: PON PON PON
May 2024Hi! Welcome to This Side of Japan, a newsletter about Japanese music, new and old. You can check out past issues here.
It sounds weird, but it's an opportunity for me
May 2024The Cincinnati Bengals will be without star quarterback Joe Burrow for the remainder of the season. The former LSU standout suffered a torn ligament in his wrist during Thursday night’s game against the Ravens.
Jack Welch quotes from 2005 Winning
May 2024Hello ConsultantsMind readers, There is a new book out which is a bit negative about Jack Welch. It's on my "
Jeff Bridges and KONG 76
May 2024By Bill Fleck, author of the Rondo-nominated book CHANEY’S BABY, availablehere. Check out other articles on my Rondo-nominated website by clicking here.
Jermall Charlo ends long layoff, dominates Jose Benavidez Jr. in rout
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
May 2024Let me throw a fat high five to my new subscribers (paid and free!). If you like what I’m cooking here, why not forward this to a friend and/or promote it by going around your neighborhood knocking on doors?
Jidaiya Ramen Dining Tokyo Yokohama Restaurant Gardena Los Angeles
May 2024🇯🇵 JAPAN 📍 18537 S. Western Avenue, Gardena, South Bay. 🅿️ Ample parking in plaza 🥤 No Alcohol 🌱 Vegetarian FriendlyHISTORICAL ARTICLES are brought over from eattheworldla.
Jovick Brothers Burgers delivers the authentic burger experience
May 2024There aren’t many burgers you’d ride a Vespa in 40-degree weather in the rain to pick up. Casey Jovick’s spot at the intersection of Macklind Avenue and Loughborough Avenue does carry the advantage of being five minutes from my home.
Judicial Notice (11.11.23): Dazed And Confused
May 2024Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.
Justice Takes Sides - by Jemar Tisby, PhD
May 2024The most difficult aspect of writing these articles is not the research, the drafting, or coming up with ideas. The most difficult part of writing is scrabbling for the time to do so.
Justin Tucker is already the best kicker in NFL history
May 2024Every sport has that position. You know what I mean. The position everyone either loves or hates because games often come down to them.
Karen Bakker, 1971-2023 - by Gary Marcus
May 2024When I first arrived in Vancouver in 2018, practically everyone I met said, “you have to meet Karen.” Eventually I did, and we quickly became friends, and eventually close collaborators.
Killer hammerhead worms -- and the ONLY way to kill them
May 2024Hello, friends — happy Sunday! We all know that earthworms are essential to the garden — and human life. They shred plant residue, create tunnels for root growth, aerate the soil, improve its water-holding capacity, stimulate microbial activity, remove…
LA's Original Gangster
May 2024Back before the crack era put names like Freeway Ricky Ross, Monster Cody Scott and Waterhead Bo Bennett in the annals of gangster lore and long before the Crips and Bloods held sway on LA streets, there was one man who was considered the godfather in the black underworld- Tootie Reese.
Le Servan - by Meg Zimbeck
May 2024Le Servan is a special place, and the epitome of a great Paris restaurant. What do I mean by great?
Legend of the River King
May 2024This column is “It’s new to me,” in which I’ll play a game I’ve never played before — of which there are still many despite my habits — and then write up my thoughts on the title, hopefully while doing existing fans justice.
Let Them Eat Jellybeans!* An Interview with Noah Sandoval of Oriole
May 2024Chef Noah Sandoval (center) with, from left to right GM Cara Sandoval, chef Garrett Russell, chef Mariya Russell, and Julia Momose of Bar Kumiko.
Let's talk about indie publishers...
May 2024A good one? Easy: they have distribution set up, they’ll take care of your cover, editing, and layout, they have an established audience, they have media contacts and send out galleys, they will give you an advance, etc.
Like - George Santos Meme Queen
May 2024I understand that the degradation of US institutions isn’t something any of us should laugh about, but in this particular case it was hilarious.
Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out
May 2024There are some works that sit waiting for you for years. They wait patiently in pages not accustomed to the light, forgotten after a brief uninspired read.
Make Believe Bonus: San Fransokyo Square
May 2024It took approximately one minute for me to decide I wanted to stay within the confines of Disney California Adventure’s San Fransokyo Square for the duration of my stay at the theme park.
Make Fermented Ginger - by Kirsten K. Shockey
May 2024After I sent out Tuesday’s letter to you, I went about the household tasks that I needed to catch up on.
Making sense of RPO, ARR and deferred revenues
May 2024If you are an investor in a SaaS company, you likely have heard these terms bantered around…RPO, ARR and deferred revenues.
Martin Yan's Greatest Dumpling Hits
May 2024Welcome to Above the Fold, a newsletter—and now, brand-new print zine—that’s all about dumplings and the people who make them.
Meet Annie Lee Cooper - by Daniel Henderson
May 2024No right was more important for Black people in the 1960s than the right to vote. Ending segregation and discrimination was vitally important, but any gains made would be lost if the right to vote were not secured.
Michael Shellenberger The Censorship-Industrial Complex
May 2024My guest this week is Michael Shellenberger, author of several books—including San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities—CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at the University of Austin, and proprietor of the Substack Public.
Michael Simmons | Substack
May 2024Blockbuster Blueprint with Michael Simmons By Michael Simmons 🪵🔥 ⛺ Receive a step-by-step, proven system to create high-quality content you love that rises above the noise.
Miles Klee on chronicling the chronically online
May 2024Even if you don't know who Miles Klee is, you've probably encountered a Miles Klee story. They have headlines like, “Why Porn Bots Have Taken Over Your Twitter Feed,” “How ‘Timberwolves Brasil’ Became Basketball’s Favorite Gonzo Fan Account,” and “How Dangerous is Ketamine, Really?
Missing Cryptoqueen update 4: Konstantin Ignatov walks free.
May 2024Dr Ruja Ignatova’s younger brother Konstantin is the second most famous face of the OneCoin scam. After Ruja’s vanishing act in October 2017, Konstantin took over as de facto boss, a role he held until his arrest on 6 March 2019, as he was leaving the US.
More Advice, More Animals - by Aidan Walker
May 2024I am too young to have really “been there” for Advice Animals. Sifting the flour of deep memory, a recollection of some older kid showing me a Bad Luck Brian meme in the early 2010s pops out — and also some Confession Bear action in Middle School computer lab.
NCA was - TheCheerBuzz Newsletter
May 2024Who’s got a cheer hangover today? Raise your hand! We’ve got a pretty long newsletter today, so let’s get into it right away 👇
Needs more Flair - Austin Kleon
May 2024Hey y’all, Today I wanted to write an ode to the humble Paper Mate Flair, an ubiquitous felt tip pen that is easily purchased at any office supply store or stolen from any office supply closet.
No Alternative - by Joshua James Amberson
May 2024It’s hard for me to believe now, and it feels almost ridiculous to say, but there was a time when I firmly believed in alternative rock.
Not Just a Right Wing Phenomenon
May 2024If you'd asked me a few months ago what the term reactionary meant I could have told you that it was associated with the right-wing and that it was usually used as an insult rather than a self-identifier but beyond that I couldn't have told you what it actually meant.
October Week 1 - jo firestone's passionate newsletter
May 2024This week, my friend Joe Pera’s taking over the passions newsletter. He’s got a special coming out tonight on YouTube, which I’ve had the good fortune to watch, and it’s really fantastic.
Olauncher | Minimal AF Launcher
May 2024Reduce your screen time and save hours every day by using Olauncher. Olauncher is a By the way, AF means Ad-Free!
Old Europe
May 2024Around 6,000 years ago, the most populous and materially sophisticated place on the planet wasn’t to be found in Mesopotamia, Egypt, or one of China’s great river valleys; instead, it hugged the Danube River corridor of Europe and its environs in the northern Balkan and the Carpathian Mountains.
Omnitheism: The Inexhaustible Forms of God
May 2024If Jesus were to open an ice cream parlor, I think it would be one of those shops with a hundred and one flavors.
On Paperwork - by S. Anderson
May 2024Before we called it DEI many of us worked to recruit a more diverse library work force. - In 1987 the American Library Association, Office for Library Personnel Resources (OLPR) under the legendary Margaret Myers received the World Book/ALA Goal Award for "
On the closing of Portlands The 1905
May 2024Four days ago, I and the rest of the Portland jazz community got word that The 1905, our city’s primary jazz club for the past several years, was closing its doors effective immediately.
On Zac Efron - The Life and Errors of Molly Young
May 2024Of the various famous people I profiled or interviewed in my twenties—from Kim Kardashian to David Cronenberg, to give you an idea of the gleeful range—nobody interested me more than Zac Efron.
One Member Used the Phrase "Interdimensional Beings."
May 2024“I think they’re covering this thing up… And these guys pretty much verified that.” Rep. Tim Burchett. On Friday, as many as 16 Congresspeople entered a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) to hear from Thomas Monheim, an inspector general for the intelligence community, regarding the sensational claims that the US is in possession of several craft of non-human origin.
One of the Best Played Games in Jeopardy! History (1993)
May 2024As far as we know, there is no official Jeopardy! game that has been played completely perfectly. By “perfect,” I’m referring to a game where every question is answered correctly without any rebounds.
One Pot Chicken & Rice with Kimchi
May 2024Udon noodles stir fried with veggies and kimchi is one of my go-to weeknight dinners. It cleans out the crisper drawer, I love the chewy texture of udon and kimchi adds funk and some good gut health bacteria.
Origin Story: Akashic Records
May 2024TRANSCRIPT: So Akashic Records, which come from the Sanskrit word Akasha, or “sky,” is this idea that all of our lives are encoded in some library which are accessible to people who know how to read such records.
Our Live Journaling Hour - by Carmen Radley and Holly Huitt
May 2024Hey, y’all! It’s Carmen here. For our third annual New Year’s challenge—inspired by Suleika’s mother Anne Francey—we put together six original prompts based on poetry, visual art, music, and maybe my favorite, the dizzying, infinity-seeking work of Yayoi Kusama.
Parrots or pirates - by Mike Rea, IDEA Pharma
May 2024When you mumble as much as I do, the potential for being misheard is significant... If you like to follow conversational tangents as much as I do, that isn't always a bad thing.
Pastelon Recipe... - illyanna Maisonet's Newsletter
May 2024Uhhhh…I literally thought today was Tuesday. I missed an entire day. I haven’t been sleeping much in the last week. I think the change of weather and the SUDDEN loss of daylight (dude, why the fuck is it dark at like 5PM already?
Paul Mescal's Thighs in His New Gucci Campaign
May 2024This week’s Thirst of the Week is coming to you early in the week because much like Martin Luther King, Jr, I too had a dream—about Paul Mescal’s thighs.
PINE MUSHROOMS, A STRATEGY. - Jill Dupleix Eats
May 2024Hmm, mushrooms. A wild, nutty, meaty pleasure, or a slimy, watery bore? It can go either way. Which is why I believe dry-roasting them is technically a zillion times better than wet-frying.
Platformers Reporting On Substacks Supposed Nazi Problem Is Shoddy And Misleading
May 2024As some of you know, there’s presently a debate raging about the fact that Substack will not automatically ban Nazis who pop up on this platform.
Podcast 01: "Harry Takayama" (Full House)
May 2024THE YELLOW PAGES is a weekly newsletter recommending Asian and AAPI films, music, writing, and other inspiration — all the artsy things I wished for growing up!
Political Scientist Iza Ding on Authoritarianism, Legitimacy, and "Resilience"
May 2024This week on Sinica, Iza Ding, associate professor of political science at Northwestern University and author of The Performative State: Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China, joins to share her ideas on how American academia has framed and problematized authoritarianism, especially when it comes to China.
Porridge, Oatmeal, Hot Cereal...Gruel? Depends on your Childhood
May 2024Much of my Irish heritage comes through in the foods I find comfort in. Perhaps most of all is the simple Irish oat.
Port Richmond - Staten Island
May 2024One of my main motivations for starting this newsletter was the opportunity to assemble the various parts of the city I’ve photographed over the past twenty years into some sort of cohesive whole.
Portland Timbers part ways with head coach Giovanni Savarese
May 2024Coming off of a brutal 5-0 thrashing in Houston, the Portland Timbers announced that they have parted ways with head coach Giovanni Savarese.
Preventing Peloton Perineum - by Dr. Jen Gunter
May 2024Potential future topic idea (or maybe a just me thing): saddle sores from cycling. I'm loving the Peloton and started doing longer rides consistently recently, but man, it has been hard on the soft tissue down there.
Prime Rib Hash - by Ruth Reichl
May 2024This is the perfect post-Christmas breakfast - or dinner - and the best way I know to use up the final, precious bits of a great rib roast.
Prophecies for 2024 - by Sam Kriss
May 2024One year ago, I descended from the mountain with seven prophecies for 2023. Unfortunately, the year 2023 failed to hold its side of the bargain and accurately reflect all of them.
Race, Hatred, and Why Fishman Arlong Is a Man of the People
May 2024When I first started watching the One Piece anime over a decade ago, I remember being very interested in what everybody’s race would be.
Ray Harryhausen, the Maestro of Monster Magic
May 2024When I think of the depiction of monsters in film, I think of the name Ray Harryhausen. In this age of CGI and burgeoning AI, the legacy of Harryhausen’s work is fast receding in living memory and for the modern popcorn muncher, it’s probably fair to say that stop-motion, latex-covered automaton creatures, no longer pass muster.
Recent Reading - by Jim Cullen
May 2024Greetings on a summer morning in the morning of summer. It occurred to me today that I’ve actually been on a pretty good streak of satisfying reading, so I thought I’d jot down a few suggestions.
Recipe Index - by Hetty Lui McKinnon
May 2024This is your quick and easy way to find a recipe from my To Vegetables, With Love archives, organized by vegetable.
Reject Modernity, Embrace Masculinity - by John Jakubisin
May 2024Foolish by nature were all who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing the one who is, and from studying the works did not discern the artisan; Instead either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circuit of the stars, or the mighty water, or the luminaries of heaven, the governors of the world, they considered gods.
Rest in Peace, Lee Sun-kyun
May 2024On December 27, 2023, actor Lee Sun-kyun died by apparent suicide. Alarmed by finding what appeared to be a suicide note, his wife — the actress Jeon Hye-jin — called the police.
Retail Confessions: Herms - by Amy Odell
May 2024Thank you for subscribing to Back Row. One of this newsletter’s most popular series is “Retail Confessions,” in which luxury retail workers speak honestly about what it’s like to sell the most expensive fashion items in the world.
Rethinking the Canon: What Makes a Classic?
May 2024This is the second in our occasional series on Rethinking the Canon. Is there value in reading the classics at a time when they are increasingly viewed as unrepresentative texts that don’t speak to the diverse experiences of modern students?
Revenge on the CIF - How The Haters Cut Special Forces Last Link To JSOC
May 2024The aftershocks from the Pentagon’s 2020 decision to cut the five active-duty Special Forces groups’ main link to Joint Special Operations Command continue to reverberate, with the validation exercises for the groups’ rebranded counterterrorism companies’ new mission starting this summer.
Review: The Curse, Self-Exclusion | Season 1, Episode 7
May 2024What does Dougie’s ideal version of Flipanthropy look like? It’s something I’ve thought about a lot during these last two episodes, but especially this one.
Review: The Curse, Young Hearts
May 2024In the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a few critics and viewers online using the phrase “wheel-spinning” to describe these later episodes of The Curse.
Review: The Other Two, "Cary Pays Off His Student Loans"
May 2024There’s a contradiction at the core of “Cary Pays Off His Student Loans” when it comes to Shulie. On the one hand, she’s Brooke’s voice of reason.
Review: The Regime, "The Heroes' Banquest"
May 2024“You can’t be Robin Hood and the King.” You also can’t be whatever The Regime is, I’d argue. Upfront, I should say that this will probably be the last weekly review I write about The Regime.
RHONY: In Defense of Pavit - by Hunter Harris
May 2024Bonus post this week! And there are ongoing chats about Beckham, RHONY, Morning Show, and Love Is Blind in the Substack app.
Rink Terminology - by Greg Revak
May 2024There are a million hockey terms. For novices, it’s a language that needs to be learned. There have been a bunch of terms that have popped up in the recent past.
RIP Pitchfork - by Callum Booth
May 2024I had a different version of The Rectangle all ready to send you today, but when I saw the news I knew I had to write about it.
Rise, Fall, and the Resurgence of Lord Bobby
May 2024Who thought Bobby Deol would go viral, not as a subject of memes but as an actor in an actual hit movie?
Rob Henderson's 'Troubled' Past - Rod Dreher's Diary
May 2024Rob Henderson’s terrific new memoir Troubledis this year’s Hillbilly Elegy: a poignant, at times gripping, story of a turbulent lower-class childhood, told by a young man who overcame its chaos and deprivation, but who, in so doing, also developed a critique of the ruling-class culture into which he was initiated as a Yale graduate.
ROMANCE WITH ALL THE FEELS
May 2024One of my favorite things about writing romance series, is that I get to create different worlds for readers to get lost in.
Russ, high knees and a plane old hilarious scene
May 2024There wasn’t anything wrong with what Russell Wilson said. And while you can question his wisdom in speaking it aloud, it’s hard for me to blame him for talking about his in-flight stretching because I’ve been listening to him say stuff like this for the past 10 years without doing much more than subtly rolling my eyes.
S3E2 Show Notes (A Gentleman in Moscow)
May 2024S3 Episode 2 - A Gentleman in Moscow Listen now (50 min) | Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow is one of our most requested books, and now we get it.
Sago and Sag - by Juneisy Hawkins
May 2024A few weeks ago I was in the mood for some curry so I made a short trip to an Indian grocery store a couple of subway stops away from my apartment.
Salted chocolate & mascarpone frosting
May 2024If you like the crisp edges of lasagne, the soaked croutons, the whipped cream that gets icy around the chocolate scoop - you’re in the right place.
Sarah Levy's Drinking Games - by Julia Bainbridge
May 2024As I've said before, it's not always about the drinks in this newsletter. Sometimes, just sometimes, it's about alcohol abuse and paths to recovery.
Say Anything is actually a movie for adults
May 2024Note: this post contains spoilers for Say Anything, a movie that came out in 1989 so you’ve had a lot of time to see it!
Screenwriter Sarah Phelps on Why She Writes (the Really Long Answer)
May 2024“Well, she’s fucking brilliant, isn’t she?” This was just one of the many responses I received from British screenwriters when I shared the news with them that I was currently engaged in one of my artist-on-artist conversations with Sarah Phelps.
Serial Murder Spotlight - by Joni E. Johnston, Psy.D.
May 2024This week, four alleged or convicted serial killers were in the news, all at different stages of the legal process. Here's a summary of what happened, what our information suggests about their motives and makeup, and the investigative techniques used to stop them.
Serrano title defense canceled on fight night due to eye injury
May 2024A note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content — and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism.
Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Egypt
May 2024The god Min, open air museum, Karnak Temple I grew up above a gay bar in Bangor, Maine, in the late 1980s+1990s, and next door to the Bangor Public Library.
Sharon Oldss huge archive of thinking and feeling
May 2024Greetings! I was planning to write an elaborate, extensively researched issue for you all today, but the Thanksgiving holiday intervened and I’m also just kind of a wreck lately, so instead here are two paragraphs from Sam Anderson’s lovely 2022 profile of the poet Sharon Olds, which I very belatedly read over the weekend, that struck me as just wonderful and something we might all try to steal in one way or another:
Smews - Drawing to See
May 2024At the end of last week, Arley and I realized that it had been quite some time since we last went bird watching.
So Whats Gonna Go Wrong Between Chelsea and Jimmy?
May 2024Reminder: I’ll be onstage at Bellhouse in April for a Pop Pantheon live show talking all things Taylor Swift. Buy tickets here!
Social Lives | Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss
May 2024GASLIGHT, GATEKEEP, GIRLBOSS I hate the term ‘girlboss’. It feels patronising and overly simplistic. In my career, a few people have described me as a ‘girlboss’ and every time it felt like something sticky I needed to brush off before it left a stain.
Social medias new relationship milestones
May 2024Embedded is your essential guide to what’s good on the internet, from Kate Lindsay and Nick Catucci. My boyfriend and I are “in a relationship” on Facebook, due to long term commitment to a bit.
Songs of Deliverance
May 2024Hi Pal, Welcome to this edition of List of Ten, a newsletter where I mention ten things from any theme of my choice.
Souffl Blog - by Katie Merchant
May 2024I’d been thinking about soufflés lately, especially since my husband’s birthday was coming up and I wanted to make one to celebrate.
Spank Bank Time Machine is Fringy!
May 2024I first met John Michael, the creator and star of “Spank Bank Time Machine” in the Know Underground on Friday night.
Speaker Mike Johnsons Past Holds Many Unanswered Questions
May 2024When the Republican conference in the House went to their fifth in line, Rep. Mike Johnson, and decided, in collective utter exhaustion, that they would unanimously back him for Speaker, my first reaction was, “Who?
Splitting Christmas. - by JoJoFromJerz
May 2024*I wrote most of this last night, but thanks to a bit too much “coping” Prosecco, I didn’t quite land the plane until today.
Static: making the film FM
May 2024On October 17, 1977, three weeks after Steely Dan released Aja, production began on the film FM. Centered on a rebellious crew of DJs at the Los Angeles radio station QSKY, the Universal Pictures project was under the direction of John A.
Stefan Simchowitz on why he may be the most loathed man in the contemporary art world
May 2024The Daily Mail called him the “Sith Lord” of the art world, the New York Times annointed him as the art world’s Patron Satan”, while the Wall Street Journal described him as the dealer the art world “loves to hate”.
Stereogum's Tom Breihan on Chart-Topping Singles, Trader Joe's Snacks, and Taylor Swift
May 2024VANCOUVER – Cold Virginia sunshine cuts across Tom Breihan’s face as he answers my FaceTime call. He’s seated at a desk in his home office, where I picture his long frame hunched over the laptop, reviewing and reporting on the most popular songs of years past, and just about everything else, too (his recurring Stereogum column, The Number Ones, recently turned five; it’s a 10).
Storytelling Master Class with One of the Greatest Writers of the 20th Century: Flannery O'Connor
May 2024Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) was one of the greatest fiction writers of the 20th century, and her essay, “Writing Short Stories,” from her collection of essays, Mystery and Manners (New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1997), is a master class in storytelling.
Strawberry Festival fills downtown this Friday
May 2024This article is brought to you by Solidarity Community Federal Credit Union. This weekend is the 14th Annual Car, Truck and Bike Show!
Summoning your alter ego - by Greg Campion
May 2024There's something about superheroes that captivates us as kids—and even as adults. Maybe it's their incredible strength. Or it could be their speed.
swiss meringue buttercream - by Kassie Mendieta
May 2024This is probably my most requested recipe and so it feels like a great place to start. For a majority of my cakes i’m using this SMBC recipe as a base.
Tale of the tape - by Jake Malooley
May 2024In the days before a hapless studio technician erased Steely Dan’s “The Second Arrangement” in 1979, Roger Nichols, the band’s late, great longtime engineer, made a rough mix of the track on a cassette tape.
TBM 278: The Power of Firsthand Experience
May 2024I was having lunch with my product leader friend Carey Caulfield recently, and something dawned on us: In the product world, we often forget how we came to “know” certain things.
Thankful for Charlie Peters - by James Fallows
May 2024At 3:15pm on Thursday afternoon, Thanksgiving Day, Charles Peters took his last breath, at his home in Washington and in the presence of his wife, Beth.
The 'Days Between Stations' columns, Interview magazine 1992-2008: Natural Born Killers
May 2024The soundtrack album for Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers is one of the most notable albums of 1994—as an album. “Produced, conceived, and assembled” by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and issued on nothing/Interscope, this project can be taken as a work as personal as the movie itself.
The "God Trick" of Objectivity
May 2024Yesterday, I explained that I’d be sharing certain excerpts from my thesis—particularly the points that I felt were salient to our ongoing, public discussions around religion.
The 30 plants per week rule
May 2024One of the most transformative things I learned in the last couple of years about the ever-changing world of “healthy eating” is the 30 plants per week guideline.
The 50-year fight to save Detroit's National Theatre
May 2024The National Theatre on Monroe Avenue in downtown Detroit, photographed Dec. 1, 2023, during its deconstruction. The National Theatre has got to be one of the longest-running historic preservation sagas in Detroit.
The Agony of Gay Cinema: Stonewall
May 2024Now it is almost Pride, which we celebrate on the anniversary of the 1969 LGBTQ uprising at the Stonewall Inn in New York.
The American Nations by Colin Woodard
May 2024So over the weekend something interesting happened. An older Substack that I no longer write at, starting getting quite a lot of traffic.
The Amorphous Blob Shaped Lawyer
May 2024Hello Friends in the Computer, It’s been a little over four months since I was laid off. We immediately jumped into the holidays and what I affectionately refer to as “Dead Mom Season”, so I was basically treading water and not able to really process the shock or fully think about what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.
the before, during & after.
May 2024Hey fam, You’re not alone if you’re suffering from Q4-ism. That’s what I call the awkward feeling when you’re caught in a tangle between shipping in a frenzy before the holiday season kicks in while fielding pressure from higher ups to submit thorough strategies & plans for the following year.
The Best Kind of Mom
May 2024Some of the best fiction being written today will never hit the New York Times bestseller list. It’s all on Instagram.
the brittanys are here! - by Brittany Ackerman
May 2024“sometimes it feels like no one is watching us, the way we find ourselves in spots to make our own decisions.
The Chosen Season 4 creators speak!
May 2024The Chosen Season 4 is here—or at least, the first three episodes are. I had the opportunity to go to Los Angeles for the season’s world premiere two weeks ago.
The creators behind cinematic short films starring snails
May 2024This interview originally appeared on Ebaum’s World, where I’m now writing! Remember 2020, when everybody was trying out new hobbies for the first time just to find something to occupy the endless hours stuck at home?
The cruel subtlety of pity
May 2024Pity is a White woman you don’t know that well making a b-line for you at the grocery store to tell you how very sad she was to hear about the truly terrible thing that happened to you.
The Dartmouth Scar Experiment - by Winkfield Twyman
May 2024And they are starting to listen to your audio book. They are up to the Green Book and traveling down South.
The Death of Calvin and Hobbes
May 2024Artwork: Drew CooksonIn Santa Rosa, California, you’ll find a Peanuts museum with a thorough documentation of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz. The exhibits cover more than fifty years of his career and include obsessive tributes such as a recreation of his study or a collage of thousands of strips dedicated to Charlie Brown’s famous football fumble.
The doomed women of David Copperfield
May 2024(Significant spoilers for David Copperfield by Charles Dickens to follow, if you can spoiler a classic book of English literature.)
The Duality of Blair Waldorf - by Chrisinda Lynch
May 2024[This profile contains discussion of eating disorders, abuse, and sexual assault.] Season Four In Paris, Blair moves from the sleek, architectural dresses of season three to frilly, romantic confections.
The Engineer - by Alec Toombs
May 2024Film Yap is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
The FIRE Movement - by Jared Dillian
May 2024Joe Millennial spends a bit too much time on Reddit and decides to try something called The FIRE Movement. FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early.
The fragile beauty of male friendship
May 2024I just got back from a trip to the UK. I was able to squeeze in some time with nearest and dearest, and for me that includes friends as well as family.
The Gentrification of the Mind
May 2024Several of the books I’ve read over the past year have referenced The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination by Sarah Schulman.
The Gods of the Copybook Headings
May 2024Does anyone like poetry, at all? I have been reading several posts which talk about our current age. Mostly lamenting, sometimes with some shreds of hope.
The Golden Bachelor Episode 2 Recap
May 2024Welcome back to the Golden Bachelor! It’s Jen writing the recap this week, and Karyn will be responding. You’ll know it’s her because those responses will be broken out with a red border.
The Grateful Dead Keyboard Rigs
May 2024Welcome to my breakdown of all the Grateful Dead keyboard rigs! As with any of my posts and rundowns, please contact me if you have anything to add/fix!
The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894
May 2024Sometimes, I run across a note or phrase or reference to something that just makes me sit up and go, “What’s that now?
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: Day 1
May 2024“Journeys end in lovers meeting.” This evocative line from Twelfth Night recurs throughout The Haunting of Hill House. But today our journey into this novel begins, with its deservedly classic first paragraph:
The Interview: Mara Fernanda Mora
May 2024María Fernanda Mora’s willingness to get out of her comfort zone is extremely impressive. The Mexico City-based Liga MX Femenil broadcaster, studio host and journalist for Fox Sports Mexico speaks English as her third language (after Spanish and German), but she didn’t hesitate to agree to be interviewed publicly in English for the first time when I asked her about it recently.
The Japanese Word for the First Snow of the Year
May 2024Hatsuyuki was a word I came across during the summer months, but talking about snow felt strange in a season when everyone else is struggling with the heat, swimming, sunbathing, drinking lemonade, or simply getting bored in the sun.
The Joy of Livingand Writingthe Truth
May 2024We were sitting on the terrasse of L’Aigle Noir bar on a summer evening in Le Village, the gay neighborhood of Montreal, when I told the stranger I had recently published a memoir.
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
May 2024Have you ever been in a place where you’ve lived for some time, and still felt that you were not really home there, and could never be home?
The Last Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu
May 2024The Last Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu died on this day, November 22, 1913. Born in Edo in 1837 as the seventh son of the Daimyo of Mito, he was seven months old when he first came home to Mito and was brought up by his strict and disciplinarian father, Tokugawa Nariaki.
The madness of American motherhood
May 2024Almost a year ago, I read a book that truly blew my mind and has stayed with me ever since. Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving, by Caitlyn Collins, is a cross-cultural examination of working motherhood in four Western societies: Sweden, Germany, Italy, and the United States.
The Making of 'Roujin Z'
May 2024Happy Thursday! In this issue of the Animation Obsessive newsletter, we’re talking about Roujin Z, a cult anime film from 1991.
The Mess of a Creative Space
May 2024Hello friends. There are a lot of new people here: welcome! I am so happy to have you here. If you have been reading for a while and have been considering becoming a paid subscriber maybe today is the day?
The most debt-burdened states - by Liz Farmer
May 2024Happy Finance Friday, readers! Greetings from The Rabbit Hole, where I have spent way too much time playing around with charts using data from a new Fitch Ratings report on state-long term liabilities.
The Most Famous Farmer You've Never Heard Of
May 2024Louis Bromfield must be one of the most famous people I’ve never heard of. He was a Pulitzer Prize winning author of dozens of bestsellers.
The Nazis Are Staying on Substack. Should I?
May 2024Back in November, the journalist Jonathan Katz wrote a piece for the Atlantic called “Substack Has a Nazi Problem.” In it, he documents several paid Substacks that employ explicit Nazi, Nazi-affiliated, and white nationalist imagery and language.
The New Cult Canon: 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer'
May 2024As a Cincinnati resident who walked into this movie totally blind (based on my enjoyment of Lanthimos' previous films, I decided to avoid reading *anything* about this one ahead of time) while also being fully unaware that it had been filmed here, this movie was a real trip.
The Oven of Akhnai - David Friedmans Substack
May 2024In studying Jewish law for a course I taught on legal systems very different from ours, later converted to a book, I came across the story of the oven of Akhnai.
The Public Tribute - by Jami Attenberg
May 2024Hi friends. Sometimes we get called upon to write new things that we’ve never written before in our lives. I’ve written in so many kinds of forms: advertising copy, love letters, tweets, blog posts, essays, book reviews, profiles, short stories, poems, tv pilots, novels, a memoir, a pop-up book, and a motivational writing guide.
The scandal of Mridul Wadhwa and his transmaidens
May 2024Imagine being so distraught following a sexual assault that you take the plunge and approach a counsellor that specialises in rape?
The Science of Whining - by Melinda Wenner Moyer
May 2024I hope all of you had a lovely Thanksgiving. It was just the four of us this year, and we didn’t go anywhere.
The Second Shepherds' Play - by Karen Swallow Prior
May 2024[“Adoration of the Shepherds” by an unknown artist a part of the Google Art Project. Wikimedia Commons]The Second Shepherds’ Play is a difficult work to read, particularly in its original late Middle English vernacular.
The Selfish Philosophy of Epicureanism
May 2024Aside from the unspellable name, this philosophy really caught my attention with its unique values. This Greek philosophy was started by Epicurus more than 2000 years ago.
The Silencing of 'Glass Harmonica'
May 2024Happy Thursday! In this issue of the Animation Obsessive newsletter, we’re looking at a notorious chapter in animation history — the banning of Glass Harmonica (1968).
The Strange Depiction of Lucas & Erica Sinclair Season 3
May 2024For those who have been reading my critical analysis of Lucas & Erica Sinclair seasons one and two, you’re well aware of the criterion used to evaluate these characters at this point.
The Tower of Babble - by Yohan J John
May 2024On November 30th, the machine learning company OpenAI unleashed a chatbot service called ChatGPT on an unsuspecting world. ChatGPT can produce impressive responses to user ‘prompts’.
The truth about 'Material Girl'
May 2024The Madonna diaries is a series of personal essays about Madonna’s back catalogue (hence the name I guess). It’s part of The truth about everything*, a newsletter with a different feature every week – not always Madonna.
The Truth About In-Progress On Submittable: Everything the Impatient Writer Needs to Know
May 2024That's a great question. To my knowledge, there is no database that shows the number of readers each magazine has (gives me an idea to try to create one!
The Twisting Story of How Disney Embraced Surrealism
May 2024Welcome! Glad you could join us. It’s a new weekend, and that means a new edition of the Animation Obsessive newsletter.
The Weather Underground - by @DRJessieNYC
May 2024The comparisons between today and 1968 have me revisiting some of my favorite documentaries about this time period. “Berkeley in the Sixties,” is a terrific introduction to several student-led liberation movements that grew out of and adjacent to the Free Speech Movement on UC-Berkeley’s campus, including the anti-war movement, the Black Panthers, the women’s movement.
The Writing Shed with Tommy Tomlinson
May 2024Last Sunday I binged all six episodes of SHORESY on Hulu. I would have watched 600. It made me wish I were in a hockey league, so I could commit horrendous slashing penalties within seconds of sobbing through the national anthem.
The Year in Japan's Rap in 10 Songs
May 2024Hi! Welcome to This Side of Japan, a newsletter on Japanese music, new and old. You can check out previous issues here.
The Yule Cat - by John Coon
May 2024Socks and underwear are shorthand for disappointing Christmas gifts. We all have that clueless relative who zeroed in on giving you practical gifts as a child instead of the newest toys you crave.
There's an infinite amount of mixes you can have everyone looks so unique
May 2024Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! This week I’m speaking to artist Jack Fowler, who is of mixed-St Helenian and white heritage.
Theres a mistake in my "Baking with Dorie" pumpkin pie recipe heres the right one!
May 2024Bonjour! Hello! and UGH! By the time I discovered that my pumpkin pie recipe (page 272) in BAKING WITH DORIE had serious problems, the book was out in the world and Thanksgiving— yeah, the time when everyone wants perfect pumpkin pie — had come and gone.
These Lovely "Fossil Words" Are Hiding in Plain Sight
May 2024N.B. There’s a cryptic crossword puzzle at the end of this article! If you’re new to cryptics or want to brush up, my quick cryptic crosswords crash course begins here.
This is a safe space to talk about undercooked potatoes
May 2024Hello! One week off and I missed you TERRIBLY. This newsletter gives me life. Thank you to all of you who continue to read it.
This week, tongue posture. - by Heather LeFevre, CST-T
May 2024Pause for a moment and ponder where your tongue is placed in your mouth. Have you ever been taught where the ideal tongue position is located in the mouth?
Tips for Magnify, Fiat, and Exodus 90
May 2024My sister called me up last week and asked, “Have you ever heard of Magnify 90?” “Nope. But is it the girl version of Exodus 90?
TMT is Bolt upright! - The Oak Blokes Substack
May 2024Dear reader Bloomberg reports that Bolt Technology OU has secured a €220 million ($235 million) credit facility that the Estonian mobility company says will help it prepare for a public offering.
Today no jokes, memes, politics, or culture. Just Israel, Hamas, women & children
May 2024Newsletter # 148 These days our screens are filled with heart-crushing images of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and the terrible death and destruction in its wake.
Trimming Cattle Hooves Made This Scotsman a Millionaire Superstar
May 2024HOW GREAT IS THIS NEWSLETTER? Okay, don’t answer that. Instead, subscribe here! Graeme Parker charges around $13 to trim a cow’s hooves.
True Detective and the Challenge of Nihilism
May 2024This is a suitably dark and insightful guest piece by journalist Ed Prideaux, which *contains spoilers* for the first season of ‘True Detective’.
Twigs - The Gentlemen Season 1
May 2024[Note: This review will discuss elements of The Gentlemen that were revealed in promotional material, such as trailers. If you’re someone who enjoys going into recent TV shows knowing as little as possible, you may want to skip reading this review.
Two paths diverged in the woods...
May 2024In what has become a hackneyed cliche to use for graduation speeches, Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken,” is often read as the pinnacle of personal choice.
Understanding Silicon Valley Boosterism - by Jake Pitre
May 2024I’m a bit late to this New York Times Magazine article by Yiren Lu, but it is such a perfect model for how not to write about tech.
Upside Down Plum Fennel Cake - by Carolina Gelen
May 2024For someone that isn’t the biggest fan of fruit desserts, I sure have a few fruity recipes in my portfolio. I’ve had so many terrible iterations of fruit desserts growing up, they scarred me for life.
Vermont's Finest with Ben (of Ben & Jerry's Fame)
May 2024This week I’m excited to share with you the recommendations of a friend of mine who you might not recognize by face—but I’m nearly certain you’ve tried his products.
Vintage Pepper Mills, A Love Story
May 2024Think of this week’s edition of A Tiny Apt. as not simply a mini gift guide but a public service announcement.
Volume 3, Episode 50: Open Mind
May 2024Here is a button where you can subscribe to this newsletter now, if you have not previously done so. I do hope that you enjoy it.
War and Decline in a Time of Decadence
May 2024Group feeling (‘asabiyyah) is necessary to the state. The state cannot come into existence without group feeling. This is as necessary to it as the ability to attract and hold [its subjects] is to the soul, in order that it may have an impact upon them.
We need you, hopepunks. - The Enthusiast by Brad Montague
May 2024What do you say? You’re given a blank sheet of paper. You’re invited onto a stage. You’re handed the intercom thingy found on certain aisles at Wal-mart.
Wednesday 6/19/24 Jeopardy! Fashion Recap
May 2024I’m so impressed with Adriana’s capsule wardrobe! She has put together 16 outfits so far and her only outfit repeats have been the dark red dress by itself and the brown blouse/dress with pockets on the front (both worn twice.
WET MARKET PREORDER LIVE
May 2024Hello fellow fiends, I hope you are well. I’ve got some exciting new today! WET MARKET HARDCOVER WRAP & BUNDLE SWAGPREORDER - While I have listed this as a preorder, I believe that it should be able to ship very soon.
What Bus Drivers' Working Lives Teach Us About Wellbeing
May 2024The job stress of city transit operators, especially bus drivers, has probably been studied more than any other occupation. Along with other jobs in the transportation industry, bus driving is often cited as one of the most stressful jobs.
What Did Dorothy Eat? - by Jolene Handy
May 2024In 1962, the only parents on the block who had a color TV lived across the street from us. Their daughter, Lily, was my friend so I got the big invite from her mother: come watch The Wizard of Oz with us.
What Happens When You Cut Six Seconds Out of The French Connection?
May 2024Earlier this month, viewers of William Friedkin’s 1971 classic The French Connection who’d seen the film before noticed something missing from the version streaming on The Criterion Channel and available to rent and purchase digitally.
What is "Civilization?"
May 2024I’ve been playing computer and video games of various kinds since 1993, when my parents bought me Myst for Christmas. Even with the copious aid of a strategy guide, it was a bit much for an eight-year-old, and I’d be lying if I said I made it very far before the lack of action eventually drove me out.
What is "normal"? Normative data for active shoulder range of movement
May 2024Paper title and link to paper: Shoulder range of movement in the general population: age and gender stratified normative data using a community-based cohort (Gill et al.
What is a confounder (confounding variable), and why should I care?
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What Is the Best Premier League Season of All Time?
May 2024Black lives matter. This document has an exhaustive list of places you can donate. It’s also got an incredible library of black literature and anti-racist texts.
What is the Underworld? - by Sophie Strand
May 2024“On this day I will descend to the underworld. When I have arrived in the underworld, make a lament for me on the ruin mounds.
What Makes a Great Detective Game?
May 2024Way way back in 2017, I made a video that essentially asked... where are all the good detective games? I mean - sure, there are plenty of fun games where you play as a detective.
What's the deal with weird wrong-number texts?
May 2024A few months ago I received the following WhatsApp message from a number I didn’t recognize: Even though it was clear this message was the lead-in to a swindle of some kind, I had to pause and admire the craft that went into its composition.
Who the Hell Is Quentin Quarantino?
May 2024The first time I heard about Quentin Quarantino was through the forehead of my friend, Elvire. She was sporting a baseball hat with the iconic words of 2020, “Will you shut up, man” stitched on the front.
Who's behind these scammy text messages we've all been getting?
May 2024Happy Monday Searchers, We’ve got a fairly crazy investigation for you this week from reporter Zeke Faux. “Hi David, I’m Vicky Ho.
Why Are We Buying Clothes For Lives We Don't Have?
May 2024The idea for this post has been knocking around my head for the past month - why do we buy clothes for lives we don’t have?
Why do we say "P.U." when something stinks?
May 2024My wife Sarah and I were arguing this morning about the derivation of the expression P.U. to express disgust at some particular smell.
Why is Phoenix the capital of Arizona?
May 2024Welcome to the Friday Q&A, a recurring feature where we answer your questions about Arizona government and politics. If you have a question, we’re all ears!
Why is this Ocean Ridge man going to the Oscars?
May 2024Chad Renfro, an interior designer from Ocean Ridge, is going to the Oscars! Renfro, who had no prior experience in the movie business, worked as a consulting producer on Best Picture nominee “Killers of the Flower Moon” — that’s his name prominently displayed as the credits roll at the end.
Why Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear Doesn't Work For Me
May 2024(Amblin Entertainment / Universal Pictures) Everyone who has a list of favorite film directors, probably has a least favorite film of said directors.
Wife of a Spy - by Christopher Lloyd
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Winning Through Attrition - by Lawrence Freedman
May 2024Holiday-makers in Crimea recording the explosions at Saki air base, which destroyed at least nine Russian aircraft. From the start the course of this war has been charted in two ways.
Women are better drivers than men. Here's why that matters.
May 2024Picture the stereotypical woman driver. What did you envision? Someone who is confused, easily harried, just a little bit incompetent? That’s what most people, and especially most men, picture.
Words with Elise: "Abracadabra"
May 2024TRANSCRIPT: So the word “abracadabra,” which is something we associate with magic, right? My son says it as he does tricks in our living room.
You Love a Family Saga - by Elizabeth
May 2024Hi book lovers, Before I dive in: A quick reminder that Friday is the last day to let me know you’re participating in the paperback swap.
You Say Avocado, I Say Palta - by Nico Vera
May 2024¡Hola! This month’s newsletter is about the avocado, or as we call it in Peru, “palta.” Palta Rellena is a stuffed avocado piqueo or small bite, and Verde Que Te Quiero Verde is a pisco and avocado cocktail.
Your Liga MX Clausura playoff preview
May 2024Translation is hard, and it can be even harder in the world of sports where jargon becomes commonplace and truisms become repeated gospel.
Yuanxiao, Tangyuan, and the Lantern Festival
May 2024Growing up, the Lantern Festival (or Yuan Xiao Jie 元宵节 in Chinese), is one of my favourite traditional celebrations. Taking place on the fifteenth day of the Lunar year, it commemorates the first full moon of the year, marking the beginning of a new spring.
Zionism and Ethnonationalism - by Arnold Kling
May 2024One of the more heated esoteric debates among intellectuals is over the topic of ethnonationalism. Most of the Anywhere elites have, since World War II, adopted a contemptuous attitude toward the concept of a nation state dominated by a majority ethnic group.
Vivid Seats: Deep-Dive Analysis
May 2024Vivid Seats is an online ticket marketplace operating through a technology platform that bridges the gap between ticket sellers and fans of live events.
'Fate is the Hunter' - by James Fallows
May 2024For the past three days, I’ve been thinking again about a book I read back in the 1990s. It is Fate Is the Hunter, by Ernest K.
'Fruits Basket -Prelude-' Review - by Max Covill
May 2024If you’ve never seen Fruits Basket, then this prelude movie isn’t for you. Normally I would never put that kind of emphasis on who exactly a movie is suited for, but Fruits Basket Prelude makes it pretty clear what its intentions are from the start.
'Poor Things,' 'The Boy and the Heron'
May 2024Poor Things Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos 141 min. Starting with his breakthrough film Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos has shown an interest in how human beings are constructed, particularly in isolation, where their inputs are limited.
'Succession' goes big - by Alan Sepinwall
May 2024This week’s What’s Alan Watching? newsletter coming up just as soon as I find you visually aggravating… I’m afraid the newsletter is going to be pretty short this week, as life has gotten in the way of work at the moment.
'tis the Damn Season (for Christmas Movies)
May 2024Let’s talk about Christmas movies. No, I don’t want to legislate the DIE HARD question again; I’ve done it countless times on social media and in real life, I did it on my blog a few years ago, hell, I even did it in my best man toast at my brother’s wedding.
"Burma-Shave" - by Ray Padgett
May 2024Every Tom Waits Song is an email newsletter covering just that, in alphabetical order. Find more info here and sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox:
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
May 2024Sometimes a Songmust wait a long time for its day in the limelight. This week’s song is one such. I myself have been holding onto it for over a year, waiting until we chose as our Film of the Week the film it was written for, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
10 Favorite Disney Songs - by Max Covill
May 2024Over at the It’s the Picturespodcast, my cohost and I delved into some Disney magic joining Disney’s 100th celebration. We discussed some of our favorite movies from our childhood, what we believe are the best movies overall, and some of our favorite songs from Disney’s vast catalog.
2/4/24 WILLIE MAYS APPRECIATION DAY
May 2024Last year I directed a documentary on the baseball great and American legend Willie Mays. Now, through a quirk in the calendar and the passion of his long time fans, his #24 is being celebrated next week in San Francisco and wherever baseball fans gather on 2/4/24.
2024 OL Free Agency Rankings
May 2024Free agency officially kicks off at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 13th, and the legal tampering period begins the Monday before at 12 p.
23. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
May 2024#23. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Coming in at number 23 on the list of my 100 Favorite Films of All Time is the 1971 dystopian crime film, A Clockwork Orange.
34// UltraSignUps Content Strategy Pivot & UTMBs Vague Viewership Numbers
May 2024Hey pals, UTMB week is both a week of racing but also seemingly a B2B conference in one. I spent most of the week meeting a lot of you lot, talking to brand leads, media heads, and journalists, and they all too said they they were speaking to brand leads, media heads, journalists… you get the picture.
3D Generative Modeling with DeepSDF
May 2024This newsletter is supported by Alegion. At Alegion, I work on a range of problems from online learning to diffusion models.
7 Deadly Sins: Greed and Sloth
May 2024The last two on the list of the Seven Deadly Sins are Greed and Sloth. I call these ‘boundary’ sins. They are either concerned with partitioning things to ourselves or living without boundaries or restrictions.
A chat with Stephanie Zacharek and Dwight Garner
May 2024Hey y’all, Today I want to share a conversation I had with two of my favorite critics. Stephanie Zacharek is the film critic at Time.
A Chorus of Angels - Ophanim
May 2024“As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
A Decade Ago, Nate Oats Coached High Schoolers. Now hes in the Final Four.
May 2024Tomorrow, Nate Oats will coach Alabama in its first ever Final Four appearance. Just ten years ago, Oats was coaching a Detroit-area high school basketball team.
A Decade of Waiting for the End of the World
May 2024Melancholia arrived in U.S. theaters ten years ago this month, but it’s taken a while to be able to see it clearly.
a delicate, small gazelle
May 2024Yesterday, I received word that the state of Israel—aided and abetted by American weaponry, funding, and endorsement—murdered Mai Ubeid alongside her entire family.
A Jokic brother's college basketball journey
May 2024Every so often the past few years, there’s a piece of personal trivia Jay Smith will pull out with a certain level of pride.
A Limited Defense of Weed-Out Classes
May 2024Via Matt “Dean Dad” Reed, I read this Washington Monthlypiece on a study of wage gaps for different undergraduate majors. Specifically, it’s looking at a study from the University of Texas system that showed the usual large racial gap in pay within STEM and business majors, but not for non-STEM fields.
A Lot of You Have Been Asking For My Pepper Spray Skincare Routine...
May 2024I hate crying. Lately, it’s all I’ve been doing. Growing up, barring grave physical injury, crying was actively discouraged. It was embarrassing.
A Metaphor For Creating From Your Own Life Experiences
May 2024Dear Friends, Undeniably, today’s web platforms impoverish the way we “experience” life. They render people catatonic and passive. They make readers into zombies, and they bankrupt our creative process
A Morning Around the March d'Aligre
May 2024Whenever I find myself visiting a new place (or returning somewhere I’ve enjoyed in the past), I always try to figure out how locals might string together various activities to yield a memorable morning or afternoon.
A Non-Definitive Non-Guide to Non-Duality
May 2024You may have heard about this “non-duality” thing, or “non-dual meditation”. Perhaps you have heard rave reviews of a meditative state sometimes referred to as “non-dual awareness,” or “big mind” or “the natural state.
A Non-Skateboarder's Skateboarding Guide to NYC
May 2024So let me start by being fully authentic: I do not skate. I tried. Halfheartedly in my teens, earnestly in my twenties, and in bits and spurts in my thirties—though never consistently or with much success.
A Q&A with Sam Pink
May 2024Much of Sam Pink’s writing is characterized by small day-to-day moments. His protagonists are regular guys: they work as dishwashers and barbacks, they unclog sinks and toilets and wrangle garbage, they hang out, they fight, they get wild, get pissed, they observe, listen, notice, feel.
A Queer Love is Blind
May 2024Very different from what I usually camp out in, in terms of writing but I can write whatever I want, and if we’re being the bad selves we are known to be, I have to say, a creative niche is a road that leads to no inspiration.
A quick splash into the word dismantle
May 2024What I love about the word ‘dismantle’ is how frequently it is misused. When you say you’re going to dismantle something, the implication is that you’re going to take it apart, or undo its components into separate pieces.
A Review of OUTLIVE - by Eric Topol
May 2024I met Peter Attia in early 2020 when we did a podcast (The Drive episode #91, he’s now past #260). He’s an exceptionally bright physician with an outstanding medical training at Stanford, Johns Hopkins (surgery), and the National Cancer Institute (surgical oncology).
A Savory Protein Bar for Snacking
May 2024Welcome to Part 4 in my 6-week series focusing on protein! If you’d like to catch up, here’s what’s been going on:
A simple/pretty maple bundt recipe for mud/sugaring season
May 2024Bonjour! Bonjour! Gesine Bullock-Prado, that woman who can do just about anything and make us want to do those things too, has a new book: My Vermont Table.
A teacher's prayer - by Ed Grisamore
May 2024Our gracious heavenly Father: Thank you for giving me another sunrise, another day, another opportunity to shape young minds. Give me strength.
A Woman to Know: Guadalupe Marn
May 2024Lupe was a beautiful, spirited animal, but her jealousy and possessiveness gave our life together a wearying, hectic intensity. — Diego Rivera (image via Flickr)
A Woman to Know: Susanna Hall
May 2024Witty above her sex, but that's not all. — from Susanna Hall’s epitaph (image via Wikimedia Commons) Much is known of William Shakespeare’s writing, and much is written of the lives his legendary characters led on the page and on the stage.
About Titus Pullo - by Daniele Bolelli
May 2024Ray Stevenson was an incredible actor. His recent passing, at a relatively early age, saddened me. In his honor, I’ll post here some writing I did about the greatest character he ever brought to life: Titus Pullo from the HBO TV series Rome.
Against Voldemorting - Freddie deBoer
May 2024Some months back I asked, quite earnestly, what we should call a particular school of politics, given that those who practice it hate every name it’s given - political correctness, identity politics, SJW, woke.
Aimee Challenor and Nathaniel Knight: Some Receipts
May 2024Possibly "Aimee" is a trans trojan horse for the perverts and paedophiles in his life to influence political parties and, potentially, legislation?
Alcaraz vs Zverev: Roland Garros Final
May 2024Carlos Alcaraz stormed back to defeat Alexander Zverev 6/3 2/6 5/7 6/1 6/2 in the final of Roland Garros on Sunday to claim his third grand slam title (US Open 2022, Wimbledon 2023).
All-Purpose Tart Dough Recipe - by Dorie Greenspan
May 2024This the can-do dough – it swings sweet and savory, so you can just as easily use it for a fruit tart as for a quiche.
And then they came for ON BEYOND ZEBRA!
May 2024Last week I learned that the copy of Dr. Seuss’ On Beyond Zebra that I and my daughters have so enjoyed for years is now officially a collector’s item.
Antonym: The Overwhelm Edition - by Antony Mayfield
May 2024Dear Reader Emotions are data - often the most valuable data we have access to about our context and our ability to operate within it.
April 25: anagram name sketch
May 2024Hello, all! Today’s exercise comes from amazing poet and friend of the newsletter Bronwen Tate. Bronwen is the author of The Silk the Moths Ignore.
Are the New College, Jefferson County, and Rufo grifts already converging?
May 2024Share For those students looking to move beyond high school, I am in the process of creating a “great books” college-level program.
asparagus tart with herby goat cheese
May 2024It’s been a big week around here… Week 1 of our Spring CSA is officially in the books! Sending that first round of veggie boxes out into the world is a bit like sending your kid off to kindergarten… you just hope that the many months of preparation, hard work, sweat and tears paid off, and that they find their way and make you proud.
atta girl! partner is reportedly out
May 2024Last week some purveyors for atta girl! restaurant reported not getting their usual weekly orders from the restaurant kitchen. It turns out that’s because one of the partners Bunny had reportedly parted ways with the restaurant last week.
Attack of the Giant Moles
May 2024We have a mole problem – a big mole problem. I went up on site the other day and the monsters had eaten their way through our whole building site.
Baked Turkey-Spinach Meatballs - by Molly Ramsey
May 2024Hi, everybody! This is Molly Ramsey writing today. As editor of Susanality, I have the pleasure of helping Susan pull together this newsletter every week, and am stepping in to share today’s post and recipe as she is on day ten of a marathon styling gig for Bobby Flay’s upcoming cookbook.
BDSM isn't torture, but Bonding sure is
May 2024This is a guest post by Davey Davis. “Domme work,” says Tiff Chester, AKA Mistress May, as she clumsily wraps a scarlet rope around her friend’s wrist, “is about more than just hog-tying someone.
Beans alla Vodka - by Raquel Ravivo
May 2024By now we all know I’m in the midst of my bean era and many of you can probably relate. Beans are the perfect food because they’re carby, high protein, fibre-rich and extremely versatile.
Bear in the Woods Edition
May 2024No, that’s not an actual Jordan Peterson quote. But it feels like it could be, right? Anyway, I’m taking a brief hiatus from my hiatus because this bear in the woods stuff is just too fucking much, with incels o’er the land coming out of their mom’s basement to prove the point being made.
Behold, the USMNT Depth Chart
May 2024Ahead of a an international-tournament-filled summer, I looked at the USMNT’s depth across every position in the starting XI. Apologies/congratulations if your favorite fringe player didn’t/did land that coveted 13th-place spot at whatever position he plays:
Beloved Arby's hat sign saved; a survivor of the old Times Square closes; classic Indian restaurant
May 2024A couple of weeks ago, I brought you the news that an Arby’s in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was closing, a location that opened in 1968 and still retained its original 10-gallon-hat sign.
Best Costumes for the Church Halloween Party
May 2024Wait ... did I say “Halloween”? I meant ... er ... Fall Festival ... um ... Trunk-or-Treat ... eh ... Harvest Festival.
Betting on myself - by Danny Shirey
May 2024Two years ago, I was making an obnoxious number of daily cold calls for a marketing firm. My main responsibility was to bring in new accounts.
Beyond Brackets: Sweet 16 and Elite Eight
May 2024Thanks for reading the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter. If you like our work, be sure to check out our stats site, our podcast, and our social media accounts on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
Black Film Streaming Pick: 'Mahogany'
May 2024Welcome back to my “Black Film Streaming Pick” series, a continuous column about Black films currently available on streaming platforms. If you haven’t already, take a look at my last pick: Billy Woodberry’s slice of life indie set in Watts during the late 1970s — Bless Their Little Hearts, which is still available on the Criterion Channel.
Blessed Are You on the Struggle Bus
May 2024Happy new year, readers! I’m dropping into your inbox today with a little essay about the life-saving art of writing absurd beatitudes when times become weird or craptastic.
Blue Ivy's name story finally revealed!
May 2024When the news is too heavy and dark — which is too often — it can feel like we have to justify why we write about names.
Bojangles' is dropping its apostrophe, will become Bojangles
May 2024Editor’s note: You’re reading The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.C. A version of this post was emailed to subscribers on Saturday, June 27, 2020.
Boyd's Genuine Porcelain Lined Cap 1870-80s
May 2024How long is this article? 1,181 words, 7 images, about an 8 minute readWhen I was at university, I took several archaeology courses and even considered continuing my studies in that direction.
Bridgewater's Lake Nippenicket Threatened By Developer
May 2024[ Readers, comments on the project (No. 16558) are due to MEPA by Monday, Jan. 23rd, and can be submitted directly at: https://eeaonline.
Bridging Worlds in the Island Woods
May 2024This morning, while walking into the woods behind the ancient castle in my island village, I stumbled upon a fairy tree, a magical portal believed to connect our human realm with the enchanting world of elves and fairies.
Broken sauces - by Daisy Alpert Florin
May 2024The second episode of “The Bear” opens on Carmy working in the kitchen of a high-end New York City restaurant, and the tension is high.
Buy Now Pay Later red flags and Affording a car
May 2024Buy Now, Pay Later is a threat to your finances – if you’re not careful. You’ve certainly been served up ads for Buy Now, Pay Later services like Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay.
by Sam Freedman and Dylan Difford
May 2024It finally happened - a YouGov poll has put the Tories behind Reform, albeit by just a point. It’s unprecedented for them to be third in a poll during a general election campaign.
Can DePaul basketball be saved?
May 2024On Jan. 22, DePaul fired men’s basketball coach Tony Stubblefield 18 games into his third season at the school. The school’s announcement of the widely expected move read as many such announcements do.
Can I get a good Seattle bagel at... Hey Bagel
May 2024Welcome to It’s A Shanda, one Northeastern Jew’s quest to find a decent bagel in Seattle (and beyond). If you’re interested in taking this journey with me, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a review.
Candy Cane Lane - by Alec Toombs
May 2024Film Yap is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Celebrating tapas in America
May 2024My friends, I think the Spanish have given the world many culinary gifts—jamón, paella, burnt Basque cheesecake, Ferran Adrià’s famous liquid olives…but the most important one of all may be tapas, the little bites that make up so many of our meals in Spain.
Centurion: fact vs fiction - ReelScotland
May 2024On Saturday 10 April, Dundee's DCA cinema opened its doors for a very special preview screening of Neil Marshall's new historical blockbuster, Centurion.
channel ORANGE, Cooper Black - by Elspeth Michaels
May 2024Imagine the opening to Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You.” If you know the song, you’re probably hearing it in your head, maybe you’re even picturing the person you always think about when listening to it.
Chasing the Intact Mind, by Amy Lutz
May 2024Amy Lutz’s new book Chasing the Intact Mind has, for me, an essential and rare quality: it made me feel less crazy.
CHICKITY CHINA THE CHINESE CHICKEN
May 2024Has your subconscious ever stuck a tune in your head because it wants to relay a message to you? I’ve started to notice there’s usually a line or two in the lyrics that warrants attention and further investigation.
Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway
May 2024What was it about Jack Nicholson that made so many guys want to be him back in the day? Quite possibly it was his performance in “Chinatown” (1974) which would go on to earn him a Golden Globe, BAFTA and mainstream industry respect.
CLAYELLE DALFARES RETIRING - by Richard Kostelanetz
May 2024Those of us who listen to classical music on New York City radio have long loved the supremely feminine voice of “the disk jockey” Clayelle Dalfares.
Colleen Ballinger: Pulling the Bimbo Card
May 2024This was not the plan for this week’s essay, but after Colleen Ballinger’s absolutely bizarre “apology” video (in which there was, unsurprisingly, no apology), I had to.
Columbus was a White Christian Nationalist
May 2024Share When I look back on “Columbus Day” during my youth and schooling, we all learned the little rhyme: “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue… .
Comic Book Autopsy: The Gotham War
May 2024Batman had a rough time in 2023. With Chip Zdarsky at the helm, Batman has encountered an AI he created .
Comments - Routine Maintenance Day
May 2024In reference to the horse Wisecracken, I can not find any racing or pedigree information on this horse. Due to a lot of online comments about horse breeders and the pedigrees of both Maple leaf Mel and New York Thunder I wanted to do one of those confirmation bias bit of research.
Comments - Selena Gomez getting married
May 2024I cannot ridicule Biebs and Hailey anymore... (Doesn't mean I hate reading about them though! Good article, lol) At some point the down the line, even when they're on their last breath, people need forgiveness for their mistakes.
Comments - The Death of Israel
May 2024Hi Shahid, Thank you for your response. So yes, the dilemma seems to remain: that of countering the interests that determine the policies of state action to the detriment of the greater populations of the world.
Cooking for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Plov
May 2024This project is pretty simple. As a complement to each race weekend, I’ll be cooking the national dish of that race’s host country and sharing information about the process and that dish’s history along the way in an effort to grow more deeply immersed in the local culture from my own home.
Cortez the Killer - by Keith Pille
May 2024Hey, There, So, here in Month 7 of the Weirdest, Worst Time, I’ve gotten really into Neil Young. If you know me, you’ve probably seen this sort of thing before.
Counting Down Bob Dylans Music Videos
May 2024This week, I’m working on a book chapter concerning Bob Dylan’s music videos, an eclectic and odd collection of work. But as I work on this chapter, I’ve come to notice that there’s very little writing on these videos out there on the internet.
Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet
May 2024Where I live in the Bay Area (specifically, Oakland), the shift in seasons is more subtle than in the rest of the country.
Crystallized vs Fluid Intelligence - by Pat Whitty
May 2024In his book From Strength to Strength, Arthur Brooks cited research by Raymond Cattell, a British Psychologist, who identified two types of intelligence in his book entitled Abilities: Their Structure, Growth, and Action.
Cults, echo chambers, epistemic bubbles, and kindness
May 2024I recently read a short piece in MIT Technology Review about how to talk with family or friends who are enmeshed in a cult or conspiracy theory.
Cults, MLMs & White Women
May 2024Grifter documentaries are really big right now. There’s Inventing Anna, Bad Vegan, and The Tinder Swindler just on Netflix alone. Grifter storhave always intrigued me (they clearly intrigue a lot of people).
Cypress Hills - Brooklyn - by Rob Stephenson
May 2024Greetings from the city that currently holds the ignominious distinction of having the worst air quality in the world. Before the smokey haze that rekindled our K95 love affair descended upon the city, I revisited the neighborhood of Cypress Hills in Brooklyn.
Daniel O'Brien | Substack
May 2024Daniel O'BrienSenior Writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, author of How to Fight Presidents, Co-Author and Editor for You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News, Head Writer for The De-Textbook.
David Chen | Substack
May 2024David ChenI've been reviewing film/TV online for 15 yrs. My newsletter is Decoding Everything, where I write about pop culture, tech, & the media.
David Hogg Answers Big Questions About Gun Safety Activism
May 2024David Hogg speaks during March for Our Lives 2022 on June 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for March For Our Lives.
Daycare is Normalized But it Ain't Normal
May 2024When our baby was turning five months old, my husband and I toured local daycares. I remember going to one larger facility that was highly recommended: against one wall was a row of uniform, bolted-down highchairs, and against the other wall were pack-and-plays lined up in front of a big-screen TV.
Deepsea Challenger Design vs. Titan, and Lessons?
May 2024The issues about Titan’s hull thickness and window pressure rating have been brought up a lot. And the general sense of recklessness and/or “too much” risk-taking by its founder/CEO.
Developing a departmental approach to the Do Now
May 2024This newsletter is made possible because of Eedi. Check out our brand-new set of diagnostic quizzes, videos, and practice questions for every single maths topic, ready to use in the classroom, and all for free, here.
Documentary Hendrie honors an unheralded radio legend
May 2024Hendrie, the new documentary about Phil Hendrie that arrives this week, has two key points to make: Hendrie is a massive talent who had a far-reaching influence on the world of comedy, and for whatever reason, he never really earned mainstream fame and respect he probably deserved.
Does Everyone Need a Yearly Covid Booster?
May 2024On September 12, 2023, the CDC recommended a booster dose of Covid vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age. To understand why, we need to go back to the beginning.
Does Prevagen Really Work for Memory Loss?
May 2024One of the most frustrating (and often terrifying) experiences as we get older can be a loss of cognitive powers. It’s one of the most frequent concerns I hear from people.
Domaine Divio - The Essential Oregon Wine Club
May 2024My visit to Domaine Divio a few weeks ago was truly the highlight of a very exciting trip. I never miss a chance to sit down with owner/vigneron Bruno Corneaux, and on this visit we spent a great deal of time together, not only at the winery but at dinner, at the massive Northwest Wine Co.
Don't use iCloud for photo backup
May 2024My friend Bill just returned from a family vacation in Costa Rica and shot lots of photos and video on his iPhone, including some killer shots of breakfasts with local monkeys.
Donald Trump 2028? - by Chris Cillizza
May 2024A while back — while writing my rankings of the 10 Republicans most likely to be the 2024 presidential nominee — I included a line that I thought was a given: That some of the people running now were really positioning for 2028 when the race would be wide open and, yes, Trump-less.
Drive Shaft -- You All Everybody
May 2024Leave a comment Get 33% off for 1 year The two of us would curl up together on my futon couch, drinking Two Buck Chuck, eating Orville Reddenbacher microwave popcorn, and gazing at my 19” Mitsubishi SD television screen.
Enjoy Yourself: Terry Hall RIP
May 2024There was a moment in 1996 when Terry Hall rejoined the orbit of contemporary pop music, a good decade and a half after he left the Specials to form Fun Boy Three.
Epic v. Particle - by Brendan Keeler
May 2024Author’s note: This post will be somewhat atypical in terms of format. In lieu of memes and a ton of humor, it’s intended to offer readers an impartial guide to what’s going on in the murky, confusing, and emotionally charged situation that is the current dispute between Epic Systems and Particle Health.
Episode 20: Herman the Recluse
May 2024Hi everyone, I am so excited for y’all to hear this week’s episode! I love a little bit of mysterious and potentially supernatural history, so this one is RIGHT up my alley.
Everything is vector and no one is horny
May 2024When I first read R.S. Benedict’s Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny, I felt like something that had been gnawing at me finally bit hard enough for me to be incensed.
Final 2024 Consensus NFL Draft Mock
May 2024This is the final version of the consensus mock data, which I firstpublished a few weeks back. This includes mock drafts from media analysts though Monday, April 22nd, when most drop their final versions.
FIVE MORE THINGS... - by Evan Shapiro
May 2024Happy Tuesday War & Peaceniks! Before we officially start 2024 next week (as we do every year in Vegas at CES), I have a few more things about the this year which I forgot to predict last year.
Fix My Life - by Kaitlyn Greenidge
May 2024It was when I saw Iyanla Vanzant tie a head wrap on her head in a vaguely regal configuration, don a white robe, and sit down in front of LisaRaye’s family to declare herself and them queens that I decided the tv show was not that bad.
For serenity, weed strawberries - by Maura Casey
May 2024Googling the phrase “gardening and mental health” produces 34 million hits. If digging in the dirt contributes all that much to peace of mind, then my husband must be the most stable person I know.
French apple cake - by Rosie Birkett
May 2024Hello my friends. It’s all been a bit of a whirlwind since we got back from our holiday. Last week I was on full childcare duty as our wonderful child minder was away in Italy, and then we headed up to the Peak District for a big family birthday weekend, so I’m only just settling back into time at my desk/in my own kitchen, and it feels rather a relief not to not be moving somewhere in a car.
From Riches to Rags - The Colour of Time with Marina Amaral
May 2024It was just another Friday night, and I found myself scrolling through HBO's vast catalog on my TV, feeling bored, grumpy, and yearning for the simpler times when we didn't have 2,486 different streaming platforms and an overwhelming number of movies and TV shows to choose from.
From The Archives: Jerry Goldsmith's Horror Music
May 2024Note: I originally wrote this feature for issue 48 of Scream Magazine, and later published it on my website. I thought I’d pull it out for an “on this day” remembrance, as on June 6th, 1976, “The Omen” was released, a movie propelled to stardom by Jerry Goldsmith’s music.
Fuck the Modern NBA - Freddie deBoer
May 2024I think the next time someone asks me why I can’t stand the 2020s NBA, I’ll just say “Al Horford, standing at the three point line, ready to chuck.
Fudgy Chocolate Cake with Coffee Creme Fraiche
May 2024Hello friends, I’ve spent this week dreaming of sunnier, warmer days laying on a beach somewhere, getting stuck into a good book whilst tucking into an endless supply of mystery, foreign snacks picked up at the local supermarket.
Fushimi Inari-Taisha, by Matt Loux
May 2024Hey everyone! We’re proud to present another great comic this week, the travelogue Junrei: Fushimi Inari-Taisha, by Matthew Loux! Tying in to this week’s episode of Mangasplaining (#96!
Gadi Eisenkot- Full Segments of Videos
May 2024“Rachel from Ofakim,” she was called. The woman who, while she was held hostage, baked cookies for the terrorists holding her and her husband hostage.
Gatlinburg Restaurant Review: Morning Mist Cafe
May 2024Located on Glades Road in The Arts and Crafts Community outside the bustle of downtown Gatlinburg is Morning Mist Cafe, a lunch spot you can easily find in the Morning Mist Village of shops.
Gentrification is Inevitable (and Other Lies)
May 2024New years — whenever you celebrate them and the fresh-ish slates that accompany them — are the perfect time for manifestos. Hillarie Maddox of Black Girl Country Living reminded me of that last week, when I asked for online reading recs and she sent me this piece, and which has been rattling around in my head ever since.
Girl with a Hawk keep Justine Covault close with Feel Me
May 2024Girl with a Hawk release new EP ‘Keep ‘Er Lit’ on December 8 Photo Credit: Kelly Davidson SPOTIFY . BANDCAMP .
Goodbye, Good Humor Toasted Almond Bars
May 2024I recently found out that Good Humor Toasted Almond Bars have been discontinued. They were actually discontinued last year, but a lot of people are just now starting to notice their absence.
grief is love with nowhere to go
May 2024I’ve always had a sneaking suspicion that I think I’m bad at being sad. While others always seem to find purpose and direction in sadness I find my tendency is just get lost in it.
Grocery Shopping Gems in Hawaii
May 2024Hello there! I hope you’re warm and or dry wherever you are. I have lots to report and couldn’t get it all organized and polished to send sooner.
Hamantasch: The Purim Cookie - by Ruth Stroud
May 2024I have a distinct childhood memory of watching my mother rolling out sheets of yellow cookie dough, cutting circles with a drinking glass and putting teaspoons of prune-walnut filling in the centers.
Has America entered a new era of deforestation?
May 2024When you read the word “deforestation,” what image comes to mind? If I had to guess, it would be trees being felled somewhere in the tropics — perhaps the Amazon.
Heartland: Teine Sa - The Ancient Ones
May 2024For Heartland Film Festival showtimes and tickets, click here. It’s always fun to see a film explore untapped mythologies and cultures for fantastical storytelling.
Here goes something! - by Inkoo Kang
May 2024On the Search Engine podcast this week, tech journalist Casey Newton predicted that Twitter would declare bankruptcy within a year. The way things are going over there, that seems entirely possible.
History of Aesthetics - Aristotle on Beauty
May 2024Aristotle was a student of Plato, but also eventually a teacher of Alexander the Great. As his student, Aristotle was influenced by the ideas of Plato, but they differed as well, and Aristotle criticizes some ideas and arguments of his teacher.
History of Austin's "Street of Dreams"
May 2024Austin’s most famous street has earned the nickname “Dirty Sixth” over the past few years, with an unruly Bourbon Street-like atmosphere and a YouTube driven reputation for violence.
History of the Koryos - by Tocharus
May 2024Deep in our ancient past there existed a rite of passage that every boy had to enter to become a man.
Hot Calamari Sandwiches - by Thea Everett
May 2024In the spring we went to Madrid, and ever since we got back I’ve been wanting to cook the best thing we ate, which was these Calamari Sandwiches.
How A Mystery Poop At A Lesbian Wedding Became A Hit Podcast! Tabs, Tues., Aug. 22, 2023
May 2024We used to have 95 acres of land up there, near Parksville and Liberty, with a house that was built in one night, replacing a house that burned down.
How Calvin Kasulke Wrote Several People Are Typing
May 2024Since this is a craft newsletter, I spend a lot of time talking about writing processes. Every author has their own process—and often a different process for every book—and I always find it illuminating to hear about them.
How to Make Poetry Comics
May 2024A page of poetry comics begins simply. Draw a four squares, stacked to make a larger square. What have you created?
How to Make Rubirosa's Tie Dye Pizza
May 2024Friends, hello! After years of admiring the Rubirosa tie dye pizza from afar, I finally tasted it in real life last Sunday evening with one of my oldest friends, and it exceeded expectations — the whole meal did, in fact: I loved the crispness of the pizza, which allowed the sauce to shine; I loved the salad: a wedge dressed with Italian chopped salad fixins; and I loved the whole vibe, bustling and cozy with tables close together surrounded by groups of friends, families with young children, and couples on date nights.
How to Maximize Developer Productivity
May 2024The CEO of Modal, Erik Bernhardsson, is a super well regarded former CTO. In this conversation, we spoke about his best practices for increasing developer productivity, a topic that he has thought a *great* deal about, as you will soon see.
How To Use Chessable - by Nate Solon
May 2024Welcome to Zwischenzug! This newsletter goes out to 4,909 chess players. Sign up to get chess improvement advice delivered to your inbox.
How to Write a Song
May 2024Most people like music. But most people don’t make music. Even among those that do make music, even fewer make their own music.
I asked an A.I. to design a Minnesota Vikings House Zillow Listing and it's too real
May 2024If you’ve been on one of my teams or been one of my clients or heard one of my keynotes or been reading this newsletter very long, you know my philosophy is that the best way to understand new and emerging things is to try them.
I Bought 19 Pieces at H&M's Minimalist Sister Brand, And These Are The Items I'm Keeping.
May 2024Hello my darlings, I hope this finds you well! Before we dive into a few of my new favorite finds from COS, I wanted to share a few things that I’m excited about right now.
I Feel Like a Fake Gay - by John Paul Brammer
May 2024¡Hola Papi! is the preeminent deranged advice column from writer and author John Paul Brammer, now living on Substack! If you’ve ever wanted advice from a Twitter-addled gay Mexican with anxiety, here is your chance.
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
May 2024One thing I’d never seen Gene Hackman do is play weak. Though he’s regarded as a character actor’s movie star, most leading film performers do find a certain persona coalescing around the body of roles they’ve played and how they inhabit it, including Hackman.
I tried Chick-Fil-A's Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich and lived to tell the tale
May 2024Welcome to Flashlight & A Biscuit, my Southern culture/sports/music/food offshoot of my work at Yahoo Sports. Thanks for reading, and if you’re new around here, why not subscribe?
I wasnt scammed by Caroline Calloway
May 2024My review of Caroline Calloway’s Scammer. It actually arrived. For the better part of ten years I’ve been a Caroline Calloway watcher.
I'm Being Impersonated on Telegram
May 2024Pretend you want to do a crypto impersonation scam. You might purloin the likeness of a known cryptocurrency expert. Especially a handsome one.
In Conversation: Brendan Yates of Turnstile
May 2024When Glow On came out in the summer of 2021, Turnstile were already one of the more popular hardcore bands of this generation.
Is Oundle getting the royal nod?
May 2024There was a surprise new contender for Prince George’s secondary school destination this month, in the form of Oundle public school.
Is Paul Rudd Vegan? - by egan Bub Club
May 2024If you’re like anyone else on the planet right now, you are likely spending more time than ever online, hovering up the deluge of showbiz news in an attempt to remove yourself from the weight of the ‘real’ news we’re all trying to overcome.
Is This the Best Whiskey Sour Ive Ever Had?
May 2024If there is a single piece of advice I have for cocktail enthusiasts and home bartenders, it’s this: Focus on mastering classics.
It's time to give Caroline Graham Hansen her flowers
May 2024In the past couple of years, the awards seasons have been dominated by Barcelona players. Two years in a row, Alexia Putellas swept up – including back-to-back Ballon d’Or wins – while this year in her injury-induced absence, teammate Aitana Bonmatí took on the role of best in the world.
Jam Breakdown - 7/28/17 Chalk Dust Torture
May 2024Anyone who knows me hears about this jam endlessly. There’s something about this 24-minute tentpole Baker’s Dozen jam that has just blown me away each and every listen.
Jesus Feminist, ten years later
May 2024Hi friends, This week marks ten years since my very first book Jesus Feminist was released into the world. Ten years!
Jim Henson's Fairy Tales: A Fantastic Imagination
May 2024Moonbow is a reader-supported publication. It exists because of the support of generous readers like you! If you enjoy Moonbow, the best ways you can support it is to subscribe, share this newsletter with a friend, and consider upgrading to a paid subscription.
John McWhorter "The Fall of Minneapolis" Reconsidered
May 2024Late last year, John McWhorter and I released two episodes focusing on the documentary The Fall of Minneapolis and the filmmakers behind it, Liz Collin and JC Chaix.
Jony Ive on the iPhone and Apple's Design Process
May 2024Some designers work is so closely associated with a single brand that it’s impossible to imagine that company’s products without them.
Just a Handful. - by Chad C. Ashby
May 2024SLAM! We’ve bought a century-old house and SLAM! the doors are quite heavy and SLAM! the locks don’t hold real well and we’ve also got SLAM!
Kate Middleton And The Allure Of Royal Conspiracies
May 2024UPDATE: On the afternoon of March 22, Princess Catherine announced that she is undergoing treatment for cancer. Our thoughts are with her and her family, and we wish her a swift recovery.
Keep Birch Beer Weird - The Mix with Robert Simonson
May 2024I recently stopped at the Southern Tier Welcome Center in southern New York State, just over the Pennsylvania border. It wasn’t my first visit.
Kitchen Project #72: All about cake
May 2024Hello, Welcome to today's edition of Kitchen Projects. Thank you so much for being here! Today it's all about a subject close to *all of our* hearts: Cake!
Lauren Dickason and the future that could have been
May 2024This post is about Lauren Dickason. You don’t have to read it. It’s OK to just choose not to read about this topic because it’s too close to home or it’s too hard or it just hurts too much.
Learning to Love My Filipino Nose
May 2024Welcome to Pearl, a bi-weekly newsletter dedicated to Filipinas and their beauty journeys. Read more about its mission here. “How much would a full rhinoplasty be?
Len Kasper's departure says a lot about Marquee
May 2024Cubs fans have prepared themselves to lose some of their favorite players (and Albert Almora), but nobody thought they had any reason to worry that one of the announcers was going to bolt.
Leo's Barbecue is going back to Kelley
May 2024The owner of Leo’s Barbecue announced last week he was closing his business located inside the Homeland store at 625 NE 36th St, but reopening down the street at the original location at 3621 NE Kelley Ave.
Let's Talk About Pancakes With Crispy Edges
May 2024Earlier this week on Bravo’s hit reality show Below Deck Mediterranean, a yacht guest — former NFL player Dominique Easley — requested pancakes from the charter chef, Dave.
Linebacker Stance and Movement - by Jon Svec
May 2024Hello everyone. Before we start this week, I just wanted to extend a big thank you to this growing community of Canadian football coaches.
Lisa Selin Davis | Substack
May 2024BROADview By Lisa Selin Davis A newsletter about the gender culture wars, & the history, science, psychology & politics of gender nonconformity—misunderstood by the Right and Left.
Little Women (1994) vs. Little Women (2019)
May 2024My first time reading Little Women is seared in my memory. I was in the third grade and the Winona Ryder film was about to come out, and people were excited.
Make "Room, Room, Room" In Your Heart For the Public Universal Friend
May 2024“I am the Public Universal Friend. The end of the world is coming soon. Christ is returning. You need to repent your sins.
Make Believe Bonus: Kujira Entertainment
May 2024To walk into the neon-shrouded innards of Kujira Entertainment in a Shinjuku basement is to enter the id of the imagined tourist ruining Japan.
Man Charged With Abusing Dogs And Shooting Police Is In The U.S. Illegally
May 2024It has now been officially established that the man who recently shot three Washington, D.C. police officers who attempted to serve him an arrest warrant over an animal cruelty case, resulting in an hours-long standoff, is in the United States illegally.
Manufacturing dissent - by Don Moynihan
May 2024A group of students assembled on the University of Texas at Austin campus to call for an end to the war in Gaza.
Match Details & Discussion Thread: Thorns vs. KC Current
May 2024A week removed from a season-opening demolition, the Portland Thorns are back in action. This time, the defending champs face the foes they felled in the 2022 NWSL championship game: the Kansas City Current.
Matcha Brownies - Gooey + Chewy! - by Winnie
May 2024INGREDIENTS 3/4 cups oil 2 eggs 1.5 cups granulated sugar 1 3/4 cups flour 4 tbsp matcha 1/2 tsp baking powder
Mauricio Pochettino is GONE! What next for Chelsea? How it all unfolded with sourced information rep
May 2024Morning all, I REALLY love having to re-write an entire newsletter because Chelsea, who held a meeting at 11am yesterday, decided to wait until 7pm to give Matt Law the news that they had mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Mauricio Pochettino.
MEMORIA, part one: church incense perfumes
May 2024I know I’ve gone down a bit of an apostolic church perfume rabbit hole lately. I won’t pretend it’s not because I am also going through a bit of an apostolic church rabbit hole lately, but I would prefer to have the emotional details of this spiritual journey remain implicitly told through my evolving relationship to perfume.
Michael Moorcock, Elric of Melnibone
May 2024Periodically I see news that someone’s going to make a film or a TV series based on Moorcock’s Elric books. I live in times where much of what I read as a young person has become fodder for such adaptations, to my very great surprise.
Michfest, a celebration - by Graham Linehan
May 2024(To celebrate lesbian visibility week I asked Lauren Levey and Marian Rutigliano to write about the pioneering lesbian music festival. Enjoy!
MICRO-GENRE 101: 90s Melodic Metalcore
May 2024What follows is an excerpt from this January’s Patreon post. If you’re intrigued, I highly recommend subscribing to read the rest!
Mike Royko 50+/- Years Ago Today: The Ascent of Royko
May 2024To access all site contents, click HERE. Why do we run this separate item, Mike Royko 50+ Years Ago Today? Because Steve Bertolucci, the hero of the serialized novel central to this Substack, lived in a Daily News household—meaning the Bertoluccis subscribed to the Daily News.
MindMed receives FDA breakthrough therapy designation for LSD; Psychedelics figure Ben Sessas med
May 2024Happy Friday and welcome back to The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter brought to you by theU.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.
mob wife salad - by Caroline Chambers
May 2024If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I pretty much exclusively read romance books (aka literary Xanax) right now, and that I am often consumed by romance sub-genres.
Moby-Dick: Chapters 1-2 - by Herman Melville
May 2024Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.
MRI Access for Higher-Weight Patients
May 2024This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter. If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! You can also gift a subscription to a friend, family member, even a healthcare practitioner!
My Beautiful Nymphomaniac - by Jonathan Giles
May 2024Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedIt’s my birthday. I am fifteen wishing I was twenty, I am with Julienne walking up Washington Street, and she is definitely twenty, or maybe even older, and I love her, and to me she is everything, everything, everything.
My daughter Carlota's guide to NYC
May 2024Hello to my Chef’s List community—I’m back. Thank you all for your words and support this month—it’s been a tough one for the entire World Central Kitchen community.
my hidden, no-sign secondhand discovery
May 2024First up, if you’re new here (I am so grateful!), I wanted to share why I started this feature. As a thank you and a love note!
My Take On "The Anxious Generation."
May 2024Many of you have reached out in recent weeks asking me to share my thoughts on Jonathan Haidt’s new book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.
My Toddler Loves Planes, So I Built Her A Radar
May 2024This is a tale of inspiration, of a vision taking shape, and of rapid feedback from that most discerning of customers: a 2-year-old girl.
My Trip to the American Girl Doll Hospital
May 2024If you haven’t heard yet, I am single. I am so single that I have never not been single. I am so single that I’ve reached that point in my life where I had nothing better to do than to go through the shed in the back of my parents’ house and find the box that contained my old American Girl dolls and all their accessories.
Netflix documentary "Scouts Honor" reveals new layers of sexual abuse crisis
May 2024When I sat down to watch the latest documentary about the BSA’s bankruptcy and sexual abuse crisis, I was not expecting to learn very much.
Netflix has adopted Swift and Kotlin to build native mobile apps. For its we"
May 2024Netflix's Tech Stack This post is based on research from many Netflix engineering blogs and open-source projects. If you come across any inaccuracies, please feel free to inform us.
Never Have I Ever, Geriatric Millennials, old rules, new leaders, and skinny jeans
May 2024Of late, I’ve noticed that the algorithm gods have started feeding me a steady stream of nostalgia posts targeted directly to the fact that I grew up in the 1990s.
Norman Lebrecht on Verdi's Nabucco
May 2024For the Jewish High Holiday season, we wanted to bring you an amazing piece about Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco — an opera set during the Babylonian captivity of the Jews.
Not All Sweaters are Garbage and Buying An Internet-Famous Thing
May 2024So much great stuff in this newsletter. I am in awe. I couldn't agree with you more about shopping in person vs online.
Notes 3/27/2024 - by Mike Crumplar
May 2024A little while back I remember Gasda telling me that I should just crank stuff out, that’s what the newsletter format is for essentially, it doesn’t really matter if the material is that deep, people just eat it up anyway, the readers love eating whatever shit, and this includes myself, since I pay for the “Writer’s Diary” he writes on Substack under the pseudonym “Novalis,” in fact it’s the only Substack or podcast I actually pay for, and he charges more for it than I do for mine.
Now It Can Be Told
May 2024One of my favorite Nora Ephron essays is about her (not) having an affair with John F. Kennedy as a White House intern.
Of carob and disappointment - by Julia Skinner
May 2024This is an example of what paid subscribers enjoy each month, along with discounts to my classes and other goodies. If you like what you see, please join us!
On Motherhood and Rage - by Melinda Wenner Moyer
May 2024Today I’m so excited to be running a Q&A with Minna Dubin, the author of the new book Mom Rage, which explores the rage many mothers feel, why we feel it, and what we can do with it.
On Parenting - by Freia
May 2024Many in this sphere are current or future parents, thinking about how they’ll raise their kids to be well-adjusted and have good values in an increasingly pozzed America.
On the Succession Finale, and Children Who Never Grew Up
May 2024A brief diversion about my favorite TV show, before the free media newsletter returns later this week… Note: this “spoils” the show up through the episode that aired Sunday night:One of the most brutal scenes of the entire series of “Succession” takes place in the second episode of the final season, in a grungy karaoke bar in New York City.
One Good Film: "Listen Up Philip"(2014)
May 2024A regular feature for paid Watch List subscribers: I suggest one reasonably under-the-radar movie from the recent or distant past, and you do what you want with that information.
Our Favorite Fall Rom-Coms - by Annabelle and Fletcher
May 2024It’s October, baby. The leaves are turning red, the ghosts are coming out, Billie Holiday is singing “Autumn in New York” and we’re desperately clinging to her every word.
Our politics is only flat on the surface
May 2024A deep tension haunts our politics. 1. On the surface, American politics is deeply calcified, stuck and hyper-polarized 2. Below the surface, American politics is rich with latent factions and repressed diversity.
Parkinson's Law: It's Real, So Use It
May 2024Parkinson's Law states that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." Although it is counter-intuitive, you will find that through practice and experience, there is a lot of truth to this.
Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
May 2024Throughout my life, there have been two everyday, ordinary things I’ve never been able to do that has led to endless hours of self-conscious fretting.
Player Ratings From Inter Miami's Rocky Match Against the Colorado Rapids
May 2024photo credit: Inter Miami CFInter Miami secured a rather rocky draw against the Colorado Rapids in a match that should’ve gone their way.
Player Ratings From Inter Miami's Rotated Game vs. Al Nassr
May 2024When I say they're having trouble playing through the midfield, I'm talking out building out from the back which is what Tata wants to do.
Please Have Enough Self-Worth Not to Join a Sex Cult
May 2024The most sex I’ve ever had in a single day was nine times with three different men. It wasn’t necessarily my goal to break records or anything, and the whole thing started innocently enough.
Police Station Pizza Party - by Dan Tallarico
May 2024The most critical component of a family event is pizza. Pizza carries so much of the weight in social situations. Everyone has an opinion about the cheese, sauce or crust.
Poorna Bell | Substack
May 2024As I Was Saying with Poorna Bell By Poorna Bell Social commentary and essays from career to mental wellbeing, capturing the general WTF of life and topical news, by award-winning author, former HuffPost Exec editor and lifter of heavy weights, Poorna Bell.
Porn Director Jacky St. James Takes Us To Adult Film School
May 2024On this episode, the girlx/womxm listen and learn from award-winning adult film director and screenwriter, Jacky St. James. Jacky details what a day of shooting on a porn set really entails, the effect of "
Powering your electric blanket from an inverter
May 2024Last winter I answered a few of my reader’s questions about powering an electric blanket from your RV battery and inverter.
Queen Elizabeth II's Best Friend Died At 'Downton Abbey' on 9/11
May 2024You might have heard of the popular TV series Downton Abbey. The period drama starring Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Rose Leslie, and Elizabeth McGovern became an unexpected hit in the 2010s, won numerous awards, and spawned two feature films.
Quin Snyder & The Atlanta Hawks
May 2024The Hawks are naming Quin Snyder as head coach to replace Nate McMillan with Quin Snyder leaving the Jazz after last season.
Ragusano: king of Caciocavallo - by Trevor Warmedahl
May 2024One of my favorite styles of cheese is caciocavallo, which is a type of pasta filata (stretched curd, like mozzarella) that is generally aged.
Ranking the shapes of dinosaur nuggets
May 2024Sure, there's some variation across brands, but many of them use very similar shapes, which I can only assume is to let kids know that they are safe and familiar to eat.
Rattler Killing Roadrunners - by David B. Williams
May 2024Few animals in the deserts of the American southwest are more iconic than roadrunners, or at least the version of the bird created in 1949, which faced perpetual battles with one Wile E.
Re-Visiting the 1984 Oscars - by Learning about Movies
May 2024Following my reappraisal of the 1984 Oscars, let’s do the same to the year 1983. These feature eligible movies appearing in 1983, according to the Oscar’s rules.
Read This If You Feel Like A Burden!
May 2024You are reading the FREE version of Growth Spurts. If you enjoy my community, want more of it and access to me as your personal life coach through my column Dear Michelle, all my book reviews and recommendations, the first to know about any announcements and more private and personal articles about my life then you can sign up for as little as £1.
Recovery From Failure, User Experience Enhancements & New Payment Methods
May 2024Hello and Welcome to our bi-weekly update. This sprint's main highlight is the updates on the user experience side, new updates on the premium community plan to add new data on Scrolller, global navbar experience, and why Scrolller faced a downtime last week.
Red-headed Woodpeckers! - Laura Erickson's For the Birds
May 2024(Listen to the radio version here.) On May 3, 1975, two months after I started birding, I saw my very first woodpecker—the #20 bird on my life list—and it was a stunner: a gorgeous Red-headed Woodpecker.
Redrobe, Redrobe, Redrobe (Isaiah 63:1-6)
May 2024“I am Groot.” In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1, StarLord gets annoyed because those are the only words spoken by Groot.
Reeling Backward: Cimarron (1931) - by Christopher Lloyd
May 2024“Cimarron” was a big-budget effort by RKO Radio Pictures, which was known for producing down-market fare, taking their big swing at prestige filmmaking.
Reeling Backward: The Untouchables (1987)
May 2024I saw “The Untouchables” dozens of times during the summer of 1987, working in a movie theater before heading off to college that fall.
RENDERED 3: A History of Malta
May 2024Welcome back to RENDERED. Stay tuned to the end for a special announcement! Now, without further ado, let's get into this month's essay.
Restaurant Spotlight: Casa Cavia - Buenos Aires Portal
May 2024A few days ago, I took some family visiting from out of town to Casa Cavia. It was a few blocks from their Airbnb and has a nice ambiance, so I figured it would be a pleasant spot for lunch.
Rethinking the Samaritan Woman - by Scot McKnight
May 2024This is from my forthcoming Everyday Bible Study volume on the Gospel of John. (Link to the one on Acts.) I am indebted to Lynn Cohick and Caryn Reeder and Amy-Jill Levine for how I read this passage.
Review of DILLA TIME - by Nicole Barbaro, Ph.D.
May 2024I’m a big fan of hip-hop and rap – it’s my most listened to genre of music. But admittedly, I’ve only recently began learning about the history of hip-hop.
Review: Abbott Elementary, Smoking | Season 3, Episode 4
May 2024Curtis: “Was F.A.D.E. my fault?” Melissa: “No, no, sweetie. F.A.D.E. is the government’s fault.” It is still early days here for Abbott Elementary’s third season, but it should be interesting—once all is said and done—to see just how this whole district fellowship storyline ends up looking as a whole.
Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Dream Scheme
May 2024I’ve always found comedies like Curb Your Enthusiasm more difficult to review than other genres. In many ways, there’s far less to analyze or critique than in other shows I’ve covered for this site, like The White Lotus or Yellowjackets, because it isn’t much interested in character development or serialized plotting in general.
Review: For All Mankind, "Brazil"
May 2024Danielle Poole was retired when NASA came calling at the beginning of the season. She was, at least as far as we can tell, happy with this decision, and returning to Mars hasn’t seemed to change that.
Reviews for April 2023 - by Makin
May 2024Everyone loves Slate Star Codex’s monthly Links posts. I recently realized that I, too, get access to a lot of monthly content I can talk about.
Revisiting "Philosophical" Utilitarianism
May 2024There’s an interesting passage in Scanlon’s classic (1982) ‘Contractualism and Utilitarianism’, where he tries to pin down a common motivation for utilitarianism on the basis of broader philosophical commitments:
RICOTTA AND SPINACH TORTELLI BY JULIA OSTRO
May 2024This winter I took myself on a trip to the Southern Hemisphere, leaving my kitchen behind for a few months with the need to wind down after a super busy year.
Riot Rose's Astrology & Birth Chart
May 2024Something about naming a baby Riot feels very Aries, and we may have Rihanna’s Aries Moon and Venus, and A$AP Rocky’s Mars in Aries to thank for this.
RIP To A Simple Man: Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington
May 2024So I never signed up to be an obituary writer, but here I am. The hits keep coming. Guitarist Gary Rossington, who died yesterday, March 5, was the last surviving member of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd, which gives his passing particular resonance.
Romantasy & Fantasy Reading List
May 2024(Tristan & Isolde by John Waterhouse) As promised, a break down of recommendations in the romantasy genre. And if you want a brilliant defense of this genre, watch Natalie Wynn’s most recent video lecture on Twilight and romance.
Rosalind Russell - by Dan Callahan
May 2024No female star of the classic Hollywood era made a stronger feminist impression than Rosalind Russell, who was noted in the 1940s for a series of “boss lady” films like Take a Letter, Darling (1942) in which she was very in charge and swaggered around and treated men as sex objects and hired help.
Routines & Rhythms Saving my Life This Summer: Kirsten Ferguson
May 2024(flowers in the background are from a rare rainy morning in santa monica) I met Kirsten in 2011 at an NFL conference called PAO.
Running away to join the circus
May 2024In Story Cauldron, I write about storytelling, share my fiction, and occasionally post updates about my own writing journey. Today I’ll be sharing what I’m working on this November.
Sad Beige Kids' Clothes Aren't Going Anywhere
May 2024Once you notice a sad beige child in the wild, you see them everywhere. I noticed one for the first time this summer on the beach, a girl of maybe six or seven, wearing dark cutoffs and a brown sweatshirt.
Sam Harris Has Nothing Useful to Say About Free Will (UNLOCKED)
May 2024During a lecture at Cal Tech in 2012, Sam Harris invited his listeners to “run a little experiment.” You can replicate the experiment yourself in the next ten seconds or so.
Science and Imperfect Memory: Reader Participation Requested
May 20241. I vaguely remembered some ad for the Sinbad movie, or maybe it was Shaq, but that memory is obliterated by the controversy.
Scott Horton | Substack
May 2024Scott HortonDirector Libertarian Institute, editorial director Antiwar.com, host Antiwar Radio and Scott Horton Show podcast, author Fool's Errand and Enough Already, editor The Great Ron Paul and Hotter Than the Sun.
Sexuality Studies for Foodies - by Gabriel R
May 2024It’s been a quiet few weeks here at Strong Paw. When I’m not publishing the newsletter, it’s usually because I’m spending my morning writing hours doing other things.
Sharing is caring - by Lana Blakely
May 2024Art by Sorimachi Akira “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou I remember when I first heard about instagram.
Should Shia LaBeouf Become a Deacon Before Literally Any Woman?
May 2024“I've got thick skin and an elastic heart.” -Saint Bartholomew the Apostle (final words) It feels very trite to open an essay with “The church is at a crossroads”, but the church is, indeed, at a crossroads.
SNL, Britney's Memoir, And Scrolling in Bed
May 2024During his SNL monologue on Saturday, Nate Bargatze joked about his reading habits. He has a point. I read books almost exclusively on my Kindle (which, miraculously, syncs with Libby), and it’s astonishing how little an ebook does given what it could do.
So You Want to Go Play Professional Volleyball?
May 2024So you want to go play professional volleyball? If you’re an aspiring NCAA or Canadian USports athlete who wants to go play professionally overseas, you would be better served to think about how you came to play at the college you are at.
Solomon and the Djinn: two movies
May 2024There’s not a whole lot in the biblical story of Solomon that could be called supernatural. God spoke to Solomon in a couple of dreams (I Kings 3, 9; II Chronicles 1, 7), and God revealed himself at the Temple’s dedication ceremony, via a cloud that represented his glory (I Kings 8, II Chronicles 5) and a fire that consumed the Israelites’ sacrifices (II Chronicles 7).
Sounds Nice, But What Does It Mean?
May 2024Chickadees are an example of a bird named based on how they sound. Bobwhites, Eastern Phoebes, Poorwills, Killdeer, Eastern Wood-Pewees—but this is about chickadees.
Spend Your 4th of July Weekend Making (and Drinking) Philadelphia Fish House Punch
May 2024Happy 4th of July! This weekend, I’m making Philadelphia Fish House Punch for a big group of friends. I strongly suggest you do the same.
Srah az-Zalzalah and Srah al-diyt
May 2024Sūrah az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) and Sūrah al-ʿĀdiyāt (The Chargers) are the 99th and 100th suwar in the Quran, respectively. They also seem to form a complimentary pair.
St. Louis cavesand the breweries that loved them
May 2024In this week’s Unseen St. Louis, let’s get down and dirty and explore a time when caves and beer went hand in hand.
Star Wars books of 2023 so far, and what's coming next
May 2024There have been eight new Star Wars books released in 2023 so far. I’ve read all of them, plus I finally finished the Thrawn trilogy with Thrawn: Treason.
Stop associating pineapples with being "Hawaiian"
May 2024Hello! Welcome to Nosh Box, a lunchtime-ish food newsletter. Read yesterday’s dispatch: On “the spectacle of life played out in public”
Summary of "Working Backwards", a book about Amazon's culture
May 2024Working Backwards by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr is a book about how Amazon company functions. The authors describe concrete processes and tactics used at Amazon to support their leadership principles.
Summary of The Mythical Man-Month
May 2024I have been hearing about the book The Mythical Man-Month for a long time, long before I had the maturity to understand it.
summer-in-the-south pasta salad - by Meryl Feinstein
May 2024On December 7, 2018, I found out I was moving to Alabama. I remember the date because it was the day after I worked my first shift making pasta at Misi.
SWBC: How to read Thrawn
May 2024With three trilogies, a duology, and several other books and stories featuring the legendary Chiss character, there are always questions about how to read Thrawn books — where to start, in what order, etc.
tajarin, piedmont's strands of gold
May 2024When I think “holiday pasta,” the first word that comes to mind is fancy. Something intricate and laborious, like tortellini in brodo and agnolotti del plin, or served with expensive delicacies like truffles and lobster.
Tally Of Wind/Solar Rejections Hits 601; X-energy Layoffs; Tony Abbott On The Podcast
May 2024Last week, the Mahoning County Commission, by a vote of 3-0, approved a resolution that bans big solar projects and large “economically significant wind farms” in unincorporated areas of Green Township, Ohio.
Taqueria Muoz opening second location in Asheville
May 2024This story sponsored by Citizens Fuel Co., a family-owned Asheville company. Here’s more of what’s going around: Taqueria Muñoz is working on opening a new location in the former Huddle House restaurant on H…
Taylor Swift vs. Ariana Grande
May 2024As Taylor Swift prepared to bring the Eras Tour to Brazil, she was met with controversy as her fans launched a Twitter battle to get her tour t-shirt projected onto the Christ the Redeemer statue.
Tell me things about synchronicity
May 2024“The world is full of magic things,” wrote W. B Yeats, “patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” One such magical thing, I think, is synchronicity: the phenomenon of simultaneous occurrences that bring delight or make us sit up and take notice.
Thank Your Friends: 10 Ideas. Pick One!
May 2024I’m thinking about creative ways to show gratitude to our friends. Why? Because friendships that cruise along on auto-pilot eventually stall.
That Joke Isnt Funny Anymore
May 2024Philosophers have been puzzled by the fact that sorrow fades. If one form of grief responds to the death of someone you love—not its impact on your relationship—then shouldn’t you grieve forever?
The 'Mob Wife' Trend Is Fake - by Amy Odell
May 2024Today, Back Row is pleased to publish a guest post from author and podcaster Jo Piazza. Jo writes on Substack, and her novel The Sicilian Inheritance publishes April 2.
The 12 new idea books to launch 2024
May 2024Very helpful and hopeful new ideas! Is it OK to offer another new idea and practice for an evolved leadership call Ed We the Leader in capsulates in a book of that title published by McGraw-Hill?
The 14 Early Warning Signs of Fascism
May 2024It has been nearly 20 years since I’ve stepped foot inside the Holocaust Museum, and because of a scheduling conflict I wasn’t able to stay very long.
The 5 Best Cannabis Fragrances for Women
May 2024Welcome to the third issue of Black Girl Perfume Club! Let’s dive right in. I’m not a marijuana smoker by any means, mostly because I hate the smell that it leaves on my clothes and hair.
The 6 Secret Powers of Introverts
May 2024You might not know this, but I’m a hardcore introvert. Yes me: a spokesperson for well-being at the company where I work, and in the world at large.
The AWFULs - by Erick-Woods Erickson
May 2024For over a year, on my radio show, I have been talking about rich, urban, secular, liberal white women who now control so much of the Democratic Party.
The Beginning or the End: Oppenheimer Before Oppenheimer
May 2024The Beginning or the End, the first film made about the development of the atom bomb, MGM’s ‘The Beginning or the End’ announces it’s not to be trusted with its first scene.
The Best of 2023 - by Ariel Lawhon
May 2024Welcome new readers! I’m delighted that so many of you have found this little corner of the internet since The Frozen River published on December 5th.
The Best Sourdough Waffles Ever
May 2024🥰 Did you know that if you hit the HEART at the top of this post, it makes it easier for people to find this newsletter?
The Boy and the Heron, A Spoiler Free Review
May 2024Director: Hayao Miyazaki Release: December 8th, 2023 Over the past three months, I’ve watched every Ghibli film, so I’ve had the chance to get very familiar with Hayao Miyazaki’s work in a relatively short period of time.
The Case for Apple Brandy
May 2024If I had to pick a single type of liquor that’s most underrated by home bartenders, it would be brandy — and American apple brandy in particular.
the cat distribution system, explained
May 2024I moved into a house where the previous owner left behind their outdoor cat, so obviously we adopted her and continued feeding her in the laundry shed.
The Chosen season two, episode three
May 2024Season 2, Episode 3 — ‘Matthew 4:24’ Matthew 4:24 Synopsis. A long line of people are waiting to be healed by Jesus in a field in Syria.
The Christian's Guide to Porn
May 2024My friends, the Church is facing an epidemic. I learned this just now, from social media. And this time, it’s not one of those COVID-type epidemics; it’s one of the porn ones.
The Comanche Were Brutal and Awesome and Violent and I Love Them
May 2024A two-part Twitter thread on the history of the Comanche has gone viral. I don’t know if any of it is true; while I am unqualified to do literally anything, I am somehow even more unqualified to parse that particular history.
The cult of baby reindeer, an analysis
May 2024This post turned me into a paid subscriber. While I'm trying to talk to anyone and everyone about Baby Reindeer, the shoutout to Prime is what finally converted me.
The Curious Case of Kate Middleton's Disappearing Act: A Royal Mystery Unfolds
May 2024It all started bizarre. Kate and King Charles’ health issues were announced on the same day. Kate, we were informed, would be having a planned procedure (not cancer-related) and Charles would be “attending” the hospital for his own health issues.
The Deep Meaning Behind Making the Bed by Olivia Rodrigo
May 2024“Making the bed” was written by Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo and on the surface it’s about setting yourself up for failure and feeling regret due to your own actions.
The Entire Board Should Resign
May 2024Background & Disclosure: Church Militant (CM) is a non-profit, Catholic news and analysis website founded by Michael Voris in 2007. I was a reporter for Church Militant from December 2, 2019, to March 31, 2023, when approximately one third of the staff was laid off.
The Envy Argument Against the View That Teletransportation Is Death
May 2024Oh how mistaken other philosophers are! I was especially struck by this poll result in the just-dropped Bourget and Chalmers study of professional philosophers' opinions:
The Essentials of Roasting - by Krista Ettles
May 2024What I wish someone told me when I first started cooking; it’s the simple things that can make the most difference.
The Films About Gender Affirmation That Youre Not Supposed to See
May 2024On January 23, the filmmaker Taylor Reece received an email from Vimeo, the video platform that had been hosting her documentary, Dead Name, since its online debut in December.
The Freedom State or the State of Freedom?
May 2024“DeSantis calls it the Freedom State,” a friend from Florida recently moaned to me, “but that’s Orwellian. He’s taking freedoms away.
The God of Spinoza Poem: Einstein Love for Philosophy
May 2024Albert Einstein, the genius of relativity, found his mind entangled not just with the intricate physics of the universe, but also with the enigmatic riddles of faith and the divine.
The history of Napa Valley's Lake Berryessa
May 2024NAPA VALLEY, Calif. — Beneath the serene surface of Napa County’s Lake Berryessa rests a history rich with stories of ancient tribes and submerged villages.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
May 2024I mean no sleight against True Detective: Night Country, the recent HBO miniseries, when I say it peaks early. I enjoyed all six episodes, by and large, but no moment was quite as thrilling as when Jodie Foster, playing Alaskan police chief Liz Danvers, arrives at a crime scene.
The Making of Twilight - by Gregory Crewdson
May 2024PEOPLE OFTEN TALK about how well orchestrated and finely-tuned my productions are. ‘Obsession with detail.’ ‘Months of planning.’ Picture descriptions written, and rewritten, sketches made, storyboards drawn, lighting charted, permits and permissions all secured.
The Monday Media Diet with Scout Dixon West
May 2024Scout Dixon West (SDW) is a perfume + scent obsessive that does amazing (and deep) reviews on TT. She’s also in a band called Low Pony.
The mystery of Kiernan Shipka, John Mayer, and B.J. Novak
May 2024Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: John Mayer takes a child star to Giorgio Baldi, Chris Evans invents a new girlfriend, and Jennifer Lopez shops on Etsy.
The New Hello Kitty Game Uses Kindness (And Apple's Money) to Avoid Exploiting Players
May 2024There was a specific moment when I realized Hello Kitty Island Adventure was more than some adorable Hello Kitty paint tossed onto a game that played like Nintendo’s Animal Crossing.
The Next Generation' Cast Net Worth
May 2024Engage… Let’s see what cash is out there… These are the words best spoken and recalled when chatting up the financial net worth of the stars of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The Next Great Wave in Japanese Ramen?
May 2024As you may have noticed, the Ramen Beast team has been a bit quiet lately... We've been busy! Abram was in California, rebooting his cross-border ramen restaurant biz, Patrick was in the Japanese mountains building a sauna structure, and Cody started selling ramen equipment and ingredients online to aspiring chefs around the world.
The Orange Peel Theory - The Tech Tribe Dispatch
May 2024Ask a loved-one to pass you an orange. A simple enough task. Do they deliver the delicious fruit? If they do, how do they deliver it?
The Origin of Species" by Daystareld, and some thoughts on fanfiction
May 2024This is partly a review(-in-progress, up to chapter 84) of the Fanfiction "Pokemon: The Origin of Species" (OoS, my initialization, I’m not sure what the fandom calls it) and partly a collection of thoughts and a realization about fanfiction.
The Paschal Full Moon - by Lia Leendertz
May 2024Hello! Im delighted to be back in substacking action, thank you for your patience. I am especially glad because this week we find ourselves in the run up to one of the most important full moons of the year, the Paschal Full Moon, which falls at 05.
The Paternoster Elevators Edition - by Guest Contributor
May 2024Mark Slavonia (MJS) is an investor, a pilot, and an avid cyclist. He wrote about tall trees, radio beacons, rowing machines, traveler’s checks, and more.
The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) Made Me Really Wonder About Canada
May 2024Today’s issue of Dust On The VCR is another subscriber request! This film was chosen by Patrick Anderson, one of my partners in crime over at ModernHorrors.
The Principles of Contradiction, Sufficient Reason, and Identity of Indiscernibles, by Gonzalo Rodri
May 2024Leibniz was a philosopher of principles: the Principles of Contradiction, of Sufficient Reason, of Identity of Indiscernibles, of Plenitude, of the Best, and of Continuity are among the most famous Leibnizian principles.
The Private Eye - by Christopher Lloyd
May 2024There’s a long history of stand-up comedians who have gone on to become serious film actors — Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Jamie Foxx, etc.
The rise and fall and rise of Deliciously Ella
May 2024Last week, Deliciously Ella founder Ella Mills wrote a very powerful piece for Grazia. In it, she describes feelings of ‘self-hatred and sense of failure’ coupled with ‘rock-bottom self-esteem’, which peaked with intrusive thoughts after the birth of her daughter.
The Rural Grace Of Hannah Barron
May 2024And how was your weekend? I hung out for about an hour and a half on Saturday with Linda Arnold, a member of the community of this newsletter.
The same old tortelli, but with something unusual
May 2024I often rely so much on family traditions and on what I have known since I was a kid that I forget how invigorating it can be to vary, even if for just one single ingredient.
The sequel's always better - by Jason Schreier
May 2024Hi! With two weeks left until the release of my new book Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry, I’ve been reflecting a little bit about my last book and what I wanted to do better this time around.
The Small Bow's A.J. Daulerio
May 2024This monthly interview series is a collaboration between Oldster Magazine and The Small Bow, A.J. Daulerio’s excellent newsletter about recovery and mental health, and will appear in both newsletters.
The Story of a Song
May 2024While Jimi Hendrix is often hailed as “rock’s greatest guitarist,” the music he most closely identified with was the blues. After all, this had been the soundtrack of his youth, the music he heard his paternal grandmother sing and his father play on their record player.
the story of preachers daughter - by vivi
May 2024cw: themes of abuse and violence. two years ago, singer-songwriter hayden silas anhedönia (professionally know as ethel cain) released her first studio album preacher’s daughter, a haunting lyrical tale of love and loss spread across thirteen hybrid-genre tracks.
The Strange Tale of Captain Hollywood Cory Palka and the Cover-up of Sexual Violence
May 2024Photo of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission meeting at City Hall to discuss proposed settlements for violations by former CBS CEO Les Moonves and a subordinate in collusion with Cory Palka of the LAPD by author (GoPro Hero 11 Black).
The Times Square Ball - by Jeffrey Rubel
May 20241904 was a big year for The New York Times. That year, Adolph Ochs — who bought the paper eight years earlier in 1896 — decided to move the paper’s headquarters to the corner of 42nd Street and Broadway.
The Tortured Poets Department Countdown: The Agenda
May 2024Hi. It’s almost time. We are mere hours away from the release of The Tortured Poets Department and I want to throw up.
The Tragedy of Property TaxesHouse of Sand and Fog (2003)
May 2024Image by L.E. Wilson from RedBubble based on work by Oscar on PixabayIt began with a newspaper article of a woman who was evicted from her house for failure to pay back taxes she said she didn't owe.
The Troubling Graves of Sylvia Plath & Assia Wevill
May 2024The resting places of Sylvia Plath and Assia Wevill have historically been anything but. Plath’s grave, despite existing in a place of extraordinary natural beauty and rich cultural heritage, is a site of anguish, rage, and ongoing protest against Ted Hughes’s perceived ownership of her legacy.
the ultimate easy-but-fancy holiday menu
May 2024Welcome to the first annual WTC holiday menu spectacular! It’s a fresh spin, without straying too far from a classic holiday feast.
The Watchmaker Analogy Argues, at Most, for Polytheism
May 2024It has been dawning on me that this blog is, in a sense, about evolution vs. intelligent design. Usually this opposition shows up under a different guise.
The Wild by K. Webster
May 2024⭐️ Pros: I got closer to my reading goal and made a lot of new friends because of my Tiktoks.
There's a New Dog in Town
May 2024In February, I took a seat at the bar at PDT. I was there to try the new hot dog created by Bill Durney, the owner of Hometown Bar-B-Que and Red Hook Tavern.
This Is Exactly The Secret I Expect From Someone Named Jeramy"
May 2024Nick Lachey wins again (or perhaps for the first time). I feel like I’m in a cult, because Love Is Blind has infiltrated my feed once again, and I have had the misfortune of learning who Jeramy is.
Tips, recipes & a little background
May 2024When I head north to visit family in Norway, I've usually got three ingredients in my suitcase. Pomegranate molasses. Pul biber (aka Aleppo pepper).
Top-secret U.S. Flying Ginsu missile likely used in strike on World Central Kitchen vehicle in
May 2024This photograph was taken in 2017 when a U.S. drone strike killed al Qaeda deputy leader Abu Khayr al-Masri riding in a car in Syria.
Toward a new psychiatry - by Nassir Ghaemi
May 2024Last month, I began my one-year term as the new president of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society. In that role, I’ll be writing a column every month for the MPS newsletter.
TRANSlating That Time Arnold Schwarzenegger Showed The World What Happens When Men Can Get Pregnant
May 2024Welcome to TRANSlating Everything, a newsletter covering pop culture, news, politics, and the science of storytelling through the lens of a cool trans mom.
Transylvania, Louisiana - by Stefene Russell
May 2024I first saw the words “Transylvania,” and “Louisiana” together in one sentence while reading Andrei Codrescu’s essay collection, New Orleans, Mon Amour.
Twitter drama is trending on TikTok
May 2024TikTok is how I get my Twitter news now. —Kate I’m a believer in the separation of church and state: I like to keep my TikTok separate from my Twitter.
Tyler Perry, DeVon Franklin to produce modernized Ruth & Boaz story for Netflix
May 2024One other quick bit of unconventional-Bible-movie news: Variety reports that Tyler Perry and DeVon Franklin are teaming up to produce “faith-based” films for Netflix, and the first project out the gates will be a modernization of the book of Ruth:
Understanding Elite Preparation featuring Alex Honnold
May 2024Reading Time: 9 minutes Highlights: How do the best in the world do what they do? In the case of Alex Honnold, how does he train himself to scale walls of rock several thousand feet high, with no rope - meaning he's got exactly one shot to get it right?
Using Neural Networks to De-censor Anime Girls
May 2024Note: This AI is literally just a linear regression, but on stereoids. For this post, we’ll be using a library called DeepCreamPy (DCP), to de-censor some anime girls.
Vili Fualaau Does Not Like 'May December,' As Predicted by 'May December'
May 2024Welcome to The #Content Report, a newsletter by Vince Mancini. I’ve been writing about movies, culture, and food since the aughts.
Virginia is for Lovers or Sheriff Scott Jenkins's Nepo Baby
May 2024Next week, the voters of Culpeper County, Virginia, will have the opportunity to cast their ballots for sheriff. The incumbent, Scott Jenkins, faces a host of challenges, including a federal indictment for selling badges at the low-low-low price of tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations.
Wasps that go bump in the night!
May 2024Most people are wary of wasps, and with good reason. You would be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t had at least one encounter with the social wasps in Ireland that has ended in a painful sting.
Weinstein Accuser Ambra Gutierrez Takes on the Modeling Industry
May 2024A quick note to readers: A year ago, I met with Model Alliance Founder and Executive Director Sara Ziff to talk about the Fashion Workers Act.
Welcome to trade deadline week
May 2024Year in, year out, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Grammy road trip goes a long way in summarizing the season to that point and previewing what that team might be capable of.
What counts as this year anyway?
May 2024I’ve heard multiple theories and approaches. Because critics need to start getting these lists together before the year’s end, they have to have a cutoff point for selections.
What does a red accent do for your outfit?
May 2024There are three things we know for sure following the unveiling of the Spring collections: The shorts are going to be very short next season (they’re basically underwear).
What does it mean to be in 'Right' Relationship?
May 2024Over the past year, I've heard the term 'Right Relationship' used more frequently. And interestingly, it's shown up in various contexts, including therapeutic, spiritual, religious, and activist spaces.
What Does the Bible Say About Christmas?
May 2024It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s also the time of the year when people start asking questions about Christmas.
What gets measured, matters - by Matthew Carey
May 2024“What gets measured, gets managed” is a famous quote from Peter Drucker’s 1954 book “The Practice of Management.” When we seek improvement and forward motion it’s crucial to identify the key drivers to making that happen.
What in the World is Kykeon?
May 2024Hello, wonderful witches! So very sorry for the delay getting today’s issue to all of you. I’m one of the very lucky 30 percent that got rebound Covid symptoms after taking the antivirals, so my brain is still a little mushy.
What is a Chief of Staff?
May 2024Hello, and welcome to the Right Hand Talent newsletter! I’m Zaharo, and I write about all things Chief of Staff and talent.
What Made His Bass Playing Notable?
May 2024Of all the musicians in jazz, it seems that the bassists get the least “props.” Most people just don’t listen to what they play.
What Phoebe Buffay can teach us about love and relationships
May 2024Let’s talk about Friends. Despite already being in re-runs by the time I was old enough to watch (perhaps I’m showing my age), Friends was the first adult sitcom that really drew me in, while I would never claim it as my favourite sitcom, as a self-declared connoisseur of the genre, I have always seen it as an important moment in television history.
What's going on with Aoki Lee Simmons and that old guy?
May 2024Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. Today, we’re recapping Aoki Lee Simmons’s weeklong relationship with 65-year-old restaurateur Vittorio Assaf.
When Columbo Met Captain Kirk
May 2024My Columbo odyssey continues - I'm now on the sixth season, made in 1976. Season five was a very bumpy ride - and the show was nearly cancelled - but season six starts with the most exquisitely delightful Columbo episode yet.
Who is Filip Petruev? - Cap City Crown
May 2024Earlier this week, the Kings acquired Filip Petrušev and cash from the Clippers after they received him as part of the trade that sent James Harden and PJ Tucker to LA.
Who the heck is Giants owner Jed Walentas?
May 2024Welcome to Part 3 of our series on who the heck owns the Giants. This time, I glanced at the Big Board of owners:
Why 'Cassandra Syndrome' doesn't explain everything
May 2024The term Cassandra Syndrome is often tossed around in conversations about and among women in neurodiverse relationships. Before going any further, let’s define some terms.
Why Do Girls Cry On Their Birthday?
May 2024Last week, I turned twenty-three and if there’s one area of my life in which I’ve undoubtedly developed a Cool Girl complex, it’s birthdays.
why everyone's so obsessed with emily mariko
May 2024Over the last week and a half I’ve been puzzling over the question: What is it about Emily Mariko?
Why Kuala Lumpur could be on its way to becoming the sex capital of Asia
May 2024Share When people think of the sex industry, Thailand and the Philippines will most likely come up in the minds of many.
Why NPC TikTok is better than porn
May 2024There is a trend that is currently taking the internet by storm. I was first exposed to it on Twitter when a beautiful young Montreal woman going by the name Pinkydoll began making the rounds on Twitter.
Why The Media's New 'Bloodbath' Hoax Matters for Energy
May 2024You have probably noticed by now that America’s corrupt legacy media is running yet another hoax targeting Donald Trump, this one claiming that he threatened America with a “bloodbath” if he isn’t elected in November.
Why They Fly Now - by Matthew Freeman
May 2024Racing across the forbidden desert of Pasaana, Poe, Finn and C-3PO dodge and weave on a stolen skiff, pursued by First Order Stormtroopers.
Why You Should Plan a Trip to Piedmont
May 2024Piedmont—Piemonte in Italian—usually isn’t the first place people visit when they travel to Italy. When I went for the first time in 2018, it had already been on my radar for some time, but considering the fact that my first trip to Italy was in 2008, it took me a good long while to get there.
Wynn Duffy would thrive in 2021
May 2024Over the past couple months in my quest for new things to watch during this endless pandemic, I caught up on some shows I missed.
YA vs Not YA - by Kate McKean
May 2024Hi friends, Fellow friend of the newsletter Leigh Stein asked a really great question: “This has come up a few times in my work as a book coach: how do you decide when/if a book should be YA if it has a teenage main character?
Yes Day (not just for kids)
May 2024When my girls were younger, maybe 8 and 10, a neighbor told us about this concept called yes day (also a book).
Yuri Bezmenov | Substack
May 2024Yuri BezmenovClass traitor: Millennial "person of color" who attended an "elite" university and lives in a "vibrant" city. I write How To Subvert Subversion: A dissident's guide to modern urban progressive life.
Where did the Patels come from?
There are 5,000,000 of us Patels around the world, it's high time we knew where we came from. A few years ago while I was in Chicago, my cousin’s son who was just eight years old at the time asked, so how much Indian am I and how much American am I?