If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

This off-grid destination tucked into the Brooks Range operates wilderness retreats from yoga to dog mushing to skiing and snowboarding.

Luxury isn’t always about thread count. Read my latest article for @satevepost.bsky.social about my winter solstice adventure at Arctic Hive, a backcountry retreat in Alaska’s Brooks Range.

It is worth noting that the takeover of 60 Minutes, and CBS News, is the culmination of the strategy that was baked into the launch of Substack. This is the thing we were trying to explain was bigger than just "there are nazis on there". www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...

Serious “look what you made me do” abuser vibes.

Attention, @nerdseyeview.bsky.social

Read this newsletter again after I saw the movie. I need @rahawahaile.bsky.social @maggiemertens.bsky.social @manjula.bsky.social and @latriagraham.bsky.social in my head at all times.

While I haven’t seen The Devil Wears Prada 2, reading this awesome conversation gave me all the feels. “I know we are not that old but I am already like... who needs the mentoring and encouragement to take my spot when they’re ready?” If you’re not already subscribing to Scratch… you should.

This showed up in my in box overnight, and I’m glad it was the first thing I’ve read today. Thanks, @nerdseyeview.bsky.social

Among my favorite memories of my dad was the love we shared for nighttime comedy shows. From Carol Burnett to the Smothers Brothers (also once cancelled by CBS) to Carson to Letterman, we laughed until we cried. My dad had passed before @colbertlateshow.bsky.social but I know he’d have loved it.

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Kīlauea says happy birthday to me.

I don’t even need to click through to know it was the 5th.

Happy Beltane, Lei Day, and May Day to all. There is power in a union.

Today, May 1, 2026, marks 50 years since Hōkūleʻa departed Honolua Bay, Maui, on her maiden deep-sea voyage, sailing from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti using traditional, non-instrument navigation.

I count myself extremely lucky to have visited Kokomo Private Island Resort in Fiji not once, but twice. Looking forward to the next time.

As a non-fiction writer and reader, this news adds to the frustrations of those of us trying to make a living in media. I've reverted to an earlier habit: Everyone getting birthday and holiday gifts from me gets books (mostly non-fiction). Please read this excellent article.

Must read. As a writer who bugged out of Meta platforms more than a year ago, this was a great read.

After attending the 2026 Merrie Monarch Festival (my first ever), I will forever be an attendee in the future. Anyone interested in learning more about hula and Hawaiian culture should do so, too. I will say that it’s a little bit of a relief to have the traffic back to normal in Hilo.

Oh, come ON. Knock it off.

Learn more about Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, the only place in the state of Hawaiʻi where native bird populations are stable or increasing, in my article for Sierra. (Seems appropriate that it’s published while I’m at home on island at Mele Manaka.) www.sierraclub.org/sierra/haven...

Legend, Dawn Staley

Swimming with whale sharks is a special kind of chaos that requires you to measure an appropriate distance from the animals while being completely mesmerized by sharing space with them. I’d do it all again in a second.

Essential lesson for all.

“Apparent outcome” that he prefers?

Wait, I thought we “didn’t need it.”

According to internal communications reviewed by @sfgate.com and interviews with multiple national parks employees, the Department of the Interior has blacklisted SFGATE. One employee was told SFGATE isn’t “in line with the administration’s views.” www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Stuck in an hours-long security line at the airport? It’s because Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ bill to fund DHS agencies that don’t conduct immigration enforcement, like TSA. That’s how dead set they are on allowing ICE to keep terrorizing communities with impunity. Remember this.

Hella good, Oakland!

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Thrilled to see Tala make The World's Greatest Places of 2026 list in TIME. Chef Henry Onesemo shows that Samoan cuisine deserves to stand on its own. Read my article here: time.com/collection/w...

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#Treetops Emit #Ultraviolet Sparkles During #Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time Link for more info and photos: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Mahalo to friends at the Oʻahu Visitors Bureau for this beautiful book to celebrate Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month). It’ll get a lot of use.

Some of the payments for my articles have gone a route similar to this.

Truffle dog Indy does her best work in Oregon forests.

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

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“By removing writing from reporters’ workloads, we’ve effectively freed up an extra workday for them each week.” Hey, sometimes writing a story is agonizing work, but it’s an essential part of our job.

I’d quit Meta platforms all over again if I could.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Absolutely spectacular performance (as well as detailed rundown thread). I hope more people from the U.S. learn that “America” isn’t just the U.S.

if you're using Gen AI to create, you're furnising your home with stolen objects and expecting praise for your design choices, expecting to be paid by others for filling their lives with stuff fenced out of an unlabeled box truck.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

No new pics, where are you at mentally:

late-night reminder to get involved in some way and it even counts if you do something small like buying snacks or hand warmers or making cookies take care of your community, bit by bit. it all adds up.

Recently read through a course catalogue and got so excited about some of the classes. It’s such a good feeling.

Moral support from my office companion.

Don’t discount the West during the 250th anniversary celebrations this year. Learn more about the history of the Presidio of San Francisco in my article for National Geographic.