I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

Great ten-min of watching Jerry play guitar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUaq...

Legend. www.vulture.com/article/nile...

You didn’t think all those concentration camps they want to build are only for immigrants, did you? (Gift article)

Nokian snow tire two years ago: $249. Same tire today: $339. (Plus labor.)

Got a flat tire. Changes the contour of the afternoon.

Still have some in stock! They bring a smile to every head they lop. www.mulebooks.com/store/gilly-...

At least one Meta employee thinks it's a good time to add facial recognition technology to glasses because we're too distracted by fascism to effectively protest www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Incredible quote: “They were too busy being Latino and not running the city,” said the current mayor, Steve Rhodes, adding that race was not something people worried about in Wilder. “I don’t know anyone in town that sees a race,” he said.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

New music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi...

The world still contains beauty (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...

A new tool lets you search the Epstein files for mentions of your LinkedIn contacts. Tried it out, does work. Outputs a report with links to the material on the DOJ website. www.404media.co/this-tool-se...

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000

X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications

Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Been a minute since I registered a domain for a speculative project, but today was the day.

Enjoyed the historical perspective here. www.equator.org/articles/hom...

California introduces bill to legalize plug-in balcony solar www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/09/c... - great news! In Germany about 1 GW of balcony PV has been installed in the meantime.

Loved this essay. blgtylr.substack.com/p/american-s...

In case you’ve forgotten it exists…. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLV-...

@bradleeonbass.bsky.social Do you have any reccos for a good very basic music theory book for beginner piano? Want to get something for my wife learning Taylor Swift songs knowing nothing. All the ones I have are too much. Very hard to sort through search results lol.

Jimmy Page with $3M in vintage guitars NEXT TO AN OPEN FIREPLACE!! Not the greatest humidity control situation.

This year is going to be like the final boss for optimists

Yes. It is a maddening aspect of human psychology. System justification theory attempts to explain this, and I think does a good job. (If you have a frustration with people, I have a paper. sorry. It's my toxic trait.) Anyone interested in system change should read: as.nyu.edu/content/dam/...

Here's all 8 pages of CO2 Newsletter Vol 1 no 1 (Oct 1979) Geologist William N. Barbat published the Newsletter for 3 years (18 issues). They are incredible - detailed, precise and, ultimately, heart-breaking because they reveal how much was known, how many warnings were ignored. 1/8

Wook Flu has nothing to do with the glow stick worm lol. Viruses are airborn. Wearing a mask solves it, most people don’t want to. Choices, consequences.

Aging Gratefully, by Bill Lemke and @dgans.bsky.social is absolutely amazing. Cannot recommend it highly enough for OG Deadheads, and people who wished they'd been on that bus. The photographic quality is phenomenal, and the text stories are exceptionally heartfelt. billlemke.com/deadheads-bo...

“Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” - Mark Twain

all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...

Co-signed. “Accepting what is” means sit in the seat you got, or at least be the best concert citizen ever if you’re going to be a nomad.

This could be America, but Big Oil says no.

WHAT in the absolute FUCK is this new iOS keyboard?? This is Apple’s “Translate” app.

Not dunking on the poster — who I don’t know but seems lovely! — but I solved this problem by bringing a baggie of these hearing protectors on every flight. Kid starts screaming, stand up and hand them out all around the kid. Everyone overjoyed. www.amazon.com/Moldex-6604-...

i've come around to the utility of the livenation-owned setlist.fm, but i still way prefer a loving fan-made setlist/chronology page. i wrote a bit about why & made a list of a few dozen favorites that i return to often (or just thought were swell). what did i miss? jessejarnow.com/2025/12/a-pe...

the problem with dedicating campaign funds toward charitable endeavors is what if you lose and then all you’ve done is helped people in need in your community?

Wild quality on these new Dylan soundboards from November. Not perfect, but fantastic listening. www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-glasgo... (FLAC downloads provided at the bottom of the piece.)

Picturing a Jewish Santa Claus where there would be a published set of rules and kids could argue their way off of the naughty list through different interpretations of them. And Santa wouldn’t be the judge as much as another person arguing. And there would be 9,000,000 competing lists.

Great piece on the structures in place to thwart progress. jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamda...

I acquired a mechanical keyboard from Amazon Vine. It is a smaller one, so certain functions have to be accessed via Fn+ combos. One such function is Calculator, which the documentation hilariously refers to as "The Reckoner". Another one starts Media Player and is labeled "MUSICIANS". 😂

Updated the iPad to iOS 26. Wallpaper image is upside down.

Will Sergeant recently sat down with the team at BOSS for a deep dive into his iconic Roland and BOSS setup — and how he’s been shaping the sound of post-punk since 1978. A proper treat for gear heads and Bunnymen fans alike. 🎸🔥. articles.boss.info/reverberatio...

Joe Walsh doing a charity auction of 800 items. Guitars, amps, stage clothes… www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...

Loved this piece on the recent Dylan tours… www.theringer.com/2025/12/12/m...

Google Maps is a market maker, not a directory. substack.com/home/post/p-...