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Modernity is a conspiracy to replace 'thick' desires (community, craft, transcendence) with 'thin' desires (likes, sugar, dopamine). Revolt by doing something slow. Bake bread. Write a letter. Code a tool for just one person.

Alan Dye is responsible for the abomination that is Liquid Glass, the latest version of Apple’s design language. Good riddance!

“What sustains these protests is a clear sense among Georgians that they won’t accept a Russian-controlled autocracy.” Meduza talks to former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze about Georgia’s year-long political crisis. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

“[This scene] confirms to us how workers moved up and down tomb shafts, and it confirms that part of the funeral took place actually in the tomb, rather than the coffin merely being lowered down the shaft and sealed in.” tetisheri.co.uk/artefacts-in...

“This week, seven years almost to the day since the CIA announced the crown prince’s responsibility in the murder, Mohammed bin Salman returns to Washington, invited for an official visit by America’s Temu pharaoh, Donald Trump.”

“[T]hat was the image I had seen always, seen it without quite realizing what I saw, a dynamo finally free of man, splendid at last in its absolute isolation, transmitting power and releasing water to a world where no one is.” Joan Didion, “At the Dam” (1970)

Juana Molina has a new album out! DOGA music.apple.com/us/album/dog...

Pebbling: sending little links and memes to the people that you love. Derived from the behavior of gentoo penguins, who “pick up pebbles in their beak and carry them to their partners or potential partners as a gift”. [redsetteragency.com]

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“Until The New York Times takes accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza, …

Bat, Frederick II, De arte venandi cum avibus, c.1310. 🦇 #Gothtober #BatWeek #31daysofhalloween

“We may wonder whether we prefer to define ourselves by what we cannot resist – breathing, eating, dependence, ageing, death – or by what we can resist. If we describe someone or something as irresistible, …

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The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him "a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community." n.pr/472VQjQ

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AI-generated "books" are flooding Amazon and other online retailers. Here is a regular reminder: Take note of who published the books you read or buy. Presses are perhaps more important than ever in helping identify trustworthy resources in a failing information ecosystem.

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“Apple is prioritizing spectacle over usability…. The interface is restless, needy, less predictable, less legible….” Raluca Budiu, “Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26” (Oct. 10, 2025) www.nngroup.com/articles/liq...

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Today’s puzzle on chess.com is really good: www.chess.com/daily/2025-1...

Today, we’re officially introducing Kagi News: a once-a-day press review that cuts through the noise. Global stories, community-curated sources, and zero tracking. Links below 👇

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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Pascoal said he had composed thousands of pieces. "I am 100 percent intuitive," he once told NPR. Miles Davis called him one of the most important musicians in the world.

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Loving the concept and content on News Minimalist: newsminimalist.com Using ML to rank news stories by "importance" (scale, impact, novelty, credibility, legacy) and gives you a feed of only high scoring items. At first glance, better quality than the front page of the BBC, Guardian, or NYT

Qui sème le vent…

Salome Zourabichvili says October 2024's parliamentary contest that saw a pro-Russia party win most of the seats was rigged by Moscow. She says she is the legitimate leader of the people of Georgia.

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“There's no point in having fuck-you money in the bank if you never say ‘fuck you’!” Anil Dash, “How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs” (Sept. 09, 2025)

"Email has become a crucible. I can no longer say 'Attached is the draft.' I must instead write, 'Enclosed—though, of course, enclosure itself is a problematic modality—please locate a text-in-process, emergent rather than concluded.'”

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Aux sandwichs, citoyens! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

Why am I finding out about txalaparta only today? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txalapa...

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“When writers like Williams speak of social justice today, they are referring almost exclusively to the management of large companies, elite schools, and nonprofits backed by the wealthy. And why? …

Got some nice stickers in the mail today. Thanks, @athensindy.bsky.social! (I'd love to see you post more on Bluesky, btw 😬) Don’t forget to support local journalism, wherever you are. In Athens, OH, it’s athensindependent.com/support-us/

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“‘… We are, I know not how, double within ourselves, and as a result we do not believe what we believe, and we cannot rid ourselves of what we condemn.’ The last sentence is from Montaigne, though she gives him no credit.” @catherinelacey.bsky.social, Biography of X (2023; Farrar, Straus & Giroux)