I think about George Lucas' THX 1138 a lot. If you don't know it, the film preceded Star Wars and was his directorial debut. It explores a dystopian future...

1925 vs 2025. The US now builds more three-car garages than one-bedroom apartments. www.npr.org/2023/05/08/1...

It's wild living six hours ahead of the East Coast right now. So many new rules announced while I sleep. I wake up, bring phone to my face, and ... – Canadian Geese now American Geese – US Cabinet privatized, now wholly-owned by News Corp - Denmark = Enemy, TikTok = Friend

If American high school seniors had to spend a semester mastering one game, what should it be? Civilization or Cities: Skylines leapt out at me.

There is so much latent need for low-cost, non-alcoholic, non-digital, in-person interaction.

Reminds me of the Jesus Phonebooth in THX 1138.

Go Bills

It was reported that Musk spent $250m to elect Trump, or about 6% of his net worth. That would be equivalent to $60k for the average American, 30% less than the cost of a Cyber Truck.

"In America 100 years is long ago and in Europe 100 miles is far away."

The Jihadi from PBS Frontline is good background on the events leading up to this week’s collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. Features interviews with opposition militant Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

After living in Europe for 16 months, one thing is for sure: SF's reputation is in the gutter. Europeans are confounded by my pride for SF, they feel pity for me. And it's not because they've only been persuaded by media. Those with the strongest opinions have visited and seen for themselves...

If social media is frequently making you emotional it’s because you’ve been captured by an algo. Your weakness has been mapped. A healthy group of people is not constantly excited or upset.

Esto es para los corredores de Sevilla, uníos a mi club de running, hacemos una carrera fácil todos los domingos y después tomamos un café juntos. strava.app.link/UkucrL8YOOb

I think b&w photos and film cause us to conjure a past that never was, and consequently we feel a nostalgia for the simple glamour of this never-existed.

Twice in one day! Colorize. "Committee to approve fashionable clothing suitable for sale to Soviet women, Moscow (1947)"

When I encounter a B&W image, wherever on the web, I immediately stop to colorize and sharpen it. It's astonishing how much a long span of time compresses when you can recast the distant past in the color of the present. I'm using Deep AI, is there a better tool you like? deepai.org/machine-lear...

Still can’t reliably use Bluesky or Threads for sports yet. Game just ended, looking for highlights, search results on both services are days old chit chat from low value accounts, video nowhere to be found.

I don't mind public funding for stadiums. What kills me is when public funding is used to build stadiums out in suburbs with no mass transit connections, ensuring all of that car dependency and surface parking for another few decades.

This is what a lot of US news sites look like in Europe.

Gamble to visit Sicily in November paid off. Four days of matte blue skies and a yolky sun just hanging around over in the corner, glowing like furnace in a drafty room.

13 songs I'm listening to this week: www.zachklein.com/playlist-noto/

I mean…

There’s a group of people who have latched onto left politics to give them a righteous way to engage in antisocial behavior and if you see them in any of your spaces you gotta tell them to knock it off because that will absolutely drive people away from your movement

My semi-annual gripe that: 1) I resent that there is no meaningful social connectivity in Netflix or Spotify 2) It's a crime how much value is trapped in the Kindle/Goodreads ecosystem. What I would spend to follow highlights from friends/heroes...

The Violin. “A stack of hundred-year-old photos lead to the discovery of a family treasure hiding in plain sight.” [zachklein.com]

A stack of hundred-year-old photos led me to the discovery of a family treasure hiding in plain sight. Short story here: zachklein.com/the-violin

My ideas for a classic weekend in San Francisco: www.zachklein.com/sf/

Sim City.

Taking a walk.