“We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.” ~ David Lynch

“Barn’s burnt down — now I can see the moon.” ~ Mizuta Masahide

UGH

“If the humanities try any harder to become STEM they will literally become STEM, and cease to exist.”

Yes, I will encourage you to dive down deep to examine all the underlying structures. I will then tell you to experience things as you find them and stop overthinking stuff.

“One of my reasons for holding myself back is that I never want to be scrutinised by assholes.” It annoys me that this resonates.

The more vulnerable a people or place, the riskier the research is from an ethical standpoint. So the researcher chooses a less vulnerable people or place, and the most vulnerable people and places remain unharmed by research, and un-researched.

“I see more pathology in others than I did ten years ago — the older I get, the more insane people seem …” ~ John Geddes

I think this is like when people feel depressed and/or anxious, then get a divorce and all those symptoms go away. Divorce is complicated, annoying, and often tedious and expensive. But it's way better than staying married to someone clearly incompatible with you.

Los reyes que traigan lo que puedan. Pero que no me quiten el hilito que me queda de lo que sea, de lo que me dispara.

I want to be one of those people who, once every two or three years, posts a poorly composed, confusing photo on Instagram with no caption, and peaces out for another few years; they have to be living their best lives

I mostly scroll Pinterest now. My pages include interiors, barn style architecture, grey hair blending, ceramics, art studios, and Tom Hardy’s beards.

I’m feeling a bit griefy tonight. I hate it when that happens, for no apparent reason.

Cultural Centre in Arak, Iran Loving the terracotta, with hints of Persian blue tiles on the arches By A. P. Pars Architects

It’s still alive. Modern miracle.

“Now I am living in a house that is too tight. I have almost outgrown it and sometimes I wander around the town, looking for a new one.” ~ Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume

The full facade - so much better than the typical ‘all glass’ apartments both visually and environmentally

Historians know what comes next.

The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.

I gather you enjoyed yourself in Spain.

Her: “Correct me if I’m wrong.” Him: “I will.” Her: “And I’ll ignore you.” I am hanging out with my favourite couple.

A brief update. Reflected on coffee work and its role in my recovery from a breakdown, trading ambition for drive, and the coffeehouse as social infrastructure. Special thanks to @shannonmattern.bsky.social, whose work has helped shape my thinking and bridge experience to research.

Two superb threads for whoever thinks that archives are "dusty" aka boring. Despite their shortcomings, biases, silences, they contain wonders.

Random clay tip: spray liberally then seal and lower your bag of clay into a bucket of water for a few days to keep it moist (sorry).

AS A: Employee I WANT TO: Not use this software but I have to SO THAT: I don't get fired ---------------- The enterprise SaaS user story

Another banger of an apartment design in Iran! This time in the city of Birjand, designed by Sahar Kamaleddin and Nima Safdari

Recommended viewing: The Japanese Bed Making Championship.

“Personal responsibility also means being able to decide how much power we want to give our problems.”

“I typically arrive three years too late. I wish I had been able to sit in that white, aromatic kitchen and look you in the face but I was not ready. I was still on my way.” ~ Mikko Harvey

Having injectables to treat 0zempic face is all kinds of slippery slope to unrecognisable.

Bonne nuit

As long as there are jobs, there will be bullshit jobs. As markets change shape and size, so does the bullshit, because bullshitters pivot better than anyone.

Didn’t want to wake anyone up by turning a light on and cleaned my teeth with a face moisturiser.

I also love his Mahogany Chest (2009), with its variably sized and shaped pulls, its uneven spacing, its definitely-not-Fibonacci-sequenced drawer depths

The Old Town 02-01-2026 #myphotographiclife #stockholm

Liana Finck

Friendly paw on knee

2026...

It’s not easy processing a personal crisis inside a global one. Know that it’s okay to leave the global kind to those whose personal life isn’t also falling apart.

noise cancelling but as a way of life

The most important trait someone can have to me is the ability to be honest with themselves, identify flaws, admit mistakes, and take responsibility. It’s fundamental to growth and change, as well as investing in others and forming functional, healthy relationships. It’s the same with countries.

That is between me and my shadow.

last call for submissions to @MinorLits ... fiction, essays & experimental info and deadlines here: oleada.io/publication/...

Nowhere better than an arboretum on a bright winter's day.

El Orfanato

Paying tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege of feeding textbooks and academic articles into a digital wood-chipper while I go do other things, head empty, blissful

I hate reading instructions. I am 🤏🏻 close to defenestrating this new cuckoo clock.

I buy clothes when I’m on holiday and never wear them.

Paul Julien - Nigeria 1950s.