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This article on the meta-layer for notes within HEY email is even more relevant now that the app has stickies for cover art (which I love).
I wrote in a recent newsletter about an article that Ezra Klein published, in which he discusses how often he hears from people who don’t think it’s a good idea to have kids due to climate change. He writes that he hears questions about this topic more than anything else.
The biggest irony of the last couple of weeks has to be Rep. Peter Meijer’s loss in the Western Michigan Republican primary. As recently as the beginning of this year, The Atlantic did an in-depth profile on Meijer and how he was at odds with his own party of the impeachment of Donald Trump and other issues related to the former president.
Noah Millman writes about how little reality there is in film and TV these days.
This new button in Reeder hooked up to Feedbin kind of rules. It takes you straight to the tweet in your Twitter client. No more messing with that insane algorithmic timeline.
It’s time to admit that I’m never going to traverse the length of Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo 📚 on a short loan from the library.
This post on why you should never change your blogging platform unless you have to resonates with me because I’m always looking at different solutions. Takeaway: Staying where you are is helpful to your readers.
Bandcamp has a review of the debut album by Marci, AKA Marta Cikojevic, who plays keyboards in the band TOPS.
First time playing in a while and that was… weird.
Wordle 412 5/6
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I thought the game was broken.
In his latest newsletter, Charlie Warzel dives into DALL-E and profiles Andy Baio’s experiments with the tool. Baio has found it rewarding to stretch DALL-E to its limits (call it boundary testing, if you like).
I’ve heard some grumblings about the new Star Wars TV series online. The Book of Boba Fett, which I quite enjoyed, was particularly stung by criticism. Even though Obi-Wan Kenobi seemed to be a success story, it had its share of detractors as well.
Clive Thompson writes about rewilding cities, in a new extension of his “rewilding your attention” concept. In the piece, he profiles cities that have ripped up roads made for cars in favor of rivers and public spaces. He compares the way cities have been built around the automobile to monocropping.
The dealership seems to want to buy my car back more than they wanted to sell it to me in the first place.
Errata: The post on the Alvvays song Pharmacist incorrectly compared the guitar solo/noise breakdown to Sonic Youth. On further listen, it’s clear that this segment is more like Yo La Tengo. The editorial staff of Frosted Echoes apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.
I consider myself fortunate to have procured a subscription to the feed reader platform Feedbin, when it first launched, after the untimely demise of Google Reader. Getting in early allowed me to lock into the service at $2 a month. Feedbin has been improving over the years, adding features that make it more of a one-stop-shop for keeping up with the things you follow on the internet. Many times, I even view most of my Twitter feed using the app because I would rather not venture into the stream.
If you can tolerate discussion of religion and American politics, this is a fantastic episode of French Friday with David French and Skye Jethani.
Jack King examines the implications of creators editing shows after they have been released. He cites the case of the Duffer bros. making a recent change to an episode of Stranger Things Season 2.
A recent piece, by Ben Mathis-Lilley, in Slate Magazine, shows what kind of perspective you develop when you are as deep into identity politics as Slate. The piece focuses on the people who might get a Democratic presidential nomination. Mathis-Lilley does a brief writeup on NC Governor Roy Cooper’s chances.
A piece from Atlas Obscura by James Gaines, about something called “prairie madness,” that afflicted settlers in the plains of areas like Nebraska piqued my interest. At the time of the phenomenon, people who settled in the plains were thought to have been suffering from the effects of isolation.
Capcom always milks their properties for all they are worth.
→ The Churchhill Garden - Always There
The first thing that hits you from Swiss outfit The Churchhill Garden’s “Always There” are the reverb(y) guitars. Before too long, though, you find yourself entranced by the saccharine sweetness of American lead singer Krissy Vanderwoude’s vocals, which bring to mind Velocity Girl’s Sarah Shannon. As Vanderwoude sings about “kindness, patience and grace,” it’s marvelous to get a little twee go along with the richness of her honeyed tone.
Thanks to @zioibi for the Arc invite. This browser is wild!
Alan Noble writes with a healthy dose of sarcasm in response to those who wonder why he hasn’t spoken up about the latest outrage on Twitter.
So… I added my “Posted” folder of published blog posts to the favorites list in iA Writer and it ate the directory. It’s nowhere to be found.
My ten-yr.-old has informed us that he doesn’t want to have kids because it’s “too much responsibility.” Can we renegotiate this?
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