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I turn 50 tomorrow and my tolerance for nonsense is at an all time low. Like, I know I’ve been unemployable for awhile now, but I think in the next year I’m going to reach a feral level of unemployability.
We dropped to -3C/27F last night but, from now on, our days are supposed to be hot, and our overnight temperatures are expected to drop no lower than 7C/45F for the next while, though in the first 10 days of June, we’re supposed to have...
"This is a set list of brokenhearted love songs, so listen to it when you want exactly that"
Meghan Dowlen “New Shoes” Imagine a version of St. Vincent that retains Annie Clark’s gift for melody, tightly controlled theatrical vocals, and taste for sleek aesthetics, but instead of a guitar virtuoso, it’s an extremely gifted...
Mermaid Coffee Roasters is cafe specialising in specialty pour over coffee, located in a tall and narrow 4-storey building (complete with a rooftop) near Ikebukuro station. They have three branches in total - I'm not sure if that quite...
Demosthenes lost his first appearance before the Athenian assembly. His voice came out thin and failed him mid-sentence, and the crowd laughed him off the platform. Plutarch tells us he walked home with his cloak pulled over his face,...
One my betes noires have been in the news lately. First up, Jonathan Haidt, who’s been annoying me since at least 2012, when I was critical of his bothsidesism on the culture wars. At the time, he was a concern troll, posing as a liberal...
One my betes noires have been in the news lately. First up, Jonathan Haidt, who’s been annoying me since at least 2012, when I was critical of his bothsidesism on the culture wars. At the time, he was a concern troll, posing as a liberal...
I’m excited to report we’re again teaming up with Musikfestival Bern this year, thanks as always to Tobias Reber. The festival will run in Bern, Switzerland, from September 2 – 6, and we’ll be doing four projects in advance, playing in...
Even those of us excited about the potential of AR need to demand more responsibility from tech companies and journalists
Our past month has been one of ease, at least by cruising standards. Being tied to a dock in the middle of a proper town has slowly pulled us into a very different rhythm of life than the one we had while bouncing from anchorage to...