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#778: A long-held and embarrassing secret
Plus: the aesthetic resistance to AI, an alternative to Etsy and the problem with "egocentric processing"
I only ever “upgrade” my cellphone under exigent circumstances. I dropped it in oatmeal; I tripped in the street; a man with a knife...
#777: Happily surrendering our leisure to lines
Plus: the physicality of data, the second coming of froyo, and the rise of "dopamine sites"
Thursday is officially the last day to fill out the Links 2026 reader survey.
#776: The first-ever content creator
Plus: Skill nostalgia, the uncanny editing of the human face, and the Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy era's last meager remains
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to everyone who took the Links reader survey last weekend/emailed me your...
An uncomfortably candid update on this newsletter
Plus: a reader survey, subscriber perks, space lettuce, etc.
I am writing this newsletter from the strangest place I have ever been. It’s so strange, in fact, that after two glasses of screw-top wine I’m still struggling to describe it.
#775: Uniquely modern sorrows
Plus: Loneliness clubs, fancy Jell-O shot summer and texting your dog
We were toddling around the neighborhood after dinner on Friday, debating — as usual — if we really needed ice cream, when we passed a young man in round wire-frame glas...
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