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Ron Charles tells us that British singer and songwriter Dua Lipa has created a collection of banned books — called The Manifesto Library. It’s in Portugal. The new library is housed in the basement of Livraria Lello, in Porto. In a...
I’m not subscribed to The Atlantic, so I can only refer to this article by Damon Beres — The New iPhone Underclass — Apple’s rental program is a trap — via the parts that John Gruber quoted for his commentary. In his criticism, Beres...
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found...
Jeffrey N. Gordon Supreme Court decisions of the recent term threaten to undermine the regulatory system that has supported US economic growth and prosperity for nearly 100 years. Many have objected to the Court’s failure to give weight...
A few days ago, I started reviewing a rather simple pull request from one of my team members. I added a few comments here and there, but there was one thing that triggered me: an explicit generic type annotation was now needed in a place...
The summer of Noël Coward* continues. We started with Blithe Spirit at Theatre in the Round in June, continued with the regional premiere of the new play The Cottage written in the Noël Coward-esque style but with a more modern and...
I’ve used the Vim text editor for over twenty years. When I was a system administrator managing Linux servers it was the tool available to me for editing files on them. For a long time I didn’t really understand how to use it properly, I...
TL;DR: Orbit runs each of your Google accounts in its own isolated WebKit session inside one native Mac window, for $89 one time instead of the $50 to $200 a year the alternatives want. It exists because you can de-Google yourself but...
TL;DR: Orbit runs each of your Google accounts in its own isolated WebKit session inside one native Mac window, for $89 one time instead of the $50 to $200 a year the alternatives want. It exists because you can de-Google yourself but...
We've been stymied by wet weather through most of the week. We'd hoped to pour the slab on Thursday, but the rain pushed it to today. The weather today is beautiful. We got the radiant floor tubing installed this morning. The whole...
Prompt list for August's #writersCoffeeClub prompts. #WCC AUGUST 2026 : being-there DATES What are your goals for the month, writing-wise? What’s the most challenging thing you've ever written? Are your narrators a diegetic part of the...
I keep seeing this: “Don’t place your workspace in your bedroom! I did this to optimize the space at home and I totally regret this decision.” It’s becoming one of the main reasons to want to leave NYC. An apartment with an office for a...
(ones i am willing to share on the internet) Animal Crossing Pocket Camp [] Endless Poolside Paradise Set (O'Hare's Pool Cookie) [] Mermaid Symphony Set (Marina's Mermaid Cookie) [] Mermaid Majesty Set (Francine's Sea Cookie) []...
We know little of Thomas Usk's early life except that he was born in London. The name Usk appears in several records, but we cannot link them together. He became a civil servant and left us some writings. He produced a poem called "The...
Most Fridays, I share a handful of pieces that caught my eye at the intersection of technology, media, and society.Did someone forward this to you? Subscribe for free.Leaders are LeverageI’ve often shared Corey Ford’s pieces. I find his...