The absolutely wonderful arunima mazumdar has shared a part of her treasure with me and I am so happy about it. These books arrived through mail earlier this week.

This by Megha Rao is ♥️

drinking 2-4L of water daily helps you avoid other people's drama because you're too busy peeing stay hydrated.

This is brilliant. I used to maintain a manual list of all books mentioned in the episodes of Everything is Everything.

Lol

New piece in The New Yorker on the microdrama boom — the vertical, minute-long soaps originating in China and dominating the world. Roughly a tenth of humanity has watched one, and new ventures are sprouting up in almost every major country. The industry is still young, but it may be

Move fast. Need not break things.

The week that was

🖊️ New essay. A World Cup is a milestone event. Many of us track our lives with it. The event should be a celebration of the world's most popular language. And yet, we are seeing, in front of our eyes, a naked cash grab. The cheapest ticket for the USA vs Paraguay tournament

‘The typewriter is gone, sport has altered indescribably, but not this: At the stadium, or at home, the unbearable, unbeatable swell of anticipation.’

Set a treadmill at 21kph ( max most will go to) and try to run for 30 seconds on it. That's what he did for 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds. The peak of human physical achievement. Insane, absolutely insane.

“It is a golden thing, it is / a loud, it is a fabulous flower—” — Paula Bonnell  . . . This poem appeared in Rattle Poetry, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“In times when people worry that Al can imitate any style you choose, it is heartening to reflect on what it can't do: have a unique life that restlessly seeks expression…”

There is so much good writing on Substack.