Sunday book and brew

no wonder nobody knows what’s going on in this economy 🤷‍♀️

.@ft's Janan Ganesh: What and how to read ft.com/content/685a4f…

As disconcerting as it can be, it is a high privilege to live in a country where you don't know who is going to win an election tomorrow. Highly unusual in human history.

True.

Wild thunder in DC just now.

A good time to remind everyone that The Sims 1 originally came with a list of recommend reading, so don't even THINK about loading into Create-a-Sim until you've read Notes on the Synthesis of Form by Christopher W. Alexander

NASA NASA enlisted Mr. Munkowitz to work on the conceptual imagery for their Europa Clipper campaign, which in October 2024 embarked on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa—a prime candidate for extraterrestrial life in our solar system. The discoveries there

iTunes (2002)

Incredible how far ahead of the curve Adobe is with AI. I don't know any other company that has floating UI menus that are precisely aware of your work so they can be in the exact wrong place obscuring everything all the time

Guardian: ‘It never happened – but the picture says it did’: 28 fake images that fooled the world theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Guardian: From Girls to Alt-J: why some things are worth retrieving from the dustbin of millennial culture theguardian.com/culture/2025/a…

Guardian: TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe: ‘I remember thinking I never want to do this again’ theguardian.com/music/2025/apr…

Let me be clear: I-82 is not working for DC. Restaurants are closing, workers are earning less, and this initiative is making it harder for businesses to stay competitive in our region. We need to repeal I-82 and give our hospitality workers and industry a fair shot.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sit down with restaurant workers and owners to hear directly how I-82 is affecting the DC restaurant industry. Their message remains clear: We must repeal I-82.

Would’ve listened to BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 Today during my commute this AM (US East Coast), but was locked out of BBC Sounds. BBC app that is being pushed has no rewind/playback abilities - just livestream. I would simply pay for Sounds but it’s not on offer Massive own goal, BBC