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At the far edge of the American west, a brash adolescent came of age in a coastal community where the establishment prided itself on being antiestablishment. What choice would a young reactionary iconoclast have but to veer right? latimes.com/california/sto…

Really loved this story by Vivian Wang about a Watts-tower like structure in China: nytimes.com/2025/07/19/wor…

the great darkening has arrived. read my convo with Sam Bloch about his new book Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource for Los Angeles Review of Books and let us all get shade-pilled lareviewofbooks.org/article/its-on…

I wrote about tasting whale blubber in the SL-Yamaguchi ekiben, mythologies of whales and hunger in Japan and how personal traumas become national.

favorite LA coffee shops, judged by work done, ease of seating and vibes: arts district verve, Saba Coffee Shop, Cafe Loft, About Time, Hilltop, highly Likely (I am filthy millennial 🙂‍↕️), Cafe Dulce, Chimney Coffee (next to LAX-C), Cafe Mak (til 12am). Anything but Alfred

Seattle Piroshki’s are a nice way to consume most of a day’s calories. Like heftier Jamaican beef patties, esp with the curry flavors

Might die of imposter syndrome trying to order my mocha latte at these Seattle coffee shops

My big chonky boy essay “Tasting Ghosts” is now free to read! Gonna link it right here in the post to show the algorithm who’s boss  open.substack.com/pub/frankbear/…