Here’s what the sounds meant.

I’m not high maintenance, I just have taste.

I've posted this before, but it’s so beautiful that it bears posting again. Joan Didion on Hemingway as her major influence.

Twitter used to feel like the town square. Now it feels like Times Square.

D’Après Personnage de théâtre, by Aleksandra Ekster, early 20th c, 📸 by Antoine Couvercelle

ᴀʀᴅᴀ Öᴄᴀʟ it’s not the best (though it’s also in NYC), but it needs to be done; Mme Kupka among Verticals, by František Kupka, 1910-11, 📸 by Ray Giubilo

Being unbothered is the highest form of power.

Late replies do not bother me. Most of life is not urgent. Text me when the kettle has cooled and the day stops shouting your name. I have learned the shape of waiting that is not personal. The phone sleeps face down. The little dots come and go like fish. I load the dishwasher.

Broken Eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756

“What was the name of that place we went to that one time in that town?”

Gotta be one of the funniest SR-71 stories out there 😆

FOX Sports: MLB A house is not a home, by Rein Kooyman, 2025

Incredible, quiet execution by Grant LaFontaine Logan and team. It's been awesome watching them from the very beginning.

Six-year-old: “And one of my friends was dressed up as Obi-Wan.” Me: “Obi-Wan? Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time…”

You’ll be hearing from our lawyers, Patrick.

"the x company" x.com/naveen/status/…

a tripit meets dopplr! from 11 years ago: x.com/naveen/status/…

The question isn't whether it's a casino, it is. But can the casino accelerate other behaviors that are ultimately productive?

"Investing is an attractive job to all kinds of smart people because even if there is one way to keep score, there may be infinite ways to play the game. The people who play it authentically not only tend to be the most original, but the most successful."

knight’s watch