I might pay extra for a slower transatlantic flight so I can get a proper sleep before landing.

It’s been two years since I moved from SF to Spain, I never changed my bedtime reminder and I always smile when it reminds me to go to bed while I’m starting the first course of dinner.

i get more excited for small shit like this than 90 percent of the hyped tech announcements out there

At a time when we're all getting used to AI-enabled hyperpersonalization, blanket UI changes feel oddly retro.

I watched this review and got excited about the vibe. It made me wonder about the surrounding area ... Vibey too? I looked it up on Google Street View... American sprawl is soul-crushing.

20 years.

Neither are great.

Groan. In 1918, most lumber in North America came from old-growth forests (adiós, California redwoods!). These trees grew slowly over centuries in dense, competitive conditions, resulting in very tight growth rings and naturally dense, strong wood. These forests largely don’t

A feature of modernity is that we have correctly updated the definition of Good Design to include requirements for sustainability. It’s a good thing that we’re not killing off Siberian tigers to make fine coats.

I’m German Catholic, but this is what having the surname Klein gets you on X.

I was looking for someone to help me landscape my house. One contractor handed me what I thought was the craziest business card I had ever seen. Fifteen years later, I'm still thinking about it: substack.zachklein.com/p/specializati…

SimCity

The Rick Steves episode about Iran is a must watch. youtu.be/CYoa9hI3CXg?fe…

Social media: “An illusion a company served you to get you to look at ads.”

What a joy when good things happen to good people. Well deserved, Eric Paley, and congratulations, Massachusetts.

It's amazing what 40m of us are willing to put up with in order to have year-round comfortable weather, and no seasonal depression.

This is my new favorite app. AI auto fills your 311 report from a photo and your location.

This made me wonder, might we each have a digital twin that mimics our bodies at the molecular level, allowing us to run realistic simulations before applying them to our real selves?

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People face the actual infrastructure costs of their decisions at airports and they freak out They’re so used to the government just giving it away free everywhere else