Rest in peace, brilliant Sinead

I worry that some of the best writers of our generation are stuck making tweets and newsletters. And look, I love writing my newsletter. I love tweeting. But I can’t deny a growing sense that very little of this writing matters. And that it might even be harmful to my long-term

You pick up your coffee tomorrow morning and gotta pick one song currently in your rotation What you playin’?

The Library of Alexandria isn't the only library lost to time. There was also the "House of Wisdom", built 1,000 years ago in Baghdad when it was the world's largest city. What did it contain? What happened to it? This is the story of history's other great library...

Americans after greeting you

Solar Eclipse 2024 - a thread 🧵 1. Cleveland by Gabe Wasylko

You’re Beautiful will be 20 years old next year, and you know I’m going to re-release that little bitch.

The Temu/Shein Saturday Night Live skit is SO WILD

Still can’t believe Taylor Made was able to execute this. I told them I wanted to work on a gradient metal set. Took two years of development, but the outcome is beautiful. Thank you TaylorMade Golf

DJ Khalories

We used to say Brexit was like watching your local library being burned down by people who can’t read and now it has actually happened.

A few things you may not know about the great Ratan Tata: 1. Ratan Tata once canceled his plan to visit Buckingham Palace where he was supposed to receive a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' from Prince Charles. Why did he cancel? One of his dogs had fallen sick.

Once upon a time, before the internet …

Accurate.

I thought I was out of new milestones at my age, but, for the first time ever, I used my electric razor on my ears. Oh, the joys of growing up.

What I appreciated most about Bourdain was the way he deconstructed the social hierarchies around food. As Pierre Bourdieu noted, cuisines like French, Italian, and Japanese are often used to signal status. I was moved to see Bourdain treat Vietnamese food with the same reverence

I mean, it's cellos with rage. Are you not entertained?!

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” - Banksy