Dave Tallon
@davetallon.bsky.social
I wish I was a little bit taller.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Reposted by Dave Tallon
Every two weeks I write about culture, brands, creativity and technology.
This issue #229 covers:
→ addiction 💉
→ signals 🚦
→ words 💬
→ moltbook 👾
→ Sudan Archives 👩🎤
Enjoy! (and stay dry ☔️).
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
This issue #229 covers:
→ addiction 💉
→ signals 🚦
→ words 💬
→ moltbook 👾
→ Sudan Archives 👩🎤
Enjoy! (and stay dry ☔️).
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
Upstream #229
addiction 💉, signals 🚦, words 💬 , moltbook 👾, Sudan Archives 👩🎤.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Every two weeks I write about culture, brands, creativity and technology.
This issue #229 covers:
→ addiction 💉
→ signals 🚦
→ words 💬
→ moltbook 👾
→ Sudan Archives 👩🎤
Enjoy! (and stay dry ☔️).
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
This issue #229 covers:
→ addiction 💉
→ signals 🚦
→ words 💬
→ moltbook 👾
→ Sudan Archives 👩🎤
Enjoy! (and stay dry ☔️).
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
The difference.......
February 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The difference.......
Wonderman was an absolute triumph (despite Trev's accent).
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Wonderman was an absolute triumph (despite Trev's accent).
“One result is a worrisome culture of extreme self-optimisation – physical, financial, aesthetic – fuelled by advice that’s offered with striking certainty in a world that feels anything but.”
www.contagious.com/en/article/t...
www.contagious.com/en/article/t...
‘This idea of a male loneliness epidemic is real, but it’s not confined to young men’
www.contagious.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:57 AM
“One result is a worrisome culture of extreme self-optimisation – physical, financial, aesthetic – fuelled by advice that’s offered with striking certainty in a world that feels anything but.”
www.contagious.com/en/article/t...
www.contagious.com/en/article/t...
Wow....that's mad........
Crusades......and a decent book.......
Crusades......and a decent book.......
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Wow....that's mad........
Crusades......and a decent book.......
Crusades......and a decent book.......
Sometimes you need to re-think everything.
Early this month, a wily coyote swam across San Francisco Bay to Alcatraz. He was in such rough shape, observers thought he’d probably die, but he’s been snacking on birds and rodents and was recently observed fat as a pickle. [sfstandard.com]
Wily coyote who swam to Alcatraz gets ‘much fatter’ on prison island diet
Officials are monitoring if the canine is preying on the island’s seabirds.
sfstandard.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Sometimes you need to re-think everything.
I jumped too quickly onto the Moltbook thing. Although I feel duped and a bit stupid, it's a good lesson. Just because it sounds good, sellable, or even logical.......doesn't mean it's true. Journalism is so fucking important.
February 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I jumped too quickly onto the Moltbook thing. Although I feel duped and a bit stupid, it's a good lesson. Just because it sounds good, sellable, or even logical.......doesn't mean it's true. Journalism is so fucking important.
Every two weeks I write about culture, brands, creativity and technology.
This issue #229 covers:
→ addiction 💉
→ signals 🚦
→ words 💬
→ moltbook 👾
→ Sudan Archives 👩🎤
Enjoy! (and stay dry ☔️).
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
This issue #229 covers:
→ addiction 💉
→ signals 🚦
→ words 💬
→ moltbook 👾
→ Sudan Archives 👩🎤
Enjoy! (and stay dry ☔️).
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
Upstream #229
addiction 💉, signals 🚦, words 💬 , moltbook 👾, Sudan Archives 👩🎤.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Every two weeks I write about culture, brands, creativity and technology.
This issue #229 covers:
→ addiction 💉
→ signals 🚦
→ words 💬
→ moltbook 👾
→ Sudan Archives 👩🎤
Enjoy! (and stay dry ☔️).
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
This issue #229 covers:
→ addiction 💉
→ signals 🚦
→ words 💬
→ moltbook 👾
→ Sudan Archives 👩🎤
Enjoy! (and stay dry ☔️).
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
Anti aging is happening.
In 2020, David Sinclair’s Harvard lab restored vision in blind mice by partially reprogramming their cells to a younger state. On Monday, the FDA gave his company, Life Biosciences, the green light to try the same thing in humans.
endpoints.news/exclusive-fd...
In 2020, David Sinclair’s Harvard lab restored vision in blind mice by partially reprogramming their cells to a younger state. On Monday, the FDA gave his company, Life Biosciences, the green light to try the same thing in humans.
endpoints.news/exclusive-fd...
Exclusive: In major test for longevity field, FDA greenlights study on a 'near total reset' of cells
Life Biosciences gets FDA approval to test aging reversal gene therapy in vision loss patients, using proteins discovered in David Sinclair's Harvard lab.
endpoints.news
January 31, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Anti aging is happening.
In 2020, David Sinclair’s Harvard lab restored vision in blind mice by partially reprogramming their cells to a younger state. On Monday, the FDA gave his company, Life Biosciences, the green light to try the same thing in humans.
endpoints.news/exclusive-fd...
In 2020, David Sinclair’s Harvard lab restored vision in blind mice by partially reprogramming their cells to a younger state. On Monday, the FDA gave his company, Life Biosciences, the green light to try the same thing in humans.
endpoints.news/exclusive-fd...
Wow.
39% of young men claim to have abstained from booze.
31% - almost a third of those aged 16 to 24 - are non drinkers.
24% of adults said they haven't drunk alcohol in the previous year.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
39% of young men claim to have abstained from booze.
31% - almost a third of those aged 16 to 24 - are non drinkers.
24% of adults said they haven't drunk alcohol in the previous year.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Growing number of adults avoid booze, NHS survey suggests
Almost a quarter of adults in England do not drink alcohol, according to new figures from a health survey.
www.bbc.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Wow.
39% of young men claim to have abstained from booze.
31% - almost a third of those aged 16 to 24 - are non drinkers.
24% of adults said they haven't drunk alcohol in the previous year.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
39% of young men claim to have abstained from booze.
31% - almost a third of those aged 16 to 24 - are non drinkers.
24% of adults said they haven't drunk alcohol in the previous year.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thinking of changing myself with this f*cking weather ☔️.
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
January 26, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Thinking of changing myself with this f*cking weather ☔️.
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
Siri, give me an example of absolutely fucking sociopathicly tone deaf and pathologically stupid….
www.dezeen.com/2026/01/15/g...
www.dezeen.com/2026/01/15/g...
Gru Space designs "the first hotel on the Moon"
Gru Space has released plans for a hotel on the moon clad in lunar bricks that it claims will be "the first permanent off-Earth structure built in history"
www.dezeen.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Siri, give me an example of absolutely fucking sociopathicly tone deaf and pathologically stupid….
www.dezeen.com/2026/01/15/g...
www.dezeen.com/2026/01/15/g...
January 22, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Christ alive 🤦♂️ .....
"WhatsApp users who receive voice notes over three-minutes long can forward the message to a Heineken bot and get a voucher for a free beer, as well as a recommendation for a local bar in which to redeem it.
mediacat.uk/heineken-sen...
"WhatsApp users who receive voice notes over three-minutes long can forward the message to a Heineken bot and get a voucher for a free beer, as well as a recommendation for a local bar in which to redeem it.
mediacat.uk/heineken-sen...
Heineken sends WhatsApp users out for a beer - MediaCat UK
Heineken Brazil sympathises with recipients of long voice notes
mediacat.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Christ alive 🤦♂️ .....
"WhatsApp users who receive voice notes over three-minutes long can forward the message to a Heineken bot and get a voucher for a free beer, as well as a recommendation for a local bar in which to redeem it.
mediacat.uk/heineken-sen...
"WhatsApp users who receive voice notes over three-minutes long can forward the message to a Heineken bot and get a voucher for a free beer, as well as a recommendation for a local bar in which to redeem it.
mediacat.uk/heineken-sen...
Hey, just a quick reminder. Most of the things you're desperately trying to "keep up with" are forgettable, disposable, momentary, dog shite.
January 21, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Hey, just a quick reminder. Most of the things you're desperately trying to "keep up with" are forgettable, disposable, momentary, dog shite.
